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IMC REPORT Association of Kosovo Municipalities

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Inter-municipal Cooperation in KosovoChallenges and Opportunities

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Table of Contents

Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 4

Executive Summary.............................................................................................................................. 6

Legal framework for the Establishment of IMC-s in Kosovo ........................... .......................... ....... 7

Assessment of Inter-Municipal Cooperation...................................................................................... 8

Prishtina/Priština - Graçanica/Gračanica .............................. .......................... .......................... ........ 8

Prishtina/Priština ............................. .......................... .......................... .......................... ...................... 8

Graçanica/Gračanica............................................................................................................................ 9

Gjilan/Gnjilane – Novobërda /Novo Brdo ............................ .......................... .......................... ...... 10

Gjilan/Gnjilane................................................................................................................................... 10

Novobërda /Novo Brdo............................................ ........................... .......................... ..................... 11

Kaçanik/Kačanik – Han i Elezit ....................................................................................................... 13

Kaçanik/Kačanik ................................................................................................................................ 13

Hani i Elezit/Elez Han ............................... .......................... .......................... .......................... ........... 14

Prizren/Prizren – Mamush /Mamuša– Dragash/Dragaš ............................................... ............... 15

Prizren/Prizren .................................................................................................................................. 15

Dragash/Dragaš(Sharr) .................................................. .......................... .......................... ................ 17

Mamush ............................................................................................................................................ 18

Viti/Vitina – Kllokoti/ Klokot ............................ .......................... .......................... .......................... ....... 19

Viti/Vitina .......................................................................................................................................... 19

Kllokoti/ Klokot ........................... .......................... .......................... .......................... ......................... 20

Deçan/Dečane – Junik/Junik ................................................................................................................. 22

Junik/Junik......................................................................................................................................... 23

Kamenicë/ Kamenica – Ranillug/Ranilug ................................... ............................. ............................ .... 23

Kamenicë/ Kamenica ........................... .......................... .......................... .......................... ................ 23


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Ranillug/Ranilug .............................................. .......................... .......................... .............................. 24

Conclusion .......................................................................................................................................... 26

Summary of Findings .......................... ........................... .......................... .......................... .................... 28

Bibliography ....................................................................................................................................... 31

Annex 1. New Municipality – Questionnaire ................................. ............................... .......................... 33

Annex 2. Parent Municipality – Questionnaire ............................. .......................... .......................... ...... 38


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Introduction

Inter – Municipal Cooperation (IMC) refers to two or more neighboring municipalities

working together to perform municipal administrative duties, provide public services

to citizens and promote local development more efficiently and effectively than through

their isolated action. 1

The Association of Kosovo Municipalities (AKM) analyzed thecurrent situation of the Inter-municipal Cooperation (IMC) in Kosovo and its future

prospect. This study sets out the needs and priorities regarding the formation of IMC-s,

and challenges. The AKM aims to increase IMC ‘s between Kosovo’s municipalities.

AKM’s study focuses on five areas of service delivery:

Forestry

Environment

Waste Management

Fire Department

Inspection

For the needs of this study, AKM analyzed the situation in 15 municipalities of Kosova

by interviewing majors, and on some occasions the directors of public services.

Municipalities analyzed are:

Parent Municipality New Municipality

Prishtina(Prishtina / Priština )

Gracanica

(Graçanica/Gračanica) Kamenica(Kamenicë/ Kamenica)

Ranillug(Ranillug /Ranilug)

Viti(Viti/Vitinana )

Kllokoti(Kllokoti/ Klokoti)

Kacanik(Kaçanik / Kačanik /)

Hani i Elezit(Hani i Elezit/Elez Han )

Decan(Dečani / Deçani)

Junik

(Junik/Junik)

Prizren

(Prizren/Prizren)

Mamusha

Mamush /Mamuša

1 Initiative for Reform of Public Services and Local Government, "Guide for Professionals in this field", Bratislava,

September 2009.


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Dragash

Dragash/Dragaš

Gjilan

(Gjilan/Gnjilane )

Novo Brdo(Novobërda /Novobërda)

The parent municipalities such as Prishtina/Priština were chosen based on theirproximity to newly established municipalities, in this case, Graçanica/Gračanica . The

municipality of Prizren/Prizren may have IMC with two newly established

municipalities, Mamush /Mamuša and Dragash/Dragaš.

Association of Kosovo Municipalities estimates that this report will assist the process of

IMC-s in Kosovo at a level in which cooperation between municipalities should be seen

as a real opportunity to provide better services to citizens and as well lower costs for

municipal services.


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Executive Summary

Previous practices in the field of inter-municipal cooperation in Kosovo have shown a

slow growth trend. IMC's in Kosovo are few and dysfunctional in providing mutual

services to citizens and reducing municipal costs. Mainly municipalities cooperate witheach other in specific cases, though such cooperation is not formal (contract, agreement

of understanding).

Inter-municipal cooperation in Kosovo has been developed within the Private Owned

Enterprises, whose boards are composed of representatives appointed by the

municipalities. Additional segments in which the municipalities cooperate among each

other are the Regional Development Agencies in which municipalities work together in

order to create better economic opportunities. 2 The role of RDA’s is that in cooperation

with businesses and other relevant stakeholders to promote regional development.However, even in these agencies municipalities have compiled individual projects

rather than projects that develop the region in general.

In terms of IMC-s, between two or more municipalities outside these institutions

mentioned above, the study has shown that initiatives lack and these initiatives are not

in a satisfactory level (although there is a need and possibility for cooperation).

Moreover, it is of particular importance the fact of several memorandums of

understanding being signed amongst the parent municipalities and just created

municipalities as a result of decentralization, in which case the parent municipalitieshave been obliged to offer their help in raising capacities of new municipalities (i.e.

Prishtina/Priština-Graçanica, Prizren/Prizren-Mamush /Mamuša, etc.).

Through these agreements, parent municipalities offered their experience in preparing

the staff of new municipalities, but also have provided services to the newly created

municipalities (cadastre services, fire services, etc.).

