At the XXIII Session of the Council of SEPR determined the annual list of priority projects for 2021

On 15.12.2020 in order to observe the measures for protection from the global pandemic Covid-19, XXIII (twenty-third) Session of the Council for Development of the South-East Planning Region was held online through the platform ZOOM. Before the present mayors by the forum moderator and external consultant-expert engaged through the project “Sustainable inclusive balanced regional development” were presented the process of ranking project proposals of regional and micro-regional significance for the South-East planning region by the citizens of the region.

Presented and analytical study for economic viability of capital investments individually on each proposed project. After a brief review of each of the proposed projects during the Session, the Council adopted the Annual List of Priority Projects for 2021 according to the following order :

1. Enrichment of the tourist offer in the South-East planning region

2. Construction of an access road to the regional station for stray dogs

3. Construction of a local road on the route v. Pogulevo – v. Damjan The project proposal was determined on the reserve list –

Implementation of the third phase of the project Construction of a local road to connect the settlements of Borievo and Koleshino. The priority list refers to the implementation of projects that will enrich the tourist offer in the region, will improve the road infrastructure and will enable the connection of local roads in the region through funds from the Bureau for balanced regional development and own participation of the municipalities in the South-East region. According to the established list, the Center for Development of the South-East Planning Region will apply to the Bureau for Regional Development for their financing through the Balanced Regional Development Program for 2021.

This year for the first time the project proposals before being adopted by The Council for Development of SEPR inclusively and with participatory participation was scored and prioritized by the citizens of the South-East Planning Region through Community Forum Sessions as a new way to select projects for the Bureau of Regional Development, which forums due to the pandemic Covid-19 took place on a questionnaire from stakeholders in the South-East Planning Region.

Decisions on the Management of Shelters for Homeless animals in SEPR and the Treatment of Adult Mosquitoes by Land

On March 11, 2020, the Sixteenth Session of the Council for Development of the South-East planning region was held at the premises of the CDSEPR, attended by the mayors of the municipalities in the region and the Manager of the Centre for development of the South-East planning region.
 
The mayors of the municipalities from the South-East planning region at this Session made a Decision to establish a Regional Public Enterprise based on inter-municipal cooperation as a model that will manage the shelters for homeless animals and will capture, transport and treat these animals from all over the region. Two vehicles for catching stray animals from the region were procured. For a start, only the shelter in Strumica will function, which is fully built and equipped for the needs of the Strumica-Radovis micro-region, while the Shelter in Valandovo is in the initial phase of construction and it will be intended for the needs of the Gevgelija-Valandovo region. With this Decision, the South-East region is the first region in the country that jointly tries to solve the problem of stray animals.
 
The Session also adopted a unanimous Decision for the first time on the territory of the municipalities in the South-East region this year to conduct treatment against larvicidal and adult form of mosquitoes on land for mutual protection of municipalities in the region, in order to achieve greater effect and prevention. 
 
Among other things, the Session adopted a Decision on changing the headquarters of the Centre for development of the South-East planning region, as well as a Decision on handing over for use and maintenance of a facility under the project “Tourist path from nature to culture on Mount Plavush” in Valandovo. The Final Accounts for 2019 of CDSEPR, the Annual Report on the work of CDSEPR for 2019 and the Inventory Report for 2019 of CDSEPR were also adopted.