Prime Minister Ana Brnabic talked today with UNDP Resident Representative in Serbia Francine Pickup about the goals of this organisation in Serbia and the next five-year programme that will be implemented.
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Cooperation with UNDP in solving depopulation problem
Belgrade,
6 May 2021
Brnabic pointed out that UNDP is an organisation that provides support and assistance to Serbia in all important and sensitive issues related to the eradication of poverty and unemployment, improving energy efficiency and environmental protection, as well as promoting gender equality and the position of minority groups, in order to develop democracy and the rule of law.
Presenting future plans, Pickup assessed that demographic changes have been recognised as the biggest challenge that Serbia and the countries of the region are facing.
In view of that, depopulation policy will be the most important topic to which this organisation, in cooperation with the Serbian government and competent institutions, will pay the most attention in the coming period.
According to her, this is a completely new approach to the challenge of depopulation, which will be aimed at better realisation of people's potential, creating better education and opportunities for professional and personal development of young people, as support for families and the elderly population.
The Prime Minister pointed out that the problem of demography is one of the biggest challenges that our country is facing, and stated that it is important not only to create opportunities for young people to stay and live in their country, but also to enable the return of our diaspora.
To that end, the "Point of Return" programme was launched, which enables constant communication with Serbs in the diaspora and available information related to return and other cooperation with the state and people living in Serbia.
The priorities to which this government is committed are investing in education on which the future economy will be based, as well as digital transformation and information technologies, in order to create a modern state and society for future generations, she said.
Pickup praised the success achieved in the field of digitalisation, whose benefits are especially felt during the epidemiological crisis, and pointed out that the next step is to encourage and educate citizens to use its benefits, especially the elderly population.
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