New Document NAD 2014-2017 with 2020 Projections Available for Download

Document "National Priorities for International Assistance 2014-2017, with  projections until 2020" (NAD), was adopted on 8 November 2013.

NAD is the fourth in the series of programming documents since 2007, and the first one that intended to become the basis for implementing a Sector Approach. It is also the first external assistance planning document in Serbia to contain indicators and to set verifiable, annual and mid-term targets which can be used for assessing the progress of reforms in each sector /thematic area.

This document defines 9 different sectors (justice; home affairs, public administration reform, competitiveness, energy, environment and climate change, transport, human resources and social development, agriculture and rural development) and 3 thematic areas (civil society, media, culture).
As a reminder, implemented international assistance to Serbia amounts to approximately 8.9 billion €  for the period 2001–2012.

Estimated new commitments for the period 2014–2017 amount to around 1.1 billion € , i.e. 275 million €  per year.

The Republic of Serbia will be the beneficiary of EU pre-accession assistance through the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) 2014–2020 (IPA II), while the budget of IPA II for all beneficiaries will remain at a similar level as in the current financial perspective, which amounts to approximately 200 million €  annually for Serbia.

NAD is strategic programming document which provides a means for increasing the alignment of international assistance with national priorities so that targeted donor interventions will support mainstream public spending on policy reforms from the national budget. In addition, the NAD makes it possible to eliminate the duplication of donor activities and to rationalize these activities so that they are as cost-effective as possible.

This document defines priorities and measures per sector to be supported by IPA II of development assistance.

NAD can be downloaded here:

http://www.evropa.gov.rs/Documents/Home/DACU/12/74/NAD%202014-2017%20with%20projections%20until%202020%20%28english%29.pdf.