The specific objective of the project is to enhance and consolidate the institutional and operational capacities of the Institute for Medicines and Medical Devices of Montenegro (CInMED) to perform its statutory duties and contribute to the health care system improvement and patients’ protection, by ensuring compliance with the EU standards, guidelines and good practices relevant to Chapter 1 of the Union acquis – ‘Free Movement of Goods’ concerning registration, marketing and consumption of medicines and medical devices.
The MS Project Leader is Mr Siniša Tomić, Head of HALMED. Representative of HALMED, Ms Lina Čačić, in her role of RTA, coordinates and monitors project implementation under the overall supervision of the MS Project Leader. On behalf of Beneficiary Country (BC), the Project Leader is Mr Milorad Drljević, Director of CInMED, while RTA Counterpart is Ms Željka Bešović, CInMED Head of the Centre for Medicines.
The team of high-level professionals from BC and MS will jointly work to ensure extensive transfer of knowledge and experience, with the aim of successful implementation of this project.
In the period 16 – 18 February 2021, partners from BC and MS sides conducted a series of online meetings on all project components, with a view to identify CInMED’s current priorities, detail activities and develop the Initial rolling work plan for the first 7 months of the project.
The project is co-financed by the EU and Montenegro with the value of EUR 400,000.00 and the implementation period is 18 months (29 January 2021 – 28 July 2022).