In order to provide expert and political support to the accession negotiations with the EU, bring European institutions as well as the political and social priorities of Serbia in the European integration process closer to the Serbian public PPI organized a panel discussion named ”Negotiations as a priority - priorities in negotiations” .
The political framework of the current political and institutional state of Republic of Serbia at the beginning of negotiation with the EU was presented by Prof. Nikola Samardžić, PhD, one of the founders of PPI, and Tanja Miščević, Head of Negotiating Team for Accession of the Republic of Serbia to the EU.
The discussion was divided into two thematic sessions:
1. The session dedicated to the Chapters 23 and 24 – Judiciary and fundamental rights, Justice, Freedom and Security – which are considered the priority in negotiations of the candidate countries that are in the state of institutional, economic and social transition.
Mr. Nikola Selaković, the Minister of Justice and State Administration as the representative of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, presented the screening process of the legal framework and evaluated the current state of institutions.
The representatives on the behalf of the PPI were Prof. Stevan Lilic, PhD, chairman of the executive board of the PPI in Podgorica and Prof. Mijat Damjanovic, PhD, chairman of the executive board of the PPI in Belgrade.
2. Session dedicated to the budget priorities in institution building
The representative on the behalf of the Government of the Republic of Serbia was Mr. Lazar Krstic, Minister of Finance. The representatives on the behalf of the PPI were Prof. Andjelka Mihajlov, PhD, coordinator of the environment and the green economy sector of the PPI, and M.Sc. Gordana Lazarevic, member of the program committee of the PPI.
The intention of the PPI is to present three important assumptions regarding the actual and future public policy to the representatives of Serbian public, the Government of the Republic of Serbia, diplomatic corps and international institutions:
- How to acquire public support and prepare the institutions if negotiation process and EU integration are Serbia’s political, social, cultural and moral priority?
- What are the political and expert priorities in negotiation process? Which are the key chapters in the process of harmonization with legal and political achievements of the EU? How to finance the process of EU integration?
- What is the historical, cultural and political significance of the European project? What are the mutual advantages of negotiation and integrative processes? What does the EU give to Serbia? What is Serbia’s profit? In what ways does Serbia contribute to the EU? What is the benefit of the EU integration?
