Žagubica has formed a commission for project evaluation, even though it was not possible for anyone to apply.

The Ministry of Information and Telecommunications published only two days ago a preliminary scoring list of candidates for members of the commissions this year and set a five-day period for objections. After reviewing the objections, the final list should be published, at which point candidates will be able to apply for membership in the commissions.

The Ministry itself also reminded all authorities of local self-governments and provinces, which conduct public competitions in the field of public information, that they are obliged to wait for the publication of the final ranking list of candidates for members of the competition commissions in the field of public information, which is published by the Ministry. Until the publication of the final ranking list of candidates for members of the commissions for public information competitions, they cannot form their own project evaluation commissions in this area.

The municipality of Žagubica announced the first and so far the only competition for 2026 on December 22, when the deadlines for applications and for commissions were until January 12. They then extended the deadline by seven days, which expired on Monday, January 19, although the preliminary list of candidates was published only on January 21. Nevertheless, the resolution on the appointment of the commission in this municipality was adopted today and published in the Unified Information System (UIS).

Members of the commission appointed are Sandra Iršević, Dragiša Radulović, and Branko Pešić. Notably, Radulović and Pešić did not even apply to be on the list of candidates for commission members this year.

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