A working visit to the municipalities of Kovin and Bela Crkva

The representatives of the European Affairs Fund of AP Vojvodina, Zoran Pavić and Senka Bengin, together with representatives of the Vojvodina Development Agency, Nikola Žeželj, Director and his associate Biljana Vrzić, visited the municipality of Kovin and Bela Crkva. In Kovin Municipality, the meeting was held with Slađana Ćirkovački, advisor of the Group for Local Economic Development and her associates. In Kovin Municipality, the meeting was held with Gordana Timotijević, advisor for the development, monitoring and implementation of project of the Office for Local Economic Development and Darko Ostojić, advisor for the development, monitoring and implementation of the OLED and their associates.

During the meetings, a more comprehensive direct cooperation between the representatives of the local self-government and the Fund was agreed regarding EU funding opportunities by providing assistance in the selection and development of EU projects, as well as future training courses in Kovin Municipality by the Fund’s employees aimed at all those interested from the municipality. Moreover, the municipal representatives of Kovin presented their problems – the need for the restoration of the public lighting in the municipality, which could be solved by implementing EU projects, in which the Fund would help them. In the municipality of Bela Crkva, the topic of discussion was a number of activities and projects being implemented in the municipality.

During the meetings, the discussion also touched upon the prospect for cooperation between the representatives of the local self-government and the Vojvodina Development Agency through the use of subsidies, as well as through the drafting of development of documents that directly concerning the public local self-government.