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The Government of the Republic of Serbia

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Cooperation with National Convention on EU on Sustainable Development

Belgrade, 29 March 2021

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic stated today, participating in the online dialogue with the members of the National Convention on the EU, that the government is in the process of forming an interdepartmental working group to deal with sustainable development.

At the online meeting dedicated to sustainable development, Brnabic emphasised that the cooperation of all factors in the society is important for the adoption of a quality strategic document, and accordingly invited the representatives of the Convention to join that working group.

She conveyed that the proposal was for the chairman of the interdepartmental working group to be Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Selakovic, while the deputy chair would be Slavica Djukic Dejanovic, as the Prime Minister's advisor on the topic of sustainable development.

The Prime Minister sent an invitation to the National Convention on the EU to appoint its representatives in the interdepartmental group, which was accepted by the representatives of this body, in order to start drafting a strategic document or roadmap with the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights and Social Dialogue.

She reminded that the previous government formed an interdepartmental working group in 2016, and that in 2019, Serbia presented a voluntary national report on the fulfilment of the goals of sustainable development at the United Nations.

Our goal is to present the voluntary national report in the next cycle in 2022, Brnabic pointed out and assessed that the goals of sustainable development should be adjusted to the needs of society and set priorities.

The Prime Minister expressed satisfaction with the fact that the practice of dialogue with the National Convention on the EU has been established, noting that the planning of the third dialogue, which should be held in a month, will begin later today.

I hope that this dialogue and the example we give will open many other dialogues in Serbia and bring us to the point where it is not important who thinks politically, but how who works and what the results are, said Brnabic.

She conveyed her gratitude to the National Convention on the EU for the great trust and cooperation, emphasizing that, in addition to discussing important topics, it is necessary that we have concrete results after the dialogue.

The Prime Minister also expressed satisfaction that after the first dialogue, the representatives of the Convention agreed to join as many as three working groups for drafting three important laws related to the rule of law – on the Protector of Citizens, free access to information of public importance and personal data protection and about electronic communications.