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09/03/2019
Workshop on program and capital budgeting and preparation of budget decisions for 2020
The Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities (SCTM), from 16 September to 9 October 2019, organizes 12 regional workshops to support towns, municipalities and town municipalities in program and capital budgeting and preparation of budget decisions for 2020. The organization of the workshops is carried out within the fifth phase of the Exchange Program, funded by the
07/15/2019
Joint Meeting of the Eco-Officers Network and the SCTM Network of LTA
A joint meeting of the SCTM Network of Eco-Officers and Heads of Local Tax Administrations was held on 12 July 2019 the Sava Center. The topic of the meeting was the presentation of three regulations that operationalize the introduction of a new method of calculating the Fee for Protection and Improvement of the Environment, which is prescribed by the Law on Fees for the Use of
03/28/2019
Exchange 5 - Four new LSGs are supported in the local planning and programme budgeting process
Within the framework of the competition for support to local self-governments in planning and programme budgeting, which was announced under Component 2 of the Exchange 5 Programme, which is financed by the EU from the IPA 2014 funds, the following local self-governments were selected: Nova Varos Municipality, Kanjiza Municipality, Trstenik Municipality and Pancevo Town. The
02/20/2019
The second phase of the project on human resources management in the local self-government
The Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities (SCTM) and the Council of Europe signed today in Belgrade an agreement on the implementation of the project "Human Resources Management in Local Self-Government - Phase II", funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe, and implemented by the SCTM and the Council of Europe Office in Belgrade in cooperation with the
02/08/2019
The Government of Serbia adopted general training programs for employees and managers in LSG for 2019
At the session held on 31 January 2019, the Government of the Republic of Serbia adopted the General Training Programme for the employees of local self-government units for 2019 and the Training Programme for managers of local self-government units for 2019, at the proposal of the National Academy of Public Administration. The Law on employees in autonomous provinces and
02/08/2019
Awards for towns and municipalities for the application of good governance principles
The Commission for the selection of best practices in the field of application of the principles of good governance at the local level has brought the Decision on winners of awards, intended to towns, municipalities and town municipalities that in 2018 contributed the most to the development and implementation of the principles of good governance in their territory. The winners
01/30/2019
Support to the City of Belgrade for capital planning and improvement of the transparency of budgetary processes
On 30 January 2019, a meeting of representatives of the Belgrade City Secretariat and the Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities (SCTM) was held in the premises of the City Assembly in order to present support for the process of drafting the Public Investment Plan of the City of Belgrade and to promote civic participation and transparency of the budget. More than 50