The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, Nikola Selakovi\u0107, signed today a protocol on cooperation with representatives of the Organisation of Serbian Students Abroad (OSSA), which, among other things, offers the possibility to a number of our students at foreign universities to do their professional internship at Serbian diplomatic and consular missions and attend the Diplomatic Academy each year.<\/p>\n
On that occasion, Minister Selakovi\u0107 said that the goal was to identify each of our young men and women studying abroad and expressing desire to return to their homeland, find employment, work, live, raise a family and achieve professional success here.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis will be one of the serious priorities in our future activities,\u201d Selakovi\u0107 said after signing the protocol.<\/p>\n
As he explained, various forms of cooperation were envisaged, from enabling professional internships in our embassies and consulates general, to participating in acquiring specialist knowledge at the Diplomatic Academy upon return from studies abroad, and connecting our young experts from abroad with employers in Serbia.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn the basis of the Protocol on Cooperation signed today, we will take special care of our students abroad in the future, and that care will be seen in our actions aimed first at being a good service to them in the places where our diplomatic and consular missions are located, but also action regarding their return to the homeland, because Serbia needs even greater intellectual power that our young people are currently acquiring and carrying in their studies abroad,\u201d said Selakovi\u0107.<\/p>\n
OSSA President Aleksandar Ljubomirovi\u0107 said on this occasion that a big step had been taken today towards gathering Serbian students currently studying abroad, a message was sent that students abroad had not been forgotten by their homeland, and that MFA would do anything in the future to facilitate return of our students to Serbia.<\/p>\n
According to an OSSA survey conducted in 2020, 31 percent of the Serbian students currently completing their education abroad want to return to Serbia.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is up to us, in cooperation with the MFA, to do everything in our power to bring these students back, or at least to encourage them to return to Serbia. This year, we will create a platform that will gather around 40,000 of our students abroad, and the second step is to connect those students with our institutions and companies in Serbia,\u201d said Ljubomirovi\u0107.<\/p>\n
According to him, the desire to return exists, because this generation of students is patriotically inclined and wants to contribute to the development of Serbian society, economy and political scene.<\/p>\n
Source and photo: Directorate for Cooperation with the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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