The Joint Technical Secretariat (JTS) of the Cross-border Programme Serbia – Montenegro with the support of the Programme’s Operating Structures organized the fourth Partner Search Forum in Rožaje, on June 26, 2013 as a part of preparatory activities for the upcoming 3rd Call for Proposals within the IPA Cross-border Programme Serbia – Montenegro. At the beginning, the President of the Municipality Rožaje, event’s host-town, Nusret Kalač addressed the participants of the Forum, followed by speeches of Jadranka Milić, representative of the Delegation of the European Union in Montenegro and the Operating Structures– Amela Kovačević from Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Montenegro and Darko Čukuranović from Serbian Government’s European Integration Office. During the plenary session, the participants of the Forum was presented the Cross-border Programme Serbia – Montenegro by Denis Slatina – Head of Joint Technical Secretariat.
The Forum gathered about 140 participants from two neighboring countries. The participants had an opportunity to present their institution/organization and their project ideas to other participants within three focus groups: economic development, social development and environmental protection. The participants expressed a positive attitude towards this kind of establishing partnerships between potential applicants.
