Exhibition “New home” will be opened on Monday 19 December 2016 at 1 pm, in thew premises of “Impact Hub”, 21 Makedonska St. Belgrade.

The exhibition will feature 60 photographs that illustrate the results of two major initiatives supported by the EU to resolve permanent accommodation and integration of refugees and displaced persons in Serbia and the region. Namely, the Regional Housing Programme (RHP) which is worth more than 300 million euros and the project “For better life” worth 14.2 million euros.

The opening will be attended by members of refugee families which were awarded permanent housing solution in one of the two projects/programmes, and also the grant to start a better life.

The exhibition will be opened till 19 January 2017.

The project “For better life” is one of the greatest projects in the field of providing support to refugees in Serbia, with the support of the EU in improving living conditions of migrants.

It is designed to provide non-refundable financial assistance to refugees, internally displaced persons and returnees on the basis of readmission agreements.

The programme is conducted in cooperation with the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration of the Republic of Serbia and the Office for Kosovo and Metohija of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, as well as the partners – HELP, ASB, Danish Refugee Council and UNHCR.

Regional Housing Programme is the joint initiative of Bosnia and Hercegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia for the solution of permanent problem of refugees and displaced persons after the conflict on the territory of former Yugoslavia. The RHP is one of the greatest donor initiatives in the region. The EU is the main donor, and Serbia is the biggest beneficiary country. The RHP fund is managed by the Council of Europe Development Bank. Until now, the RHP donors have assigned 186 million euros of non-refundable financial funds in favor of 22 public housing projects which will provide housing solutions for nearly 8,000 vulnerable households. Most of the households are located in Serbia. In the period between November 2014 and November 2016, permanent housing solutions were provided for almost 3,000 families all over Serbia. Construction of four buildings in the village of Ovča began this year, with 235 flats, which is the largest single RHP project, while in Kamendin, Zemun Municipality 270 apartments are expected to be provided.