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Sustainable growth strategy to be adopted
Belgrade,
5 July 2007
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic said today that UN Development Programme (UNDP) will help Serbia with $18.5 million this year for implementation of several projects.
Djelic said that UNDP, in cooperation with the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) set aside $800,000 in the past two years for preparation of the sustainable growth strategy.
Preparation of the strategy's draft, which is one of the preconditions for the beginning of talks on Serbia's full EU membership, will be completed by September 15, and the strategy itself should be adopted by year-end.
Djelic explained that sustainable growth means setting the development of a country on healthy, sustainable foundations, and specified that the three main pillars of sustainable growth are ecology, economy of knowledge and equal development of all layers of society.
Djelic said that some 300 experts are included in the preparation of the strategy, which began in 2005, and it is estimated that the public discussion on the strategy's final version should last until the end of this year.
An international conference on environmental protection is scheduled to be held in Belgrade in October. That will be the chance for Serbia to get support for projects related to sustainable growth, but also to raise citizens' awareness of the importance of their contribution to preservation of the environment, poverty reduction and the country's economic development.
The Deputy Prime Minister appointed as advisors for sustainable development Zoran Cvijanovic and Srdja Popovic.
Kori Udovicki, who is on her first visit to Serbia since being appointed as UNDP Director of Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, stated that the UNDP is Serbia’s main partner in coordination and drafting the strategy of sustainable development.
According to her, it is of utmost importance that Serbia has a clear vision of EU accession, in which UNDP will help and mediate.
Preparation of the strategy's draft, which is one of the preconditions for the beginning of talks on Serbia's full EU membership, will be completed by September 15, and the strategy itself should be adopted by year-end.
Djelic explained that sustainable growth means setting the development of a country on healthy, sustainable foundations, and specified that the three main pillars of sustainable growth are ecology, economy of knowledge and equal development of all layers of society.
Djelic said that some 300 experts are included in the preparation of the strategy, which began in 2005, and it is estimated that the public discussion on the strategy's final version should last until the end of this year.
An international conference on environmental protection is scheduled to be held in Belgrade in October. That will be the chance for Serbia to get support for projects related to sustainable growth, but also to raise citizens' awareness of the importance of their contribution to preservation of the environment, poverty reduction and the country's economic development.
The Deputy Prime Minister appointed as advisors for sustainable development Zoran Cvijanovic and Srdja Popovic.
Kori Udovicki, who is on her first visit to Serbia since being appointed as UNDP Director of Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, stated that the UNDP is Serbia’s main partner in coordination and drafting the strategy of sustainable development.
According to her, it is of utmost importance that Serbia has a clear vision of EU accession, in which UNDP will help and mediate.
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