Department for Coordination of the Process of Aligning National Reforms with EU Policies and Instruments for Achieving the Green Deal and Sustainable Development

The Department for Coordination of the Process of Aligning National Reforms with EU Policies and Instruments for Achieving the Green Deal and Sustainable Development performs tasks related to the following: coordination of activities related to aligning with the goals of EU policies for achieving the Green Agenda and digital transformation and sustainability; preparation of strategic, plan and legal documents and special programmes of the Republic of Serbia for achieving the green and digital transformation; strategic improvement of political coherence and the system for monitoring sustainable development; provision of expert assistance to public administration bodies related to achieving the goals of the Green Agenda, digital transformation and sustainable development as a national and international obligation of the Republic of Serbia and the European Union; establishment of the management system for programmes financed from structural funds and the Cohesion Fund of the European Union; coordination of activities of legislative alignment with the EU acquis in the areas of agriculture and rural development, food safety, phytosanitary matters and fisheries (ch 11, 12 and 13); coordination of the development of a system of regional policies of the RS and use of structural instruments for the purpose of enabling the RS access to other EU policies (Cohesion policy and Common agricultural policy) and funds intended for them; coordination of the preparation of strategic documents in the EU accession process in the areas of agriculture and rural development, food safety, phytosanitary matters and fisheries; coordination of alignment of national reforms in the EU accession process through strategic and practical adjustment of the political and legislative framework with a view to achieving EU values and goals of the European Green Deal and sustainable development; coordination of the process of transposing the EU acquis in the areas covered by the negotiation clusters Fundamentals, Internal Market, Competitiveness and Inclusive Growth, Green Deal and Sustainable Connectivity, Resources, Cohesion and Agriculture, and External Relations, for the purpose of integrated achievement of the goals of sustainable development under the 2030 UN Agenda; coordination of cooperation of public administration bodies with the European Commission and other expert bodies of the EU in achieving the goals of sustainable development and the 2030 Agenda, as well as other tasks within this area. 
For the purpose of performing the tasks falling within the scope of the Department for Coordination of the Process of Aligning National Reforms with EU Policies and Instruments for Achieving the Green Deal and Sustainable Development, the following are established:

1. Division for the Green Deal and Sustainable Connectivity;
2. Division for Resources, Cohesion and Agriculture;
3. Group for the Goals of Sustainable Development and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development through the Implementation of the European Integration Policy.