A delegation from the Congress will carry out a monitoring visit to Serbia from 28 February to 2 March 2017. 

The delegation will examine the situation on local and regional democracy in the light of the provisions of the European Charter of Local Self-Government, ratified by the country in 2007. Co-rapporteurs on local democracy Ms Lucia Kroon (Netherlands, EPP-CCE) and Mr Sören Schumacher (Germany, SOC), will focus on the developments in the field of local democracy occurred since the last Congress monitoring visit in June 2010. High level meetings are scheduled, in particular with the State Secretary in charge of Public Administration and Local Self-Government, Mr Željko Ožegović, as well as the State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, in charge of European Union affairs, Ms Jelena Stojovic. The delegation will also meet representatives of local and regional authorities as well as representatives of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, notably Mr Nihat Bisevac, Mayor of Novi Pazar, M. Goran Cvetanovic, Mayor of Leskovac, M. Miloš Vučević, Mayor of Novi Sad, and Mr Milan Garašević, Mayor of Kovačica Municipality. 

Source: http://www.coe.int/t/congress/default_en.asp