WHAT IS TWINNING?

It is a cooperation tool between a public administration in a Beneﬁciary Country and the equivalent institution in an EU Member State. It aims at upgrading/modernising the institution in a Beneﬁciary Country through training, reorganisation as well as approximation of legislation to EU norms and standards and its enforcement. One of its key features is the concept of mandatory results: both the Beneﬁciary and the EU partner commit themselves to work towards a commonly agreed result.

Twinning projects are financed by the European Commission. The Beneficiary partner contributes to the project with human resources, office space and equipment, and training venues.

Public officials of the participating EU Member State (MS) institutions provide technical assistance to the Beneﬁciary Institutions. Usually only one of them, the Resident Twinning Adviser stays in the Beneﬁciary Country for the whole duration of the project, but in this project for the Parliaments of BiH three more resident MS experts (Component Leaders) provide permanent support as in this special case there are four beneficiary institutions.

In parliamentary twinning there is a further benefit for the participating institutions: larger political commitment can be achieved on both sides – Beneficiary Country and the EU – for the integration process based on deepening mutual understanding and strengthened political cooperation.

If you wish to gain further understanding on EU twinning-type assistance, please the following web-site: http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/tenders/twinning/index_en.htm

Parliamentary Assembly of
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Parliament of the Federation of
Bosnia and Herzegovina

National Assembly of
Republika Srpska

Brčko District Assembly

Hungarian National
Assembly

The Project is implemented by the Consortium of

National Assembly
of France