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Europe and Central Asia Department,
DFID, 1 Palace St, London, SW1E 5E
Tel: + 020 7023 0000 | Fax: 020 7023 1024
Map courtesy of the FCO
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Serbia
Basic data:
- Population: 7.5 million
- GDP (per capita): $ 5,654 (Government of Serbia, 2007)
- Unemployment rate: 18.8%
- Poverty rate: 6.6 %
- EU accession status: Amongst the group of countries dealt with by
the European Commission’s Directorate General (DG) for Enlargement;
Serbia signed a Stabilization and Association (SAA) in April 2008
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DFID activity in Serbia
 Since 2001 DFID has committed approximately £30 million to programmes
in Serbia – in the current year (2008/09) our bilateral budget is £3 million.
The overall purpose of the DFID Serbia programme is to support, through
technical assistance and collaboration with other donors, the Serbian
government’s efforts in poverty reduction, improving governance and preventing
further conflict. Each of the initiatives we support plays a crucial role in
taking Serbia further along the road to successful EU integration. We work very
closely with our colleagues in the British Embassy from the Foreign Office, as
well as the EC and other EU Member States.
Following the fall of Milosevic in October 2000, DFID got engaged in Serbia
along side many other donors and provided important technical assistance to the
new pro-reform government, particularly in the areas of privatisation and
banking rehabilitation.
Our current programme focuses on five inter-related areas:
- Aid effectiveness in support of EU integration
- Reform of the social welfare system
- Implementation of Serbia’s poverty reduction strategy
- Improving governance
- Conflict prevention in inter-ethnic communities For more information
on DFID’s work in each of these areas, see the
Serbia country factsheet.
As Serbia becomes increasingly prosperous and
closer to EU membership its need for bilateral external assistance
diminishes. For this reason, the DFID programme in Serbia is due to
close in December 2010.
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Last updated: 02 July 2008
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