European Integration Office (SEIO) was established on March 14, 2004, as a Serbian Government service.
SEIO’s scope of work is regulated by Article 2 of the Decision of the Government of the Republic of Serbia on the establishment of the European Integration Office (“Official Gazette of RS”, no. 75/05, 63/06, 126/07, 117/08, 42/10, 48/10 and 106/12).
Pursuant to this Decision, SEIO performs the activities relating to:

• Strategy for association with and accession to the European Union;
• Monitoring and participating in preparations and negotiations for conclusion of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the European Union, implementation of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement and European Union accession;
• Strategy, stimulating and screening the harmonization of regulations of the Republic of Serbia with the European Union regulations and standards, as well as information of the European Union and the public thereupon;
• Coordination of translation of the European Union priority regulations into Serbian and coordination of translation of Serbian legislation into English language;
• Assistance to ministries and special organizations in the process of legal harmonisation with the European Union regulations;
• Monitoring the realization of obligations of ministries and special organizations in the process of European Union association and accession;
• Harmonisation of Serbian institutional capacities and education of civil servants according to the requirements of the European Union association and accession;
• Cooperation with specialized legal institutions;
  • Analysis of economic aspects of harmonisation with the European Union regulations and standards;
• Participating in coordination of the programming of European Union’s technical assistance;
• Promoting the EU association and accession activities and cooperation with specialized international and domestic economic institutions;
• Partaking in coordination of activities for planning and use of European funds, donations and other forms of foreign development aid

Contact person:

Department for Cross-border and Transnational Cooperation Programmes

Natalija Matunović, National Programme Coordinator

Phone:+381 11 3061 193

E-mail:nmatunovic@seio.gov.rs

Source: SEIO