UNDP in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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UNDP Country Office in BiH is managed by UNDP Resident Representative Renaud Meyer who ensures effective day-to-day management of the UNDP office in the country and takes overall responsibility for UNDP's programs and operations to ensure coherence and strategic alignment of UNDP activities.

UNDP works closely with the government institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina at all levels through key ministries, departments, and agencies. The implementation of UNDP's program activities is carried out by implementing partners, as needed, including government partners at all levels and civil society organizations.

UNDP in Bosnia and Herzegovina focuses on six programmatic areas led by sectoral leaders and portfolio managers.

Renaud Meyer, UNDP Resident Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Biographical note

Renaud Meyer started his assignment as UNDP Resident Representative to Bosnia Herzegovina in July 2024, coming from Thailand where he was the UNDP Resident Representative since March 2019.

Prior to that, Renaud served as UNDP Country Director in Nepal from January 2015 to March 2019, Senior Deputy Country Director for UNDP Afghanistan from November 2012 to December 2014, UNDP Country Director in the Philippines from August 2008 to October 2012 and Deputy Country Director of UNDP China from August 2004 till August 2008.

Before serving UNDP in Asia, Renaud served four years in Headquarters as the Special Assistant to the UNDP Associate Administrator in the Executive Office in New York from 2002 to 2004 and as Special Assistant to the Director of the Bureau for Development Policy starting in 2000.

Renaud started his UNDP career as a Programme Officer (JPO) in Lebanon in 1998. Before joining the United Nations, Renaud Meyer worked in Tunisia for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

A French citizen, Renaud Meyer holds a Master’s in International Relations and Development Studies from the University of Strasbourg and graduated from the Institut D’Etudes Politiques of Strasbourg. He also completed a one-year programme of studies at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington D.C., U.S.A.
 

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