Digital technologies enable building of strong, democratic parliaments that are more open and more transparent to citizens - this is the message of the participants at the conference „Building the Digital Local Parliaments“ which was held in the Master Centre in Novi Sad on 30-31 October 2017. Over 200 representatives of local assemblies from the entire Serbia participated in the work of the conference.

The UN Week in Serbia kicks off with first Constitutional Meeting of the Government Working Group on SDGs. The Working Group will consist of 27 representatives of the Government’s ministries, offices and agencies, including the President of the Working Group.

The National Open Data Portal (www.data.gov.rs), a central place where the data of state authorities will be aggregated and made available to citizens, companies and NGOs, was presented today under the project “Open Data – Open Opportunities”.

The Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia, Ana Brnabić and the UN Resident Coordinator in Serbia, Karla Hershey, discussed today the activities within the five-year Development Partnership Framework signed by the Republic of Serbia with the United Nations Country Team.

Mr. Einar Gorrissen, Director General of the INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI), held presentations on SAI Performance Measurement Framework and role of SAI in monitoring of implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), for the representatives of the State Audit Institution and its partners.

All municipalities and city municipalities with population between 20,000 and 40,000 inhabitants have the right to apply

Effective internal controls in public procurement is the focus of a two-day workshop organised by UNDP in Serbia for representatives of local government, national agencies and development partners.

The National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia is speaheding translation of the 2030 Agenda into actionable national policies that will require a concerted effort and monitoring the Government committments.

Legislative Drafting courses will be organized for representatives of the local assemblies and Monograph and Handbook on Legislative Drafting and Legal Comprehension published for law students, civil servants and local assemblies for the first time by the Faculty of Law University of Belgrade featuring eminent academia and practice representatives.

SOS telephone service support for women who are in situations of violence, provided by women’s non-governmental organizations will be avaliable to more users, and especially to Roma women and women with disabilities.

Three years after the devastating floods, which ravaged several countries of South-East Europe, local government leaders and disaster risk reduction professionals from across the region are working towards reinforcing concrete infrastructure and equipment with functional networks of inter-municipal partnerships.