It was announced that the ceremony in Ovča will be attended by the Head of EU Delegation in Serbia Michael Davenport, ambassadors of USA and OSCE, Kyle Scott and Peter Burkhard, representative of the UNHCR Francesca Bonelli, and Commissioner for refugees and migrations of Serbia Vladimir Cucić.
Construction of apartments worth 2.3 million EUR is financed by the City of Belgrade, which provided construction land, documentation and infrastructure, while the remaining funds will be provided by Council of Europe Development Bank. Apartments should be finished by the end of 2017. Regional Housing Programme is a joint program of Serbia, BiH, Montenegro and Croatia, aimed at ensuring permanent residential solutions for nearly 27.000 most endangered refugee families, i.e. for around 74.000 people in the region.
(Source: hayat.ba)