The city of Nova Gradiška plans to launch Open Days at the City Hall (Gradska uprava) from 17 November, a new practice introduced by Mayor Sabina Vlaović in line with her pre-election pledge. The Open Days will be held every Tuesday of the month, giving citizens the opportunity to request an audience and an in-person meeting with the mayor or the deputy mayor.
At these meetings, citizens will be able to directly raise their questions, proposals, initiatives, problems and topics of interest. The conversations with citizens will be held by the mayor or the deputy mayor, depending on availability and obligations.
Requests for an audience and meeting are submitted via a web form, which requires stating the desired date and the topic of the conversation. Detailed instructions on how to apply, fill in the web form and choose the meeting topic are available on the official website of the City of Nova Gradiška. After submitting the request, citizens will be notified of the assigned meeting date.
Sabina Vlaović officially took up the duties of mayor at the end of September. The introduction of this practice aims, as announced, to fulfil the pre-election pledge regarding greater openness of the city administration towards citizens.
The City reminds that in recent years, citizens have been deprived of numerous important pieces of information and have been insufficiently informed about the actions of the city’s leaders. Long-term political instability resulted in several repeated extraordinary elections, which further hindered regular communication between the administration and residents.
The new model of direct dialogue should enable citizens to raise their questions and initiatives directly, without intermediaries, while dates will be assigned based on received requests and the availability of the city’s leaders.
