Serbia launches construction of 235 apartments for RHP beneficiaries in Belgrade

Belgrade – First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Ivica Dacic, together with the other Regional Housing Programme (RHP) stakeholders, laid today the foundations for the construction site in Ovca, near Belgrade, to mark the start of construction of 235 apartments.  

This project is currently the RHP’s largest single construction project that is being implemented in the Partner Countries and will provide housing for refugee families from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia with permanent residence in Belgrade.

The construction works should be finalised by October 2017, with a total cost of € 9.8 million of which € 5.4 million is covered by the RHP Fund. In addition to Ovca, the project includes the provision of 80 pre-fabricated houses and 350 building material packages as well as the purchase of 50 village houses in Belgrade. All in all, five projects worth around € 94 million are currently being implemented in Serbia, with the objective to provide over 4 700 housing solutions to most vulnerable refugees.

RHP is a joint initiative of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia (the Partner Countries) and an outstanding example of successful regional cooperation. It is supported by the international community, including the European Union, the United States, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and managed by the CEB.