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Minister of European Integration Jadranka Joksimović has spoken today with State secretary of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs Miguel Berger about the situation in Serbia’s European Integration process.

IPA 3 pre-accession fund will be an additional incentive for all our citizens in the upcoming seven-year period and will contribute to faster path to the EU, Minister of European Integration Jadranka Joksimović has said today, adding that pre-accession funds which Serbia has already used contributed to the development of Vojvodina and other parts of Serbia.

Grants in the value of 17.2 million RSD have been officially awarded today to women’s civil society organisations to assist women’s economic empowerment, and ministers Jadranka Joksimović and Zorana Mihajlović have indicated that gender inequality is present and that women are less paid for the same jobs than their male counterparts.

Minister of European Integration Jadranka Joksimović and UN Resident Coordinator in Serbia Françoise Jacob have spoken today about development cooperation between Serbia and the UN team, based primarily on implementing projects which, through their goals and results, contribute to Serbia’s accession to the European Union.

The informal meeting of European Affairs ministers is also attended by representatives of the Western Balkan countries. On the occasion, Serbian Minister of European Integration Jadranka Joksimović has thanked Slovenia for the invitation, assessing that it is a good initiative of Slovenian partners.

At today’s Informal meeting of the European Affairs ministers in Slovenia, Minister of European Integration Jadranka Joksimović has presented how Serbia has faced the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, as our country has managed to preserve good macroeconomic indicators despite the crisis.

Minister of European Integration Jadranka Joksimović has assessed today that all regional initiatives represent a support column and catalyst for cooperation in the region, they are not a replacement for European integration, as they serve to enable higher living standard to all citizens in the region and secure peace and stability.

Agreements on EU donation worth EUR 10.2 million have been awarded today for the implementation of social housing and active inclusion projects in 19 local self-government units.

The Minister of European Integration and Chief Negotiator for Conducting Negotiations on the of Serbia’s Accession to the European Union, Jadranka Joksimović, has chaired a regular meeting with the coordinators of six negotiation clusters, where activities realised in Serbia’s EU accession process have been discussed.

Minister of European Integration Jadranka Joksimović has assessed today that the use of EU pre-accession funds is important for Serbia’s European integration, given that the money Serbia uses from those funds is invested into concrete projects that improve citizens’ quality of life.

IPA funds serve to help Serbia achieve certain reforms and goals, and to become an EU member sooner rather than later, as stated today by Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Sem Fabrizi.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has stated today that EU financial support through pre-accession funds is important as these funds are used to accelerate the reforms and reach the final goal – membership in the EU, and thus achieve the quality of life of Serbian citizens that is in line with the standards for EU citizens.

EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi has stated today that the EU enlargement policy remains at the heart of the Commission’s engagement, which, according to him, for Serbia means the opening of two clusters still this year.

The Ministry of European Integration, in cooperation with the Hans Seidel Foundation, is organising a webinar called ‘Harmonisation of National Legislation with the EU Acquis: Tables of Concordance’. 

The webinar is intended for the representatives of the Ministry of Justice to learn more about the sources of EU law, connection between various concordance instruments and the NPAA realisation and planning, structure and method of filling in tables of concordance, and practical examples. The lecturer is Olivera Vitorović from the Ministry of European Integration.
 

Minister of European Integration Jadranka Joksimović, Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government Marija Obradović, and representative of the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) Stephan Heieck have signed today the Agreement on the implementation of the project ‘Support to Public Administration Reform in the EU Accession Process’.

With the active support of European partners, primarily Germany, Serbia is ready to continue strengthening structures for the EU accession process, as stated today by Minister of European Integration Jadranka Joksimović, who has expressed her expectations that the enlargement policy will become “more popular” among certain EU member states and that the process will be accelerated.

Minister of European Integration Jadranka Joksimović has talked today with Gašper Dovžan, State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia, about the continuation of Serbia’s EU accession negotiations during the Slovenian EU Council presidency.

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The Programming Task Force made preliminary shortlist of 10 Specific Objectives (SOs) as likely to be financed in 21-27 period:

The Minister of European Integration and Chief Negotiator for Conducting Negotiations on the Republic of Serbia’s Accession to the European Union, Jadranka Joksimović, has chaired a meeting with the coordinators of six negotiation clusters, where further activities in the negotiation process have been discussed, following the recently held political Intergovernmental Conference between the European Union and Serbia.

Minister of European Integration Jadranka Joksimović has spoken today with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for European Issues of the Czech Republic Aleš Chmelař on Serbia’s accession to the European Union as well as bilateral relations and situation in the region.