Phare: the Phare programme is a European Union initiative which supports the development of a larger democratic family of nations within a prosperous and stable Europe.

Obnova: Obnova means "reconstruction" in the Bosnian language. Obnova is an EC initiative for reconstruction and rehabilitation in the former Yugoslavia.

ECHO: European Community Humanitarian Office.

CFSP: Common Foreign and Security Policy.

Bosnia Herzegovina is made up of two entities: the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croat-Bosniak) and Republika Srpska. The population of Bosnia and Herzegovina is made up of three communities: the Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims), the Bosnian Croats and the Bosnian Serbs.