36. Is the provision of direct public funding to political parties tied to gender equality among candidates?

"(1) The budget of institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina and international obligations of Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereinafter: the budget) ensures the funds for political party financing, namely for financing coalitions of political parties and independent candidates represented in the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH and parliamentary groups, namely the delegates‘ and representatives‘ clubs in the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH. (2) The total funds referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article cannot exceed the amount of 0.2% of the BiH budget in a calendar year. (3) The funds from the budget are allocated to political parties, namely to the coalitions of political parties in the manner that: a) 30% of the total amount of funds is equally distributed to all political parties, namely the coalitions of political parties that won the mandate, b) 60% of the total amount is distributed equivalent to the number of delegates' mandates that each political party, coalition of political parties, and/or independent candidate hold at the time of allocation. c) 10% of the total amount is distributed to parliamentary groups proportional to the number of seats belonging to less represented gender."

Source: Aricle 7, LAW ON POLITICAL PARTY FINANCING 2012 (with 2016 amendments)

10% of the public funding budget is distributed to parliamentary groups proportional to the number of seats belonging to less represented gender