Regional Development Agency Bačka as a partner in the URBANFLOODS project, in cooperation with JVP Voda Vojvodina, as an associated partner in the project, on Friday 31.1.2025. organized the first meeting of interested parties. The meeting was held online to enable the involvement of all relevant actors from the territory
Republic of Serbia.

The goal of the meeting is to bring together key stakeholders from the field of flood prevention and protection in order to create a partnership network that will ensure the successful implementation of activities within the URBANFLOODS project.

The meeting included the presentation of the URBANFLOODS project, the presentation of the legal and strategic framework in the field of flood prevention and protection, but also the discussion and exchange of opinions and experiences on the weaknesses and strengths of the existing frameworks, as well as the possibilities for their improvement.

The meeting was attended by representatives of national, regional and local institutions relevant in the field of flood prevention and protection, whose contribution is extremely important for ensuring the achievement of results within the URBANFLOODS project that are aligned with the real situation and needs in the field of floods in the Republic of Serbia, but also in the wider area, i.e.
areas of the Interreg Ipa Adrion program within which the URBANFLOODS project is implemented.