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We inform all interested candidates that the Ministry of Education has announced a new Competition for the award of scholarships as part of the Scholarship Project for members of the Serbian national community from countries in the region "Serbia for Serbs from the region" for the 2022/2023 school year. With its policy of good neighborly relations and openness towards equal cooperation with all countries in the region, the Republic of Serbia is permanently interested in the free development of the Serbian national community in neighboring countries. Pursuant to the Law on Diaspora and Serbs in the region ("Official Gazette of RS" No. 88/09), the phrase "Serbs from the region" means members of the Serbian people living in the Republic of Slovenia, the Republic of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, the Republic of Northern Macedonia, Romania, the Republic of Albania and Hungary. With its active and responsible national policy towards members of the Serbian people in the countries of the region, the Republic of Serbia preserves their identity - language, culture, religion, tradition and customs. The Ministry of Education of the Republic of Serbia, within its competencies and, pursuant to the Strategy for Preservation and Strengthening Relations between the Homeland and Diaspora, as well as of the Homeland and Serbs in the Region (Official Gazette of RS, Nos. 4/1Iand14 (I I), developed the Project "Serbia for Serbs from the region" (hereinafter: the Project) which provides for the award of scholarships to young members of the Serbian national community from countries in the region. Acquiring higher education in the Serbian language is an important precondition for preserving and strengthening the Serbian community in the region, and for its connection with the Republic of Serbia. National communities with a developed sense of identity, which exercise all guaranteed minority rights, represent a significant human resource in the countries they live in. The Republic of Serbia recognizes members of national minorities in the Republic of Serbia and members of the Serbian national community in the region as important bearers of good interethnic relations and mutual understanding, tolerance and respect. The Project is a way to strengthen good neighborly relations, care for members of the Serbian community and spread European values in the field of human and minority rights. To that end, the Republic of Serbia will offer 80 new scholarships through the Project in the academic year 2022/2023. Scholarships for young members of the Serbian national community in the region will improve their level of education, which is one of the important preconditions for raising the quality of life in the countries where they live. The deadline for sending application forms with accompanying documentation to diplomatic and consular missions of the Republic of Serbia is May 26, 2023. Information about the competition can be found on the website: |