In Photos: Building Climate Resilience in Bosnia and Herzegovina

In response to the unprecedented floods in 2014, the $100 million Floods Emergency Recovery Project (FERP has been was implemented to provide assistance to the populations in affected areas and restore their lives to pre-flood conditions. The project helps rebuild critical infrastructure damaged by floods and landslides, as well as provides technical assistance and capacity building to help increase resiliency in the face of future natural disasters.

The town of Celinac was devastated by floods in May and again in August, 2014. The floods ruined homes and destroyed infrastructure, negatively affecting all 6,000 residents in the town.

Work is nearing completion on this section of road, which will connect locals to key services in the surrounding area, including the local primary school.

In addition to infrastructure rehabilitation projects, the World Bank Group is also working with the governments in Bosnia and Herzegovina to increase the country’s resilience to future natural disasters. Rock walls have been built into the side of this road in Gracanica to both reinforce the surrounding area as well as allow water to drain more easily – lessening the chances of a landslide.