The focus of the analysis differs for municipalities and activities of partner CSOs operating in specific contexts: The analysis focuses on the consequences of the pandemic on the Roma population in the local self-government units of Bijeljina, Visoko, Prnjavor, Vukosavlje, Vitez and Travnik; on vulnerable women in the municipalities of Modriča, Bratunac and Rudo; and on people with disabilities is the city of Goražde. Programs aimed at their economic empowerment should enable activities that targeted populations already perform in the household to be commercialized; to enable them to generate additional income without a formal organization (for example, craft company). It is recommended to develop policies and concrete measures at different levels of government in BiH (including local communities) aimed at assiting vulnerable populations and those who work in the informal sector, thus do not have the right to benefit from the employment bureau or other existing formal assistance. At the state, entity, cantonal and even the municipal level no formal support specifically targeting vulnerable populations was designed. Unless the government of BiH will not introduce concrete, supportive measure targeting vulnerable populations in BiH, those populations will continue to depend on non-profit non-state actors such as local CSOs to sustain their basic needs.

Project "Innovative approach to responding to COVID-19 in vulnerable communities in Bosnia and Herzegovina" implemented by CARE Balkan in cooperation with civil society organizations, and financially supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, in the period from 01.06.2020. to 31.12.2020, CEDES team prepared a study "ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF COVID-19 ON THE ECONOMY AND LIVING CONDITIONS OF MARGINALIZED POPULATION GROUPS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA". 

You can read the analysis by clicking on the following link: "ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF COVID-19 ON THE ECONOMY AND LIVING CONDITIONS OF MARGINALIZED POPULATION GROUPS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA"