1. Opening Session

1. Bozidar Djelic - Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia [ doc 60KB ]
• Opening speech, Bozidar Djelic [ ppt 433KB ]
2. Director of Directorate C of DG Enlargement [ doc 50KB ]
3. Stephen Wordsworth, H.E. Ambassador of Great Britain in Serbia [ doc 30KB ]
4. Simon Gray, Head of the World Bank Office for Serbia [ doc 40KB ]
5. Lance Clark, UN Resident Coordinator [ doc 34KB ]
6. Fintan Farrell, Director of the European Antipoverty Network [ doc 41KB ]
7. What have we changed - Kraljevo municipality, Svetlana Stanic [ ppt 151KB ]

1. More Efficient Social Protection for Poverty Reduction
   • Ministry of Labour and Social Policy – Ljiljana Lučić, State Secretary
   • Ministry of Infrastructure: presentation of the Draft of the Law on Social Housing – Svetlana Ristić, Advisor [ ppt 43KB ]
2. Improving Employment Opportunities
• Ministry of Economy and Regional Development – Radmila Bukumiric Katić, Assistant Minister
3. Education for Poverty Reduction
• Ministry of Education – Snezana Vukovic, Advisor [ ppt 260KB ]
4. Health Care towards Poverty Reduction
• Ministry of Health – Ivana Mišić, Assistant Minister
5. Agriculture and Rural Development in the Function of Poverty Reduction
   • Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management – Branislav Milić, Advisor [ ppt 2.36MB ]

3. Presentations of afternoon working groups: Towards the More Effective Implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy

1. Evidence Influenced Policy Making: Strengthened Statistical System and Impact Assessment
   • Strengthened statistical system as a requirement for evidence influenced policy making – Dragan Vukmirović , Director, Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia [ ppt 142KB ]
   • Presentation of planned impact assessment of implemented policies 2003-2007 – Jasmina Kijevčanin, Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator, Deputy Prime Minister's Poverty Reduction Strategy Implementation Focal Point [ ppt 44KB ]
2. Concept of Social Inclusion
   • Report on Social Inclusion ( Bosnia and Herzegovina ) – Rijad Kovač, Head of the Department for Coordination of Drafting , Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation of Development Documents, Council of Ministers – BiH
   • Social Inclusion Indicators in Serbia – Jasmina Ivanović, Advisor, Ministry of Labour and Social Policy
3. Implementation of the PRS at the Local Level
   • Analysis of Harmonization between Local and National Strategies in Serbia – Kosovka Ognjenović, Researcher, ESPI
   • Opportunities for the Implementation of Municipal Strategies/Plans within the National Investment Plan – Aleksandra Drecun , Advisor, NIP Office
4. Pro-poor Education Measures
   • Pro-poor Education for Children and Youth – Proposal of Measures by the Deputy Prime Minister's Poverty Reduction Strategy Implementation Focal Point – Tinde Kovač Cerović, Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister for Education and Social Policy [ ppt 424KB ]
   • Pro-poor Education Systemic Measures Targeting Children and Youth in Slovenia – Dolores Modic , Associate/High education, Faculty for Business and Management [ ppt 443KB ]
   • Pro-poor Education Systemic Measures Targeting Children and Youth in Hungary – Agnes Kende, Expert, Pro-poor Education Support Program [ ppt 167KB ]
   • Pro-poor Education for Children – Good Practices: Scholarships for the Roma in AP Vojvodina – Marija Aleksandrić, Executive Director of the project “Inclusion of the Roma Students in High Schools in AP Vojvodina”
5. Enhancing Microfinance Support
   • Study on Micro-Finance Support to Start-up Entrepreneurs in Serbia – Milan Lalović, Consultant for SME and Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Society Development centre [ ppt 802KB ]
   • Good practices in Serbia: Micro Development Fund – Milena Gojković, Executive Director