Conference “Preparatory activities for capacity building of province institutions and local authorities with respect to the use of EU funds, focusing on rural development“

The Conference under the title “Preparatory activities for capacity building of province institutions and local authorities with respect to the use of EU funds, focusing on rural development“, organised by the European Affairs Fund-AP Vojvodina, was held in Palić on 6th December 2013.

The conference was opened by Zoran Radoman, Provincial Secretary of Finance, whereas the other speakers were Péter Rácz, Deputy Head of the Joint Technical Secretariat of the Hungary-Serbia IPA Cross-border Co-operation Programme, Andor Biró, Nikola Svičević and Attila Rákóczi of the Agricultural and Rural Development Agency (ARDA), Relja Burzan, Head of Information Point for HU-SRB IPA CBC Programme and dr. Bojan Vujin of the Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases of Vojvodina.

The conference discussed the preparatory activities under the Hungary-Serbia CBC Programme in the new budget period 2014-2020, as well as the EU agriculture policy and prospects for using the funds aimed at rural development in 2014-2020. The event was attended by the representatives of provincial institutions and local authorities of Vojvodina.