Serbia
Eastern Europe
Capital Belgrade
Population 7.3 million
Life Expectancy 73.9
Access to clean water 99%
Adult Literacy 96.4%
Under five mortality 6.75 per 1,000 live births
GDP per head (US$ PPP) $10,800
More than 2000 unemployed Serbian youth get training and jobs
MDG-F helps disadvantaged young people become more employable through grants, training and work placements in companies.
Our Joint Programmes
Promoting Peace Building in Southern SerbiaSouth Serbia has the country’s only concentration of ethnic Albanians, and is also the poorest part of the country. Problems continue to exist over inequalities, actual and perceived, between ethnic communities in South Serbia (including Serb, Roma, and IDPs from Kosovo), and between the south and the rest of Serbia. Increased tensions in Kosovo threaten to spill over into South Serbia unless sources of resentment are addressed.
Sustainable Tourism for Rural DevelopmentJoint Programme will support national and local institutions to define and implement policy for rural tourism development which will increase economic activity and employment in rural areas in Serbia, with the aim of reducing rural poverty and emigration. Agencies will implement JP with support of Ministry of Economy and Regional Development, Ministry of Agriculture, and Tourism Organization of Serbia.
Support to National Efforts for the Promotion of Youth Employment and Management of MigrationThe JP implemented by IOM, ILO, UNDP and UNICEF will support national and local institutions to implement policy and operational measures that will increase youth employment in Serbia while concurrently reducing the negative impact of return and irregular migration.
STORIES
The Vlasina Lake Housewives : Building peace in South Serbia
27 women have formed an UN-backed cooperative to boost incomes in one of the country’s least developed regions, one jam jar at a time.
Securing equal rights for Serbia’s Roma minority
21-year-old Anita Jovic recently received her first state-issued ID card, entitling her to all the rights of a citizen -- one of 250 members of Serbia's Roma minority who are no longer legally invisible, thanks to assistance from the MDG-F.
More than 2000 unemployed Serbian youth get training and jobs
MDG-F helps disadvantaged young people become more employable through grants, training and work placements in companies.
