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The Government of the Republic of Serbia

In the service of citizens

Project to boost capacity of health, social, educational institutions

Belgrade, 23 October 2009

Minister of Health Tomica Milosavljevic today stated that in the next four years the Serbian government will carry out the project to boost the capacity of institutions in the health, education and social care sectors through loans from the World Bank.

Zarko Obradovic, Tomica Milosavljevic and Simon Gray

Author: Tanjug

At a press conference on the beginning of the project ‘Delivery of Improved Local Services’ by the Ministries of Health, Education and Labour and Social Policy, Milosavljevic specified that the loan of €32 million will be divided among the three sectors.

The goal is to increase the efficiency, availability and quality of services at the local level, the Minister said, adding that the project is being implemented on the basis of a loan agreement, signed between the government and the World Bank, which is to be implemented until 2012.

He said the intention is to carry out the planned changes by then, specifying that they refer to the way primary health care is financed. He also added that the project will increase the quality of services, as well as their availability to vulnerable groups.

Milosavljevic specified that around €12.5 million will go to the health sector, adding that the information and communications systems in all health centres will be improved thanks to these funds.

He emphasised that poorer municipalities will receive more resources while rich municipalities will bear the cost of this work in proportion to their economic status.

Investing in health education is a good investment, Milosavljevic said.

Minister of Education Zarko Obradovic said that from the World Bank loan, €12 million will be used for education.

He announced that over the next four years the Serbian educational system will improve in terms of efficiency and quality.

State Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy Zoran Martinovic said that €5.5 million was awarded to this Ministry, of which sum 70% will be used for the information system, while 30% is intended for programmes for persons with disabilities.

Director of the World Bank Office in Serbia Simon Gray said that the goals of this project are better education, health care and social support for vulnerable groups.