On 14th May 2010 in the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia held a Ministerial Conference on "Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy - the Challenges of Access and Cooperation." The conference was organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, the Republic of Serbia with the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, Belgrade Chamber of Commerce, Cooperative Union of Serbia, Institute of Agricultural Economics and with the support of Agribusiness project USAID. The conference had a two-day program that the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management prepared for the representatives of twelve international delegations who attended to the opening of the 77th International Fair of Agriculture, Novi Sad on Saturday, 15th May 2010.

Теме МинTopics of Ministries conference were:

• How can policy which is the same for all EU member states meet the needs of each very different agricultural structure of the EU countries?
• How will the common agricultural policy welcomed Serbia to join the EU?
• Pre-accession EU funds - lessons for Serbia?
• On which way will the CAP reform impact to the third world countries and cooperation with them?

At the conference except Mr. Saša Dragin, the Minister of Agriculture, addition to these topics, as well as those who pertaining to individual structures of agrarian policies, discussed and participated ministers from Estonia, Hungary, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, Croatia, Macedonia, the Republic of Srbska, Italian Region of Friuli Venezia Julia, as well as deputy Director-General for Agriculture of the European Union. The conference was attended by representatives of the Institute of Agricultural Economics, Director of the Institute Prof. Drago Cvijanović Ph.D. and Assistant Director for the economy Jonel Subic Ph.D.