Financing Environmental Protection at the Local Level

Serbia is facing serious challenges in the field of environmental protection and harmonizing its standards with those of the European Union.

To overcome these challenges, it is necessary to spend at least 10 billion euros. Considering the scope of competencies, inadequate capacities and different practices of municipalities and cities, the issue of financing environmental protection at the local level deserves special attention. This Policy Brief relies on the results of the analysis of the previous Brief and contains an analysis of the programs that use money from environmental funds, a review of the consent given by the competent ministry to the mentioned programs, as well as other findings and recommendations for improving the existing situation in this area.