City of Kragujevac

Prof. Dobrica Milovanović

Deputy mayor of KragujevacVice President of ALDA

“Adriatic-Ionian Macroregion:

A New Framework for Cross Border Co-operation”11 October 2011

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Kragujevac - basic facts• Fourth largest city in Serbia • First capital of modern Serbia (1818 - 1841)• Centre of Šumadija region• Population: 185.000 inhabitants• Area: 835 km2

• Location: Central Serbia, 120 km south from Belgrade, next to corridor 10. Latitude: 21o East, Longitude: 44o North

• Altitude: 173 m • Climate: mild-continental • Administrative, economic, educational,

cultural, medical and industrial (well known after car industry) center of Central Serbia

• University: 12 faculties, 16,000 students• River valleys and hilly land suitable for

diverse agriculture types development.

Kragujevac European Affairs• July 2004 – Member of ALDA and Vice President position • April 2005 – Position within the CoE Congress• May 2008 – December 2009 – Rapporteur of CoE Congress on local and

regional democracy in Belgium• October 2009 – Kragujevac promotion at 60 years of Congress of CoE

plenary session• July 2010 – Congress of CoE first time in SEE – Kragujevac hosted

Institutional Committee meeting. • June 2009 – Member of the Institute of European Regions (Salzburg)• September 2010 – Kragujevac City (and Šumadija Region) sent the

Representative in Brussels (Mrs Borka Tomic Radovanovic)• May 2011 – Open Doors 2011, Kragujevac and Šumadija District presented

cultural, educational, tourist & economic potentials to the EU citizens• May 2011 – CoR’ Western Balkan Working Group session in Kragujevac.• September 2011 – Open Days 2011, Local event - Europe in my Region:

Adriatic-Ionian Macro Region; Seminar: PPP, Best practices

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1. Business Innovation Centre (BIC) foundationFinancial resources: Netherlands SPARK (ЕU), USAID i National investmen plan (NIP): 3,625,500 EUR 2. Support to the regional economy through the construction of Regional fair “Šumadija sajam”.EU Financial resources: 323,000 EUR (EAR) 3. The development of the entrepreneurship and support to start up businesses in the City of KragujevacEU financial resources: 175,200 ЕUР (IPA , German NGO “HELP” 4. Unique information system for keeping the copy and issuing of birth and citizenship certificatesEU financial resources: 94,400 ЕUР (EXCHANGE 1 program) 5. Foundation of Technology park in KragujevacEU financial resources: 25,000 EUR (EXCHANGE 2 program)

Some EU projects realized in KragujevacSome EU projects realized in Kragujevac

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12 September 2011: Adriatic-Ionian Macro Region: Public Private Partnerships – Best practices

Source: Official Webpage of the City of Kragujevac, www.kragujevac.rs.

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Local Decision on PPPLocal Decision on PPP• The first Decision on PPP in Serbia, since 2009

• The aim is to raise the level of communal services and attract foreign and domestic investments (on profit basis) in further City development

• The document enables the collaboration with the private partner through the establishment of corporate companies, public utility companies or entrusting the public utilities and common building

• The share of the City cannot be less then 30% and may be comprised of: land, land development fees, consulting, market, know-how or financial resources

• By obtaining properties through joint construction, establishing companies with investors from the country and abroad on profit basis.

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Adriatic Ioanian Macro - Regional StrategyAdriatic Ioanian Macro - Regional Strategy

Adopting local and regional strategy for the macro-regional level

•Sumadija & Pomoravlje Regional Strategy for Sustainable Development 2011 – 2021 (adopted )•Kragujevac Strategy for Local Sustainable Development 2011 – 2021 (in progress )•Potential cooperation through EC Local Administration Facility program•Learning from the Baltic Sea Region

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Prof. Dobrica Milovanovic, deputy mayorCity of Kragujevac

3, Trg slobode34 000 KragujevacSerbia Phone: + 381 34 305 395Cell: + 381 60 234 0022Fax: + 381 34 331 949Web site: www.kragujevac.rs E-mail: city_kg@verat.net