European Union Support for Energy Poverty Mitigation and Energy Efficiency Improvement Capacities in Bosnia and Herzegovina Contract related to: European Union Support for Energy Poverty Mitigation and Energy Efficiency Improvement Capacities in Bosnia and Herzegovina - The Action is designed to provide administrative and technical support to institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) at all levels with respect to the needs stemming from the European integration process- particularly so in developing and implementing the Programme of Integration/ national programme for the adoption of the acquis ( NPAA) in line with Art.70 SAA, as a key priority and an outstanding obligation under the Stabilisation and Association Agreement, and in relation to improving underlying sectoral policy planning and budgeting capacities across government levels for better utilisation of EU financial assistance and application of the sectoral based approach under IPA III.Complementary to other IPA Actions, the Action will provide flexible support to address specific and unforeseeable needs of the authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina at various levels, identified in the course of the European integration process, as well as the process of development and implementation of the NPAA and development of countrywide strategies that are key for the EU approximation process This flexible support to institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina aims at enabling them to respond swiftly to challenges and requirements of the European Union integration process and to better prepare and implement IPA programmes/Actions funded by the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance. The facility shall assist in two key areas. First it should support relation to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) implementation, Acquis transposition, Action plans preparation and implementation, as well as for reinforcing institutional capacity for SAA implementation and absorption and management of pre-accession funds, as well as support for further development of the Programme of Integration /NPAA in line with Art.70 SAA. The second area is support in further building countrywide policy planning , budgeting capacities across all government levels in order also to best utilise the EU financial assistance, particularly so under IPA III. Various types of support are envisioned, such as technical assistance to and capacity building of institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina at various levels of governance, preparation of studies, assessments, strategic documents, manuals, trainings, Action proposals, tender documentation, assistance to tender/call for proposals evaluations, communication activities, as well as for provision of potential supplies underpinning EU integration processes.