On November 23, 2021, in Strumica, the Council for development of the South-East planning region held its first (constitutive) session, on which all Mayors of the ten Municipalities of the region were present, as well as the director and representatives of the Centre for development of the South-East planning region.
According to the agenda of the meeting, the mandate of the Mayors was verified and after the constitution of the Council, the Mayor of Municipality of Gevgelija Mr. Andon Saramandov was unanimously elected for President who will chair the Council for development of the South-East planning region with a mandate of one year. He expressed gratitude for the trust of his fellow mayors and pointed that priority should be given to regional projects that are sustainable and of high quality in the long run and that lasting solutions are needed for better and improved quality of life in both rural and urban areas. All mayors, as members of the Council of development of the South-East planning region, have an obligation in the upcoming period to raise living standards and investments of this part of the country.
During the session, the Council adopted a Decision on initiating a procedure for electing a representative of the business community for a member of the South-East planning region and a Decision for announcing a public call for electing a member of the Council for South-East planning region – a representative of the associations that will be published in the next period. After the adoption of these Decisions, and in accordance with the Law on balanced regional development, one representative from the business community and one representative from an association will enter as members of the Council for without the right to vote for a term of four years.
At the end of the session, the director of the Centre for development of SEPR Ms. Gjurkova informed the members of the Council about the current projects implemented by the Centre and the activities that are responsibility of the Council for development of the South-East planning region in the following period.
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