Empowering Local Public Property Management Systems

The City of Novi Sad has been approved the project "Empowering Local Public Property Management Systems". The project is being implemented under Exchange Program 5, funded by the European Union from the IPA 2014 allocation, and implemented by the Ministry of State Administration and Local Self-Government (MDULS) in cooperation with the Standing Conference of Cities and Municipalities (SCTM) as an implementing partner. The Contracting Authority for all grant scheme projects is the Ministry of Finance, i.e., the CFCU Contracting and Financing Sector (CFCU). Partners in the project are: Municipality of Apatin and Municipality of Sremski Karlovci. The project is based on the qualitative progress made by the City of Novi Sad and the municipalities of Apatin and Sremski Karlovci during the implementation of projects under the previous Exchange 4.

The aim of the project is to improve the process of establishing public property rights in the utility infrastructure of the City of Novi Sad and the municipalities of Apatin and Sremski Karlovci aimed at creating conditions for accelerated local economic development and bringing local self-governments closer to citizens and the economy.
The total value of the project is EUR 242,860.18 and the value of the grant is EUR 177,409.36. The project duration is 24 months.

Main activities:

- Formation of working bodies for the inventory of the utility infrastructure;
- Organization of education for employees in partner local self-governments on topics in the field of registration of the public property rights and property management;
- Procurement of IT equipment;
- The preparation of technical documentation and the execution of geodetic works necessary for legalization of the real estate;
- Submitting of request for registration of title to public property,
- Submitting of request for registration of title to public property and updating the data in the property management records in the City and in the Municipalities of Apatin and Sremski Karlovci;
- Determination of the property value;
- Organization of promotional activities.