The Government of Serbia adopted a decision today to establish an operational team whose role will be to coordinate the accelerated implementation of all obligations on Serbia’s European path.
The team will be composed of representatives of the highest level of state authority, and its work will be headed by the Head of the Mission of the Republic of Serbia to the EU, Danijel Apostolović, as published in the Official Gazette.
In addition to Apostolović, the operational team consists of nine other members: the Minister for European Integration, Chief Negotiator and National Coordinator of the Reform and Growth Instrument in accordance with the Regulation on the Management of the Reform and Growth Instrument, Nemanja Starović; the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Siniša Mali; the Minister of Justice, Nenad Vujić; the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, Dragan Glamočić; the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, Ivica Dačić; the President of the National Assembly, Ana Brnabić; the Adviser to the President of the Republic of Serbia, Tatjana Jović; the Adviser to the Prime Minister, Nemanja Diković; and the Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Petar Petković.
In the title of the Decision on the Establishment of the Coordinating Body for the Process of Accession of the Republic of Serbia to the European Union, the word “body” is replaced with the word “system”.
In point 1, the words “Coordinating Body for the Accession Process of the Republic of Serbia, Council of the Coordinating Body” are replaced with the words “Operational Team for the Process of Accession of the Republic of Serbia to the European Union”, while points 2–8 are deleted.
A new point 2 is added, which reads: “An Operational Team for the Process of Accession of the Republic of Serbia to the European Union (hereinafter: the Operational Team) is hereby established, as a body that brings together representatives of the highest level of state authority and is tasked with ensuring strategic guidelines, political coordination and the timely resolution of issues of particular importance for progress in the accession negotiations. The Operational Team represents a link between decision-making at the highest level and the operational conduct of negotiations and contributes to the coordinated action of all relevant institutions,” as stated in the amended and supplemented Decision on the Establishment of the Coordinating Body for the Process of Accession of the Republic of Serbia to the European Union.
Deputy members shall participate in the work of the Operational Team in cases where members are prevented from attending.
Expert and administrative-technical support to the work of the Operational Team is provided by the Ministry for European Integration.
In point 15, paragraph 4, the words “Coordinating Body” are replaced with the words “Operational Team”.
As stated in the Official Gazette, this decision enters into force on the day following its publication.
As stated, this team represents a link between decision-making at the highest level and the operational conduct of negotiations and will contribute to the coordinated action of all competent institutions.
It is also added that the Ministry for European Integration continues to perform tasks of expert, organisational and administrative coordination, as well as ensuring the coordinated work of all participants in the negotiation process.
(Telegraf, 26.01.2026)