2 Five Regional Development Agencies have been established, whose boards consist of heads of member

municipalities


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Legal framework for the Establishment of IMC-s in Kosovo

The legal framework applicable in Kosovo specifies explicitly the inter-municipal

cooperation, referring to a real possibility of cooperation between municipalities in

Kosovo. Consequently, Kosovo Constitution specifies the inter-municipal cooperation,

stressing: "Municipalities have the right to inter-municipal cooperation and cross-border cooperation, in accordance with the law.”3 Clearly, the legal basis of the IMC

formation is foreseen with the highest law of the Kosovo state, the constitution.

Furthermore, the Law on Local Self-Government in Chapter V regarding Inter-

municipal Cooperation and Inter-municipal Arrangements specifies the right of

municipalities to cooperate emphasizing "municipalities shall be entitled to cooperate

and form partnerships with other Kosovar municipalities to earn out functions of

mutual interest, in accordance with the principles of the European Charter of Local Self

Government and in accordance with the law.4

Basics of IMC-s are also cited in Ahtisaari's Comprehensive Proposal, stating that

“Municipal responsibilities in the areas of their own and extended competencies may be

exercised through municipal partnerships, with the exception of the exercise of

fundamental municipal authorities, such as election of municipal organs and

appointment of municipal officials, municipal budgeting, and the adoption of

regulatory acts enforceable on citizens in general.5

3 Kosovo Constitution, Article 124.

4 Law on Local Self-Government, Article 28.

5 Martti Ahtisaari "Comprehensive Proposal for Kosovo Status Settlement, Annex III, Article 9.


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Assessment of Inter-Municipal Cooperation

Prishtina/Priština - Graçanica/Gračanica

Pr ishti na/ Pr išti na

Prishtina/Priština, as the capital city of Kosova, has all the prerequisites for being themunicipality with the largest capacity in the area of public services. For this reason,

AKM has analyzed the situation of the municipality of Prishtina/Priština in relation to

its cooperation with other municipalities. Based on the interview conducted with the

Director of Public Services, Defense and Rescue in the municipality of

Prishtina/Priština, municipality cooperates with several other municipalities; however

there is no signed document that defines the cooperation.

Municipality of Prishtina/Priština collaborates with the municipality of Fushe Kosove/

Kosovo Polje, Obiliq/Obilič and Graçanica/Gračanica in the sphere of organizing thetransport of passengers, since buses of the aforementioned municipalities operate

simultaneously in the territory of these municipalities.6 In relations to

Graçanica/Gračanica , Prishtina/Priština municipality had an active role in providing

assistance for capacity building of the municipality, since based on an agreement

Prishtina/Priština has transferred all cases to the newly created municipality.

With the same municipality, Prishtina/Priština has reached an agreement for the receipt

of all normative acts and permits issued by the municipality of Prishtina/Priština on

March 30, 2010. This allows for each procedure completed, recognition by the

municipality of Graçanica/Gračanica, whereas all cases that are still proceeding are

transferred to the municipality of Graçanica/Gračanica. In addition, this memorandum

includes the transfer of competencies, specifically the cadastre services, property taxes,

archive, and urban planning7.

In the field of emergency, particularly fire units, municipality of Prishtina/Priština

cooperates with Graçanica/Gračanica and Fushe Kosove/ Kosovo Polje, since the units

of Prishtina/Priština operate in the mentioned municipalities, but the agreement is not

official. In the same area, Prishtina/Priština municipality cooperates with the

municipality of Podujeva in which case Prishtina/Priština municipality has donated atruck as a contribution to daily operations.

6 Interview with Agim Gashi, Director of Public Services, Defense and Rescue in the Municipality of Prishtina

7 MOU 02-095. Prishtina/Priština, Graçanica/Gračanica, Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje, and Lipljan/Lipjan

municipalities together with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Economy and Finance, Local Administration, and the

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Municipality of Prishtina/Priština also has inter-municipal cooperation in the field of

waste management and water supply through public companies in which neighboring

municipalities are part of. The municipality of Prishtina/Priština is also part of the

Regional Development Agency, (all other regional municipalities are part of the RDA as

well.)

Based on the interview, there is a willingness of the municipality of Prishtina/Priština

to provide assistance to support the municipality of Graçanica/Gračanica in all areas

where collaboration is seen necessary by the newly created municipality.

Graçanica/Gračanica

Given that the municipality of Graçanica/Gračanica is a newly created municipality

and capacities of this municipality are able to sustain the needs of the citizens.

Graçanica/Gračanica municipality has signed a memorandum with the municipality of

Prishtina/Priština, Fushe Kosove and Lipjan. This memorandum serves to obtain the

database for current citizens of Graçanica/Gračanica. 8 Graçanica/Gračanica

municipality has also signed the agreement to be part of the Regional Development

Agency, in which seven other municipalities of the region of Prishtina/Priština are

already part of. Areas, in which Graçanica/Gračanica sees a real possibility for the

creation of IMC-s, is the field of Tourism and Cultural Heritage, in which case strategy

and its promotion would be created. Also at the current moment, the municipality of

Graçanica/Gračanica has problems in the area of the inspectorate, in particular

construction inspectorate, which is seen as an opportunity for inter-municipal

cooperation.

During this study AKM has learnt that the directors of various departments in the

municipality of Graçanica/Gračanica have close cooperation with the directors of

various departments of Prishtina/Priština, Lipjan/Lipljan and Fushe Kosove/Kosovo

Polje for knowledge and assistance for new regulations, although that this cooperation

is based on consensus rather than formal agreement.

8 Interview with Nebojsha Periq- Advisor and official for European Integration in the Municipality of Graçanica


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Gjilan/Gnjilane – Novobërda /Novo Brdo

Gji lan/ Gnji lane

Municipality of Gjilan/Gnjilane is located in the southeastern part of Kosovo andborders all the municipalities that are subject to this study: Viti/Vitina , Kamenicë/Kamenica, and Ranillug/Ranilug and Partesh/Parteš. With the process ofdecentralization from the municipality of Gjilan/Gnjilane two new municipalities haveemerged, Partesh/Parteš and Ranillug/Ranilug. At the current stage, the role of themunicipality of Gjilan/Gnjilane providing assistance in these two municipalities hasbeen enormous in the technical aspect as well as in the process of transferring cases inthese municipalities.

