Sarajevo Canton

SARAJEVO CANTON

 

Area: 1.276,9 km2
Population: 390.534

Competence of the Sarajevo Canton
Strategic development directions
Ministry of Economics

Municipality:

Stari Grad
Centar
Novo Sarajevo
Novi Grad
Ilidža
Vogošća
Hadžići
Ilijaš
Trnovo

Status :
Canton Sarajevo, City of Sarajevo, Capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Capital of the Federation of B&H

Administrative organization :
Canton includes a nine-municipality territory: Stari grad, Centar, Novo Sarajevo, Novi grad, Ilidža, Vogošća, Hadžići, Ilijaš, Trnovo.

Government Premier : Mr. Besim Mehmedić
Tel : +38733 562 068
Fax : +38733 562 211
E-mail: vlada@ks.gov.ba

Mayor : Mr. Alija Behmen
Tel : +38733 208 340
Fax : +38733 208 341
E-mail: grad@sarajevo.ba

Competence of the Sarajevo Canton:

  • establishment and supervision of police force;

  • setting the education policy, including bringing of regulations concerning education and education insurance;

  • setting and implementing the culture policy;

  • setting the housing policy, including bringing of regulations concerning the establishment and building of housing structures;

  • setting the policy concerning regulations and insurance of public service;

  • bringing the regulations on local land utilization, including zoning;

  • bringing the regulations on improvement of local business and charitable activities;

  • bringing the regulations on local plants for electricity generation and insurance of their availability;

  • setting the policy concerning the radio and television insurance, including bringing the regulations on insurance of their work and constructions;

  • implementation of social policy and establishment of social care services;

  • creation and application of tourism policy and tourist resources development;

  • creation of circumstances for optimal development of economy which is appropriate for urban environment;

  • financing local canton authorities activities or canton agencies through taxations, encumbering or other means;

Joint competence of the Canton and the Federation:

  • guarantee and implementation of human rights;

  • public health;

  • policy for the protection of human environment;

  • communication and transport infrastructure;

  • social policy;

  • implementation of laws and other citizenship regulations;

  • immigration and asylum;

  • tourism;

  • exploitation of natural resources.

Sarajevo is the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina and of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and of the Canton Sarajevo.
The City of Sarajevo is a local self-management unit.
The City of Sarajevo consists of the following municipalities: Stari grad, Centar, Novo Sarajevo and Novi grad.

Based on the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Constitution of the Federation of B&H, Amendment I on the Constitution of the Canton Sarajevo, Law on Local Self-Management and the Statute of the City of Sarajevo, the City of Sarajevo is competent for:

  • urban planning/local land utilization;

  • public services/infrastructure (water, sewerage, collection of waste materials, heating, gas, markets, public parks, fire department companies, local health services, sports facilities, cemeteries);

  • City finances;

  • public transport;

  • culture;

  • elementary and secondary education;

  • local business;

  • charity organizations;

  • local radio and television;

  • local tourism;

  • executive aspects of the housing policy (assigning apartments, planning, construction and maintenance of buildings that are state property, decisions on rent price);

  • other competences transferred to he City of Sarajevo by the Canton, or entrusted by municipalities.

Course of strategic development

The development Strategy of the Canton Sarajevo by the year 2015 has determined the strategic sectors for strengthening the economic basis of the Canton Sarajevo including:

  • banking,

  • financial service,

  • project-design service,

  • consulting and other similar service,

  • trade, especially foreign trade,

  • industry, especially areas that are economically and ecologically acceptable:
    - pharmaceutical,
    - food,
    - electro,
    - optical,
    - unconventional food production etc.,

  • public health - highly differentiated health service,

  • education - permanent education,

  • culture,

  • sport,

  • recreation - profitably attractive manifestations,

  • tourism and complementary service,

  • housing construction,

  • games of goo will,

  • the Olympics.

MINISTRY OF ECONOMICS

Minister: Mr. Abid Šarić
Telephone: +387 33 562 121

Secretary: Mr. Resul Bašić
Telephone: +387 33 562 123

Residence: Reisa Džemaludina Čauševića br. 1

SECTOR FOR INDUSTRY AND ENERGETICS
Minister Assistant Mr. Nerkez Tanović, Tel: +387 33 562 120

SECTOR FOR TRADE, CATERING INDUSTRY AND TOURISM
Minister Assistant Mrs. Zejna Tesla, Tel: +387 33 562 120

SECTOR FOR AGRICULTURE, WATER RESOUCES MANAGEMENT AND FORESTRY
Minister Assistant Mrs. Ljubica Livaja Mitrović, Tel: +387 33 562 141

Within Ministry of economics there are the following inspection services:

- Veterinary service,
- Forestry - Agricultural service,
- Market service,
- Power-supply service,
- Water resources management service,
- Tourism - Catering inspection.

SCOPE OF MINISTRY

Ministry of economics performs administrative, professional and other activities defined by the Law, and related to authority of Canton in the field of economy, industry and energetics, use of natural resources, water resouces management, agriculture, forestry, veterinary, trade, tourism and catering. Within scope of Ministry there are also:

- suggesting and implementing of policy in the field of industry and energetics,
- usage of natural resources in accordance with the Law of Federation and Canton,
- foreign investments in local companies, in accordance with legal regulations,
- trade of goods and services within Canton,
- following and analysis of export and import of goods and services in Canton area,
- participating in creation of export and import policy in order to protect production within Canton area (approval of import and export contingents for certain products in coordination with Ministry of trade of Federation),
- control of prices for products and services in accordance with law,
- creation and implementation of cantonal tourism policy, development of tourism resouces,
- provision of conditions for development and improvement of agriculture,
- growing, protection and improvement of forests,
- afforestation of destroyed forests, rocky grounds and bare mountains,
- forest roads and forest exploitation,
- organization and performance of veterinary institutions and health protection of animals,
- manufacture and trade of medicines uced in veterinary medicine,
- regulation of water regime, protection of water, protection from damaging effects of water,
- protection from erosions, floods and accidents resulting from natural forces,
- water-supply of population and industrial water,
- hydromelioration,
- planning of water resources management in the field of usage, protection of water in Canton area,
- usage of water for the purposes of power-supply and recreation…