EU PROGRES

The Mayor of Bujanovac Nagip Arifi and the Dean of the Subotica Faculty of Economics, the University of Novi Sad Nenad Vunjak signed a Memorandum of Cooperation in Belgrade today, which creates basis for the long-term development and sustainability of the higher education in Bujanovac. The Memorandum is one of the preconditions for the approval of the financial support for the construction of the building for a higher education institution in this municipality. The signing ceremony was attended by the Minister of Education, Science and Technological Development Tomislav Jovanović, the Ambassador of the European Union to the Republic of Serbia Michael Davenport, the Head of OSCE Mission to the Republic of Serbia Peter Burkhard, the president of the Coordination Body of the Government of Serbia for the municipalities Preševo, Bujanovac and Medveđa Zoran Stanković and the Manager of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) Graeme Tyndall.

The Raška River flood protection project including the construction and reconstruction of the dams, funded by the European Union and the Government of Switzerland through the European Partnership with Municipalities Programme EU PROGRES with 420,000 EUR, brought significant benefit to Novi Pazar during the last days, by protecting the rivers’ overflows.

Ivanjica Health Centre received today a new X-ray device worth 66,070 Euros, which was procured with financial support from the European Union and the Government of Switzerland through the European Partnership with Municipalities Programme - EU PROGRES.

Nine women started their own businesses and 16 gender equality projects were successfully completed in South and South-West Serbia with the financial support worth 73,220 EUR the European Union and Swiss Government extended through the European Partnership with Municipalities Programme EU PROGRES.