EU, Switzerland and UN Assist Kraljevo
30 November 2010, Prokuplje
The European Union and the Swiss Government have joined efforts in helping Kraljevo alleviate the consequences of the November earthquake. The civil engineers from the European Partnership with Municipalities Programme – PROGRES, funded by the European Union and governments of Switzerland and Serbia, and implemented by UNOPS, have gone to Kraljevo today to spend the next two weeks working on the assessment of damage caused to the public buildings by the earthquake.
Support to Infrastructure and Civil Society Projects
22 October 2010, Novi Pazar
Today, the first meeting of the Steering Committee of “European Partnership with Municipalities Programme - PROGRES” was held in Novi Pazar. More than 20 attending mayors, representatives of the Government of Serbia European Integration Office, line ministries, donors – the European Union and the Government of Switzerland, representatives of development agencies, civil society and United Nations office for Project Services – UNOPS, implementing PROGRES, discussed and unanimously approved the Operating Report for the first three months of the Programme.
Europe Supports Development of South and South-West Serbia
19 July 2010, Vranje
Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, Božidar Đelić, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Serbia, Ambassador Vincent Degert, and the Director of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation in Serbia, Beatrice Meyer, signed the agreement which secured EUR 17.5 million support from the European Union, the Government of Switzerland and the Government of Serbia, to the South and South West Serbia.
Please be informed that the European Partnership with Municipalities Programme – EU PROGRES was completed on 31 March 2014. If you would like to learn about the activities and results of the European PROGRES, which is a continuation of development support of the European Union and Government of Switzerland to the South East and South West Serbia, please visit www.europeanprogres.org