Considering that from the municipality of Gjilan/Gnjilane, a few villages have beentransferred to the municipality of Novobërda/Novo Brdo, Gjilan/Gnjilane municipalityfor a certain period of time has provided services to these citizens, whereas now theyare in mutual discussions on the transfer of materials and databases to the municipalityof Novobërda/Novo Brdo.9 However, considering that Gjilan/Gnjilane municipalitypossesses greater professional capacities, as such it was "obliged" to offer its expertise tothe newly created municipalities in some of the services provided to citizens.

According to the deputy mayor of Gjilan/Gnjilane, in terms of environmentalprotection all regional municipalities lack human capacity. Therefore, in this area jointforces and creations of joint projects should be imperative. In regards to the Departmentof Urbanism and Environmental Protection, currently there is only one officer, while the

municipality of Gjilan/Gnjilane is looking into the possibility of making it a sector of itsown so that the environmental protection becomes more efficient.

Waste management in this region is done through the joint system of the regionalcompany. According to the deputy mayor in this segment, municipality doesn’t havemany complaints. Considering the level of payment to citizens, the company is doing agood job (meaning low rate of payments – frequent pick-ups of waste). In relation tonon-inclusion of Novobërda/Novo Brdo municipality in the waste managementsystem, the deputy mayor of the municipality of Gjilan/Gnjilane stated that he isunaware of this fact.

Municipality of Gjilan/Gnjilane, respectively Department for Agriculture is analyzingthe situation of transferring responsibilities to protect the forests and it is expected thatafter the analysis a determination will be reached on how forests will be protected.Nevertheless, the deputy mayor considers important the fact that in this area

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municipality of Gjilan/Gnjilane is available to cooperate with other municipalities tobetter protect forests, evaluating forests as valuable municipal-wealth.

In the sector of inspectorate, according to the deputy mayor, is one of the sectors wherecooperation with the municipality of Gjilan/Gnjilane should be done since the borderswith the municipality of Novobërda/Novo Brdo are already very close, while the

capacity of the municipality of Novobërda/Novo Brdo based on construction inspectorsis not satisfactory. In this case, the municipalities of Gjilan/Gnjilane through itsconstruction inspectors it is monitoring the situation in these parts in order not to allowillegal constructions, which then would present problems.

In the emergency sector, considering that it is not at a satisfactory level throughout allmunicipalities of the region, deputy mayor considers it a real opportunity forcooperation aiming to offer quicker emergency services. However, there were someinter-municipal cooperation in case of extinguishing fires, but this cooperation is notfunctional, as there is no formal chain of command and communication.

Inter-municipal cooperation in the region was also conducted through the Regional

Development Agency of the European Commission, where municipalities jointly have

developed a regional strategy for economic development. From the interview

conducted with the deputy major from the municipality of Gjilan/Gnjilane, AKM has

estimated that this municipality is willing to cooperate in the proposed areas but also in

other fields as culture, sport, education, etc.

Municipality of Gjilan/Gnjilane besides commitments to the creation of inter-municipal

partnerships it has also been active in the creation of trans-border cooperation or by

signing partnerships with other municipalities (outside of Kosovo) Kukes (Albania),

Luterbah (France) and Iper (Belgium).

Novobërda / Novo Br do

Municipality of Novobërda /Novo Brdo by the Ahtisaari package is extended from 92

km² to 204 km². The decentralization process has given these municipality nine

cadastral areas of the municipality of Gjilan/Gnjilane and 5 cadastral zones of the

municipality of Kamenicë/Kamenica. According to the mayor, the municipality of

Novobërda/Novo Brdo was not ready for such an expansion as it lacks the capacity to

provide adequate services for the citizens of this city. 10

So far this municipality has not created any inter-municipal cooperation in the sphere of

providing joint services with other municipalities, although the problems of the

municipality are evident. One of the main problems in the municipality of

10 Interview with Bajrush Ymeri, Major of the Municipality of Novobërda /Novo Brdo


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Novobërda/Novo Brdo is the issue of waste management. This municipality is not a

part of the regional company for waste management. According to the Mayor of

Novobërda/Novo Brdo, this municipality must realize IMC’s so that the waste issue is

resolved.

Another problem in which the municipality of Novobërda/Novo Brdo has expressed

interest in establishing inter-municipal cooperation is for cadastre mapping. According

to the mayor of Novobërda/Novo Brdo, a partnership with the municipality of

Gjilan/Gnjilane should be established in order to create an office of professionals who

would operate as required in the two municipalities.

Also, another area in which it was noted that the municipality of Novobërda/Novo

Brdo has problems is the issue of forest protection. With the signing of the

memorandum of the municipality of Novobërda/Novo Brdo, protecting 10 thousand

hectares of forests were transferred to this municipality. By this agreement the

municipality has received some assets, two employees, a technician and a forestguard. Given the size of forestland, the number of existing guards presents a problem in

itself. Therefore, the cooperation with the municipality of Gjilan/Gnjilane and

Kamenicë/ Kamenica in this area is need.

Given the surface growth of the municipality of Novobërda/Novo Brdo, another area

that presents a problem is the issue of Inspectorate. Novobërda /Novo Brdo’s current

capabilities are insufficient in this case; therefore this municipality is looking at the

possibility of cooperating with the municipality of Gjilan/Gnjilane . Both municipalities

have had meetings on this issue, but until now there has been nothing concrete.

Novobërda /Novo Brdo, being a member of the Regional Development Agency-East, in

collaboration with Ranillug/Ranilug and Kamenicë/ Kamenica, have applied for a joint

project in the field of Tourism.


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Kaçanik/Kačanik – Han i Elezit

Kaçanik/Kačanik

Kaçanik/Kačanik municipality has had an active role during the creation of the new

municipality of Hani i Elezit. An agreement was signed in order to build capacity for

service provision to citizens. During this time, Kaçanik/Kačanik offered its assistance toall the requests that the municipality of Hani i Elezit/Elez Han had. Until recently,

Kaçanik/Kačanik municipality has provided services for the municipality of Hani i

Elezit/ Elez Han in the field of cadastre as well as emergency services, which continues

to be delivered, but there is no formalized agreement.

