3rd EU-Serbia Joint Consultative Committee meeting

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and Serbia held the 3^rd meeting of their Civil Society Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) in Belgrade. This civil society platform between the EESC and civil society in Serbia was established within the institutional framework of the EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) in order to allow civil society organisations on both sides to monitor the country's accession negotiations. It is also a platform to discuss issues of common interest and to inform the public at large of the challenges ahead during the accession period.

Besides the current state of play in EU-Serbia relations and the accession process, main topics of the 3^rd JCC meeting were Chapter 24 - Justice, Freedom & Security, with a focus on migration, Chapter 20 - Enterprise and industrial policy, with a focus on promoting entrepreneurship, as well as the economic and social impact of industrial pollution and climate change.