BUSINESS
BOBAN JANKOVIĆ, PRESIDENT OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF MIONICA
Boldly Moving Forward Thanks to investments in infrastructure according to plans, the modernisation of devastated old industrial zones and, primarily, the opening of Miloš the Great Highway and the high-speed Nepričava-Valjevo road link, Mionica has the lowest unemployment rate in the Kolubara district, while the goal is for it to be even lower
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ionica is a among the most developed municipalities in Serbia and is due to enter the society of the best in a few years. Moreover, my desire is for us to be an example of how a small local government can progress from being among the least developed to the most developed, says an optimistic Mr Janković. • This year marks five years since you took over the helm of the municipality. Everything you’ve done has been done, as you once said, “at 200 per cent”. Was that enough? Are you happy with the performance? - We have certainly worked. We have certainly done a lot, but I’m among those people who think that they can always do better. I am satisfied, but I wish we could have done more than this. The fact is that my team, with the great support of the Government of Serbia, has done plenty in terms of improving the lives of citizens, and we intend to do as much as possible by the end of the mandate next year. When we set goals, we knew where we wanted to see Mionica in the period ahead, so we set a deadline for that period and undertake everything that leads us towards that
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• You stated recently that your goal is to ensure the same living conditions in the town and in the countryside in your municipality, which is small in terms of population but large in terms of territory. Is that feasible? - Our progress is largely linked to Miloš the Great Highway and the high-speed Nepričava-Valjevo road link. People have been moving away from our municipality en masse since 1998, when we were struck by a horrific earthquake. Young, promising and educated people left because they could no longer connect their future and their existence to their homeland, and that is something we are endeavouring to change; to create conditions for them to have a normal life, working conditions and a salary that can motivate them to return. Over the last few years we’ve worked intensively to ensure living conditions in our municipality are as good as possible, to lead
people to conclude that there’s no reason to suffer in the traffic congestion and pollution of major cities when they can find here everything that a major city provides them – good roads, electricity , water, work, cultural and sporting facilities, facilities for children, but even more than that. Here we have unpolluted nature, healthy water, healthy food, a peaceful life etc. • You planned to provide water to every village, high-quality roads and a sufficient number of jobs by the end of your term in 2021. Is that right? - We’ve done a lot in the previous period in terms of the quality of electricity supplies, and every village on the territory of the municipality will have its own water supply by the end of 2021. Everything we’ve done has been carried out in a planned way and on the basis of the expressed desires and needs of
Everything we've done has been carried out in a planned way and on the basis of the expressed desires and needs of the citizens, who stated their priorities in a public opinion survey
