SUCCESSFUL MEETING WITH CITIZENS OF PALILULA

10.07.2009.

In very complex social situation, marked with economic crisis, work strikes, unsuccessful processes of privatizations and very dynamic parliamentary activity, the authorities of Palilula Municipality recently decided to introduce their citizens and the public with the results of one year work and present them those results publicly and over media.

After the invitation of the president Novakovic and in the spirit of Aarhus convention on access to information, more than hundred citizens came to this event to the public discussion in NKC (Nis Cultural Center). President of Palilula Assembly, Milan Djurdjevic, Vesna Jovanovic Jankovic, general secretary of Palilula Municipality and the members of Palilula Assembly were also present during this discussion.

After the introduction part about the past Municipal work, also illustrated in `Strategy of development` and Bulletin of Palilula, president Novakovic emphasized that, after last year local elections, in the beginning of July 2008, new authorities of the Municipality decisively emphasized their vision on the way of European integrations- the development of the Municipality depends on the community availability to rationally engage material and, specially, human resources. `In that sense, our activities were based on one permanent action of creating conditions for economic growth, increasing the employment rate and better life of Palilula citizens` - emphasized Novakovic.

In the cooperation with the City of Nis and Ministry of administration and local self-government came to the solving of housing issues for the people living in Mramor-Krusce area. Palilula also started the action `Land reconstruction of green surfaces in Palilula Municipality residential quarters` at the territory of the Municipality, then created a project ` Cleaning of the terrain for paths forming in Bubanj`. The Municipality also works on `Opening of the center for entrepreneurship development` realized within the programme of local economic development in Nis region. This project is one of 17 developmental projects, approved for Palilula by LEDIB programme on the theme of local economic development and employment increasing. The citizens were introduced with material-financial business of Municipality.

With the responsible politics of new Municipal authorities in the recent period, positive business was implemented in the amount of 11,5 million dinars, and the system of quality management was also set up according to the demands of ISO 9001:2000 standard.

In the conditions of harder business activities, all the given above activities, as it was especially emphasized during this meeting, will be of great importance in the work of this local self-government. In very dynamic, more than two hour conversation of the authorities and the citizens of Palilula, that was in whole estimated as a very successful event, the problems of the locals were analyzed and they will get the priority in further Municipal problem solving.