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The RHP Assembly of Donors approved 2nd wave of sub-projects:

6 projects amounting to EUR 38.6 million will provide durable housing solutions for over 1 700 families

Paris, 11 October, 2013–On 11 October 2013, the RHP Assembly of Donors approved the 2nd wave of sub-projects consisting of six new projects to be financed from the RHP Fund. With the projects submitted in the 1st wave, the total number of the approved projects is now ten. The grant amount approved for these projects amounts in total toEUR 46 million.

The projects approved consist of reconstruction of pre-war homes in Bosnia and Herzegovina for 780 families; construction of a home for the elderly and two apartment buildings for 40 families in Croatia; construction of a home for the elderly and two apartment buildings for 120 families in Montenegro; and construction of apartments and pre-fabricated houses as well as purchasing of village houses and provision of building material for 850 families in Serbia.

While the Partner Countries are now concentrating their efforts on the implementation of already approved projects, the RHP Assembly of Donors will meet yet another time in December 2013, to decide on a 3rd wave of sub-projects.

For more details on the already approved projects, please refer to RHP website:

The Regional Housing Programme was set up to offer durable housing to 74,000 vulnerable individuals who became refugees or displaced persons following the 1991-1995 conflicts on the territory of former Yugoslavia. The RHP is to be implemented over five years with the support of the international community, including the European Union, the USA, UNHCR, OSCE and the CEB. It is expected to cost about EUR 584 million. The European Union is the biggest donor, having pledged EUR 230 million. The other donors are the USA, Germany, Italy, Norway, Switzerland, Denmark, Turkey, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic and Hungary.