A ceremony marking the commencement of construction of 20 apartments for refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, residing in the territory of the City of Uzice, was held today in the city’s municipality of Sevojno. The total value of construction is at 409,846 euros with the majority of financial resources provided from the Donor Fund of the Regional Housing Programme, where the EU is the main donor. The construction of apartments under the fourth sub-project of the Regional Housing Programme in the Republic of Serbia is taking place on the location of Viseslava Bugarinovica Street and the deadline for the completion of the construction is the end of 2018. 

Within the sub-project 4, a total of 661 housing solutions worth 13 million euros are allocated. In addition to the construction site in Sevojno, additional 11 sites are open across Serbia (Arilje, Negotin, Kladovo, Bor, Loznica, Vrnjacka Banja, Brus, Stara Pazova, Zrenjanin, Temerin and Sombor). Within the other components of this subproject, 30 prefabricated houses along with 300 packages of building material as well as 129 village houses are also delivered.

Mr. Ivica Dačić, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, Minister of Foreign Affairs and President of the Commission for Coordination of the Process of Permanent Integration of Refugees, Mr. Vladimir Cucić, Commissioner for Refugees and Migration, Mr. Bojan Stević, State Secretary in the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government, Mr. Tihomir Petković, Mayor of Uzice and Mr. Dragan Katuca, Director of the Project Implementation Unit in the public sector addressed the gathering, highlighting the importance of RHP in Serbia, thanking the donors, especially the EU who is the major donor, for their continuous support and wished the beneficiaries a quick end-of-year reunion when their new homes will be ready.