Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government of the Republic of Serbia Ana Brnabić, Assistant Minister of Justice Čedomir Backović and Chief Negotiator for the Accession of the Republic of Serbia to the EU Tanja Miščević participated in the meeting of the Intergroup for Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages in the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 27th October 2016. They presented to the members of the European Parliament, who are also members of the Intergroup, institutional and legislative framework of Serbia for national minority rights, with the special emphasis on the Action Plan for the realization of the rights of national minorities.

Minister Brnabić stressed that Serbia represents success story when it comes to solutions for the national minority issues, proved through continuous work on the improvement of laws and other legislative acts related to the adequate use of language and script of national minorities, their representation in the political and democratic processes and better definition of their jurisdiction and funding sources. Institutions of the National Assembly and the Government of the Republic of Serbia, as well as independent bodies, which together with the National Councils of National Minorities work to protect national minority rights and freedoms in Serbia, were presented as well.

Vice-President of the Government of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina and provincial secretary for education, regulations, administration and national minorities Mihály Nyilas and president of the National Council of Hungarian National Minority in Serbia Jenő Hajnal also participated in the meeting and presented the role of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina and its institutions in the implementation of the Action Plan, as well as role of the National Council of Hungarian National Minority in Serbia.