The Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government, Snežana Paunović, visited Smederevo today, the first local government she has visited since taking office as minister.
The Mayor, Jasmina Vojinović, welcomed the Minister on behalf of the City of Smederevo.
After a joint tour of the City Service Centre, the Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government held a meeting at the City Administration with the leadership of the City of Smederevo, the Head of the City Administration and the heads of all departments.
Expressing her satisfaction at having chosen Smederevo as the first city to visit, Minister Paunović stressed that the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government is a reliable source of support for all cities and municipalities across Serbia.
With the aim of creating an efficient, transparent and reliable public administration that serves all citizens, the Ministry today presented the City of Smederevo with 20 laptops.
Recalling that the City of Smederevo was one of the first in Serbia to open a Service Centre where citizens can complete all matters within the competence of the City Administration in one place, the Mayor of Smederevo and the Head of the City Administration, Goran Milentijević, announced that the local government will continue to focus on citizens’ needs by improving the public administration system.
“I would like to stress that the employees of the City Administration are truly dedicated to their work, which is a sign of good mutual communication, and that together we are a team that, over the last year and a half, has managed to solve some problems we had been facing for decades,” the Mayor said, introducing her associates.
As part of achieving the national goals that have been set, and following the responsible policy pursued by the President of the Republic of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, in cooperation with the Government and the relevant ministries, Minister Snežana Paunović today also met, at the seat of the Podunavlje Administrative District, representatives of the local governments of Smederevska Palanka and Velika Plana, as well as the leadership of the City of Smederevo.
