Coordinator Dr. Nikola Krunić, senior research associate
In order to set and implement the crucial priorities of sustainable development defined at the EU level, every EU candidate country should research and define its national development goals and spatial development strategies.
The Republic of Serbia, as a future member of the EU and having in mind the perspectives and strategies of Europe’s development, should define its plans and implementation instruments specifically related to sustainable spatial development after 2021.
It is necessary to innovate current guidelines for spatial development, defined through the Spatial Plan of the Republic 2010-2020, and continue them with new research based on current trends in energy development, economy, infrastructure, harmonization of regional disparities, demography, urban and rural development, resource use, social development, environmental protection, and biodiversity, climate change adaptation, etc.