Enhanced Intersectoral Cooperation to Strengthen Local Government Training

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A joint meeting of the Council for Professional Development of Employees in Local Self-Government Units and the Joint Body for Improving Cooperation between Institutions Responsible for Capacity Development and Professional Development in State and Other Bodies – the School Network – was held on 8 October 2026 in Belgrade. The meeting brought together members of the Council and the Schools’ Network to review progress and discuss priorities for strengthening professional development and intersectoral cooperation.

Participants reviewed the results achieved by the Schools’ Network and discussed key issues related to the development and implementation of intersectoral training programmes aimed at enhancing the competences of employees and appointed and designated officials in local self-government units. The discussions focused on opportunities to strengthen cooperation among relevant institutions and ensure that training programmes respond to professional development needs at the local level.

The meeting was supported by the EU/Council of Europe joint project “Human Resource Management in Local Self-Government – Phase 3,” implemented by the Council of Europe’s Centre of Expertise for Multilevel Governance and the Ministry for Public Administration and Local Self-Government.

Belgrade 8 October 2026

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The Council of Europe Office in Belgrade was opened by the Secretary General on 16 March 2001, as a contact point for co-operation with the then Federal Republic of Yugoslavia which had applied for membership in the Council of Europe. The work was already underway on joint projects. It has remained in place ever since.

Serbia became the 45th member of the Council of Europe in April 2003, a development that was a natural consequence of the major political changes which took place in autumn 2000 and which allowed Serbia to claim its rightful place among the democratic states of Europe.

Through the Office in Belgrade, the Council of Europe continues to assist the country in its process of democratic reforms and its European integration. In recent years, the Office, in close co-operation with the Serbian authorities, has supported reforms of democratic institutions, the rule of law, human and minority rights, including of the Roma and the LBGTI communities, and local and regional self-government.

The Office also continues to assist with co-operation regarding economic, social, cultural, scientific, legal and administrative matters, and in the maintenance and further realisation of human rights and fundamental freedoms.

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