During this analysis, it was observed that the municipality of Kaçanik/Kačanik needs

to create inter-municipal cooperation in the field of waste management and sewage, as

waste water that flow into the river Nerodime in Ferizaj/Urosevac, passes through

some villages of the municipality of Kaçanik/Kačanik . For sewage treatment, greatercooperation should be established between municipalities of Kaçanik/Kačanik, Ferizaj/

Urosevac and Hani i Elezit/ Elez Han.

Forest management became a problem in itself after the decentralization of powers in

the sphere of forest protection, as the municipality will manage a large forest area

(about 40 thousand hectare), with a very small number of workers (six guards and

two technicians). In this segment cooperation with the municipality of Hani i Elezit/

Elez Han is seen as a possible opportunity as it has a smaller forest area.

Another segment in which an inter-municipal cooperation exists between themunicipality of Kaçanik/Kačanik and the municipality of Hani i Elezi is regarding the

inspectorate service. Municipality of Hani i Elezit/ Elez Han has problems in

organizing this type of service due to lack of capacity. Inspectors of the municipality of

Kaçanik/Kačanik have offered their services (informal agreement) to the municipality

of Hani i Elezit/ Elez Han in cases such as traffic inspector.

Municipality of Kaçanik/Kačanik is in negotiations with the municipality of Hani i

Elezit/ Elez Han in order to co-finance several infrastructure projects linking the

villages of the municipality of Kaçanik/Kačanik and that of Hani i Elezit/ ElezHan. During the analysis of inter-municipal cooperation in this municipality, the

association has estimated that Kaçanik/Kačanik municipality is ready to establish

IMC’s in areas such as waste management, wastewater, forest management and

inspectorate.


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Hani i Elezit / Elez Han

Capacity building of the municipality of Hani i Elezit/ Elez Han is accompanied by a

large contribution of the municipality of Kaçanik/Kačanik. This contribution has come

as a result of an agreement whereby Kaçanik/Kačanik municipality has offered its

cooperation in all fields for the municipality of Hani i Elezit/ Elez Han. In an interview

with analysts of AKM, the Mayor of Hani i Elezit/ Elez Han, Mr. Refki Suma, hasemphasized that the level of inter-municipal cooperation with the municipality of

Kaçanik/Kačanik is excellent.11

Although the municipality of Hani i Elezi was established two years ago, the cadastre

service and issuance of documents in this field has been done by the municipality of

Kaçanik/Kačanik until recently. Since the cadastre service is already offered by the

municipality of Hani i Elezit/ Elez Han, officials of the cadastre directorate of the

municipality of Kaçanik/Kačanik have trained officials of the municipality of Hani i

Elezit/ Elez Han and continue to offer cooperation in this field.

The Civil Registration Office is not established in the municipality of Hani i Elezit/ Elez

Han yet. This service is performed in the office of civil registration in Kaçanik/Kačanik

without any formal document to support these activities, and according to the mayor

Suma this appears to be a big problem for citizens.

Waste management is one of the most worrying issues in the municipality of Hani i

Elezit/ Elez Han. Although being there is a regional waste management company,

mayor Suma stated his disappointment with this waste management system, proposing

that municipalities should have the right by legislation to create local companies forwaste management. According to him, the municipality of Hani i Elezit/ Elez Han has

nothing in common with other municipalities in this regard. The only possible inter-

municipal cooperation in terms of waste, mayor Suma sees the possibility of creating a

joint dumpsite and the possibility of joint waste recycling.

With the establishment of IMC-s, the mayor of Hani i Elezit/ Elez Han believes this is

necessary since all municipalities of the region have limited capacities and collaborative

efforts can protect the forests in the region. In this regard, there is an inter-municipal

cooperation between the municipality of Hani i Elezit/ Elez Han and Kaçanik/Kačanik,but this cooperation is not official.

One area in which the municipality of Hani i Elezit/ Elez Han closely cooperates with

the municipality of Kaçanik/Kačanik is for the Fire Department. Although the

municipality of Hani i Elezit/ Elez Han has established a Fire Brigade comprised of

11 Interview with z. Refki Suma - Mayor of the Municipality of Hani i Elezit/Elez Han


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seven persons, yet this entity does not have adequate equipment therefore it is often

dysfunctional. In this regard, Kaçanik/Kačanik firefighters operate in the area of Hani i

Elezit/ Elez Han although these municipalities do not have a joint agreement to provide

this service.

Environmental protection is one of the areas in which the municipality of Hani i Elezi is

looking at the possibility of cooperating with the municipality of Kaçanik/Kačanik .

Respectively, an area of possible cooperation would be cleaning the river, since Hani i

Elezit/ Elez Han is planning on building a factory and the maintenance of the river

cleanliness should be imperative by the town of Kaçanik/Kačanik .

In the sphere of inspectorate, the municipality of Kaçanik/Kačanik has highlighted

problems, and based on what mayor Suma said, this field should have a formal regional

agreement in order of control cases to have a better co-operation between municipal

inspectors from Hani i Elezit/ Elez Han, Kaçanik/Kačanik and Ferizaj/Urosevac.

Municipality of Hani i Elezit/ Elez Han is a member the Regional DevelopmentAgency, but so far hasn’t managed to attain a joint inter-municipal project.

Prizren/Prizren – Mamush /Mamuša– Dragash/Dragaš

Pr izren/ Pr izren

The municipality of Prizren/Prizren is located in the district of the six municipalities

that lack capacity when it comes to providing services for their citizens.12 Having the

municipality of Mamush /Mamuša and Dragash/Dragaš in the border, Prizren/Prizren

is the most favorable cooperating municipality for these two municipalities. As in other

regions, the most important cooperation of these six municipalities of Prizren/Prizren

region is implemented within the Regional Development Agency-South, founded by

the European Commission. Through this agency, municipalities discuss mutual

interests and create projects that will help in the regional development.

