OSCE Mission signs economic, environmental development agreement with Nis municipality
(OSCE)Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Maurizio Massari (left), together with the Mayor of Nis, Goran Ciric, 7 May 2004. (OSCE) Photo details
BELGRADE, 7 May 2004 - A strategic partnership for sustainable development was sealed today by the Serbian town of Nis and the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro.
The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Ambassador Maurizio Massari, and the Mayor of Nis, Goran Ciric, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to create a framework strategy for the town's economic and environmental development.
The agreement, the first of its kind in Serbia, commits the OSCE Mission to provide the city with the expertise for the designing of a sustainable development strategy which will take into account the Nis Municipality's Local Environmental Action Plan. The local authorities will provide the information and staff necessary to develop and promote the strategy.
The agreement will assist the municipal authorities and other local organizations to gain the skills to promote sustainable development while taking account of the environmental impact and the sustainable use of local resources. The economic plan will concentrate on local industries such as tourism and food production that could serve as the engines for job creation.
"It is very good that local authorities are setting such a positive example for local initiatives in the field of economy and environment," said Massari today in Nis.
"Nis presents a model of regional co-operation and local efforts to further Euro-Atlantic integration of Serbia and Montenegro."
The strategy will also promote public participation in all decision-making processes in order to raise awareness of the advantages of economic development that has the least impact on the environment.
Through the strategy, the city of Nis will also be able to participate in regional and European initiatives and programmes as it will take into account the common economic, environmental and cultural interest of neighbouring countries. This will promote co-operation and stability in one of the country's major transport corridors.
The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Ambassador Maurizio Massari, and the Mayor of Nis, Goran Ciric, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to create a framework strategy for the town's economic and environmental development.
The agreement, the first of its kind in Serbia, commits the OSCE Mission to provide the city with the expertise for the designing of a sustainable development strategy which will take into account the Nis Municipality's Local Environmental Action Plan. The local authorities will provide the information and staff necessary to develop and promote the strategy.
The agreement will assist the municipal authorities and other local organizations to gain the skills to promote sustainable development while taking account of the environmental impact and the sustainable use of local resources. The economic plan will concentrate on local industries such as tourism and food production that could serve as the engines for job creation.
"It is very good that local authorities are setting such a positive example for local initiatives in the field of economy and environment," said Massari today in Nis.
"Nis presents a model of regional co-operation and local efforts to further Euro-Atlantic integration of Serbia and Montenegro."
The strategy will also promote public participation in all decision-making processes in order to raise awareness of the advantages of economic development that has the least impact on the environment.
Through the strategy, the city of Nis will also be able to participate in regional and European initiatives and programmes as it will take into account the common economic, environmental and cultural interest of neighbouring countries. This will promote co-operation and stability in one of the country's major transport corridors.