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Key decisions for future projects were made during the Sixth Meeting of the Strategic Board for the Management of the Territorial Strategy under the Interreg VI A Bulgaria-Serbia Programme. The online meeting was opened by the co-chairs from Bulgaria and Serbia - Tihomir Antonov, Deputy Mayor of Montana Municipality, and Tatjana Panić-Živković, Head of the Infrastructure Development and Sustainable Development Sector at the Regional Development Agency "South," Serbia.

The new 2025 version of the Practical Guide to Contract Procedures for EU external actions (PRAG) entered into force on 20.01.2025.

The new PRAG version can be found HERE.

Summary of the changes in the PRAG version can be found HERE

Dear Users,

The Managing Authority has updated the version of JeMS to v.12.0.1-P which includes new features. 

For additional information, you can access the JeMS user manual HERE 

IMPORTANT: In the upper right corner of the User Manual page select the version you are working on (version 12)!

Dear JeMS users,

We wanted to let you know that JeMS will be temporarily unavailable due to scheduled technical maintenance and updates starting 12:00 AM on 6^th February 2025. We expect to complete the maintenance by 12:00 AM on 7^th February 2025.

Thank you for your understanding, and we’ll have the system up and running as soon as possible!

The Managing Authority of the Bulgaria-Serbia programme is launching public consultations on the upcoming call for proposals under Priority 2 ‘Integrated territorial development”. The call is designed to contribute to the Programme’s Strategy for Integrated Territorial Development by strengthening regional competitiveness. Beneficiaries are pre-defined business support organizations from the region - the Bulgarian Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion Agency and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia. 

The Interreg VI-A IPA Bulgaria-Serbia 2021-2027 Programme launched on 9 December 2024 the guidance package for applicants, which is now available for public consultation, under Priority 1: "Competitive Border Region", Specific Objective 1.3: "Improving Sustainable Growth and Competitiveness of SMEs and Job Creation in SMEs, including from Productive Investments".

Here you may find the comments received. 

The New European Bauhaus Prizes 2025 are now accepting applications until February 14, 2025. These prestigious awards celebrate innovative projects and ideas that exemplify the core NEB values of sustainability, inclusivity, and beauty. 

On December 12, 2024, the Fifth meeting of the Strategic Board for Cross-Border Cooperation between Bulgaria and Serbia was held in Niš, Serbia, at the Regional Chamber of Commerce. The meeting was opened by co-chairs Mrs. Tatjana Panić-Živković - Sector Manager for development of Infrastructure and Sustainable Development of the “South" Regional Development Agency in Serbia, and Mr. Zlatko Zhivkov, Mayor of Montana Municipality in Bulgaria.

The Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia, Sector for Emergency Management is launching a Simplified Tender procedure "Organization of joint events" under the project "Preparation of the population for actions in case of disasters and improvement of the capacity of the professional teams for response in case of emergency situations within the cross-border region” with financial assistance from the Interreg VI-A IPA Bulgaria – Serbia 2021 - 2027 Programme. The tender dossier is available below.

The Fifth Meeting of the Strategy Board for the INTERREG VI-A IPA Bulgaria-Serbia Programme 2021 – 2027 will be held on 12th December 2024 in Niš, Serbia. The upcoming Strategy Board meeting will discuss the initiative for providing indirect support to SMEs, with the expected outcome being the approval of the initiative and consensus on its further development into a full project proposal for submission under a targeted call.