The European Commission will host a Donors’ Conference in Brussels on 16 July to continue its help with the aftermath of the devastating floods in the Western Balkans and mobilise further support to Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to deal with the consequences of this natural disaster. The conference will be co-organised with France and Slovenia.
European Union puts high priority on economic issues and from now it will deal even more systematically with macroeconomic, business environment, social, as well as labour issues in candidate countries, said Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport addressing the Economic Summit of Serbia.
Civil society’s engagement in the EU accession process is of major importance and the EU calls upon the Government of Serbia to establish a durable communication with non-governmental organisations (NGOs), said Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport at the very first plenary session of the National Convent on EU.
Civil society’s engagement in the EU accession process is of major importance and the EU calls upon the Government of Serbia to establish a durable communication with non-governmental organisations (NGOs), said Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport at the very first plenary session of the National Convent on EU.
Serbia is the first non-European Union country to sign up and participate in the new Creative Europe programme.
The Head of EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport hailed Serbian Parliament’s decision to back military and police participation in international missions, including several led by European union, saying the EU and Serbia were stepping up cooperation in peacekeeping missions worldwide.
Mayors and public utility companies’ (PUC) directors from Kruševac, Vranje and Užice signed the implementation agreement on “Water supply and wastewater treatment in mid-sized municipalities in Serbia” project worth EUR60 million with the EU providing grants amounting nearly a quarter of total funds.
Launch of the Post-Flood Recovery Needs Assessment
“Any democratic society striving to become a EU member should not censor or put the freedom of speech under pressure, but it should ensure the existence of such a public space, in which other stakeholders, individuals or organisations do not put the freedom of speech of others under pressure either,” said Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport, addressing the participants of the “Blog open-blog closed” conference.
Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport hosted a reception for Serbian participants that have so far been part of the EU Visitors Programme (EUVP), 32 of them since 2002, including Head of Serbian negotiating team for EU accession Tanja Miščević, Minister without portfolio in charge with European integration Jadranka Joksimović, as well as political, civil sector, and media figures.
