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Since 2001, USAID has invested more than $882 million to support Serbia’s economic and democratic development. This represents a significant part of the nearly $1.2 billion in total United States Government assistance to Serbia during that time. In partnership with Serbia’s government, private sector and civil society, USAID has implemented thousands of activities throughout Serbia to improve lives, create jobs and to support the country’s European aspirations.
Belgrade, May 20, 2022 – Today, the United States Government announced an additional $19.5 million in assistance to the Government of Serbia, as part of amendments to existing assistance agreements. These funds will be used to, among others, help Serbia make the economy more competitive and inclusive, improve the public procurement process, strengthen the health information system, promote a stronger media environment, improve energy efficiency and biodiversity conservation.
The Media Innovation project, jointly financed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Swedish International Development and Cooperation Agency (SIDA) officially started its activities by selecting the first cohort of organisations whose development will be supported using the advantages of the digital evolution and the wave of innovation spreading through Serbia’s independant information ecosystem.
USAID has provided more than $8 million in COVID-19 assistance to Serbia as part of the U.S. Government’s overall $9.1 million of support to Serbia’s fight against COVID-19. This support helped to meet needs identified by the Government of Serbia. Through a wide range of partnerships, we supported Serbia’s COVID response with everything from medical equipment and testing containers for hospitals to working with the Red Cross to help vulnerable families get through the crisis.
Serbia Innovates is a four and a half year, $6,077,652 million project that will help strengthen Serbia’s economy by increasing support for innovation-driven industries. The project identifies Serbia’s most promising areas for innovation, pilots the supercluster model of economic development around select areas, and will create the first Serbian supercluster model. This supercluster approach, which brings together the private sector, academia and government to develop select innovative industries, has been successful in other countries but never before tried in Serbia.
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Last updated: June 01, 2022
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