Message-ID: <MAC.951103115320@maine.maine.EDU> Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 11:53:20 EST From: "Dennis McConnell - UMaine, U.S.A." <mailto:mac@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> Subject: Advisor to the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
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Advisor to the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina
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Purpose:
The Advisor to the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina will focus on
strengthening the financial, management and administrative capac-
ities of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and equally important, to
strengthen inter-governmental systems and finance, in the context
of multi-ethnic reconciliation.
Roles and Responsibilities:
1. A long-term (18 months) Advisor shall be placed in the Minis-
try of Finance to establish the basic institutional Amy finan-
cial systems within the MoF related to:
a) revenue policy and administration
b) budget formulation, analysis, execution and oversight
c) treasury and cash management
d) fiscal forecasting and planning
e) securities issuance
f) multi-lateral bank loan application and foreign debt man-
agement
g) inter-governmental fiscal systems and finance, including
issues pertaining to tax and expenditure assignment
The Advisor shall collaborate closely with the US Treasury Advi-
sor to the Federation to promote maximum cooperation and effec-
tiveness of US Government (USG) efforts in Bosnia. The US Treas-
ury advisor will be working with the MoF to provide high-level
policy and management advise to senior officials of the Federa-
tion, including the President, Vice President, and Foreign Min-
ister, in addition to the MoF. Accordingly, the US Treasury
Advisor will focus primarily on policy-related issues while the
Advisor will focus primarily on administration-related issues,
recognizing that it is often not possible to separate policy and
administration and that the two advisors will need to collaborate
closely in order to deliver effective and coherent USG assistance
to the Federation.
The Advisor will work closely with the US Treasury Advisor to
address issues in those areas where direct collaboration is
necessary, such as in the institutional development of the Minis-
try of Finance, design of a national Law on the Budget, resolu-
tion of the customs collection and remittance issue, development
of an alternative intergovernmental fiscal relations regime, and
assistance to the MoF in preparing multi-lateral development bank
applications. Additional responsibilities may include:
a) collaboration with the legal and policy assistance being
provided to the Federation by the American Bar Associa-
tion's Central and eastern European Law Initiative
b) coordination closely with the long-term advisors working in
the cantons and municipalities participating in this pro-
gram on all matters pertaining to inter-governmental rela-
tions and shall seek to work out a rational inter-govern-
mental finance system that can serve as a model for other
cantons in Bosnia-Herzegovina
c) coordination with national and local reconstruction and
rehabilitation programs funded by the UN, the European
Community, and other international donors insofar as their
impact on local, inter-governmental and Federal finance is
concerned
d) coordination with the assistance and funding provided by
NGOs under the USAID Municipal Rehabilitation Program as
these apply to governmental relations, systems and finance
e) during the course of his/her work, shall focus maximum
effort at seeking ways to promote multiethnic reconcilia-
tion/cooperation through his/her direct efforts as well as
through those of the Federation (including the appointed
Ombudsmen) and of the Mediator and Arbitrator
Requirements for the Position of Advisor to the Federation of
Bosnia-Herzegovina:
Preferred Orientation: Practitioner (would consider an academic
with substantial practical experience in the US and/or overseas)
Preferred Education: MPA (would consider an MPP, MBA, or M Econ
if person had substantial practical experience in Public Adminis-
tration and Public Finance at the State and/or Federal Level)
Preferred Technical Experience: Public Finance and Administra-
tion (National, State, and Inter-Governmental)
Preferred International Experience: CEE and/or NIS (Working with
Ministries of Finance)
Interested parties should contact:
Mark Grubb
University of Delaware
Office of International Programs
Newark, Delaware 19716
Tel: (302) 831-4465
Fax: (302) 831-6042
Email: mailto:grubb@strauss.udel.edu
Please note: Mr. Grubb, in communication via the net today,
indicated that interested individuals should contact him as soon
as possible. The selection decision will be made in the near
future. He also suggested that interested individuals contact him
by telephone initially, so he could respond to questions.
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