The results of a successful EU-funded project “Modernisation of the Customs System of Serbia” were presented at a ceremonial closing of the project that took place on 12th of February 2015 in the Customs Administration.

Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Serbia Ambassador Michael Davenport today handed over contracts on grants approved to 15 joint projects of civil society organisations and local self-government institutions in South Serbia. The implementation of the project activities in 12 South Serbian municipalities, worth over 300,000 Euro, will be funded by the European Union and the Government of Switzerland via the European PROGRES Programme through Citizens Involvement Fund (CIF).

Students of the Bujanovac Department of the Subotica Faculty of Economy today laid the cornerstone for the new building in which this renowned high education establishment will be working. “The new building will be the place in which we will learn, socialise and plan on how to use the knowledge we acquire for the development of Bujanovac and our country,” the students said. The launch of construction was marked in the presence of Minister of Education, Science and Technological Development Srđan Verbić, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors, Head of the Delegation of the European Union in Serbia Michael Davenport, Chairman of the Coordination Body for Preševo, Bujanovac and Medveđa Zoran Stanković and Bujanovac Mayor Nagip Arifi.

Project sustainability, that is what happens once a project ends, developing partnership with other organisations, innovative ideas, visibility and sound budgeting ・ these were the topic covered by the first in a series of conferences European projects from ideas to implementation, organised jointly by EU Info Point Novi Sad and EU Delegation to Serbia.