BELGRADE – The Coordination Body of the Government of the Republic of Serbia for the Municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja and the Ministry of Education, in cooperation with the Center for Non-Violent Resistance and the Center for Educational Policies, held a discussion on preliminary results and conclusions of the Feasibility Study for the Opening of Institutions of Higher Learning in Presevo and Bujanovac at the Palace of Serbia on March 3, 2010.

At the end of February 2010, Minister Milan Markovic, President of the Coordination Body of the Government of the Republic of Serbia for the Municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja, submitted to all citizens of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja a report on the Coordination Body’s activities in the previous year.  The report, which was in the form of a letter in Serbian, Albanian and Romany, was sent to the addresses of all citizens of these three municipalities.

Two projects amounting to 27 million dinars are going to be implemented in Medvedja thanks to the funds provided by the National Investment Plan (NIP). The more important of the two projects is the construction (first phase) of the sewage sytem from the center of Medvedja to Sijarinska Spa, into which 20 million dinars will be invested.  Also provided by the NIP are the funds necessary for renovating the main srteet in Medvedja, while the estimated value of the project is 6.7 million dinars. In addition, the local self-government of  Medvedja submitted to the NIP four projects, the overall value of which is 200 million dinars.

On March 5, 2010, the Office of the Coordination Body announced two new open competitions for funding projects in Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja. 

The announced open competitions are for programs and projects of the associations of citizens for the purpose of providing assistance to the population of the municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja in 2010. The associations of citizens that are registered in the territory of the Republic of Serbia, as well as  those that submit their project proposals in accordance with the clearly- set Guidelines for Project Proposal Submitters, shall have the right to participate in the open competitions. Under this open competition, 5,000,000.00 dinars shall be allocated, while the maximum amount of the financial resources per project is 500,000.00 dinars.

BELGRADE – The Coordination Body of the Government of the Republic of Serbia for the Municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja and the Ministry of Education, in cooperation with the Center for Non-Violent Resistance and Center of Educational Policies, are going to hold a discussion on the preliminary results and conclusions of the Feasibility Study for the Opening of Institutions of Higher Learning in Presevo and Bujanovac at the Palace of Serbia on March 3, 2010.