The EU and the Republic of Serbia have signed an settlement launching a strategic partnership on sustainable uncooked supplies, battery worth chains and EVs.
The partnership goals to help the event of recent native industries and jobs alongside the electrical car worth chain. It builds on a Stabilization and Affiliation Settlement that got here into drive in September 2013 and is in step with EU’s New Progress plan for the Western Balkans, advancing Serbia’s integration throughout the EU’s single market.
The settlement goals to facilitate shut cooperation between Serbia and the EU to cooperate on analysis and innovation and develop a pipeline of initiatives centered on the EV industrial ecosystem. They’ll share information and applied sciences associated to sustainable exploration, extraction, processing and recycling of secondary uncooked supplies, together with the applying of elevated due diligence and traceability for the battery worth chain.
Make investments EU, the Western Balkans Funding Framework and a Single Challenge Pipeline in Serbia, in addition to the European Uncooked Supplies Alliance and European Battery Alliance might be used to help funding initiatives. Serbian organizations will take part in European Battery and upcoming Uncooked Supplies Academies, doubtlessly contributing devoted applications and internships.
“Following the signature of the MoU, the EU and the Republic of Serbia will collectively develop inside six months a roadmap with concrete actions to place the strategic partnership into observe,” the European Fee said.
Supply: European Fee