Ministry of Environmental Protection and UNDP awarded the most innovative ideas for reducing the GHG emissions and creating climate-resilient local communities in Serbia
UNDP is currently carrying out one pilot project in the city of Nis, South of Serbia, that focuses on using blockchain to send remittances to the recipients in the country of origin.
In May 2018, Belgrade hosted the parliamentarians from 11 countries of Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia, who came to the city to participate in a regional seminar about SDGs
Representatives of the EU, UN agencies and Serbian state institutions, visited Vranje and, among other activities, took part in the celebration of a local School Day
Sanja is a pharmacist who decided to pursue a career in programming. Along with 800 other candidates she participated in an IT training that helped her make the career change.
Anabela is one of thirty young Roma men and women that are currently undergoing a three-month training to acquire new knowledge and skills after which they will be engaged at local self-government units and/or other governmental or non-governmental institutions at the local level.
In 2017, UNDP Serbia gathered a team of experts who carried out a research to assess the conditions for a UBI approach in Serbia, as well as to initiate a public discussion on the design of a potential UBI experiment.
National Human Development Report
How to better prepare for the crisis? How to engage volunteers and distribute humanitarian aid more efficiently? Why is it important to include women in disaster risk preparedness and response? How to prevent the poor, persons with disabilities, the elderly and children from becoming even more vulnerable during a crisis? Why do partnerships between the state and non-state actors matter? These are only some questions that the report answers. This National Human Development Report (NHDR) shows the importance of communication, partnerships and coordination, solidarity and volunteerism, humanitarian aid, social inclusion and trust.
Parliaments and SDGs
The Agenda 2030 Declaration acknowledges the “essential role of national parliaments through their enactment of legislation and adoption of budgets, and their role in ensuring accountability for the effective implementation of our commitments.” Members of parliament are uniquely positioned to act as an interface between the people and state institutions, and to promote and adopt people-centered policies and legislation to ensure that no one is left behind.
Drivers of Youth Radicalism and Violent Extremism in Serbia
Across all surveyed regions, it is the youngest respondents – aged 15 to 19 – who are the most vocal and are most likely to engage in violence. Young people are, generally speaking, traditional. They are hopeful and optimistic, but their optimism decreases with age, when they became disappointed and bitter. Young people are by and large mistrustful of social actors and do not believe in equal opportunity for employment in the public sector. At the same time, they do not seek opportunities outside their own region – their “comfort zone”.
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UNDP is the UN's global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. We are on the ground in some 170 countries and territories, working with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges. As they develop local capacity, they draw on the peoplea of UNDP and our wide range of partners.
Our objectives are outlined in the Country Programme Document (CPD 2016-2020), rooted in the overarching goals of the United Nations Development Partnership Framework, which centers the work of the entire UN Country Team in Serbia on supporting Serbia to achieve goals in the areas of: Governance and Rule of Law, Social and Human Resources Development, Economic Development, Growth, and Employment, Environment, Climate Change and Resilient Communities and Culture and Development.
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About Serbia
34%
Women in parliament (2017; National Assembly)
14.8%
Unemployment rate (2018; Serbian Statistical Office)
5.426$
GDP Per capita (2016; The World Bank)
0.776
Human Development Index (2015; UNDP)
