The Department for Coordination of the Accession Process, Coordination of the Preparation and Implementation of the National Programme for the Adoption of the Acquis Communautaire and Monitoring of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement is headed by: Dragana Radojičić Filković (dragana.radojicic@mei.gov.rs), Jelena Đedović (jelena.djedovic@mei.gov.rs) and Milutin Trnavac (milutin.trnavac@mei.gov.rs).
The Department for Coordination of the Accession Process, Coordination of the Preparation and Implementation of the National Programme for the Adoption of the Acquis Communautaire and Monitoring of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement performs tasks related to the following: co-ordination, monitoring and reporting related to the process of accession to the European Union; coordination of the preparation of strategic documents related to the process of accession to the European Union; coordination of the preparation and implementation of the National Programme for the Adoption of the Acquis Communautaire; coordination of the implementation of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement and the work of joint bodies established by the agreement; coordination of cooperation between state administration bodies with the European Commission and other expert bodies of the European Union, as well as cooperation in the process of association and accession with institutions of the European Union, member states, candidate and potential candidate countries; encouraging and monitoring the alignment of legislation of the Republic of Serbia with legislation and standards of the European Union and informing the European Union and the public thereof, all in the areas covered by the political and economic criteria for accession to the European Union, namely, in the fields of judiciary and fundamental rights, foreign, security and defence policy, justice, freedom and security, intellectual property, environment, agriculture and rural development, fisheries, food safety, plant protection, phytosanitary and veterinary policy; movement of goods, movement of workers, business establishment and freedom to provide services, free movement of capital, public procurements, company law, competition and state aid, financial services, information society and media, transport, energy, taxation, statistics, social policy and employment, entrepreneurship and industrial policy, trans-European networks, science and research, education and culture, consumer protection and health protection, customs union, external economic relations, financial supervision, financial and budget affairs; assistance to ministries and special organisations in aligning regulations with EU regulations; monitoring the fulfilment of obligations that ministries and special organisations have in association and accession to the European Union, participation in the coordination of Government bodies in charge of European integration, coordinating the preparation of draft acts in connection with the process of alignment of domestic legislation with EU legislation, expert, analytical and administrative support to the Negotiating team, coordination of expert needs and preparation of analyses for members of the Negotiating Team; informing the public and promoting activities in the negotiation process; promoting activities of the Negotiating Team; providing expert support to the members of the Negotiating Team; as well as other activities in this field.
For the purpose of performing the tasks falling within the scope of the Department for Coordination of the Accession Process, Coordination of the Preparation and Implementation of the National Programme for the Adoption of the Acquis Communautaire and Monitoring of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement, the following internal units are established:
1. Division for Political Criteria and Justice, Freedom and Security;
2. Division for Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development;
3. Division for Economic Criteria and Preparation of Draft Legislation in the Process of Legal Harmonisation;
4. Division for Support to Accession Negotiations.