The EU Ambassador Michael Davenport and Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić marked the beginning of the reconstruction of private houses in the Village of Jamena, Šid. This will include the construction of 13 houses (five prefabricated and eight solid), the reconstruction of 22 private houses (including material and works), basic furniture and appliances for all houses. The reconstruction is funded through the EU Assistance for Flood Relief in Serbia Programme with some 560,000 Euros.
The reconstruction of private houses and construction of new homes in most municipalities included in the European Union Assistance for Flood Relief in Serbia already started or will commence in during first half of November 2014. This will include provision of construction material and manpower and construction of new houses for more than 520 vulnerable families.
The reconstruction is being conducted in phases according to the plan, so the construction works may start is some houses earlier than in the others. Depending upon weather, the completion of this intervention is expected in December 2014 – January 2015. This part of the Programme is being implemented by Danish Refugee Council (DRC), Help – Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe e.V. and Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund, Deutschland e.V (ASB).
The delivery of fruit seedlings will start next week for more than 1,500 farming families. Each beneficiary will receive among the following (based on the stated priorities): 300 cherry seedlings, 300 plum seedlings, 300 sour cherry seedlings, 1,800 blackberry and 1,800 raspberry seedlings (per beneficiary family). All seedlings will be delivered by December 2014. This support is funded by the European Union with some 1,155,000 Euros and implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
The construction works in Elementary School “Stojan Novaković“ in Šabac are successfully completed. It included provision of concrete space and drainage channel to accept part of the water from the surrounding terrain and take to the nearest manhole. This works were funded with some 11,000 Euros through EU Assistance for Flood Relief in Serbia Programme.
The reconstruction works on private houses in the Municipality of Krupanj and Braće Jugović Settlement in Obrenovac is underway. So far, small and medium repairs are conducted on 80 houses in Krupanj, while works on 45 homes will start soon. The reconstruction works on houses in Braće Jugović Settlement started and over 30 percent of homes are already repaired, and over 100 houses will be reconstructed by mid December 2014 as planned. This intervention funded with over 500,000 Euros by the EU is implemented by International Organization for Migrations (IOM).
Within the EU support for normalisation of housing conditions and self-reliance of flood-affected families, Help is implementing housing and income generating component in six out of 24 targeted municipalities.
Upon established cooperation with the local self-governments and other structures according to adopted Methodology a round of Beneficiary Selection Committee meetings was held in each targeted municipality/city. Final beneficiaries’ lists upon selection procedures were adopted and the first contracts were signed in Svilajnac in the presence of the EU Ambassador Michael Davenport with 74 beneficaries fo construction material and works and 9 prefabricated houses.
Final beneficiaries’ lists were also adopted in Kosjeric, Kraljevo, Lazarevac, Trstenik and Varvarin pending signing of the grant contracts first week of November 2014.
Upon completed tender procedures including EU approvals, contracts with the most favourable bidders were signed and the commencement of the construction works in all six municipalities will start in the week of 3 November. Deadline for the construction works is 48 calendar days, and for the prefabricated houses is 45 calendar days.
Next week, 3 November 39,800 raspberry seedlings will be distributed to 12 beneficiaries in Kosjeric.
