Bilateral screening meeting for Chapter 22 on Regional Policy and Co-ordination of Structural Funds was held in Brussels, on 28 and 29 January 2015.
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, and Ms. Tanja Miščević, Head of the Negotiating Team with the EU. 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 Agriculture and Environmental Protection, Audit Authority Office, Republic Secretariat for Public Policies and Republic Statistical Bureau.
At the bilateral screening meeting for Chapter 22, chaired by a representative of the Directorate General European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, civil servants of the line ministries and institutions presented in detail the situation in this field divided into the following parts: general context in Serbia; legislative framework; institutional framework; financial management and control systems; programming; monitoring and evaluation; administrative capacity. After the presentations, Serbian civil servants were replying to the questions of the experts from DG Regional policy and DG Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility.
Ms. Ana Ilić accepted at the end of the meeting harmonization of the legal system of the R. of Serbia with the EU acquisin the field of regional policy.