Maja Milosevic

The Cities and Climate Change Program began with the adoption of the Law on Climate Change and aims to strengthen initiatives to adapt and mitigate to climate change at the national and local levels in Serbia.
As part of this program, technical assistance is provided to support two pilot local governments in identifying priority needs and projects in the field of climate change (adaptation or mitigation) which will improve cities` resilience and decrease green house gas emissions on the local level..
The preparation of local climate action plans will contribute to improving the quality of the environment and the rational use of natural resources, taking into account the urban and socio-economic profiles of cities / municipalities. . The Institute of Architecture and Urban&Spatial planning of Serbia actively participates in this program through the research process of developing an adequate methodology for

The World Bank in partnership with SECO SURGE Trust Fund is supporting the Government of Serbia and more specifically the Ministry of Construction, Transport, and Infrastructure (MCTI) to implement the Sustainable Urban Development Strategy (SUDS), approved in June 2019 and the associated Action Plan (2021-2022).

The overall objective of this program is to strengthen the capacity of the Government of Serbia and selected Serbian municipalities to plan for more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient urban development and local economic recovery.

To fulfill the objective of the program and to further the implementation and operationalization of the SUDS, the World Bank, through this Serbia specific SECO SURGE trust fund, will be conducting a number of analytical and technical assistance