EU funding to reconstruction Sarajevo City hall

The EU has so far invested 8 million EUR into the reconstruction of the Sarajevo City Hall Vijecnica. The reconstruction of Vijecnica building was carried out in four phases.

Phase I: Structural phase, which included reconstruction work and the stabilisation of walls on the ground floor, from December 1999 to May 2000, funded by the Austrian Government.
Phase II: Central Atrium (including the stone structures) and fence, in 2003, funded by the EU worth 2.5 million EUR.
Phase III: Facade and windows/doors, from 2010 to 2014, funded by the Spanish Government, in the amount of 1 mill EUR and co-funded by the Sarajevo Municipality.
Phase IV: Ongoing reconstruction works, funded by EU IPA 2009 and 2010.

This project is part of the larger EU support to the cultural heritage in BiH (via the Ljubljana process), which includes:
– Reconstruction works on the Municipality Hall in Novi Grad (1 million EUR), completed in May 2013.
– Reconstruction of cultural heritage objects in Stolac (1.5 million EUR), completed in September 2013.
– Reconstruction works on the Kastel Fortress in Banja Luka (3.5 million EUR), ongoing until 2015.

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