Belgrade and Vienna Sign Cooperation Agreement

More+Events ♦ Published: October 21, 2019; 21:51 ♦ (Vindobona)

Not only the Danube connects Vienna with the Serbian capital Belgrade, but now also a new city cooperation agreement with a focus on urban development, affordable housing, smart city, digitisation, open government and culture.

Both cities - Belgrade and Vienna - could benefit from the mutual know-how and exchange of knowledge, said the two mayors Zoran Radojičić (left) and Michael Ludwig. / Picture: © Magistrat der Stadt Wien / C.Jobst/PID

Vienna's Mayor Michael Ludwig and his Serbian counterpart Zoran Radojičić have signed the agreement in the Red Salon in Vienna's City Hall.

The focus of the five-year cooperation is on urban development, affordable housing, Smart City, digitisation, open government and culture.

Mayor Ludwig said that Vienna and Belgrade would use the agreement to address issues of the…