SIGNED AGREEMENT ON USAID PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

17.03.2009.

Aiming at the improving the system of management in emergency situations on the local level and reinforcement of the entrepreneurship of the young, the presidents of thirteen municipalities of Serbian south-east region signed the Agreement  on cooperation with American agency for international development USAID. The following municipalities joined this programme activities worth 19 million dollar: Babusnica, Bela Palanka, Cicevac, Dimitrovgrad, Gadzin Han, Knjazevac, Paracin, Pirot, Trstenik, Varvarin, Zitoradja and Nis city municipalities: Pantelej and Palilula. The participants of this programme welcomed city councilor PhD Zarko Rankovic and in the name of USAID Michael Pilisburzy, director of the Programme for planning and reacting in emergency situations and strengthening economic security. The annex of the agreement, that was signed by Milan Djurdjevic, president of the Palilula Municipal Council, in the name of the president of Palilula Municipality Mr. Novakovic, provides that the Municipality and DAI cooperates on the capacity development of coordinators of local Offices for young people in the sphere of entrepreneurship. It also refers to implementation of various programmes for development of entrepreneurship intended to the young people on the local level. The most important objective is entrepreneur and market skills improvement of the young and promotion and realization of the progamme for entrepreneurship improvement with the young.