Standing Conference of Towns and municipalities

1. Standing Conference of Towns and municipalities National association of towns and municipalities in Serbia

2. PRIORITY AREAS • Representing the interests of LSG in creating an environment that provides consistent decentralization (advocacy) • Support to the capacity building of members • Exchange, communication and cooperation of the SCTM members at inter-municipal and international level • Capacity building of the SCTM

3. ADVOCACY • Cooperation with the State organs (Agreements with the National Parliament, Government, MPALSG, Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, Ministry of Health ...) • Successful cooperation with ministries of: Economy and Regional Development, Foreign Affairs, Defence, Finance, Education, Labour and Social Policy, Telecommunications and Information Society ... • Contribution in the preparation of legislative proposals and model laws: Law on RD, Law on Communal Police, Law on Planning and Construction, Law on Social Housing, Law on Public Property, Law on Local Elections... • Initiatives addressed to the Government in various fields (environment, LED, Social Services, RD, local finance, urban planning and housing ...) • A large number of analyses, studies, strategic documents (EE, public utilities, rural development, social protection...) • Prepared model documents (statutes, decisions ...)

4. Services to members – support to the members’ capacity development • Local Capacity BuildingSupport Centre -Support to the development of strategic plans (Exchange 2 - 25 local authorities supported in developing sustainable development strategies, analyses and recommendations prepared for the implementation of program budgets, SLAP system) • With the support of DAKU team (Ministry of Finance) initiated a participatory process of planning IPA funds • Successful implementation of the credit support programme for local infrastructure projects • Advisory Centre (providing technical advisory support, databases, network of local liaison officers) • Training Centre (new trainings developed, database of trainers, approximately 130 training events per year on 50 different topics are being organised)

5. INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION AND EI • Supervisory boards formed in all 6 programmes of crossboard co-operation • Organisation of study visits • Participation in international meetings and conferences (CEMR, NALAS, ALDA, ICLEI, CLRAE) • Twinning

6. Information and Communication • Magazine "Local Self-Government" • E-newsletter • Web presentations • Press releases • Media coverage of SCTM activities • Publications (handbooks, magazines, newsletters, brochures, models of local documents ...)

7. Capacity building of SCTM • Developed new organizational structure • Trainings for management and staff • Document management system • Analysis and proposal of measures to achieve a higher level of financial sustainability of the SCTM • Developed and adopted action plans

8. Towns and municipalities - active in SCTM work • 19 towns and municipalities – members of the Presidency • 5 towns and municipalities – members of the Auditing Committee • 31 towns and municipalities – members of the Committee on Local Self-Government System • 31 towns and municipalities – members of the Committee on Social Services • 32 towns and municipalities – members of the Committee on Finance • 29 towns and municipalities – members of the Committee on International Co-operation and European Integration • 31 towns and municipalities – members of the Committee on Balanced Regional Development • 31 towns and municipalities – members of the Committee on Municipal Services • 30 towns and municipalities – members of the Committee on Energy Efficiency • 31 towns and municipalities – members of the Committee on Environmental Protection • 33 towns and municipalities – members of the Committee on Urbanism and Housing • 31 towns and municipalities – members of the Committee on Local Economic Development • 19 towns and municipalities – members of the "Network LA 21“ Coalition • 20 towns and municipalities – members of the Network of Working Bodies for Monitoring of the Implementation of the Ethical Code of Conduct • 167 MEMBERS OF THE SCTM LOCAL LIAISON OFFICERS NETWORK

9. Our partners Serbian Red Cross – Support to work of charity kitchens Center for Liberal-Democratic Studies – joint implementation of the projects “Support to Development of Small and Under capacitated Municipalities“ and “Support to Local Communities for Social Inclusion“ Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence – joint implementation of the project “Dialogue for Better Understanding of Local Self- Governments“ Center of Modern Skills – joint work on development of statutes of towns and municipalities NALED – National Alliance for Local Economic Development – cooperation in various areas of support to local economic development and certification of municipalities

10. Our partners- international Council of Europe Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe OSCE UNDP European Union – Committee of the Regions, RELEX Commission Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) NALAS – Network of Associations of Local Authorities of Southeast Europe Associations of Local Authorities of Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Israel, France, Netherlands, Norway, Republika Srpska, Slovenia and Sweden.

11. Donors European Union / European Commission Kingdom of Sweden, Sida Switzerland, SDC Kingdom of Norway Federal Republic of Germany (GTZ and KfW) Kingdom of the Netherlands Republic of France United Kingdom (DFID) United States of America (USAID) Open Society Institute Westminster Democracy Foundation Balkan Democracy Fund (German Marshall Fund) Technical assistance and cooperation: • GDSI • EPTISA • GFA • VNG • IMG • URBAN INSTITUTE • DAI