![Strengthening Regional Connections - Leskovac Business to Business Fair Strengthening Regional Connections - Leskovac Business to Business Fair](https://2012-2017.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/pressreleases/DSC_4474_270.jpg?itok=AnzgTe3r)
On Tuesday, November 1, 2016, the Development Agency of Serbia (RAS) in partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) organized a Business to Business (B2B) Fair in Leskovac.
![U.S. and Serbian Governments Celebrate Five Years of Judicial Reform U.S. and Serbian Governments Celebrate Five Years of Judicial Reform](https://2012-2017.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/pressreleases/JRGA-151_270.jpg?itok=GqWwV6to)
Belgrade – On October 5, 2016, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and representatives from the Government of Serbia celebrated judicial reform successes and lessons learned, to mark the closure of USAID’s Judicial Reform and Government Accountability (JRGA) Project, a five and a half year, $20.9 million initiative.
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On September 21, 2016, the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Serbia, with support from the USAID Judicial Reform and Government Accountability Project, organized the conference Law on the Protection of Whistleblowers – First Year of Implementation. The conference presented achievements since the Law came into effect, the efficiency of available channels for blowing the whistle, and providing judicial relief for whistleblowers.
![USAID Provides $1.3 Million to Help Serbia Respond to Migrant Crisis USAID Provides $1.3 Million to Help Serbia Respond to Migrant Crisis](https://2012-2017.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/pressreleases/20160719_122703.jpg?itok=trzBwbgA)
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced today a new, $1.3 million, twenty-month project to help Serbia respond to the continuing migrant crisis.
![USAID and Ruma Municipality Launch Women’s Education Center USAID and Ruma Municipality Launch Women’s Education Center](https://2012-2017.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/pressreleases/13737608_1179688445409646_2791659706304912668_270.jpg?itok=k7pAf1GF)
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director, Ms. Azza El-Abd, the Speaker of Ruma Municipal Assembly, Mr. Stevan Kovačevič, and the General Manager of Insert Ltd., Mr. Žarko Kojić launched the Women’s Education Center in Ruma today.
![U.S. and Serbian Governments Celebrate Local Economic Development Successes U.S. and Serbian Governments Celebrate Local Economic Development Successes](https://2012-2017.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/pressreleases/DSC_3720_270.jpg?itok=wFgNPdM8)
On Tuesday, July 12, 2016, USAID and representatives of 32 municipalities celebrated local economic development successes and best practices, to mark the closure of the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Sustainable Local Development Project (SLDP).
![USAID and Opportunity Bank Serbia Increase Access to Finance for Small Businesses USAID and Opportunity Bank Serbia Increase Access to Finance for Small Businesses](https://2012-2017.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/pressreleases/IMG_0841_270.jpg?itok=fvT2X5Nq)
Šabac, June 21, 2016 – U.S. Ambassador to Serbia, Kyle Scott, visited the Opportunity Bank Serbia’s (OBS) Sabac branch office to hear about OBS’s latest innovations to increase access to finance for small, rural businesses. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has supported OBS since 2002. OBS works to provide micro, rural, agro and small- and medium-enterprise (SME) lending to Serbian businesses that cannot obtain financial assistance from traditional banks.
![Serbian Citizens Express Emphaty and Willingness to Help Refugees as Municipalities Join Forces to Respond to Crisis Serbian Citizens Express Emphaty and Willingness to Help Refugees as Municipalities Join Forces to Respond to Crisis](https://2012-2017.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/pressreleases/DSC_4068_270.jpg?itok=ddreLbS0)
Belgrade – On Jun 20, 2016, the 15th official World Refugee Day, the Ana and Vlade Divac Foundation and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), presented the results of the first public opinion survey on Serbian citizens’ attitudes towards the ongoing migrant and refugee crisis.
![U.S. Ambassador Scott Meets Long-Time Disability Movement Activist U.S. Ambassador Scott Meets Long-Time Disability Movement Activist](https://2012-2017.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/pressreleases/IMG_4397-270.jpg?itok=NRYtumUk)
On May 10, 2016, Ambassador Kyle Randolph Scott met with Ms. Gordana Rajkov, President of the Center for Independent Living (CIL) Serbia and long-time disability movement activist, to discuss voters with disabilities’ participation in the April 2016 Serbian elections. Last month’s election was the first time Serbia collected data about the accessibility of polling stations for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs).
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