Cross-border cooperation Programme Serbia – the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia for the years 2016- 2020 adopted
The European Commission has adopted the Cross-border cooperation Programme Serbia – the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia for the years 2016- 2020 at the 12th IPA Committee meeting held in Brussels on 17 November 2016.
The total value of the Programme is over four million euros, of which three and a half million euros were provided through IPA funds of the European Union. The priorities of the Programme are the promotion of employment, labour mobility and social and cultural inclusion, encouraging the development of tourism and preservation of cultural and natural heritage.
In the Republic of Serbia, the Programme covers the territory of Jablanica district (City of Leskovac and the municipalities of Bojnik, Lebane, Medveđa, Vlasotince and Crna Trava) and Pčinja district (City of Vranje with two municipalities – Vranje and Vranjska Banja, and the following municipalities – Vladičin Han, Surdulica, Bosilegrad, Trgovište, Bujanovac and Preševo). In the FRY Macedonia the Programme covers the territory of the North – East region (municipalities of Kratovo, Lipkovo, Kumanovo, Staro Nagoričane, Rankovce and Kriva Palanka), Skopje region (municipalities of Aračinovo, Čučer Sandevo, Ilinden, Petrovec, Sopište, Studeničani, Zelenikovo) and municipalities of the City of Skopje (Butel, Gjorče Petrov and Saraj).
By adopting the Cross-Border Cooperation Programme Serbia – Macedonia 2016-2020 the Republic of Serbia rounds off the process of coordinating the development of local border regions through the European union Cross-border and transnational programmes with all neighbournig countries.
