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The Government of the Republic of Serbia

In the service of citizens

Swedish donation to Serbia’s environmental protection

Belgrade, 7 July 2011

State Secretary of Environment, Mining and Spatial Planning Ivica Radovic and Swedish Ambassador to Serbia Christer Asp today signed an agreement on assistance and support to infrastructure investment in the environmental protection sector, estimated at €2.75 million.

Christer Asp and Ivica Radovic

Following the signing, Radovic stressed that thanks to the Swedish government’s assistance, Serbia is able to continue with the project activities which it began earlier, such as the introduction of a waste management system at the regional landfill Duboko in Uzice, managing the risk of chemicals and other programmes.

The State Secretary noted that Sweden is one of Serbia’s most important partners in the environmental protection sector.

The Swedish donation will be implemented in the period 2011–2014, he added.

Radovic also observed that they are also cooperating to draft a strategy for sustainable use of natural resources, which will most likely be adopted by the end of the year.

Asp noted that Sweden’s annual assistance to Serbia amounts to €12 million, stressing that the goal of today’s donation is to develop and enhance the capacity of the Ministry and municipalities in terms of preparing and drafting infrastructure development projects in the area of environmental protection, as well as to determine which projects have top priority.

The Ambassador noted that Sweden endorses Serbia in its efforts to join the EU, adding that on this path to membership, Sweden will monitor Serbia’s progress in the environmental protection sector, which is in the top of international and national agendas.

The Swedish donation of €2.75 million will help to develop infrastructure projects in environmental protection, and extend support to local self-governments for the development of infrastructure projects, the IT system and guidelines for managing projects.