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The Program for development of the South-East planning region for the next four-year period 2020-2024 is in the final stage of preparation

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December 4, 2020

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On 02.12.2020, virtually on the online platform ZOOM was held the Final Conference, where the working draft version of the Program for development of the South-East planning region 2020-2024 was presented. The Conference was attended by the Mayors – members of the Council for development of the South-East planning region, representatives of the Ministry of Local Self-Government and other stakeholders from the South-East region (representatives of municipalities, public institutions, private and civil society).

The Final Conference was opened with an introductory speech by Mr. Kosta Janevski, President of the Council for development of the South-East planning region and Ms. Zhulieta Gjurkova, Head of the Centre for development of the South-East planning region. In her welcoming speech, Ms. Gjurkova emphasized that the Program for development of the South-East planning region is one of the most important documents not only for the Centre but also for all municipalities, civil society organizations and the business sector in the region and she also clarified that the Program will be in accordance with the National Strategy for Regional Development and will be adopted by the Council of SEPR with the prior consent of the Council for Balanced Regional Development of Republic of North Macedonia.

The expert team presented the draft version of the Program for development of the South-East planning region 2020-2024, the entire process of preparation of the Program, involvement and the contribution of stakeholders, productivity and work of past workshops for the development of the Program, as well as activities that were realized between the sessions.

The conference ended with a fruitful discussion where the mayors of the region and all stakeholders had the opportunity to express remarks, suggestions, and comments regarding the presented medium-term document of the South-East planning region.

“The Program for development of the SEPR  is quite comprehensive and in the future with all relevant factors and stakeholders we will fight the proposed strategic goals to gain greater significance with hope that the South-East planning region will receive a higher percentage in the allocation of funds to the regions. I think that there are many more challenges ahead of us, especially in the area of ​​infrastructure and I hope that all together we will succeed in achieving some of those challenges in the upcoming period.” – highlight for the end Mr.Kosta Janevski, President of the Council for development of the SEPR.

The process of preparation of the Program for development of the South-East planning region  is supported by the project “Sustainable and inclusive balanced regional development”, which is implemented with financial support from the Ministry of Local Self-Government and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation in Republic of North Macedonia.

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