The Government of the Republic of Srpska adopted during its 103rd session the Decision on the Plan of using the funds to promote rural and agricultural development in 2025.

The 2025 Budget of Republic of Srpska within the framework of the Agency for Agrarian Payments, include funds in total amount of BAM 180,000,000.00 for subsidies intended for rural and agricultural development. The incentives are distributed into three main positions or groups of measures, namely:

1) support to current production in the amount of 110,715,000.00,

2) support to long-term development in the amount of 45,100,000.00 and

3) support to system measures in the amount of 24,185,000.00 KM.

Support for current production aims to increase the volume and productivity of agricultural production. Taking into account the difficulties that agricultural producers face in financing current production, as well as problems related to the market of agricultural products, these funds occupy a dominant share in the total volume of funds. Support for current production is provided for:

- current production in livestock farming and

- current production in the field of plant production

Support to long-term investments refers to investments in agricultural households and food industry, as well as to measures to support investments of common interest. The aim of support for long-term investments in agricultural households is to increase the capacities of agricultural producers and to consolidate production, which will contribute to better competitiveness in the market.

System support measures aim to ensure conditions for the smooth conduct of agricultural production, ensure health protection of animals and plants, produce seeds for artificial insemination in cattle breeding, improve laboratory capacity, keep records and registers, and other support measures.

The Government of the Republic of Srpska adopted the Consolidated Report on Execution of the Budget of the Republic of Srpska for the period from January through September 2024.

In this period, revenues and receipts planned by the budget from on the account of the general fund were realized in the amount of BAM 4.381,7 billion (four billion 381 million 700 thousand BAM), which is 2% more than the Budget for the first nine months of 2024.

In the first nine months of 2024, revenues from direct taxes amounted to BAM 1.738,8 billion, which is 3% more than the adopted Budget for the first nine months, or 2% less than the financial plan for the first three quarters of 2024.

Indirect taxes amounted to 1.537,2 billion for the first nine months of 2024, which is 2% more than the adopted Budget for the first nine months, and 1% more than the financial plan for the first three quarters of 2024.

Expenditures and costs planned by the budget for the general fund in the first three quarters of 2024 were reported in the amount of 3.971,2 billion which is 8% less than the Budget for the first nine months of 2024.

Expenditures and expenditures related to projects financed from the Public Investment Program of the Republic of Srpska for financing from the Budget in 2024, in the first nine months of 2024 were recorded in the amount of 65.1 million KM.

Foreign debt was regularly serviced in the period covered by the report and 335.4 million BAM was allocated for these needs. Continuous amortization of internal debt continued and 407 million was allocated from regular budget funds.

At today's session, the Government adopted the Debt Management Strategy of the Republika Srpska until 2027. This document sets out the medium-term goal and plan of activities in the area of ​​debt management that the Government of the Republika Srpska intends to implement in the medium term. The implementation of the above measures and activities will ensure the desired structure of the debt portfolio, taking into account the cost and risk preferences of the Government of the Republika Srpska.

The main objective of borrowing and debt management of the Republika Srpska is to secure the financial resources necessary for the execution of the budget of the Republika Srpska, financing approved investment projects, and refinancing the observed debt at the lowest costs and an acceptable level of risk.

The Government of the Republika Srpska has considered the Information on the obligations arising from the process of accession to the European Union for Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska with a review of the measures and activities implemented during 2024.

The Ministry of European Integration and International Cooperation, in the capacity of the  coordinator of the European integration process in Republic of Srpska, prepared this document in order to provide the Government and the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska with a comprehensive overview of the results achieved in the field of integration policy, analytics and reporting within the framework of the relevant process; harmonization of the RS legislation with the acquis of the European Union and the practice and standards of the Council of Europe; funds and development assistance of the European Union; translation and training provided due to the needs of the European integration process.

The information contains an overview of the activities carried out in 2024 within the framework of the development of the Working Material for the BiH - EU Integration Program, as well as an overview and assessment of the results achieved in implementation of the coordination system of the European integration process in BiH.

The information lists that in the course of 2024, a total of 262 regulations went through the process of harmonization and assessment of conformity, in connection with the harmonization of the legislation of the Republic of Srpska with the EU acquis and the practices and standards of the Council of Europe.

The Government accepted the Information on completion of implementation of the project ''Socialization of Children of the Republic of Srpska 2024''. In 2024, 2,025 persons have been covered with program, out of whom 1,586 are children and 439 adults (professional staff, educators and accompanying parents). The project was implemented in the period from 1 June to 24 September 2024 in 13 shifts.

The Public Institution for Children’s Protection of the Republic of Srpska is implementing the Program "Socialization of Children of the Republic of Srpska" for twenty-two years, as defined by the Law on Children’s Protection. Over 40,000 persons have participated in the Project so far, namely children from the most vulnerable categories, as well as adults, educators, professional staff, and parents who accompany children with development disabilities.

The project covers children from across the Republic of Srpska whose upbringing is thwarted by unfavorable family, social and material conditions, health and developmental problems. Together with talented children and winners of school children’s RS and state competitions, they spend ten, or eight days on the inclusive basis at the Youth Hostel "Užice" in Bečići on the Montenegrin coast.

The Government of the Republic of Srpska has reviewed the provisions of the Special Collective Agreement for Employees in Public Institutions in Healthcare system and accepted it. The Government authorized the Minister of Health and Social Welfare Alen Šeranić to sign, on behalf of the Government of Republic of Srpska, a Special Collective Agreement for employees in public healthcare institutions.

The Government reached a decision to change the name of the “Gender Center of Republic of  Srpska” to Center for Equality and Equal Gender Rights of Republic of Srpska.

The Constitutional Court of Republic of Srpska, pursuant to its decision of 30 October 2024, determined that the term/word "Gender" in the Decision on establishment of the Gender Center of Republic of Srpska (“Center for Equality and Equal Rights of Genders of Republic of Srpska”) was not in accordance with the Constitution of Republic of Srpska.

The Government adopted a Decision on Development of Digital Strategy for Republic of Srpska.

The strategy will establish a framework for further development of e-government, digital identities, science and research in the field of ICT technologies and digitalization of key sectors, namely: public administration, judicial sector, healthcare sector, energy sector, financial sector, education sector, culture sector, media sector, utility sector and food and water sector, which, together with a special strategic framework for information security, will create the prerequisites for realization of the vision of a more dynamic, efficient and secure development of ICT technologies in the Republic of Srpska.

The Government also adopted a Decision on development of the Information Security Strategy of the Republic of Srpska.

The Strategy is an integrated sectoral document that defines goals, priorities and measures aimed at rapidly ensuring a high level of protection of the cyberspace of the Republic of Srpska, as well as resilience to computer security threats and incidents on critical, key and other information and communication infrastructure.

The purpose of the Strategy is to offer a stable framework for further development of the information society by establishing clear guidelines for information protection, risk management and compliance with relevant standards, thereby ensuring the strengthening of the system's resilience to threats, increasing the security of business processes and preserving the cyberspace of Republic of Srpska.