12th meeting of the EU-Serbia Civil Society Joint Consultative Committee

26/11/2021 - Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia - Belgrade


9.00 – 9.45 a.m. Opening remarks by Boško Savković and Laurentiu Plosceanu, co-chairs of the EU–Serbia JCC

Current state of play in EU–Serbia relations and the accession process

  • Mateja Norčič Štamcar, Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Serbia
  • Miroslav Gačević, Ministry of European Integration

Presentation of the findings of the Serbia Report 2021

  • Catherine Wendt, Head of Unit Montenegro, Serbia / DG Near, European Commission (online)

Discussion

9.45 – 11.00 a.m. Rule of law and functioning of democratic institutions

  • Katarina Golubović, Serbian Member of the EU–Serbia JCC
  • Srđan Majstorović, Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG), Chairman of the Governing Board of the European Policy Centre (CEP)
  • Nemanja Nenadić, Transparency Serbia
  • Vukosava Crnjanski, "Crta"
  • Maja Stojanović, Civic Initiative (online)

Discussion

11.00 – 11.15 a.m. Coffee break

11.15 – 12.15 p.m. Importance of the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans for Serbia and Cluster 4 of the revised methodology

Reports by

  • Dragica Martinović Dzamonja, EU Member of the EU–Serbia JCC
  • Nataša Đereg, Serbian Member of the EU–Serbia JCC

Presentation by

  • Marija Alimpić, "Zaštitimo Jadar i Rađevinu" (Let's protect Jadar and Radjevina)

Discussion

12.15 – 13.00 p.m. Overview of the civil society and social dialogue situation in Serbia

  • Boško Savković, Serbian Member of the EU–Serbia JCC from the Employers Group
  • Duško Vuković, Serbian Member of the EU–Serbia JCC from the Workers Group
  • Katarina Golubović, Serbian Member of the EU–Serbia JCC

Discussion

1.00 – 2.30 p.m. Lunch

2.30 – 3.30 p.m.  Adoption of the Joint Declaration