o:8826 Towards the resilient region: significance and approach in regional policy planning and regional development in the process of Serbia access to the European Union en ABSTRACT: The authors analyse the importance and approach in regional policy planning and regional development in the process of Serbia's accession to the European Union, through regional policy planning at the national level, the need to open Chapter 22, which is dedicated to regional policy and the management of structural funds. The paper deals with the analysis of regional development in Serbia, the need to define regional development policy. By defining ten pillars of regional policy, the authors analyse and provide a framework for establishing and implementing regional policy in Serbia. Based on the analysis, the possible goals and priorities of Serbia's regional policy are determined. Keywords: regional policy, chapter 22, pillars, goals and priorities of regional policy. 1552101 2956-0721 2025-12-24T11:06:00.633Z 44 yes 46 Sofija Radulović University of Business Academy NoviSad, Faculty of Law for Commerce and Judiciary in NoviSad 0000-0001-5956-1505 Dejan Radulović University of Business Academy NoviSad, Faculty of Law for Commerce and Judiciary in NoviSad person 0000-0003-0578-2331 application/pdf 280990 https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:8826 no yes 16 70 92000006 Journal of Entrepreneurship and Business Resilience (JEBR) 6 2 58 67 2023