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10 December 2012 Participants of presentation on the Nordic model of cooperation
Monday, 10 December 2012
Nordic Model of Cooperation Presented at National Assembly
The National Assembly hosted a presentation of the Nordic model of cooperation yesterday, so as to consider its potential implementation to improve interparliamentary cooperation in the countries signatories to the Dayton Agreement.
On the behalf of the National Assembly Speaker, MA Nebojsa Stefanovic, the participants of the presentation were first addressed by the Speaker’s advisor, Miodrag Popovic, who emphasised that the important characteristics of the Nordic model of cooperation which the countries should employ are respecting differences, the existence of political will for cooperation, as well as the close cooperation the countries achieve in international forums. He added that there is a vision of cooperation in the region and that the Igman Initiative indicates the potential direction and manner in which the cooperation should develop.
The Co-Chairman of the Igman Initiative for Serbia, Aleksandar Popov, briefed the participants on the activities of the initiative, in existence since 2000 and gathering more than 140 non-governmental organisations from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro. Popov stressed that the Nordic model of cooperation is closest to the region’s needs, pointing out the importance the Nordic countries place on interparliamentary cooperation.
Norwegian Ambassador to Serbia Ragnar Kamsvag, spoke of the work of the Nordic Council, stressing that improving mutual understanding and dialogue is a pre-requisite for the development of the region. The participants were also addressed by the ambassadors of Denmark and Sweden to Serbia, Mette Kjuel Nielsen and Christer Asp, respectively.
The ensuing discussion, in which MPs Balint Pasztor and Zoran Babic took part, focused on the potentials for the implementation of the experience of the Nordic countries in order to improve the relations between the countries in the region, based on common priorities and through various cooperation programmes.
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10.00 - sitting of the of the Committee on Finance, State Budget and Control of Public Spending (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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10.00 - Third Sitting of the Second Regular Session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia in 2025 (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)
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10.30 - sitting of the European Integration Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)
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10.30 - sitting of the Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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10.30 - National Assembly Deputy Speaker and Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee meets with a delegation of the Public Services and Transportation Committee of the Parliament of Jordan (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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11.00 - sitting of the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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11.30 - the Chairman and members of the Committee on Spatial Planning, Transport, Infrastructure and Telecommunications meet with the delegation of the Public Services and Transportation Committee of the Parliament of Jordan (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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12.30 - 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 European Integration Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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13.00 - 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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14.30 - sitting of the Committee on Spatial Planning, Transport, Infrastructure and Telecommunications (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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15.00 - sitting of the Environmental Protection Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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16.00 - sitting of the Committee on the Economy, Regional Development, Trade, Tourism and Energy (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)
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17.00 - sitting of the Committee on Constitutional and Legislative Issues (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)