Municipality of Prizren/Prizren is implementing a project for roads linking the villages

of Gjakova/Dakovica and Prizren/Prizren, which is co-financed by the municipalities

of Prizren/Prizren and Gjakova/ Dakovica. Municipality of Prizren/Prizren has alsodeveloped another project regarding the development of tourism within which project

the municipality of Dragash/Dragašis included. According to the mayor of

Prizren/Prizren, Ramadan Muja, cooperation with the surrounding municipalities is

12 Prizren/Prizren region consists of the following municipalities: Prizren/Prizren, Suhareka/Suva Reka,

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necessary considering that a part of these towns beauty is included in the

Prizren/Prizren area; therefore it is necessary to cooperate with these municipalities,

especially for tourism.

Waste management is functional in the context of regional company, which includes all

the municipalities of Prizren/Prizren region except the municipality of

Dragash/Dragaš. Through the delegation of powers from central to local level

forestland has been transferred, for which area the municipality of Prizren/Prizren sees

no problem and is willing to cooperate with other municipalities in order to mobilize

the forces and protect forests.

Noting that the municipality of Mamush /Mamuša was created from the process of

decentralization, the municipality of Prizren/Prizren has given its contribution towards

management capacity building of the municipality of Mamush. It is also important to

mention that the municipality of Prizren/Prizren has donated two fire trucks and has

raised the capacity of workers in this sector.

Municipality of Prizren/Prizren and municipality of Mamush /Mamuša collaborated in

the area of cadastral service as well. Municipality of Prizren/Prizren has provided

assistance within different measurements and requirements of the municipality of

Mamush /Mamuša. In addition, an understanding cooperation was carried out, with no

formal agreement.

Within the capacity development of the field of inspectorate, municipality of

Prizren/Prizren has offered its assistance to the new municipality of Mamush. Now

officials of Prizren/Prizren municipality confirm that municipality of

Mamush/Mamuša already has a functional service. Also there was interference of inter-

municipal inspectors to stop using the gravel of the river Drin. Another important area

of cooperation was organization of cultural and sport activities, since during different

holidays municipalities organize joint activities.

Municipality of Prizren/Prizren, seeing the capacity of other municipalities around is

convinced that collaborations besides the above mentioned sectors may occur mostly in

the sphere of co-financing infrastructure, roads connecting villages of Prizren/Prizren

with other surrounding villages.

In the context of European integration, the municipality of Prizren/Prizren is in the

procedure of creating an office for EU integration. This office will be concentrated on

adopting and harmonizing EU acts and will create activities which will contribute to the

European integration.


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In the area of cross-border cooperation, the municipality of Prizren/Prizren

collaborated with the municipality of Kukës. Through this cooperation municipalities

provide and receive advices on joint work. Young people of Kukës study in the

University of Education in Prizren/Prizren municipality because of its proximity to

these two municipalities. It is expected from the University of Prizren/Prizren this year

to have a greater number of students from the district of Kukës. Apart from thisinformal cooperation, the municipality of Prizren/Prizren is ‘twinned’ with the

municipality of Ankara, Turkey, which has helped the municipality of Prizren/Prizren

with a donation to build the city park. Also, this municipality is ‘twinned’ with a

municipality of Istanbul and one from Bulgaria, and it expects in the near future to be

‘twinned’ with the municipality of Osijek in Croatia.

Dragash/ Dragaš(Sha r r )

Geographical position of Dragash/Dragaš municipality located in the south of

Prizren/Prizren, disables inter-municipal cooperation on a variety ofservices. According to the mayor of Dragash/Dragaš, there is a natural division of

Dragash/Dragaš municipality with other municipalities. In fact, this makes the inter-

municipal cooperation difficult as mutual interests of the municipality of

Dragash/Dragaš and other municipalities are slim.

Waste management in this municipality is done through the regional company while,

the waste landfill is the property of municipality in which only the wastes of the

municipality of Dragash/Dragaš can be thrown. Dragash/Dragaš municipality has its

own assets in the regional company and it is represented by one member on the board

of the company.

In terms of forest protection, Dragash/Dragaš municipality claims that they have a

tradition in the protection of forests and does not think there is a need for inter-

municipal cooperation in this field. Inter-municipal cooperation is already operating in

the sphere of inspectorate, in which veterinary inspectors from the municipality of

Prizren/Prizren provide services to the municipality of Dragash/Dragaš.

Moreover, for emergency services, cooperation between the municipality of

Prizren/Prizren and Dragash/Dragaš exists for (illegal) forest burning. However themunicipality has established the Fire Unit, even though equipment is outdated. Again,

there is no formal agreement for this cooperation.

One area in which Dragash/Dragaš municipality has greater potential compared to

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to the mayor of Dragash/Dragaš the workers are ready to offer their knowledge to their

colleagues in Mamush/Mamusa.

From the analysis of the situation in Dragash/Dragaš, AKM estimates that there is a

willingness of the municipality to cooperate in areas where mutual interests can be

seen. While in terms of the municipality of Dragash/Dragaš and its capacity for

integration, AKM has learnt that this municipality has an official for European

integration, but this is his secondary activity since the same person holds the position of

the legal officer. The monitoring and project implementation component of this

municipality is part of the Department of Urbanism.

Mamush

Mamush/Mamuša is the newly created municipality as a result of the decentralization

process. The municipality has initially started as a pilot unit and later has been

functionalized as a municipality in itself. Mamush /Mamuša municipality, though it is

newly created, at the beginning of its operation has encountered some problems, which

in fact have made its indispensable cooperation with several municipalities of

Prizren/Prizren region. Its collaborations are:

The agreement of understanding with the municipality of Rahovec : geodeticmeasurements

The agreement of understanding with the municipality of Suhareke: geodeticmeasurements• Agreement of Understanding with the municipality of Prizren/Prizren in thedepartment of Emergency regarding Emergency inspections and prevention,Nr.52/2010 since 21/06/2010

Collaboration with the municipality of Suhareke/Suva Reka to fix the Trnje-Mamush /Mamuša road

Collaboration with the municipality of Suhareke/Suva Reka to fix the Suhareka-Mamush /Mamuša road

Therefore, as seen by the agreements of understanding made by this municipality,cadastre and geodesy services are areas in which the municipality of Mamush/Mamušafaces the most problems.

