National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia / Activities / Activity details
Thursday, 14 July 2005
14th session of the Poverty Reduction Committee
At today’s session, the Poverty Reduction Committee of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia discussed the report on the Committee’s activities during a parliamentary visit to Israel.
At today’s session, the Poverty Reduction Committee of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia discussed the report on the Committee’s activities during a parliamentary visit to Israel. At the invitation of the Speaker of the Knesset, and based on the Memorandum on Co-operation between the United Nations Development Programme and the National Assembly. The delegation on the visit to Israel was made up of Snezana Stojanovic-Plavsic, delegation head and Committee chairperson, and Committee members Toma Busetic, Donka Banovic, Radojle Bukvic, Snezana Pantic-Aksentijevic, Leila Ruzdic-Trifunovic, and Predrag Mijailovic.
After an exhaustive presentation of the results of the first parliamentary visit to Israel, the Committee resolved to form a working group made up of members of the delegation that visited the Knesset. The aim of the working group is to establish contacts, as soon as possible, with the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Policy, the Ministry of International Economic Affairs, and the Ministry of the Diaspora, in order to present projects demonstrated in Israel and discuss the possibility of implementing similar projects in Serbia. The most positive experience from Israeli practice, and one that would be of great use in suppressing poverty in Serbia, is implementation of the Mahalev Project, which was preceded by several years of preparation through analyses of welfare and employment programmes from several countries, whose best practices were then adopted. The project is expected to result in an 85% reduction in unemployment in Israel.
The Committee’s session also discussed the Report on the Implementation of the Proposals of New Legislation Aimed at Reducing Child Poverty in Serbia Project, financed by the OSCE Development Fund. One phase of the project could not be implemented because of objective difficulties; therefore, OSCE funding is to be diverted into the preparation of a brochure about activities of all Committees that took part in the joint project supported by the Development Fund.
At the next session, to be held next week, the Committee is to discuss the report of the PRSP Team attached to the office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Miroljub Labus, on the implementation of the Serbia Poverty Reduction Strategy.Committees related to this activity
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11.00 - sitting of the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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11.00 - sitting of the of the Committee on Education, Science, Technological Development and the Information Society (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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11.00 - judges elected to judicial office for the first time take the oath of office before the National Assembly Speaker (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)
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11.30 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Ukrainian Ambassador (National Assembly Building, 14 Kralja Milana Street)
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12.00 - opening of the exhibition marking 150 years since the birth of Mileva Maric Einstein (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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12.00 - sitting of the Committee on the Judiciary, Public Administration and Local Self-Government (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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13.00 - sitting of the Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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17.00 - sitting of the Committee on Constitutional and Legislative Issues (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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17.05 - National Assembly Deputy Speaker at the AEPA Association if Lawyers Conference: NO MORE SILENCE – ME AGAIN (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)