Training course “EU Funding Opportunities“ for the representatives of local self-government of the Municipality of Temerin

At the request of the Temerin local self-government and competent Development Agency, the representatives of the European Affairs Fund of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina held a three-day training course“ EU Funding Opportunities“ from 17th to 19th May 2017, with the aim of informing the members of the local self-government about the topic of project financing.

During the training course, the attendees obtained information on the structure and prospects of applying within the framework of the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) 2014-2020, with the special focus on the cross-border cooperation programmes available to institutions of AP Vojvodina. The theoretical part of the training course was followed by the practical one, done in working groups, when the attendees had hands-on experience in developing their project ideas in cooperation with the lecturers. The presentation involved tools for project idea development, such as the problem and objective tree, logical framework and grouping of activities into working packages. In addition, the necessary steps and procedures prescribed by the European Union related to the budgeting of project proposals were presented by giving a practical example. After the training course, the participants were awarded a certificate on successful training completion.