Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dacic and Minister of the Diaspora Srdjan Sreckovic called on students participating in a program called "Getting to know the state of Serbia" to use the opportunity to spend one month learning some of the ropes of governance in Serbia, to exchange knowledge and forge valuable contacts.

Dacic also said that the government saw relations with the Diaspora as a priority, adding that Serbia's Diaspora was sizeable and that past attempts to forge better ties with it had only partially been successful.

Dacic explained that the project would promote the development of trust, networking and the exchange of information and knowhow, and that students could expect their contacts to last after the program ended.

Dacic said that interns at the Serbian Interior Ministry would be offered more than a glimpse at how the Police Academy works, how the different branches of police operate, including regular, border and traffic police, the Belgrade police department, the emergencies sector and other services.

"At this time when there is a full openness to the flow of goods, capital and people, it is not realistic to expect that all of our young experts will return to Serbia. The main thing is that you have freedom of movement and the chance to gain scientific expertise, so that, wherever you end up in the world, you can be the best possible ambassadors for Serbia," Dacic said.

Sreckovic said that 46 students from the Diaspora would be included in the first stage of the fourweeklong project, after which they would ready a joint report and hand it over to PM Cvetkovic.