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THE VISION OF SERBIA
 "Serbia in the year 2017 is an institutionally and economically developed country, with adequate infrastructure, harmonized with EU standards, a country with knowledge-based economy, efficient use of natural and man-made resources, higher efficiency and productivity, rich in human capital, with a preserved environment, historical and cultural heritage, a state with private-public partnership, offering equal opportunities for all citizens."
In line with the vision, the national priorities of the Strategy were identified, and the strategic and sectoral objectives of sustainable development:
- Priority 1. EU membership
- Priority 2. Development of a competitive market economy and balanced economic growth
- Priority 3. Development of human resources and increased employment
- Priority 4. Development of infrastructure and balanced regional development
- Priority 5. Protection and enhancement of the environment and rational use of natural resources
The National Sustainable Development Strategy is based on globally adopted principles identified in the Sustainable Development Declaration from Johannesburg, the UN Millennium Development Goals and the EU Sustainable Development Strategy.
These principles are:
- Inter- and intra- generations solidarity.
- Open and democratic society – citizens' participation in decision-making.
- Knowledge as a factor of development.
- Inclusion in social processes.
- Integration of environmental issues in other sectoral policies.
- The principle of precaution.
- The polluter/user pays principle, full inclusion of environmental costs in the product price.
- Sustainable production and consumption.
 The modern world is faced with the challenge of global, shared responsibility for development tuned to the needs of people and of nature, based on the existing opportunities in order to preserve the planet Earth and turn it over to adequately preserved to the future generations. There are strong ethical reasons for the present generation to leave to the future generations development opportunities that are not less than those that the present generation now has. This reasoning is based on the fundamental principle of moral justice that all people have equal rights and broadest freedoms provided that they do not contradict the freedom of others. The right of the present generation to use resources and to enjoy a healthy environment must not compromise the same rights of future generations.
SERBIA
The project of drafting the National Sustainable Development Strategy is a direct response to the World Summit on Sustainable Development and the call for the development of national sustainable development strategies. The project is being implemented by the Office of the Deputy Prime-Minister of the Government, which ensures close coordination with the implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP), and the project will be implemented in close cooperation with the academic community and with the participation of all key stakeholders in Serbia.
 The Strategy will build on the results of the process of adopting the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper and at its very outset the priority will be to incorporate the environmental considerations in the document. To achieve this, the process will rely on the National Environmental Action Plan. The National Sustainable Development Strategy will use the data from the National Environmental Strategy and the National Strategy of Serbia for Accession to the European Union. The National Sustainable Development Strategy will be harmonized with the Local Sustainable Development Strategy drafted by the Standing Conference of Cities and Municipalities, and with many other sectoral strategies.
The reasons justifying the adoption of the National Sustainable Development Strategy in Serbia include the following:
- Serbia needs a vision of its future development
- Serbia needs a broad, strategic planning framework
- Greater attention needs to be paid to the environment.
- The National Sustainable Development Strategy will probably be one of the conditions to start negotiations on EU membership.
The Strategy of Sustainable Development defines sustainable development as targets-oriented, long-term (continuous), comprehensive and synergetic process with impacts on all aspects of life (cultural, social, economic, environmental and institutional) at all levels (local, regional, global).
 Scheme of National Sustainable Development Strategy
BACKGROUND
 About a decade ago, the World Commission on Environment and Development, known as the Brundtland Commission, published a report titled ”Our Common Future” which pointed to the risk of economic growth policy to people and our planet if it does not take into consideration the potentials for regeneration of the planet Earth.
This Commission, chaired by a Canadian, Jim McNeill, defined sustainable development as development which meets the needs of the present, without compromising the opportunities of the future generations to meet their own needs.
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