Serbia – UUS

ECTP-CEU member since: 24.11.2009

Amount of own members: 

President: Aleksandar Jevtić, Ph.D. 

Delegate(s):  Main: Prof. Vladan Djokić, Ph.D.

Contacts: Knezа Miloša 9/1, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia 

tel:  +381 11 3347 418

fax: +381 11 3347 418

e-mail: urbanist@eunet.rs, udruzenjeurb@gmail.com

Web: http://www.uus.org.rs/

 

 

Serbia’s projects presented by UUS to the ECTP-CEU European and Regional Planning Awards:

 

2008 – 7th Edition:

• The Urban Reconstruction of the Danube Coastal Side in Central Belgrade Area

 

2010 – 8th Edition:

• Nature to Share

 

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Country Factsheet for Serbia (.rs)

ECTP-CEU Study Profession qualification Recognition – Stage II document – Appendix 4 Draft Directory (2012-12-21)

 

Capital City: Belgrade

Population: 7,041,599

Area (km2): 88,361 km2 (77,474 km2 excluding Kosovo)

Population Density: 92.8 per km2

EU Membership: Serbia is not a member of EU. Negotiations to join the EU commenced in 2014.

 

Serbia is a parliamentary republic with a multi-party system.

 

The country is subdivided into five statistical regions (регија/regija) of the NUTS 3 level. Serbia is composed of 29 districts (округ/okrug), 145 municipalities (општина/opština) and 29 cities (град/grad), with usually more than 50,000 inhabitants. These administrative divisions form the basic units of local self-government. The City of Belgrade constitutes an special district with a regional status. With the exception of Belgrade, which has an elected local government, districts are regional centres of state authority which form administrative divisions of joint municipalities and cities. 

 

Serbia has two autonomous provinces, Vojvodina in the north, and Kosovo and Metohija in the south. The government of Serbia do not recognise the Kosovo’s declaration of independence.

 

The spatial and urban planning matters are shared between the national, regional and local level.

 

 

Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure

Nemanjina 22-26, 11000 Beograd/Belgrade, Serbia

T: +381 11 3619 833

E: kabinet@mgsi.gov.rs

 

The main institution for the field of urbanism and spatial planning at national and regional levels is the Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure. The internal units of the Ministry branch into several departments. The tasks related to urbanism and spatial planning is covered by the Department for spatial planning and urbanism.

Ministry’s structure by departments: https://www.mgsi.gov.rs/cir/sectors

 

The Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure and Serbian Chamber of Engineers currently jointly issue licenses for an authorized spatial and urban planner, designer and contractor.

 

Members of the Chamber are engineers of the architectural, construction, mechanical, electrical, transport, technological and other technical professions, as well as graduate spatial planners.

 

The creation of urban plans and urban design project is managed by an executive urbanist, and the creation of spatial plans is managed by an executive planner.

 

Professional Title: 

 

The common professional name is “Odgovorni planer/urbanist”.

 

EU Database Status:

 

The professions of “Odgovorni urbanist/excective urbanist” and “Odgovorni planer/executive planner” in Serbia are not included in the EU Database of Regulated Professions. 

 

National Regulation:

 

The Law on Planning and Construction (Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, 72/2009, 81/2009, 64/2010, 24/2011, 121/2012, 42/2013, 50/2013, 98/2013, 132/2014, 145/2014 and 83/2018) regulates the establishment of Serbian Chamber of Engineers with its seat in Belgrade.

 

Depending on the type of license, the urbanists (aka urban planners and designers) is responsible for managing the making of urban plans and urban design projects, urban road plans and urban infrastructure plans.

 

The Law on Planning and Construction (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia”, No. 72/2009) in Serbian : https://www.paragraf.rs/propisi/zakon_o_planiranju_i_izgradnji.html. 

 

Regional regulation: 

None.

 

Urban planners and designers are usually educated within the wider discipline of architecture at the following higher-education institutions:

 

1) University of Belgrade – Faculty of Architecture:

• Bachelor studies in architecture, 3 years: 1/3 of curriculum in urban planning and design;

• Master studies in integrative urbanism, 2 years: full curriculum in urban planning and design;

• Master studies in architecture – module: Urbanism, 2 years: ½ of curriculum in urban planning and design;

• Doctoral studies in architecture – module: Urbanism, 3 years.

2) University of Niš – Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture:

• Bachelor studies in architecture, 4 years: ¼ of curriculum in urban planning and design;

• Master studies in architecture, 1 year: ¼ of curriculum in urban planning and design;

• Doctoral studies in architecture – module: Urbanism, 3 years.

3) University of Novi Sad – Faculty of Technical Sciences – Department for Architecture and Urbanism:

• Bachelor studies in architecture, 4 years: ¼ of curriculum in urban planning and design;

• Master studies in architecture, 1 year: curriculum in urban planning and design optional;

• Master of urbanism and regional development, 1 year;

• Doctoral studies in architecture – module: Urbanism, 3 years.

