A training course on EU project development for the employees of the Тourism Organization of Ruma Municipality

At the request of the Tourism Organization of Ruma Municipality, the European Affairs Fund of AP Vojvodina has held a three-day training course under the title “Prospects of Financing through EU Fund

At the request of the Tourism Organization of Ruma Municipality, the European Affairs Fund of AP Vojvodina has held a three-day training course under the title “Prospects of Financing through EU Funds“ in order to present the topic of project funding to the employees who have recognized such a type of funding as an opportunity to improve the work of their institution and the position of Ruma Municipality on the regional tourist map. During the training, the participants could obtain information about the structure and manner of application under the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) 2014-2020, with special focus on the CBC Programmes available to institutions of AP Vojvodina. Moreover, the Community Programmes to be available to applicants from Serbia in the following budget period were also presented.

The theoretic part of the training was followed by practical tasks involving group work, when the participants could develop their project ideas related to tourist offer development and environmental protection in cooperation with the lecturers. The presentation involved the tools for project idea development, such as the problem tree and objective tree, logical framework and grouping of activities into working packages. Furthermore, based on a practical example, the necessary steps and procedures related to project proposal budgeting required by the EU were presented. Having completed the training successfully, the trainees were awarded certificates.