About Project

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What is the project about?

The overall objective of the Project is to strengthen institutional and human capacities of the relevant Integrated Border Management institutions to meet accession criteria and to implement Chapter 24. The purpose of this contract is to strengthen institutional capacities of the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management with its Plant Protection Directorate and Department for Border Phyto-sanitary Inspection, the Veterinary Directorate and the Department of Border Veterinary Inspection as well as the Customs Administration within the Ministry of Finance for the implementation of measures foreseen in the IBM Strategy and Action Plan. 

Project goals

This Project has been designed to deepen and extend the support being provided to the  Government of Serbia through the IBM Sector Budget Support Program, which forms part of the IBM Sector Reform Contract (SRC). It is part of the complementary support to the Sector Budget Support Programme and will be implemented in parallel and close coordination with other projects that aim at strengthening the capacity of the institutions involved in IBM.

Sector
  • Migration Management
EuropeAid reference
EuropeAid/139504/DH/SER/RS
Components
  • Improvement of the capacities of financial services within IBM Institutions to develop, plan and monitor the execution of the budget for the implementation of measures under the IBM Action Plan
  • Improved work procedures of the Plant Protection Directorate and Department for Border Phyto
  • sanitary Inspection, the Veterinary Directorate and Department of border veterinary
  • Capacity building of the staff within the Ministry of Interior (including representatives of the Criminal Police Directorate, Sector for Internal Control, Department for Education and Training and the HR Sector), the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management and the Ministry of Finance
  • Customs Administration
  • Communication and visibility activities related to the IBM action plan and the IBM
  • Sector Reform Contract prepared and implemented
  • IT processes accuracy in budget planning
City / District
Republic of Serbia
EU Contribution
1,852,500 €
Negotiating chapter
  • 24 - Justice, freedom and security
Implementation period
September 2019 - January 2022
Beneficiary
Ministry of Interior
Implemented by
KPMG d.o.o. Beograd in consortium with Institute Mihailo Pupin, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland LTD and Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten forschung e.V.