Explanatory screening meeting for Chapter 22 on Regional Policy and Co-ordination of Structural Funds was held in Brussels, on 1 and 2 October 2014.
Delegation of the government of the Republic of Serbia was headed by Ms. Ana Ilić, Deputy Director of the European Integration Office and Chair of the Negotiating group 22. In the delegation were also other representatives of the Office, as well civil servants from the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-government, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, Audit Authority Office, General Secretariat of the Government, Republic Secretariat for Public Policies, Republic Statistical Bureau and Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction Team.
At the explanatory screening meeting for Chapter 22, chaired by a representative of the Directorate General for Enlargement, the experts of the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy and Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusionpresented in detail the relevant acquis divided in to the following parts: general principles and objectives, legislative framework, programming, institutional framework, administrative capacity, monitoring, evaluation, management and control systems, information and publicity, and financial management.
The bilateral screening meeting, when the Serbian side will present its legal system in this area, as well as gaps in relation to the EU acquis, is scheduled for 28 and 29 January 2015.