The social map and the standard of the Serbian citizens in the economically difficult 2011 is the topic of the Roundtable organized by Tanjug news agency, which will be attended by experts on social issues, economists and state officials.

According to experts, the most vulnerable Serbian citizens are the unemployed, persons with disabilities, children, Roma, internally displaced people and refugees, large family and senior households.

The experts warn that poverty could take on bigger proportions unless the economic situation is stabilized and new jobs are opened soon.

Serbian Minister of Labour and Social Policy Rasim Ljajic stated at the end of 2010 that there were about 650,000 poor people in the country and that the government was taking concrete measures to prevent hunger among the poor.

According to the official data, 20 percent of the total number of the poor receive social welfare from the state.

The participation at the Roundtable was confirmed by President of the Serbian Economists Association Dragan Djuricin, Professor at the Belgrade Faculty of Economics and advisor to the Serbian president Jurij Bajec, State Secretary for Social Protection Ljiljana Lucic, President of the Confederation of the Automonous Trade Unions of Serbia Ljubisav Orbovic and President of the Association of Free and Independent Trade Unions Ranka Savic.

Serbian president's advisor for social issues Gordana Matkovic will also take part in the Roundtable, as well as the representatives of the Independence trade union.

Director of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia Dragan Vukmirovic, Vice-President of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce Andjelka Kovacevic and several other prominent experts are also expected to attend the Roundtable.