European Mobility Week (EMW), campaign promoting sustainable urban mobility in cities across Europe, running from 16-22 September, was launched in Belgrade under the motto “Our Streets, Our Choice” in Tasmajdan Park with the participation of elementary school pupils and winners announcement of “Green Ideas for Our City” art contest, organised by the EU Delegation to Serbia, EU Info Centre and Secretariat for Transport of the City of Belgrade.
Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport held a farewell meeting with a group of 24 high school graduate students from central Belgrade’s schools ahead their EU-funded study trip to Brussels. Given an opportunity, the young scholars “grilled” Davenport about wide range of EU issues, from Scotland referendum and policy on Ukraine to Serbia’s EU integration and required reforms in judiciary, agriculture and economy.
European Mobility Week 2014 aims to re-evaluate the way we think about urban space and to explore the relationship between land use and quality of life. This year’s slogan, “Our streets, our choice”, encourages people to create the city that they want to live in. European Mobility Week is organised on September 16-22 each year. Serbia marks it with a youth drawing contest “Green Ideas for Our City”, whose winners will be awarded during the mobility week.
Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport opened the traditional “Games without borders on water” aimed at persons with disabilities and marking the end of summer season at “Olimp” sports centre.
Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport visited Obrenovac where he delivered EU assistance to 400 agricultural households, toured the reconstruction works on one of the schools and one of the houses whose reconstruction is funded the EU.
The Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) and Government of Serbia signed Regional Housing Programme Grant Agreements worth some 21.5 million euros for two sub-projects aimed at providing durable housing solutions for almost 1,600 refugee families.
The EU Delegation to Serbia has organised a six-day study visit to Brussels for 10 Serbian youth activists who took part in the initiative MLADI SU ZAKON implemented by the Ministry of Youth and Sports and supported by the EU Delegation.
Activities of the European Support for the Inclusion of Roma, financed by the European Union and carried out by the OSCE Mission in Serbia, include support to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development in establishing and reinforcing a program aimed at prevention of the dropping out of school by Roma secondary school students.
EU and FAO officials delivered in Trstenik European Union assistance to 469 small-scale farms and total of 150 metric tons of animal feed as the first part from 8-million euro worth EU agricultural assistance to flood-affected Serbian farm households. Farmers in Trstenik were among the first to receive the EU assistance, as trucks carrying animal feed reached the town.
The three-million euros EU-funded project entitled “Provision of housing reconstruction and economic revitalisation to most vulnerable flood-affected families in Serbia”, financed from the EU Assistance for Flood Relief in Serbia, begins in September in eight municipalities of the western Serbia. Citizens of Sabac, Sid, Bajina Basta, Loznica, Mali Zvornik, Valjevo, Ljubovija and Osecina hit the most by floods will get renewed homes, but also the chance to relaunch their businesses.