As regards to the protection of forests, the mayor of Mamush/Mamuša stressed that theissue of forests is a problem in itself. The municipality of Mamush/Mamuša even nowhasn’t engaged any person for this particular issue due to lack of sufficient budgetaryresources and inability to increase the number of municipal staff members that comes as


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a result of the decision made by the government and the ministries to not increase thenumber of workers in municipalities. 13

In regard with the inspectorate sector, the municipality of Mamush/Mamuša has

established the unit in which three inspectors are employed: trade inspector, sanitary

and environmental protection inspector and municipal and construction

inspector. Difficulties arise in the absence of staff and inspectors on other profiles due tothe lack budget resources. In this area, the municipality of Mamush/Mamuša is

interested to cooperate with municipalities located in the region of Prizren/Prizren.

Within the Directorate of Public Services municipality of Mamush /Mamuša has

formed the Emergency Sector where the fire unit operates, which has one coordinator

and six firefighters. Difficulties in this area appear due to the lack of necessary resources

respectively the lack of water truck. In this sector there was collaboration with the

municipality of Prizren/Prizren, where this municipality has helped the municipality of

Mamush /Mamuša with a donation of two vehicles for the Fire Unit.

Mamush /Mamuša municipality has managed to establish cooperation with other

municipalities outside the country concretely Turkey, which has benefited from several

projects in infrastructure.

Viti/Vitina – Kllokoti/ Klokot

Vit i / Vi t inaThe Director of Public Services, Agim Haziri was interviewed to replace the mayor. Mr.

Haziri said that currently there is no formal contract between the municipality of

Kllokoti/ Klokot and Viti/Vitina, but it is understood that whatever needs Kllokoti/

Klokot has, Viti/Vitina will dedicate the available resources. However, if future

cooperation requires formal contract, Viti/Vitina is prepared to outline all points of

cooperation in a formal document which both parties can agreed.

Viti/Vitina does not have any concrete plans for IMC because the requests come from

Kllokoti/ Klokot. The Director was eager to emphasize that Viti/Vitina is an established

and experienced municipality and does not require the assistance of the new

municipalities such as Kllokoti/ Klokot.

Regarding project coordination, those directors whose sector is involved, for example,

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coordination and monitoring. Although the director says that at times it is difficult for

the directors to fulfill their contractual obligations and take on other duties and that in

the future they would like to employ someone specifically for project coordination and

monitoring.

Mr. Haziri expressed his willingness on behalf of the municipality of Viti/Vitina to

collaborate on future initiatives not only with Kllokoti/Klokot but also with other

Kosovo municipalities.

As far as the strengths of the municipality, Mr. Haziri believes that Viti/Vitina is

competent and able to provide all services to its citizens. However, when Mr. Haziri

was asked about specific services, it was understood that even an experienced

municipality faces difficulty; specifically for forestry protection, the inspectorate and

fire services. Forestry protection is an issue because there is a vast amount of forestland

that is unprotected because there are not enough guards and the municipality budget

does not allow for more guards. In addition, those guards out on patrol are unarmedand at times face “criminals” and are forced to walk away. The director recommends

that there should be collaborative effort between the police and Kosovo Security Force,

since forests are a national resource. In addition, a local campaign would be essential to

increase the awareness of citizens for protecting national forestland.

For the inspectorate, the director emphasizes that this is a national issue not only a local

issue. All municipalities, parent and small, have issues because of lack of staff, penalties

are not enforced and other issues. And lastly the fire department of Viti/Vitina is

equipped with old machinery and a small number of fire fighters given the size ofViti/Vitina. For this, when needed, other municipalities such as Gjilan/Gnjilane and

Ferizaj/Urosevac also provided assistance.

Kl lokot i / Klokot

The mayor of Kllokoti/ Klokot is largely dependent on the municipality of Viti/Vitina

in order to offer municipal services to citizens. The mayor is very experienced in inter-

municipal cooperation and has deemed this as a very important element for the

functionality new municipalities. He also said that it is very important not only to work

with neighboring municipalities but with other municipalities of Kosovo.

Momentarily, Kllokoti/ Klokot has a contract to transfer competencies from Viti/Vitina

to Kllokoti/ Klokot. All municipal services are offered in Viti/Vitina because they do

have neither the space nor the staff to offer any services. Currently, the mayor and other

directors do the management and coordination of this understanding. An individual

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The European Union has donated the majority of funds needed for the construction of

the city hall. This will be completed in the beginning of 2011. The mayor also

emphasized the fact that the government was not ready for decentralization to function

they way that it is, meaning they did not expect that the minority population would

hold local government positions and that the Kosovo Serbs would be equally

represented in local government. The actual conditions of the temporary location of thecity hall are not suitable and it is impossible to provide citizens with passports or

identification cards. He feels that cooperation, although it exists, it is not at a

satisfactory level because the municipality of Viti/Vitina is hesitating to assist Kllokoti/

Klokot as a municipality and its citizens.

In actuality it is very difficult for Kllokoti/ Klokot to offer various services to the

citizens. Regarding waste management, USAID has donated garbage containers and a

collection truck. Kllokoti/Klokot is in need of 20 more garbage containers, which are to

be donated soon. All payments for property tax or vehicle registration are done in

Viti/Vitina, but the income generated is directly deposited to the municipality of Kllkot.

Forestry is also another issue for the municipality. The citizens who cut wood illegally

do so for sustenance and not for trade purposes. The mayor attributes this phenomenon

to high unemployment rates but says they need to be aware of where they can cut wood

rather them haphazardly cutting where they want.

The Fire Department does not exist in Kllokoti/ Klokot and for all fires; Viti/Vitina or

Gjilan/Gnjilane fire brigades are called to react. The mayor has requested funds from

the Ministry of Internal Affairs to establish a fire brigade and the funds have beenpromised but they are unsure of when this will happen. An advantage that the

Kllokoti/ Klokot municipality has is that there are local citizens who have been trained

in fire rescue and so Kllokoti/Klokot needs the equipment and building associated with

the fire department.

The inspectorate is also another service that does not function. The positions have been

advertised and they have received many qualified CV’s, but once again, they do not

have the funds to support the positions. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has been

contacted and once the funds are provided, Kllokoti/Klokot will be able to provide the

various sectors of the inspectorate. Currently, inspectors from Viti/Vitina are called as

needed.

