The Directorate for Cooperation with the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region () is directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia.
Organization The director is in charge of the directorate and is appointed by the Government of Serbia. The mandate of the director is 5 years.
Jurisdiction The jurisdiction of the directorate is established by its statute:Office for cooperation with dijaspora and Serbs in the region, official site, Founding statute (in Serbian) Monitoring of the status of Serbian citizens that live outside of Serbia; Improvement of electoral rights of Serbian citizens in diaspora and assistance in preserving spiritual, cultural and national heritage of the Serb people that live outside of Serbia; Improvement of ties between of Serbian citizens and their organizations in diaspora and the Republic of Serbia; Informing Serbian citizens and their organizations in diaspora about political actions of the Republic of Serbia; Assistance involving refugees, people of Serb origins and citizens of Serbia that live in diaspora in political, economic, and cultural life of Republic of Serbia and their return to Serbia.
Missions Realization of conservation strategy and strengthening the ties between diaspora and Serbia; Assistance in activities of diaspora parliament;Serbian orthodox church, official web page Involving diaspora in process of investing in small and medium enterprises;Office for cooperation with dijaspora and Serbs in the region, official site (in Serbian) Intercession in the process of removing administrative barriers for involving diaspora in the Serbian economy; Incitement of citizens of Serbia to get involved in the politics of the residing countries; Preservation of Serbian language via opening of schools and other institutions in diaspora; Making of convergent portal towards diaspora; Improvement of cultural, economic and other forms of cooperation with the diaspora using human capital available in diaspora; Presentation of the diaspora in Serbia and raising awareness of the importance of diaspora; Enhancement and preservation reputation of Serbia in world, struggle against anti-Serb sentiment.
References Serb diaspora
References
External links Official web page of the Office for cooperation with diaspora and Serbs in the region Local office for cooperation with diaspora and Serbs in region in Niš Official Facebook page of the Office for cooperation with diaspora and Serbs in the region Official Twitter account of Office for cooperation with diaspora and Serbs in the region