Ceremonial Awarding of 21 Agreements for the Purchase of Village Houses in the Municipality of Bac

10.01.2018. Ceremonial awarding of agreements for the purchase of 21 village houses for refugees families from the Republic of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, under the Regional Housing Program, sub-project 5 was organized in the Municipality of Bac.

Financial resources in the amount of 231 000 euros are provided from the Donor Fund of the Regional Housing Program, through the Council of Europe Development Bank. Each beneficiary was allocated the total of 11 000 euros, out of which 9 500 euros were for the purchase of village houses, along with the small grant of 1 500 euros. Subproject 5 is worth a total of € 46.7 million, out of which the international donations amount to 36.3 million euros while the Republic of Serbia contributed 10.4 million euros.

Apart from the host of this RHP event, Mr. Borislav Antonic, President of the Bac Municipality, the beneficiaries were also addressed by the Assistant Commissioner Ivan Gerginov, the Provincial Secretary for Social Policy, Demography and Gender Equality, Predrag Vuletic, Representative of the EU Delegation to Serbia, Brigitte Kuchar, Balkans Regional Refugee Coordinator from the American Embassy, Sam Healey, Deputy Head of OSCE Mission to Serbia, Joseph Mellott, Senior Field Coordinator of the UNHCR Representation in Serbia, Andrej Kazakov and Director of the Fund for Assisting Refugees, Expelled and Displaced Persons, Dusko Cutilo.

Representatives of the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Serbia accompanied by the Deputy Head of Mission Igor Vencel as well as the representatives of the Project Implementation Unit attended the RHP event as well.