Conference “Challenges and Changes 2014-2020” held in Odžaci Municipality

In order to present the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina and its potentials, the conference “Challenges and Changes 2014-2020”, organized by the European Affairs Fund of AP Vojvodina, in cooperation w

In order to present the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina and its potentials, the conference “Challenges and Changes 2014-2020”, organized by the European Affairs Fund of AP Vojvodina, in cooperation with the Regional Development Agency Bačka and Odžaci Municipality, was held in Odžaci Municipality, as a part of the “Open Days 2013” in Brussels.

The goal of the event was to inform the participants about the European integration process and EU regional and development policy, as well as different options for funding and supporting the development of local self-governments.

The conference was opened by Izabela Šerić, the president of the municipality, who presented the municipality’s success in the past and plans for the future. The representatives of the Fund, Mina Radmilović and Andrija Aleksić informed the participants about the activities in the following EU budget period 2014–2020, making a retrospective of Serbia’s previous participation in projects funded through different funds. The importance of cooperation between municipalities and local communities, on the one hand, and the Fund, Provincial Secretariat for Interregional Cooperation and Local Self-Government and accredited regional development agencies, on the other hand, in order to define priorities and create development strategies similar to European ones. The meeting was attended by representatives of the provincial government, local self-government, development agencies, public companies, NGOs, civil associations and the media.