EU PROGRES

Milivoje Sočanac is enrolled in the first generation of furniture makers, whose training was organised within the partnership programme by the Association for the Assistance to People with Special Needs and the Municipality of Raška, with support from the European Union and the Government of Switzerland through the European Partnership with Municipalities Programme – EU PROGRES. Due to this training, Milivoje will have a better chance to find a job and provide for himself.

Many researches done in the past years have shown that the citizens are not content with the quality of service provided by the local administrations. Most citizens’ complaints related to the long queues while at the same time, the municipal administrations’ employees pointed that they spent working hours explaining and directing clients to the appropriate department.

Almost every tomato in Lila Mitova's garden weighs at least half a kilo. Lila proudly shows us her seedlings and says that, one year ago, weed grew in place of the long neat aisles. She is the representative of one of the 25 Roma families that provided their families with seasonal jobs and food through a project of the NGO Optimist and the Bosilegrad Municipality, with the support of the European Union and the Government of Switzerland.

“Look at our new school building”, we hear children cheering from the yard of the Elementary School “Radoje Domanović” in Kumarevo. “We even have computers! Do you know it rained in our classrooms in the past and that we only had outdoor toilet”, giggling kids ask.