On Wednesday, 21 November 2012, Mr. Wiliam Infante, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Serbia and company Polyeco S.A. signed a contract according to which Polyeco S.A. will ...
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8th Meeting of the Regional Information Exchange Process (RIEP) - Participants Call for the Continuation of the Process
On 20 November 2012, members of the Regional Information Exchange Process (RIEP) attended the group’s 8th meeting. Funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and implemented by UNDP/SEESAC, ...
The Guidelines for Gender Sensitive Policing Presented in Skoplje
The Guidelines for Gender Sensitive Policing with an Emphasis on Recruitment, Selection and Professional Development of Women in Police Services were presented in the former Yugoslav Republic of ...
UN Country Team Learns about the Links between Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable Development
On 14-15 November, representatives of the UN Country Team (UNCT) and the International Development Group (IDG) in Serbia attended a seminar designed to better familiarize them with the importance of ...
The 3rd Annual Meeting of WPON
Women police officers, representing 9 police services from South East Europe, took part in the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Women Police Officers Network in South East Europe which was held in Sofia on ...
Ivan Zverzhanovski Briefs the Ministers a the EU-Western Balkans Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial Forum
Ivan Zverzhanovski, UNDP/SEESAC Team Leader a.i. was invited to attend the EU-Western Balkans Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial Forum, held in Tirana on 5-6 November, where he briefed the ministers ...
When the Swedish Armed Forces have Designs on Gender Equality
by Danijela Djurovic, Project Officer/Advisor Question: How do you know when gender equality is truly embedded in your country’s armed forces? Answer: When a high-ranking male officer serves ...
Six Years After the Paracin Military Storage Explosion Storages Remain a Problem
Six years ago, on 19 October 2006, a series of explosions and fires occurred at the military ammunition storage facility “7 Jul” located only 3 km from the city center of Paracin in Serbia. There were ...
The Last of 30,000 Weapons Marked for Destruction in Croatia - Destroyed
On 19 October 2012, less than two years after the Croatian President Ivo Josipovic symbolically destroyed the first weapon marked for destruction, the last of 30,000 small arms and light weapons were ...
13 October – International Day for Disaster Reduction - Recognizing the Special Role of Women in Disaster Risk Reduction at the National Parliament
In order to mark the International Day for Disaster Reduction – 13 October, Committee on Human and Minority Rights and Gender Equality at the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia (RS) held a ...