EUR 4.68 million from IPA funds for cross-border cooperation projects of Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina

The projects encouraging the cross-border cooperation between Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia will receive grants from the IPA funds. Namely, the EU Delegation to Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia has announced, in association with the BH Directorate for European Integrations and the Serbian government's Office for EU Integrations, the second public call for draft projects under the IPA Serbia-BH Cross-Border Cooperation Programme.

This call will be open until December 5. A total of EUR 4.68 million have been earmarked for these projects, EUR 2.79 million of which will be granted to projects in Serbia and EUR 1.89 million to projects in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

They also invited all potential applicants to info sessions, which will be organized in Lukavac and East New Sarajevo in Bosnia-Herzegovina and in Uzice and Sabac in Serbia.

The main objective of the establishment of a cross-border cooperation with Serbia is the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the economy and rural resources, as well as the exchange of people and ideas, with the aim of improving professional cooperation and cooperation between civil societies.