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Friday, 22 September 2006
Second Seminar on Improving Parliamentary Committee Work
As part of a UNDP programme aimed at capacity building for selected Assembly Committees, the Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence organised the second seminar devoted to improving activities of five Committees of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia dealing with the issue of poverty in Serbia, namely the Poverty Reduction Committee, the Committee on Labour, Ex-Servicemen’s and Social Issues, the Education Committee, the Local Self-Government Committee, and the Agriculture Committee.
As part of a UNDP programme aimed at capacity building for selected Assembly Committees, the Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence organised the second seminar devoted to improving activities of five Committees of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia dealing with the issue of poverty in Serbia, namely the Poverty Reduction Committee, the Committee on Labour, Ex-Servicemen’s and Social Issues, the Education Committee, the Local Self-Government Committee, and the Agriculture Committee.
The seminar, entitled ‘Role of education in reducing poverty’, was held from 22 to 24 September 2004 in Soko Banja.
The seminar touched on a large number of issues from the field, including current reforms to the education system; ties to the employment service; education for risk groups; issues of accessibility of education in rural areas; decentralisation; the role of education in EU integration; and contribution made by social policy to reducing poverty in
Lectures on the issues were held by Professors of the Faculty of Philosophy, officials of the appropriate Serbian Government Ministries, as well as other experts from the field.
The seminar was also attended by deputies, Committee members, and officials of the National Assembly Support Service.
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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)