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Within the Municipal, Environmental and Economic Management Project (MEG), initiated by the Government of Switzerland in 2016, the Mayor of Prnjavor, Darko Tomaš, today has signed a grant agreement in Sarajevo, in the amount of CHF 136,000, or BAM 225,000, our local community.

The goal of the MEG project, implemented by UNDP in BiH, is to improve the municipal development management system, and provide services from the ecological and economic sectors. Improvements will result in better services for citizens at the local level, and greater responsibility and building of trust between local authorities, citizens and the economy.

In the previous period, the Municipality of Prnjavor has developed mechanisms and capacities for improving environmental and economic governance, through the adoption of new decisions, plans, regulations, procedures, contracts. An independent estimator, engaged by UNDP, made an assessment in accordance with the Methodology for Granting Financial Support, and decided that the Municipality of Prnjavor had progressed by 75%, comparing to the initial values from 2016 and thus won the maximum grant.

The stated amount of BAM 225,000 will be spent on the infrastructure project for the reconstruction of Vida Nježića Street. Based on the assessment, the total value of the project, which involves the replacement of sewage and water pipes, the construction of sidewalks, asphalting and lighting in the mentioned street, is about BAM 1,000,000, and the rest of the money will be separated from the municipal budget. The reconstruction of Vida Nježića Street should be completed by the end of 2018.

The participants of the 12th Belgrade Banjaluka Bicycle Race passed through Prnjavor, where a number of citizens met them, and they continued towards Banja Luka.

A spokesman Dušan Repija said that in organizing such a sport event, cooperation with local communities is of great importance.

“Bringing 170 bikers from around the world is very difficult, it takes a lot of money, and every help from local communities is welcome. Without local communities the organization of the event would not be possible”, said Repija.

The Mayor of the Municipality of Prnjavor, Darko Tomaš, said that it was a great honor for the Municipality to be a part of a great sports event, such as the Bicycle Race Belgrade – Banja Luka.

Tomaš recalled that Prnjavor has been cooperating with the organizer of the race for several years, and the cooperation will be raised to a higher level in the future.

“Our wish is Prnjavor to be one of the places from which the race stage would start. We are ready to talk with the organizers about it”, said Tomaš.

He added that such a sporting event, accompanied by a large number of media, is also an excellent opportunity for the tourism promotion of the local community.

SRNA /T.S/

In the framework of the International Agreement on Cooperation of Secondary Schools, students from the Second Gymnasium from Boleslawiec, the Republic of Poland, are staying in the Municipality of Prnjavor. The guests from Boleslawiec arrived at the invitation of the Prnjavor Gymnasium, and today a reception in the premises of the Music School has been organized in their honor.

“I thank the Principal of the Gymnasium and the Mayor for inviting us to visit Prnjavor, and I hope that we will continue with successful cooperation. During our visit, we will try to establish intensive cooperation with the Music School Prnjavor”, said Miroslav Sakovski, principal of the Second Gymnasium in Boleslawiec. Ljubinka Stanic, the Principal of Prnjavor High School, emphasized that after a long time students from Poland are staying in Prnjavor.

“In previous years, it was a tradition that students and teachers from Prnjavor and Boleslawiec visit each other. Two years ago, we traveled to Boleslawiec and now they visit our municipality in return. I hope that we will be good hosts, just like they were”, said Stanić. Today’s reception was also attended by the Mayor of the Municipality of Prnjavor, Darko Tomaš, who emphasized that Prnjavor has the longest cooperation with Boleslawiec, cooperation on a very high level.

“Regarding the cooperation with Boleslawiec, exchange of students is more important than official delegation visits. Their experiences and contacts they establish, represent unbreakable bridges. I am convinced that this cooperation would continue in the future”, said Tomaš.