Within the project “Providing durable housing solutions to forced migrants and returnees in Novi Pazar”, European Union and the City constructed five prefabricated houses and assigned seven grants of EUR1,500 to internally displaced persons to start their own businesses, as stated at project’s closing conference.
On the occasion, Mayor of Novi Pazar Meho Mahmutovic assigned beneficiaries, internally displaced persons from Kosovo, with keys to the newly constructed houses.
In July 2013, The City of Novi Pazar and European Union, technically supported by Initiative for Development and Cooperation (IDC), launched the project to support refugees and IDPs, as well as returnees from EU countries.
Project was jointly funded by European Union and the City of Novi Pazar, with the support from Commissariat for Refugees and Migration, and technical support from Initiative for Development and Cooperation.
Goal of the project was to support integration and improvement of living conditions of refugees, IDPs and returnees from EU countries, as well as their economic empowerment.
Apart from new houses and grants assigned, eight participants of the project attended a seminar on how to start a business, while a seminar on innovation within agricultural production took place as well. Also, representatives of City Government underwent training about PRAG procedures for implementation of EU projects.
