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05/21/2025
Local Partnerships at the Centre of Expanding Family-Centred Early Intervention Services
The Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities has joined efforts to expand and ensure the sustainable implementation of the Family-Centred Early Intervention (PORI) program, designed to support children with developmental disabilities and their families. The PORI program aims to ensure that every young child with developmental difficulties receives timely and
05/08/2025
EU INTEGRA strengthens local communities - Over 100 participants in project preparation trainings
The first cycle of workshops aimed at strengthening the capacities of local self-governments and regional development agencies for planning project proposals was successfully completed in April 2025, as part of the “EU INTEGRA – EU Support to Integrated Territorial Development” programme. The programme is fully funded by the European Union through the Instrument for
03/19/2025
EU support for territorial development of local governments in Srem
Sremska Mitrovica hosted a meeting today of municipalities and cities from the Srem region, along with the Regional Development Agency Srem (RDA Srem), representatives of the EU Delegation, the Ministry of European Integration, the Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities (SCTM), and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). The event focused on
03/10/2025
Third Interregional Partner Workshop on REHEATEAST project
On March 5th and 6th 2025, Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities (SCTM) organized Third Interregional Partner Workshop within the project „REHEATEAST - Building local partnerships for reducing the fossil energy demand of district heating systems in the Eastern Danube Region“ in the Interreg Danube Region Program. Focus of this meeting was the implementation of pilot
02/05/2025
EU support for the modernization of local governments through the "EU Integra" Programme
Zrenjanin hosted a meeting on February 5th 2025, bringing together municipalities and cities from Central and Northern Banat, representatives from the EU Delegation, the Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities (SCTM) and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). The meeting focused on presenting the Programme “EU Support for integrated territorial
12/20/2024
REHEATEAST project marks first-year milestone with the release of two key reports
As the first year of the REHEATEAST project draws to an end, this milestone is marked by the publication of two insightful reports that comprehensively explore the current state and future potential of district heating and cooling (DHC) systems in the Eastern Danube region and the broader European context. These publications include detailed data and analyses from all eight
09/27/2024
European Mobility Week in 36 towns and municipalities of Serbia
With the aim to improve the quality of environment in urban areas, promotion of non-motorized modes of transport unlike to automobile traffic that uses fossil fuels is the European Mobility Week (EMW) focus, which was celebrated again this year from 16 to 22 September. This campaign has been implemented since 2002, and this year 2,671 towns and municipalities from 45
09/26/2024
City of Niš awarded for good governance
On September 26, 2024, Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities (SCTM) delivered ICT equipment to the city of Niš with a total value of 1.25 million dinars. This equipment is part of the award for best municipal/city administrations in 2023 selected on a competition of the Ministry of State Administration and Local Self-Government and SCTM. The equipment was handed
09/19/2024
Municipality of Bosilegrad awarded for good governance
On September 19, 2024, Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities (SCTM) delivered ICT equipment to the municipality of Bosilegrad with a total value of 1.25 million dinars. This equipment is part of the award for best municipal/city administrations in 2023 selected on a competition of the Ministry of State Administration and Local Self-Government and SCTM. The equipment