Press conference on the progress of the “Support to Allergen-Free Environment“

On Thursday, 31 January 2013, a press conference on the on the progress of the “Support to Allergen-Free Environment“ was held at the European Affairs Fund of AP Vojvodina. The project resulted from the partnership among the European Affairs Fund of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Provincial Secretariat for Urban Planning, Construction and Environmental Protection, City of Sombor and City of Baja (Hungary). In the framework of the project, educational seminars for agriculturalists and general practitioners were held, the project website (www.cbcsafe.org) was launched, brochures aimed at agriculturalists and general practitioners, as well as a leaflet for the general public were published, equipment for the suppression of ambrosia in the cross-border region was purchased, and the activity of measuring the concentration of ambrosia pollen in the air started in Sombor, Sremska Mitrovica, Vrbas, Zrenjanin, Kikinda and Baja.

The project is EU-funded and co-financed by AP Vojvodina, under Hungary – Serbia IPA Cross-border Cooperation Programme.