Secondary School Students from Sabac, Loznica, Valjevo, Presevo and Bujanovac are going to stay in the USA, and students from America, will, thereafter, come to Serbia 

On Wednesday, December 21, 2011, eleven scholarship holders, who are students of Novi Sad University, paid a visit to the Coordination Body.

At the end of November 2011, 38 young persons, who are involved in the Youth Build Serbia project, started putting up elevators for disabled persons (EDP) at the entrance of the health center in Bujanovac.  This group of young people undergoes a three-month training, which is a part of the Youth Build project. The training is provided in the municipalities of Presevo and Bujanovac by the Civic Initiatives organization.

Vranje – The Vranje-based company “Simpo” and the Swedish “Ikea” company agreed that “Simpo” would export in 2012 to “Ikea” goods worth 20 million euros.  The goods to be exported are mattresses and furniture parts. 

Ten male and female scholars, who are, through the “Internship Program for Members of Ethnic Minorities”, going to acquire new knowledge and experiences at the institutions of the Republic of Serbia over a six-month period, visited the National Assembly on Tuesday, December 13, 2011, where they were received by Slavica Djukic Dejanovic, the Speaker of the National Assembly.

Bujanovac – On December 10, 2011, Verica Kalanovic, Serbia’s Vice Prime Minister responsible for economy and regional development, paid a visit to Bujanovac, where she attended the commissioning of a water supply system that provides water supply to around 20,000 citizens of the region.

The Protector of Citizens’ Office was opened today in Bujanovac, which is the first such office outside Belgrade.

Owing to support of the local Youth Office, the young from Bujanovac and Presevo, along with their colleagues from Valjevo, Sabac and Loznica, were selected, this year, too, to be partners in an exchange program with the US. 

Eight towns and municipalities of the Pcinj and Jablanica districts are going to participate in the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Economic Security Program.  Their cooperation in developing youth entrepreneurship in South Serbia or in providing the conditions for a faster employment of young people was formalized by the signing of the agreement in Vranje.

Bujanovac, Presevo – 30 young people began installing eight lifts for disabled persons at the entrance of the health center in Bujanovac. During their training, which was part of the „Youth Build“project, the young from Bujanovac and Presevo identified the problem of a lack of  lifts for disabled persons and decided to get involved in installation of the lifts and motivate their fellow citizens to help them with  the endeavor.