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16 November 2014 Participants of the sitting of the European Integration Committee in Arandjelovac
Monday, 17 November 2014
18th Sitting of the European Integration Committee - 16 November
On the second day of the sitting, 16 November, in the Arandjelovac Municipal Assembly, the members of the European Integration Committee discussed the accessibility and manner of use of IPARD funds (EU pre-accession funds for rural development).
Dragan Mirkovic outlined the common agricultural policy all EU member states must abide by from legislation to implementation in the field, and presented the rural development support measures, financial aspects and structure of the IPARD programme and the work of the Directorate for Agrarian Payments.
Daria Janjic and Ognjen Miric spoke about the scope of the European Integration Office, programming of international development aid and the IPA funds’ decentralised management system.
The Committee members had questions about the situation in the real estate cadastre, marking of agricultural plots and mapping, process of accreditation for the use of IPARD funds and standard food safety. They also discussed the possible organisation of a public hearing on IPARD funds.
The representatives of the civil sector asked to see the IPARD 2014-202 draft programme and also had questions about the manner in which the beneficiaries could be informed about the programme and when a rural development network would be set up. The representatives of the cluster also asked whether any stimulation measures have been planned for beekeeping.
The questions posed by the Committee members and other participants of the sitting were answered by the representatives of the Ministry and European Integration Office
The sitting was chaired by Committee Chairman Aleksandar Senic.
Activities
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11.00 - sitting of the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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11.00 - sitting of the of the Committee on Education, Science, Technological Development and the Information Society (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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11.00 - judges elected to judicial office for the first time take the oath of office before the National Assembly Speaker (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)
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11.30 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Ukrainian Ambassador (National Assembly Building, 14 Kralja Milana Street)
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12.00 - opening of the exhibition marking 150 years since the birth of Mileva Maric Einstein (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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12.00 - sitting of the Committee on the Judiciary, Public Administration and Local Self-Government (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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13.00 - sitting of the Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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17.00 - sitting of the Committee on Constitutional and Legislative Issues (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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17.05 - National Assembly Deputy Speaker at the AEPA Association if Lawyers Conference: NO MORE SILENCE – ME AGAIN (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)