The family of Mrs. Milosava Gnjatović from Pančevo is the thousandth being awarded a roof over the head under the Regional Housing Programme (RHP). Mr. Ivica Dačić, First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and President of the Commission for Coordination of the Process of Permanent Integration of Refugees of the Government of the Republic of Serbia handed over the keys to the Gnjatović-Marić family.

On that occasion, Minister Dačić thanked the present donors and invited them for further cooperation, as there are about 7,000 families waiting for the provision of the housing solution.

"Construction works are under way in several municipalities in Serbia and more than 100 MEUR is operational for solving this problem. I hope that in the next few years, the rest of the refugees in status will be taken care of, "the minister said and reiterated that it was a non-refundable grant.

The audience was also addressed by Mr. Nikola Bizel from the EU Delegation to Serbia and the mayor of Pancevo, Mr. Saša Pavlov.
Representatives of donor countries held a meeting in the Palace of Serbia the day before, at which the RSP eighth subproject of 19.9 million euros was granted to Serbia. There was also held RHP Steering Committee, attended by partner countries representatives from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro.

All of them together visited the construction site in Ovča yesterday, where 235 families will receive apartments within the same Programme during the upcoming autumn.

The Regional Housing Programme is a joint multi-annual program of the Republic of Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and the Republic of Croatia, which aims to provide permanent housing solutions for the most vulnerable refugee families in the region. The Regional Housing Programme is implemented with the support of the OSCE and UNHCR, and is funded by the European Union, the largest donor, the United States of America, Germany, Italy, Norway, Switzerland, Denmark, Turkey, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Romania, the Czech Republic , Slovakia and Hungary.