4) University of Kosovska Mitrovica – Faculty of Technical Sciences – Cathedra for Projecting and Urbanism:

• Bachelor studies in architecture, 3 years: ¼ of curriculum in urban planning and design;

• Master studies in architecture, 2 years: ¼ of curriculum in urban planning and design;

5) State University of Novi Pazar – Department of Technical Sciences – Cathedra for Architecture:

• Bachelor studies in architecture, 3 years: ¼ of curriculum in urban planning and design;

• Master studies in architecture, 2 years: ¼ of curriculum in urban planning and design.

Spatial planners are educated within the wider discipline of geography at the following higher-education institutions:

6) University of Belgrade – Faculty of Geography:

• Bachelor studies in spatial planning, 3 years;

• Master studies in spatial planning, 2 years;

• Doctoral studies in architecture, 3 years.

 

• Spatium

• Arhitektura i urbanizam

• Izgradnja

• SAJ

• 360beograd 

• Beobuild

• a4a

• Arhitektura

• build

 

 

SPATIAL PLANNING:

Based on the Law on Planning and Construction (Official Gazette of Republic of Serbia No. Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, 72/2009, 81/2009, 64/2010, 24/2011, 121/2012, 42/2013, 50/2013, 98/2013, 132/2014, 145/2014 and 83/2018) the documents of spatial and urban planning are divided between the three main competent levels in Serbia:

• National level,

• Regional level,

• Local level (municipalities and cities).

 

 

The Planning documents are spatial and urban plans and urban design projects.

 

Spatial plans are:

• The Spatial plan of the Republic of Serbia (SDS),

• The Regional spatial plan (RSP),

• The Municipal Spatial plan (MSP),

• The Spatial plan for Areas of Special Purposes (SPASP).

 

Urban plans and urban design projects are:

• General urban plan,

• Plan of general regulation,

• Plan of detailed regulation,

• Urban design project.

 

The National Level: 

The Spatial plan of the Republic of Serbia (SDS) is the basic planning document of spatial planning and development in the country on the national level. Other planning documents must be in line with the Spatial Plan of Serbia.

 

Spatial Planning documents search engine:

http://www.ingkomora.org.rs/planeri/?id=pdokumenta 

 

• Parliament of the Republic, County Assembly, City Assembly, City Council or Assembly.

 

Information, consultation and dialogue: The Principles of Development and Use of Space of the Law on Planning and Construction include the principles on the public participation through open audits. Horizontal coordination implies linking with adjacent territories during planning, as well as the networking and participation of all those involved in spatial development of the public and civil sectors, and citizens.

 

Public participation is ensured by the public review of the draft plans and the professional review. The presentation of the planning document for public insight is made after the professional verification is completed. The presentation of the planning document for public insight is announced in a daily and local newspaper, and lasts 30 days from the day of announcement. The presentation of the planning document for public insight is overseen by the local administration agency. In the event that the Plans Committee establishes that the adopted remarks essentially change the planning document, it brings a decision instructing the bearer of the preparation to prepare a new draft, or concept of the planning document.

 

Main Planning legislation

Закон о планирању и изградњи – Law on Planning and Construction (Official Gazette of Republic of Serbia No. Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, 72/2009, 81/2009, 64/2010, 24/2011, 121/2012, 42/2013, 50/2013, 98/2013, 132/2014, 145/2014 and 83/2018)

 

Basic provisions;

(1) This Law regulates: the conditions and modalities of spatial planning and development, the development and use of buildable land and the construction of facilities; carrying out supervision over the application of this Law and supervisory inspections; other issues of significance in the development of space, landscaping and use of buildable land, and the construction of facilities. 

(3) The development and use of space is based on the following principles: sustainable development; the encouragement of even regional development; reconciliation of social development, economic and energy efficiency and the protection and revitalization of the environment and building heritage, natural, cultural and historic values; the realization of developmental priorities and the securing of conditions for rational use of non-renewable natural resources and renewable sources of energy; prevention and protection from natural and technical/technological accidents; planning and development of space for the defence needs of the country and the construction of facilities of particular significance in the defence of the country; the participation of the public; cooperation between government agencies, autonomous territorial communities, units of local administration, business associations, establishments, NGOs citizens and other participants in spatial development; reconciliation with European standards and norms in the area of planning and development of space with the aim of creating conditions for international cooperation which transcends borders, and the inclusion of the Republic of Serbia in the processes of European integration. 

Websites 

Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure: 

http://www.mgsi.gov.rs/ 

 

Serbian Town Planner Association: 

http://www.uus.org.rs/ 

 

Association of Spatial Planners of Serbia:

http://www.apps.org.rs/en/ 

 

Chamber of Engineers – Section for Planners:

http://www.ingkomora.org.rs/planeri/