As part of the “Delivery of Improved Local Services” (DILS) project, the Serbian Ministry of Health is organizing today in Nis a training course in the competencies of local self-governments in the fields of healthcare. The said training course is held for Presidents of the Municipal Assemblies, representatives of the local councils, heads and employees of municipal departments who are in charge of healthcare and financing from Nis, Medvedja, Lebane, Vranje, Bela Palanka, Dimitrovgrad, Vlasotince, Knjazevac, Zajecar, Kladovo, Doljevac and Blace. Participating in the work of this gathering will also be heads of health centers and institutes for public health from the aforementioned cities.

The training course is aimed at familiarizing course beneficiaries with legal regulations in the field of healthcare and with the level of competencies, as well as with the Ministry of Health’s way of funding and the projects for which health centers, non-governmental organizations, associations and local self-governments can apply. The training course is also aimed at acquainting the training course beneficiaries with their competencies within the context of EU integrations, as well as with the possibilities for them to apply for IPA projects at the local level.