Serbia

The Serbian Ministry of Labor and Social Policy and UNDP Serbia Sign Project Document on "Combating Sexual and Gender-based Violence"

UNDP Serbia Resident Representative a.i. Ms. Rini Reza, and HE Minister of Labour and Social Policy of Serbia, Mr. Rasim Ljajic at the signing ceremony today

UNDP Serbia signed the Project Document on "Combating Sexual and Gender based Violence" with the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of the Government of Republic of Serbia on December 12, 2008. The project is funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and will be implemented over the next 3 years.

The aim of this project is to strengthen the capacity of the Gender Equality Directorate in developing and introducing systematic solutions to address sexual and gender based violence – to support the development of the National Strategy for Combating Gender based Violence, developing standard procedures and protocols for relevant services for victims, development of a coherent data gathering system on gender based violence and support coordination among relevant institutions.

The project envisages the development of the curriculum for state institutions on gender based violence and capacity development workshops for state officials. The project will also focus on work with perpetrators of gender based violence. The project proposal was developed in close cooperation between the Gender Equality Directorate and taking in to consideration relevant international and national documents.

The project document was signed by Minister for Labour and Social Affairs, H.E. Rasim Ljajic and UNDP Resident representative a.i. Rini Reza at the opening of a regional conference "Gender Equality and EU Integration" which has been organised by the Gender Equality Directorate of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy on 12-13 December 2008 in the Palace of Serbia, Belgrade.