Representation of the demographic problems of Serbian border region in public policy

: The paper deals with demographic problems of Serbian border region. The aim of the paper is to determine representation of demographic problems of this specific space in strategic documents. The paper consists of two parts, where the first part of the paper analyzes the demographic characteristics of the Serbian border area. The second part of the paper examines the representation of the demographic problems of the border regions in the strategic documents of the Republic of Serbia. It is analyzed whether and in what way the demographic problems of the border areas are included in public policies. Demographic methods were used to analyze demographic characteristics, while the second part of the paper used methods of observation, collection, collating and analysis. The results obtained in the paper indicate that border municipalities in Serbia have, on average, less favorable dmeographic characteristics than municipalities without border status, but also that within this group of municipalities they differ significantly from one another. There are municipalities of negative demographic extremes, and they have re-corded extreme values of certain demographic indicators at the national level. Critical analysis indicates the presentation of basic demographic trends in Serbian border region in general strategies, with this area being a unique entity, whose characteristics are geographical sensitivity, economic underdevelopment and demographic problems. insufficient birth and aging of the population. The problem is that despite noticing demographic problems at the local level, the envisaged measures are difficult to implement due to the limited revenues and budgets of local self-government units.