ABOUT US
About the Ambassador
Emanuele Giaufret has been appointed to the position in September 2021.
He took this position after serving four years as the EU Ambassador to Israel.
Previously, he served at EEAS as the Head of the Division for Democracy and Electoral Observation and as Political Assistant to the Managing Director responsible for North Africa and the Middle East. He was also posted at the EU Delegation to the UN in New York, and again at the EU Delegation in Israel, as Head of the Political and Trade Section.
Message from the Ambassador
EU and Serbia – Long history of Cooperation
The European Union is by far the biggest investor, biggest trade partner and biggest donor to Serbia:
- In the last 10 years EU cumulative Foreign Direct Investments in Serbia stood at EUR 15.4 billion or 67% of total FDIs inflow in that period.
- EU-Serbia trade accounts for over 60% of Serbia’s total trade.
- The EU is by far the biggest donor in the country with more than EUR 3 billion in non-refundable assistance in Serbia through various projects since 2001. While the European Union is generally the biggest provider of assistance in the world, Serbia itself is in the top 3 countries which receive most financial assistance from the EU.
EU financial assistance is programmes and implemented jointly with Serbia. Along well-defined priorities, they decide where and how to put them, to make Serbia a more prosperous, sustainable, fair secure and democratic, and prepared to join the Union. Key sectors of financial support are Education, Agriculture, local development, Research and Innovation, Environment, Transport, Energy, Public Administration, Justice and Rule of Law, but also Health.
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The portrait of Ambassador Emanuele Giaufret
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