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City of Nis has prepared the project for the construction of WWTP and intends to apply for EU funds. Trying not to take any loans and burden the city budget additionally, the City will apply for EU grants. Wastewaters of Nis and surrounding villages will be collected and treated in a wastewater treatment plant, before discharge to the Nisava River. As a principle a centralized collection and treatment

system is adopted. Villages within the administrative borders of Nis, 4 villages from the municipality of Doljevac, 12 villages from the municipality of Merosina and 2 settlements from the municipality of Gadzin Han will be connected to the Nis system. First phase of the project realization envisages the construction of the collectors on both banks of the Nisava River and the very WWTP facility

Nis City Council decided to initiate the procedure for collecting offers for the realization of the Waste Water Treatment Plant - WWTP Development Project.

1 Nisavski Sewer Collector, 2 Right Bank Sewer Collector, 3 New Waste Water Treatment Plant, 4 Existing City Networks (Left and Right Bank Collectors),

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waste) in Indjija. Greenworx Holding now intends to take the lead in the development of a larger industrial zoning in Nis for centralizing Green Projects such as rendering, industrial waste treatment, biomass and waste to energy in general. City of Nis and Greenworx Holding agreed to explore opportunities to work together in order to support creation of favourable conditions regarding the establishment of long term cooperation and project driven strategic partnership based on mutual interests, trust and respect. “We have managed to secure the realisation of another big and serious investment and thus refute all those skeptics who did not believe in my work and the work done by Nis City Representative Office in Brussels “, said Mayor Simonovic. “If you want to do something, it takes time, commitment and clearly set objectives. Nis has been recognized as the desirable destination for investments because of the efficiency in issuing necessary permits and I am sure that our new investors will be satisfied with the work of our administration.”

and the total value of this phase is 67 million Euros. Second phase covers the completion of WWTP and network which will connect the villages of Prosek, Jelašnica, Prva Kutina, Malča, Gornja Vrežina, Knez Selo, Gornji Matejevac, Brenica, Kamenica, Gabrovac, Hum, Rujnik, Čamurlija, Popovac, Gornje Međurovo, Gadžin Han and Grkinja. The total value of this phase is 27 million Euros.

Third phase will connect the villages of Doljevac - Malošište, Čapljinac, Knežica and Belotinac to the sewerage network and it will cost 7 million Euros. The households of 14 villages and settlements from Merosina Municipality will be connected to the new network. 23 million Euros will cover the costs of connecting the villages of Krušce, Mramor, Sečanica, Batušinac, Balajnac, Gradište, Brest, Merošina, Rožina, Baličevac.

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Milos Simonovic, Nis City Mayor, Serge Ameye, Belgian Company Greenworx director and Tamara Drecun Vasic, Eco-Tech Solutions director signed MoU on the implementation of new investment in Nis - the construction of the facility for animal waste rendition according to the highest European environmental and security standards. This new plant will be built in the industrial zone at Ivana Milutinovica Street on the land property of 14 hectares in total. It is expected to employ 400 workers and the total value of the investment is 70 million Euros. The coming of the new investor in Nis is the result of the efforts made by Nis City Representative Office in Brussels and the direct negotiations between Nis City Mayor Milos Simonovic and Greenworx company representatives. Greenworx Holding is a Belgian company which specializes in renewable energy and environmental projects and it is already present in Serbia via their joint venture with Belgian Electrawinds in a rendering plant (environmental friendly treatment of slaughter house

Nis City Council decided to initiate the preparation of the Feasibility Study for Leasing Construction Land Free of Charge to the Belgian Company Greenworx.

Nis City Council decided to initiate the preparation of the

Feasibility Study for Leasing Construction Land Free of Charge to the

Belgian Company Greenworx

3,5 million Euros will be used for the construction of the network for the citizens of the villages of Velepolje, Donja Trnave, Gornja Toponica, Mezgraja, Vrtište and Trupale. The realization of this project will resolve one of the biggest communal problems in Nis.

