On 3 and 4 June, representatives of the EU Delegation to the Republic of Serbia and the Joint Technical Secretariat of the Cross-Border Cooperation Programme Serbia–Montenegro visited successful projects implemented under the Programme.
In Ivanjica, they visited the successfully implemented project “Clean Community for Sustainability in Environment and Nature – CLEAN” and toured underground waste containers and a new waste collection vehicle procured through the project. The municipalities of Gusinje and Ivanjica jointly implemented the project. With a total value of EUR 389,635, of which the EU provided as much as EUR 330,800, “CLEAN” contributed concrete benefits to the citizens of these municipalities.
On this occasion, Nicola Bertolini, Head of Cooperation at the EU Delegation to Serbia, emphasised that the EU continued to invest in sustainable development through projects such as “CLEAN.”
Following their visit to Ivanjica, the delegation also toured the recycling centre of the Public Utility Company “Gradska čistoća” in Novi Pazar. The project “BEST – Cooperation in Waste Management – Towards a Sustainable Environment” was implemented in partnership with the Municipality of Mojkovac, the Centre for Ecotoxicological Research from Podgorica, and NALED from the Republic of Serbia. Through this project, Novi Pazar received 1,500 bins for sorting recyclable waste and a delivery vehicle, while a process for primary waste selection was established in municipalities.
Faruk Suljević, Director of the Public Utility Company “Gradska čistoća,” recalled that EU support had lasted for more than a decade, since 2014. “Through these projects, including the cross-border one with Montenegro, the process of primary recycling was initiated”, said Suljević.
On the second day of the visit, representatives of the EU Delegation to the Republic of Serbia and representatives of the Joint Technical Secretariat of the Cross-Border Cooperation Programme Serbia–Montenegro visited a new tourist attraction – Via Ferrata Đurđevica in Tutin. This ferrata was created through the project “Via Ferrata CLUB – Climbing to Discover the Beauty of Piva and Ibar”.
The project was jointly implemented by the Municipality of Plužine, the Municipality of Tutin, InTER, and the Piva Nature Park.
“This is a fantastic project co-financed by the European Union and implemented owing to the local initiative of citizens and organisations, who have been highly professional in ensuring this structure and implementing something that is now accessible to almost everyone,” said Bertolini while climbing the ferrata.
