Final meeting of this year Economic and Financial dialogue between the EU and the Western Balkans and Turkey was held on 25 May 2016 during the Economic and Financial Affairs Council– ECOFIN. The Serbian delegation was composed of the representatives from the Ministry of Finance and the National Bank of Serbia and led by minister of finance Mr. Dušan Vujović. Participants at the meeting discussed Economic Reform Programmes for the period 2016-2018 (ERP) which were submitted earlier this year. Serbian representatives informed participants from the European Commission, the European Central Bank and EU member states about economic growth and positive trends achieved and implemented reforms.

This year's recommendations for Serbia are oriented towards the further implementation of the fiscal consolidation measures, resolving the status of state-owned enterprises, public administration reform, implementation of strategy addressing issues of NPL and dinarisation strategy, progress in preparation of the construction of Bulgaria-Serbia gas interconnection, finalization of road works on Corridor X as well as improving the business environment and the labour market reforms.

At the end of the meeting Joint conclusions of the Economic and Financial dialogue were adopted.