The first National Workshop on "Participatory Local Strategic Planning" was organised in Sarajevo within the framework of Phase II of the Joint EU-CoE ROMACTED Programme. The event followeed the official launch conference, which took place on 19 October in Hotel Hills in Sarajevo.

The workshop gathered together the delegated municipal contact points from 12 cities and municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina and local facilitators and was aimed at building capacities on principles of strategic planning at local level and working methods through the four steps of the ROMACTED methodology.

Participants received specific instructions on drafting and implementing joint action plans within ROMACTED II. In the next trimester, the municipal contact points and facilitators will work together in establishing two programme structures – Community Action Groups and Institutional Working Groups - within the methodological STEP 1 of the Programme. STEP 2 will require mapping the needs and priorities within both programme structures and will take place by the end of 2021.

The Joint EU-CoE ROMACTED II Programme will be implemented in the following 12 cities and municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bijeljina, Brcko, Gradiska, Doboj, Donji Vakuf, Kakanj, Kalesija, Prnjavor, Tuzla, Visoko, Vukosavlje and Travnik.