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The Call Center is the place where the citizens can get all the information about the functioning of city administration departments and public utility companies. Also the citizens can contact call center by phone, e-mail or text messages and report the problems they have which are under the jurisdiction of the communal service companies. After receiving the complaint from a citizen, the employees in the center will contact respective public utility companies, report the problem, and within 48 hours the problem will be resolved or the citizens will be informed about needed time for the removal of malfunctioning.The City of Nis and 9 other city and national public utility companies (Mediana, Naissus, City Heating Plant, Gorica, City Development

Agency, Jugoistok, Telekom, Yugorosgaz, Republic Geodetic Authority Office and Nis Cadastre Office) will be working on this project together. Nis City Call Center has been established as the result of the Project Improvement of City Services and Management Capacities in the City of Nis which was implemented in cooperation with NGO Balkan Development Team from Nis and City of Aarhus from Denmark. The project was financed by EU through Exchange 3 Programme. Total project value is 143.000EUR out of which 122.000 is donated by EU while the rest is contributed by City of Nis. The project objective was improving every day functioning of the city administration departments and services and introducing EU standards.

City Call Center has been opened at Nis City Administration.

NIS CITY CALL CENTER

City Call Center has been opened at Nis City Administration

Serbia strolled through 4-1 in the first round against an under strength Sweden team who were missing Robin Soderling. Serbia played without top-ranked Novak Djokovic. Viktor Troicki and Janko Tipsarevic won their singles on opening day but when the latter teamed with Nenad Zimonjic in the doubles they failed to close it out at the first attempt. However, Tipsarevic returned on Sunday to see off Michael Ryderstedt in straight sets and Dusan Lajovic won the final point on his Davis Cup debut. Serbia will travel to Czech Republic in the World Group quarterfinals, 6-8 April. The nations have met 10 times previously splitting the results. On the last occasion Serbia came back from 2-1 down on home soil in the 2010 semifinals before going on to win the Davis Cup for the first time.

Nis City proved itself once again as an organiser of top sports events. Serbian Tennis Federation sent a letter of gratitude and praise to Nis City Mayor Milos Simonovic for successful organisation of such an important tournament and for all support provided to Serbian Tennis Federation as well as for the hospitality showed to all sportsmen and guests. Serbian Davis Cup Team was thrilled with the support received from the spectators at Nis City Hall. “Nis has become the city of sports. We have managed to bring to our fellow citizens ultimate sports events. Nis has done a great job being the host of Men’s EHF EURO 2012 Group B preliminary round matches. The renovated Sports Hall met the necessary conditions for organizing a Davis Cup World Group First Round matches,” said Mayor Simonovic.

After hosting Men’s EHF EURO 2012 Championship, Sports Hall Cair was the venue of Davis Cup World Group First Round Matches between Sweden and Serbia from February 10 to February 12.

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Sports Hall Cair was the venue of Davis Cup World Group First Round Matches

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The exhibition showed the works of the young people who studied on their own six European countries: Belgium, Portugal, Greece, Spain, Holland and Slovenia. The exhibition was realized as the part of the second cycle of the project Youth Activism towards EU supported by the Olof Palme International Center. The purpose of this project is to have increased active civil consciousness and better knowledge of the young people in Niš about the EU and its member states and to develop local resources that will enhance their participation in the decision making processes in the reform of the society towards the accession to the European Union. As a part of the project high-

school and university students from Niš participated in the research group that worked on discovering general information about the history, geography, demography, religion, politics, tourism and travel, the role of the countries within the EU and the life of young people in terms of education, mobility, activism, cooperation and youth policies. The local resources developed during the project realization such as EU info corner, youth library, internet café and web portal were available to the young people for their research. 10 selected young people passed the training to develop their capacities and to enable them for quality youth work and peer-to-peer education in the future. So far, 100 young people have participated in the project.

Youth Center Together We Create organized the exhibition entitled Europe in 100 Different Ways at European Corner from February 17 to 24.

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Europe in 100 Different Ways

Europe in 100 Different Ways

This particular project explores the concept of facing the problems occurring between different cultures, accepting the stigmata bearing groups and expressing mutual respect. Association of Serbian Roma Artists is dedicated to supporting the development of art, overcoming the usual prejudices, respecting differences and cultural heritage. By touring Serbia

with this exhibition from November 2011 to February 2012, Association of Serbian Roma Artists tries to contribute to raising consciousness and finding the way out of the inherited prejudices and lack of understanding. The objective of NOMAD ART Project is the decentralization of the culture and establishing network of the cultural institutions all over Serbia.

The Project NOMAD ART – Travelling Exhibition by 10 Roma painters, supported by Fund for an Open Society and Association of Serbian Roma Artists, was presented at European Corner from February 6 to 10.

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Travelling Exhibition by 10 Roma painters