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7 December 2011 National Assembly Speaker Prof. Dr Slavica Djukic Dejanovic at the Assembly of the Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities
Wednesday, 7 December 2011
National Assembly Speaker at Assembly of Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities
Strengthening local self-governments is a way to bring the government closer to the citizens, thus enabling the environments to satisfy their needs to the highest possible degree, said the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, Prof. Dr Slavica Djukic Dejanovic at the 39th Annual Assembly of the Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities.
At the Assembly of the Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities, Djukic Dejanovic said that the Serbian Assembly and the Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities would continue to work together, primarily on controlling the implementation of laws relating to this sphere, and added that the activities aimed at developing local self-governments would be intensified in the coming years. She said that the success of the overall reform on the local level greatly depends on adequately articulating the needs and representing the interests of local self-governments at the bodies of central government, a process in which the Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities plays an important role.
In order to strengthen the citizens’ role, the Serbian Assembly, among other things, adopted a set of laws predominately applied in local self-government, stressed the Speaker.
“Specifically this year, by adopting the amendments and modifications to the Law on Financing of Local Self-Government, we have raised the income of local self-governments, stimulated entrepreneurship and employment on the level of municipalities, expecting it all to reflect positively on urban development. With the Law on Public Property we have brought our country on par with countries which ensure the local governments’ full ownership over the property they use and enabled the transfer of a significant part of the public property to towns and municipalities. The Law on Public-Private Partnership and Concessions provides the legal framework for the local governments’ further active efforts on cooperation projects with the private sector and improvement of the services they provide to the citizens”.
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10.30 - the members of the PFG with Italy, the Holy See and the Sovereign Order of Malta meet with the Deputy Prime Minister of Italy (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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11.00 - the Head and members of the PFG with the Benelux meet with a delegation of the Belgian Federal Parliament (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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11.50 - the National Assembly Deputy Speaker and Chairperson of the European Integration Committee and the Committee members meet with the delegation of the Belgian Federal Parliament (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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12.00 - press conference of the Party of Freedom and Justice Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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12.00 - the National Assembly Speaker at the opening ceremony of the Conference of Parliament Speakers of EU Candidate Countries (Palace of Serbia, 2 Mihajlo Pupin Boulevard, Belgrade)
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12.15 - the Serbian youth, members of the folklore group “Morava”, Cleveland, Ohio, visit the National Assembly House (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)
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15.30 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Chairman of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada (Palace of Serbia, 2 Mihajlo Pupin Boulevard, Belgrade)
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16.45 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Moldovan Parliament Speaker (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 1)
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17.30 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Georgian Parliament Speaker (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 1)