The mayor is ready to concretely establish IMC with any municipality that expresses

interest and knowledge. Kllokoti/Klokot anxiously awaits any assistance that can be

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Deçan/Dečane – Junik/Junik

Deçan/Dečane

The Director of Protection, Rescue and Public Services, Admir Hasanaj fully understood

the concept of IMC and was eager to say that there have been IMC amongst other

surrounding municipalities such as Gjakova/Dakovica and Peja/Pec. Cooperation has

not been formally established by contracts but has been successful.

Within Mr. Hasanaj’s department, there is an office for Project Management and that

person is responsible for coordination, implementation and monitoring.

All requests that have made for Deçan/Dečane’s assistance have been honored and

resources have been allocated as needed. In Mr. Hasanaj’s opinion, water, infrastructure

and acquiring documents are the strengths of the municipality. Over 90 percent of themunicipality has drinkable water and road infrastructure covers all but 5 km of

municipal roads with asphalt. For documents, citizens receive requested documents

within 30 minutes of their initial request.

Unfortunately, the municipality of Deçan/Dečane has difficulty in satisfying the

municipalities’ needs for all the services: forestry, environment, waste collection, and

inspection and fire services. Regarding the environment and waste collection, Mr.

Hasanaj was quick to say that the situation not only in Deçan/Dečane but also in other

municipalities is chaotic. He refers to the low rate of payments amongst citizens,

frequency of waste collection, locations and conditions of regional landfills, etc.

Concerning forestry, Mr. Hasanaj says this is currently a huge problem, because

traditionally the people of Deçan/Dečane have lived off the forests in the surrounding

mountains. Therefore, cutting wood is a part of their culture and it is difficult to stop a

long-standing tradition. And for the inspectorate, he says that the employees face

limited resources, low salaries and have no incentives.

Despite the difficulties that the municipality faces, Mr. Hasanaj ensured us that his

municipality is interested in any type of IMC that will benefit his citizens as well as thecitizens of other municipalities.


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Juni k/ Juni k

The mayor of Junik/Junik, Mr. Agron Kuqi is an experienced civil servant regarding

inter-municipal cooperation. He currently has active agreements with

Gjakova/Dakovica and Deçan/Dečane for forestry and fire rescue services, and has also

had cooperation with the municipality of Tropoje, Albania.

Regarding project management, Junik/Junik does not have the budget to support an

employee specifically for this, but within the department of Finance and Economic

Development, there is a Project Manager. They have recently given an employee (non-

director) the responsibility to monitor EU development, integration, and grants in

Kosovo.

Mr. Kuqi was pleased to say that given the restrictions, they are able to provide citizens

with the services they need and satisfactorily. However, two areas where they

experience the most difficulty are the inspectorate and urban planning. Mr. Kuqi is

dedicated to improving these two very important sectors of the municipality. Regarding

fire rescue services, Junik/Junik does not have a fire department and is currently

dependent on Deçan/Dečane and Gjakova/Dakovica for assistance in this area.

Forestry is another area with some difficultly due to Junik/Junik only has one employee

for protection of all forestland.

My. Kuqi emphasized that he is very interested in participating in formal IMCs and that

he would like to explore other possibilities in other areas of municipal services.

Kamenicë/ Kamenica – Ranillug/Ranilug

Kameni cë/ Kameni ca

Director of Administration, Enver Ajbazi, was keen to discuss his perception of IMC as

any activity that involves an exchange of ideas, offering of assistance, cooperation,

between two or more municipalities. Currently, the municipality of

Kamenicë/Kamenica and Ranillug/Ranilug does have a Memorandum of

Understanding (MOU) that involves three ministries (Finances, Local Governance and

Internal Affairs) for the delegation and transfer of competencies from

Kamenicë/Kamenica to Ranillug/Ranilug. This MOU is coordinated by the director

himself as well as the Deputy Mayor of Ranillug/Ranilug. For other projects, within the

Director of Urbanism and Development, there are officials who are involved. However,

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monitoring, the municipality will provide the necessary elements (finances and staff)

for the establishment of that office.

Approximately 2 months ago, a female civil servant was hired to monitoring EU

activities; assist in fulfilling EU standards, EU integration laws, etc.

Mr. Ajbazi emphasized that Kamenicë/Kamenica is ready and willing to provide anyassistance need by other municipalities, based on their own available resources. In

addition, the Kamenicë/Kamenica was in need of assistance, it would be in the

municipality’s best interest to make those requests.

Mr. Ajbazi was also very eager to say that Kamenicë/Kamenica is able to provide all

municipal services at a very satisfactory level for the citizens. He mentioned a USAID

project where a public opinion poll was conducted with local residents. The results

showed that the citizens are very satisfied with the activities and work of the

municipality officials. Mr. Ajbazi emphasized that administrative services, income

generation and environment protection as well as waste collection are services that have

strong performances. He said that like other municipalities, they face normal difficulties

for forestland protection and fire services, but that they are able to fulfill the needs of

the residents with their current resources.

Ranil lug/ Rani lug

This interview was not conducted face-to-face. The municipal officials (Deputy Mayor

Nebojsa Kencic, Director of Public Services Jovan Sentic, and Municipality President

Gradimir Mikic) responded by email to the questionnaire. The responses are presentedin bullet points corresponding to their written responses.

Collaboration between municipalities on all levels, especially realization of

mutual projects that are essential for municipalities, infrastructure, projects on

the interest of economic development.

We have a memo on the municipality of Ranillug/Ranilug’s accession within the

EU project for Regional Economic Development in Kosovo, Agency for Regional

Development East, Gjilan/Gnjilane i Region ARR (RDA)

Lack of office/department that can coordinate/implement projects. We don’t

have a specific office for project coordination, except for the office of

procurement and the department of urban planning and cadastre.

Lack of professional staff to employ in important departments. We cannot

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Most difficult services to offer are issuance of building permits, approvals,

especially non-compliance of laws that the municipality serves. Department of

Urban Planning (Building inspector), termination of work execution. The party

tears down the document, keeps working, attacks physically the official person

(Case, Taip Arifi, Ylli Commerce on constructing the Garin mill.)

