The overall aim of this component is to enable a professional environment where nurses can deliver safe and quality services. In the current situation in BiH, this will require six key achievements:

1.  The adoption of a mechanism to plan the health workforce appropriately
2. The validation of the list of competencies required to practice nursing in BiH
3. A regulated certification and licensing process that takes the type and level of education into consideration as well as continuous professional development activities
4. A complemented referential for the delivery of nursing services – Standard Operating Procedures
5. The creation of a procedure to keep these guidelines up-to-date and to develop new ones as required
6. The adoption of a funding mechanism for nursing services (in particular for community nursing services).