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First environmentally-friendly playground in Serbia to open in Pancevo with OSCE Mission support
BELGRADE 18 December 2007
BELGRADE, 18 December 2007 - Serbia's first environmentally-friendly playground, suitable for children with disabilities, will open tomorrow in the Serbian city of Pancevo.
The construction of the playground, built entirely with recycled materials, was supported by the OSCE Mission to Serbia, the Municipality of Pancevo and donors. It was designed to be accessible by children with disabilities and displays the UN-guaranteed rights of children on the flags posted around it. For the first time in Serbia, the playground features solar street lighting. The project serves as a best-practice example of a public/private partnership.
The Mission also facilitated an awareness campaign on environmental protection and vandal-free policy to familiarize the public with the use of renewable energy resources and its impact on sustainable development.
Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, the Head of the OSCE Mission, and Srdjan Mikovic, the President of the Municipality of Pancevo, will open the playground.
Journalists are invited to attend the opening ceremony at 13.00 on Wednesday, 19 December, in Pancevo, in the area of Streliste, corner of Veljka Vlahovica and Dusana Petrovica Saneta Streets.
The construction of the playground, built entirely with recycled materials, was supported by the OSCE Mission to Serbia, the Municipality of Pancevo and donors. It was designed to be accessible by children with disabilities and displays the UN-guaranteed rights of children on the flags posted around it. For the first time in Serbia, the playground features solar street lighting. The project serves as a best-practice example of a public/private partnership.
The Mission also facilitated an awareness campaign on environmental protection and vandal-free policy to familiarize the public with the use of renewable energy resources and its impact on sustainable development.
Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, the Head of the OSCE Mission, and Srdjan Mikovic, the President of the Municipality of Pancevo, will open the playground.
Journalists are invited to attend the opening ceremony at 13.00 on Wednesday, 19 December, in Pancevo, in the area of Streliste, corner of Veljka Vlahovica and Dusana Petrovica Saneta Streets.