This year, the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government shall allocate 100 million dinars (RSD) of budget funds for the establishment of the “One-Stop Shop” (OSS) in Local Self-government Units and city municipalities in Serbia, which is 2.5 times more than in previous years.
Yesterday, MDULS had announced a Public call for the allocation of funds in order to support local self-governments and city municipalities for the establishment of OSS, as one of the favourite projects of the Ministry, as well as cities and municipalities in Serbia.
Funds for support shall be realized for the needs of adaptation and equipping of the working space, raising the existing level of technical and information equipment and improving the software and hardware infrastructure for the establishment of OSS.
The city and municipal administrations in Serbia that wish to establish the OSS must meet certain criteria and preconditions, which have been changed for this Public call compared to previous years. They are required to meet the first five of a total of 10 criteria in order to be able to apply for this project at all, while the remaining five criteria serve for additional ranking.
A special novelty among the criteria is the planned introduction of new technologies and software for communication with citizens, which strengthens the role of accessible and efficient administration as a service to citizens.
In 2018, the Ministry had launched a project to establish the OSS with the aim of increasing the efficiency, effectiveness and economy of city and municipal administrations, as well as simplifying procedures and procedures, which enables the reduction of administrative burden and saves time and money for citizens and the economy.
So far, the OSS has established in 25 cities and municipalities, while those Local Self-governments Units to which funds were approved in one of the previous competitions for this project cannot apply again.
The deadline for submitting requests for the allocation of funds is 15 days from the day of publishing the public call in the “Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia”, i.e. 14 February 2022.
The details on how to apply and the necessary documentation can be found and downloaded from the website of the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government, at the following link: www.mduls.gov.rs.