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UNDP in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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UNDP Country Office in BiH is managed by Renaud Meyer, UNDP Resident Representative, and Victor Munteanu, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative, who ensure effective day-to-day management of the UNDP office in the country and take 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 to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Renaud Meyer, UNDP Resident Representative to Bosnia Herzegovina
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.
Victor Munteanu, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative to Bosnia Herzegovina
Victor Munteanu, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative to Bosnia Herzegovina
Victor Munteanu joined the UNDP team in Sarajevo in July 2024 and brings over 23 years of international experience in development management, as well as conflict prevention and peacebuilding. Since 2021 Victor has worked as Head of Office in Gaza, with UNDP Palestine (PAPP), spearheading economic resilience, environmental protection and infrastructural recovery interventions, as well as ensuring continuity of emergency support during the October 2023 war in Gaza.
Prior to this, in 2017-2021, he served with UNDP Ukraine as Team Lead for Inclusive Development, Recovery and Peacebuilding, as well as the Programme Manager for one of the largest joint UN Recovery and Peacebuilding Programmes globally, supporting recovery and development in the conflict affected regions of Ukraine.
Previously, he also served as Peace and Development Advisor in Moldova and as Strategic Planning Advisor in Belarus, ensuring risk management and conflict sensitivity is mainstreamed across UN Country Teams programmatic portfolios. Earlier, Victor also served in programmatic management positions with UNDP Georgia and UNDP Moldova.
Before joining UNDP in 2009, Victor worked with the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, coordinating political, as well as press and public affairs.
Victor holds a university degree in Political Science and International Relations from the State University of Moldova, and a M.Sc. in International Development Management from the Open University, UK.
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