The Department for Cross-Border and Transnational Cooperation Programmes and Cooperation with Local and Regional Authorities and Organisations for More Efficient Use of Funds is headed by Assistant Minister Mihajilo Dašić.
The Department for Cross-Border and Transnational Cooperation Programmes and Cooperation with Local and Regional Authorities and Organisations for More Efficient Use of Funds performs tasks related to the following: participation in the establishment of an institutional structure of management, implementation and control of European territorial cooperation programmes involving the Republic of Serbia, as follows: cross-border cooperation programmes with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, FYR Macedonia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia and Danube and Adriatic-Ionian transnational cooperation programmes; cooperation with institutions in charge of establishing indirect management; assigning joint bodies for programmes involving the Republic of Serbia; preparation, management, monitoring and reporting on programmes; participation in the activities of the Republic of Serbia in the preparation and implementation of EU macro-regional strategies (the Danube Strategy and the Adriatic-Ionian Strategy); participation in the selection of programme priorities in accordance with the priorities of the Republic of Serbia; participation in supervising the implementation of programmes, including appointing members of Joint Monitoring Committees (JMCs) on behalf of the Republic of Serbia; participation in the work of JMCs; training and coordination of the work of Serbian representatives in JMCs; participation in supervising the work of the Joint Secretariat's branch offices, info points, national contact points and Joint Secretariat's antenna offices of a programme on the territory of the Republic of Serbia covered by the programme, in accordance with the rules established by the programme; establishment of Joint Technical Secretariats (JTS) and participation in the supervision of their work in accordance with the rules of the programme; participation in the identification of strategic projects in cooperation with relevant national and partner country institutions; participation in the preparation and supervision of the implementation of technical assistance projects in cooperation with the competent institutions of partner countries, as well as providing funds for co-financing and pre-financing technical assistance projects from the budget of the Republic of Serbia, implemented by the Ministry; monitoring the implementation of programme objectives, assessing the impact of project contributions to development processes in the territories covered by programmes, as well as throughout the territory of the Republic of Serbia; ensuring the establishment and operation of the Appeal Committee for handling appeals filed by grant beneficiaries for ineligible costs detected by the First level control on the territory of the Republic of Serbia, as well as of the Committee for Irregularities; coordinating the process of recovery of funds in case of unduly paid or unused funds of the beneficiaries for programmes with EU Member States; developing information and programme promotion strategies, as well as overseeing its implementation; creating conditions for further development of the programme; preparation and monitoring of agreements, contracts and other legal acts relevant for European territorial cooperation programmes and alignment of national regulations related to the implementation of European territorial cooperation programmes with EU regulations and monitoring and analysis of agreements between countries involved in the programmes; participation in the work of international bodies, organisations and associations dealing with territorial cooperation matters on behalf of the Republic of Serbia; establishing a management and control system for the second objective of the European cohesion policy; participation in the work of the group for regional policy and coordination of structural instruments; cooperation with local and regional institutions; participation in the development of strategic documents related to local and regional development, as well as other activities in this field.
For the purpose of performing the tasks falling within the scope of the Department for Cross-Border and Transnational Cooperation Programmes and Cooperation with Local and Regional Authorities and Organisations for More Efficient Use of Funds, the following internal units are established:
1. Division for Planning, Establishing and Supervision of the Cross-Border and Transnational Cooperation Programmes Management System and for Coordinating EU Macro-Regional Strategies;
2. Section for Support to the Head of Operating Structure and National Authority;
3. Group for Cooperation with Local and Regional Authorities and Organisations for More Efficient Use of Funds.