National Forum "Roadmap to a Green Economy in the Western Balkans"

On Monday, October 4, 2021, the National Forum "Roadmap to a Green Economy in the Western Balkans" was held in Kraljevo.

The National Forum was organized within the project "Networking and Advocacy for Green Economy" (NAGE), which is financed by the EU, and in which the Network for Rural Development of Serbia is one of the partners.

The forum was attended by about 40 participants (most were physically present and a number of participants attended via the zoom platform).

Final conference of the project "WE CAN" in Pljevlja

The press conference of the project "WE CAN" in Pljevlja
A press conference of the project "Reducing the impact of local communities in the cross-border region of Serbia and Montenegro on climate challenges - WE CAN" was held in Pljevlja on June 7, 2021.

The project partners held a press conference, during which they presented the achievements of the project and their importance for reducing climate change and the use of renewable energy sources.

Final conference of the project "WE CAN" in Vrnjacka Banja and Kraljevo

Within the project "Reducing the impact of local communities in the cross-border region of Serbia and Montenegro on climate challenges - WE CAN", a closing conference of the project was realized.

During the two-day closing conference held on June 3rd and 4th, 2021 in Kraljevo, the participants had the opportunity to get acquainted with the results of the project.

On that occasion, the representatives of the municipality of Pljevlja had the opportunity to meet with the representatives of the city of Kraljevo, led by the mayor.

Public debate with stakeholders "Opportunities and challenges related to stimulating the green economy in agriculture and rural development in Serbia"

On Monday, March 29, 2021, a public debate with stakeholders was held in Vrnjačka Banja on topic - opportunities and challenges related to stimulating the green economy in agriculture and rural development in Serbia.

Public debate was conducted within the Networking and Advocacy for Green Economy project (NAGE) funded by the EU, where the Rural Development Network of Serbia is one of the partners.
The gathering was attended by over 20 participants - mostly representatives of CSOs from Serbia.

Organic agriculture, experience of Poland

Mariusz Maciejczak, professor from department of Economics and Organisation of Enterprises from Institute of Economics and Finance SGGW and also expert of Polish Centre for Accreditation, gives insight to European Union food quality standards and its impact on the development of the agri-food sector in Poland, that include three main elements: food security, food safety and food quality.

Innovation in agriculture and empowering women in agri-food

Aleksandra Niżyńska provides examples of activities run or supported by EIT Food, Europe’s leading food innovation initiative. These are, among others: HUB Hackaton: Future Food, which gathered more than 100 hackathon participants, mentors and speakers from all over the Baltics and Scandinavia, while the winning team received tickets to an industry event in the Netherlands and one of the winning teams participated in EIT Food Innovation prize.