Project Manager acts on behalf of the Project Board to manage the project on an ongoing basis during the Implementation Stage. Project Manager is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the project(s) and provides services to the different donors, partners and beneficiaries. The technical assistance includes the capacity building of the Ministry of Health and its PIU to implement donor and international financial institutions funded projects based on project management method in the future.
In order to support Project to efficiently and effectively use above mentioned loans from EIB, the Government of Republic of Serbia has requested UNOPS to provide technical assistance in project management, infrastructure and procurement. The Project started in 2007 but due to the size and complexity, as well as limited resources and capacities of the Project Implementation Unit (PIU), established within the Ministry of Health at the start of the Project, the implementation has been well behind planned timelines although the progress has been enhanced in the recent years. The Government of the Republic of Serbia and European Investment Bank (EIB) signed three financial agreements worth 200 million Euros for the Project “Modernization, Development, Expansion and Extension of Clinical Centres in the cities of Belgrade, Novi Sad, Nis and Kragujevac”. Technical Assistance to the Ministry of Health in the management and implementation of the project “Reconstruction of the four Clinic Centres in Serbia: Belgrade, Novi Sad, Nis and Kragujevac"