Today, during the 174^th session, the Government of Republic of Srpska adopted the Draft of the Public Investment Program of the Republic of Srpska for the 2023-2025 period which includes information on investment projects for which funds have been provided and which implementation is in progress or should begin, as well as on the projects that the respective ministries and institutions noted as priorities but the funds have not been provided at the time of drafting of the Information. Total value of all projects put forward by ministries and other institutions is BAM 6.6 billion.

According to the Draft Program of investments, projects worth 1.669 billion BAM were contracted as projects in implementation. Analysis of the sectoral structure of investments in implementation in the 2023-2025 period shows that largest investments are in the sectors of energy, transport, health, agriculture and internal affairs (93.99% of total investments).

Additional investments in the amount of BAM 2.1 billion have been stated as priority needs without provided sources of financing among which the most demanding projects are in the field of transport and communications, energy and health.

At today's session, the Government also adopted the Consolidated Report on the Execution of the Budget of the Republic of Srpska for the period January through March 2022.

​Budget revenues were realized in the amount of 852.1 million which is 3% more than the planned Budget and 8% more than the financial plan for the first quarter of 2022. The structure of collected budget revenues consists of:

• revenues from direct taxes in the amount of 415.9 million which is 10% more than the Budget, and 11% more than the financial plan for the first quarter of 2022

• indirect taxes in the amount of 372.2 million which is 1% less than the Budget and 6% more than the financial plan for the first three months of 2022 and

• non-tax revenues in the amount of 63.9 million which is 7% less than the Budget and 2% more than the financial plan for the first three months of 2022.

Costs and expenditures planned by the budget on the general fund in the first quarter of 2022 are recorded in the amount of 884.8 million, which is 12% less than the Budget and 4% less than the financial plan for the first quarter of 2022.

In the first quarter of 2022, foreign debt was regularly serviced and 50.4 million was allocated for that purpose.

Continuous amortization of domestic debt continued and 78.6 million was allocated from regular budget funds.

The Government of Republic of Srpska considered and adopted the Information on the Framework Agreement on Financial Partnership between the European Union and Bosnia and Herzegovina on special arrangements for implementation of EU financial assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina under the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA 3) and ratifications.

The Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 for IPA 3 provides for a total financial framework of € 14.2 billion for all beneficiary countries. Allocations by country have not been determined, they are based on the principle of achievement and are directly related to the process of implementing the planned activities.

During the preparation of the comments on the Draft Agreement, the position of the institutions of Republic of Srpska was that realization of obligations from the Agreement must be adjusted to constitutional and legal solutions and distribution of competencies of institutions at different levels of government and principles on which the coordination mechanism is based.

The signing of the IPA 3 Partnership Agreement is a precondition for signing the Agreement on financing the approved annual IPA 2021 package in the amount of 73 million euros for BiH as well as all other annual financing agreements for the next seven-year period under IPA 3.

The Government passed a Decision on amendments to the Decision on the number of notaries required for each official office and temporary offices.

This decision, in accordance with the law, increases the number of required notaries in the two official seats and determines the two official seats of a temporary nature.

Accordingly, the decision stipulates that the number of notaries for the official seat of Banja Luka is increased by five notaries, while for the official seat of Doboj is increased by one notary.

The temporary official seat of Ugljevik is determined for the official seat of Lopare, and the temporary official seat of Laktaši is determined for the official seat of Srbac.

Following the proposal of the Ministry of Justice, the Government of Republic of Srpska passed a Decision on the transfer of ownership of property permanently confiscated from the proceeds of crime so that a three-room apartment in Banja Luka, surface area of 71 m2, shall be transferred from the Government to the Orphanage "Rada Vranješević" in Banja Luka. 

This will enable supported housing for young people from 18 to 26 years of age without parental care, who leave institutional accommodation and do not have the opportunity to continue living in biological or related families.

Persons without parental care will be provided with appropriate free accommodation where they will have daily professional and educational support and preparation for independent living. The Agency for the Management of Confiscated Property is in charge of enforcing this decision.

The Government of the Republic of Srpska accepted the Information on allocation of funds to underdeveloped and extremely underdeveloped local self-government units in 2021.

According to this Information, during 2021, the Government provided the funds quarterly in the amount of BAM 750,000.00 to underdeveloped and extremely underdeveloped local self-government units which amounted to BAM 3,000,000.00.

Also, under the Conclusion of the Government, the funds in the amount of BAM 300,000.00 from the Budget of the Ministry of Administration and Local Self-Government have been allocated for co-financing projects of underdeveloped and extremely underdeveloped local self-government units and supplement their own sources of project financing in the process of approved financial resources with domestic and international organizations, domestic and foreign investment funds that finance local government unit projects. The maximum amount of funds that can be approved per project is BAM 30,000.00.

Out of the planned 300,000.00 for co-financing of projects, municipalities received a total of BAM 252,700.00. The achieved positive effects are reflected in realization of 15 projects, out of which 8 projects were realized in extremely underdeveloped municipalities: Jezero (3 projects), Berkovići, Novo Goražde, Rudo, Čajniče, Istočni Drvar and 7 in underdeveloped municipalities (Vlasenica, Petrovo, Han Pijesak , Ljubinje, Kostajnica and Šamac).