1. 1 Executive Council Off AP Vojvodina AP Vojvodina Office For European Affairs Vojvodina – Reliable partner Andrija Aleksic Bari, January 2008

2. 2 Vojvodina – Reliable partner Belgrade82 Temisoara156 Sarajevo286 Zagreb356 Sofia472 Ljubljana497 Podgorica500 Skopje516 Vienna545 Salzburg774 Roma1.365 London1.968 Stockholm2.233 Brussels1.658

3. 3 Vojvodina - Geography Vojvodina situated in the northern part of Serbia. Area: 21.5O6 km2 Sub-regions: Bačka, Banat and Srem Features: Pannonia plain, Fruška Gora, Vršac hills Waterways: Danube, Sava, Tisa, canal network, lakes Vojvodina – only one Region in Serbia

4. 4 Vojvodina - People Vojvodina - People 2.2 milion (30 nationalities and ethnic groups)

5. 5 Industry & Services Machineries (machines for agriculture, cables, railway wagons, electr. machines) Petrochemistry – Production and rafirenment of oil, fertilizers, pharmaceutics Construction Industry Textil Industry Paper industry Transport & Logistics Centers

6. 6 Transport & Logistics Pan-European Corridor X –Road Corridor X –Railway Corridor X Pan-European Corridor VI Pan-European Corridor VI Developed and developing goods and transportation centers

7. 7 Agriculture 1,650,000 ha farmed land Crop fields, orchards, vineyard, Forestry and fish farms

8. 8 Vojvodina – Tourism Vojvodina – Tourism Cultural and natural wealths Hotels and resorts Monasteries of Fruška Gora 1,700 km long shores available marinas, beaches, fishing Spa tourism 2 million hacters of hunting terrains

9. 9 Administration potentials Executive Council of AP Vojvodina Provincial Secreteriats & Office For European Affairs

10. 10 Office For European Affairs before 5. April 2006. EU Institution – Stategic Aim Republic Of Serbia Coordination with Republic Institution SEIO, Government, Ministry…. Needs – Coordination at EU Integration procces include local and Regional level

11. 11 Office For European Affairs Aims Improve activity another regional institution at EU Integration procces Cooperation with relevan Republic institutions Promote EU idea Education about EU Integration Activity for connection benefit EU funds Regional cooperation

12. 12 EU Support – IPA Component I – Institution Building Component II – Cross Border and Regional Cooperation

13. 13 Programmes during the period 2004-2006 CBC Programme Hungary-Romania and Hungary-Serbia and Montenegro (Interreg IIIA/CARDS) First call First call for proposals published on 16 th February 2005 and closed on 20 th May 2005 Second call for proposals published on 14 th August 2006 and closed 13 th November 2006 (under Serbia and Hungary) and under CBC Programme Romania –Serbia call for proposals published on 20 th September 2006 and closed 18 th December 2006 RESULT - around 400 proposals out of which 119 with Serbian partners - evaluation still in progress

14. 14 Italy/Adriatic Neighbourghood Programme First call for proposals published in 2004 Second call for proposals - first neighborhood call launched 28 th October 2005, closing date 26 th January 2006

15. 15 Vojvodina-Italy Regional cooperations : Friuli Venecija Djulija Friuli Venecija Djulija Veneto Veneto Institutional cooperation Informest Informest

16. 16 Vojvodina-Italy Common projects FairsEducation

17. 17 FUTURE PROGRAMMES Cross Border Pfrogrames with CC and PCC 2007 2008 2009 UKUPNO 2007 2008 2009 UKUPNO Serbia - Croatia 1,000 1,000 1,000 3,000 Serbia – Bosna I Hercegovina 1,100 1,300 1,100 3,500 Serbia – Monte Negro 0,500 0,500 0,500 Serbia and Macedonia 0 0 0,500 0,500 8,500 8,500 EU 2007 2008 2009 total Serbia - Hungary1,334 2,279 2,486 6,099 Serbia - Romania1,580 2,698 2,943 7,221 Serbia - Bulgaria 1,265 2,160 2,356 5,781 Adriatic Programme 0,319 0,546 0,596 1,461 South- East Cooperation Programme - SIE 1,114 0,989 0,764 2,867

18. 18 Bilateral Programmes - coverage of the territory Ro-Srb Bg-Srb Cro-Srb Srb-BiH Srb-CG Hu-Srb

19. 19 Cooperation & Partnership

20. 20 Thank you for attention Executive Council of AP Vojvodina Office for European Affairs Hajduk Veljkova 11 21 000 Novi Sad Tel:+381 21 4830 673 www.vojvodina.sr.gov.yu E- mail: euaffairs@gmail.com euaffairs@gmail.com