Currently we do not have any collaboration with municipalities outside of

Kosovo. Considering that the municipality of Ranillug/Ranilug is a result of

decentralization, which has been functioning for the last 7 months. In the future

we plan on collaboration with municipalities outside of Kosovo.

Difficult to offer all services listed (fire services, inspectorate, environment,

waste, and forestry)

Environment: Inability to control the sand exploitation on the lots that are close

to the riverbed.

Waste: Insufficient number of containers, thus this service is not done in the

expected level.

Forestry: Inability to control illegal cutting which happens during the night.

Inspectorate: In some cases, the party does not comply with laws and solutions

that the inspection gives them.

Fire Services: The municipality does not have their own fire department service.

The services are done by the main municipality of Kamenicë/ Kamenica. We are

planning on forming the fire department.

Yes, we are will to collaborate. With any and all municipalities that show

interest.

The future is on the inter-municipality cooperation. On the field of Culture,

Education, Sports, Economy and Infrastructure Building, Reducing

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Conclusion

It is apparent that from the interview conducted with mayors and directors within the

chosen municipality, the IMC has only reached a very basic level. There are several key

points that should be outlined as follows:

Many cooperative efforts are not written under formal contracts and are

therefore loosely followed.

Some municipalities have difficulty offering basic services to their citizens and

are fully concentrated on improving these conditions.

Small municipalities such as Junik/Junik, Ranillug/Ranilug and Kllokoti/

Klokot are currently in temporary locations and do not have the neither the space

nor human capacity and limited resources to support services.

Every municipal official is interested in IMC however there is a lack of initiative

to formalize cooperation.

Parent municipalities do not need assistance from small municipalities but from

other parent municipalities.

EU integration and project monitoring is not a priority amongst municipalities

and this is usually delegated to low-tier civil servants.

The parent municipalities that offer services (documents, registrations, etc) for

small municipalities are displeased that the fees generated are directly deposited

to the small municipalities without any consideration for the resources (human

and material) that are used to complete these transactions.

Parent municipalities do not see an incentive or benefit for IMC for their

municipality (small municipalities do not have the capacity to reciprocate).

Small municipalities lack the human capacity initiate and delegate the

responsibilities associated with IMC.


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Summary of Findings

Parent and New

Municipality

Fire Services Forestry Environment/Waste

Management

Inspectorate Other

Prishtina/Priština


Current informal IMC

with Fushe

Kosove/Kosovo Polje

and


Expressed interested for

IMC for border forests


has been donated a

collection truck and

containers and are

prepared to

establish IMC


expressed urgent

need for assistance

due to

uncontrollable

construction

- Cultural Heritage and

Tourism

Gjilan/Gnjilane

Novobërda /Novo

Brdo

Expressed interest Novobërda /Novo Brdo

does not have capacity to

monitor forestland –

expressed interest for

IMC

Gjilan/Gnjilane

interested in

assisting

Novobërda/Novo

Brdo

Novobërda /Novo

Brdo not included inregional waste

management

company

Expressed interest Economic Development

Cadastre

Tourism

Kaçanik/Kačanik

Hani i Elezit/ Elez Han

Active informal IMC Kaçanik/Kačanik is in

need of more resources

(guards)

Regional waste

collection company

Active informal IMC

for traffic

inspectorate

Cadastre

Waste Water


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Informal IMC Expressed interest

for other areas of

the inspectorate

Management

Civil Registration

Infrastructure

Prizren/Prizren

Dragash/ Dragaš

Mamush/ Mamuša

Prizren/Prizren- -

Dragash/Dragaš

informal IMC

Prizren/Prizren-

Mamush /Mamuša

informal IMC and

donation of 2 trucks

Dragash/Dragaš

emphasizes that citizens

are dedicated to forest

protection and there is

no need for IMC in this

area

Mamush /Mamuša does

not have any staff for

forestland protection

Prizren/Prizren –

Mamush /Mamuša

are incorporated in

the regional waste

management

company

Dragash/Dragaš has

regional waste

collection company

Informal IMC

Prizren/Prizren –

Mamush /Mamuša

exists

Dragash/Dragaš in

interested in IMC

with Prizren/Prizren

Tourism and Cultural

Heritage

Road Infrastructure

Dragash/Dragaš

interested in offering

IMC for Cadastre

services

Viti/Vitina

Kllokoti/ Klokot

Viti/Vitina needs

assistance from other

parent municipalities

(Gjilan/Gnjilane and

Ferizaj/Urosevac)

Kllokoti/Klokot does

not have a fire and

rescue brigade

Viti/Vitina has limited

resources of protection

and development of

forestland and is

interested in IMC and

other forms of

cooperation

Viti/Vitina is

interested in IMC

Kllokoti/Klokot has

received donations

for waste collection

and is also

This service is not

offered in

Kllokoti/Klokot and

is in need of

assistance/IMC.


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interested in IMC.

Kamenicë/Kamenica

Ranillug/Ranilug

Expressed interest for

IMC

Ranillug/Ranilug has

difficulty offering each

service

Expressed interest for

IMC

Kamenicë/Kamenica

has strong

performance and is

willing to assist

other municipalities

Kamenicë/Kamenica

has strong

performance and is

willing to assist

other municipalities

Deçan/Dečane

Junik/Junik

Deçan/Dečane has

informal IMC with

Gjakova/Dakovica and

Peja/Pec

Junik/Junik has

informal IMC with

Deçan/Dečane and

Gjakova/Dakovica

Both are interested in

formal IMC

Junik/Junik has only 1

guard for forestland and

is in need of more

assistance/IMC

Deçan/Dečane has

problems with

illegal landfills and is

seeking funding to

remove these sites

Junik/Junik

cooperates with

Gjakova/Dakovica

for environmentalprotection

Both are interested

in IMC

Deçan/Dečane and

Junik/Junik have

difficulty with this

services and both

municipalities are

looking for future

IMC in this area

Road Infrastructure


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Bibliography

1. Initiative for Reform of Public Services and Local Government, "Guide for Professionals

in this field", Bratislava, September 2009.2.

2. Kosovo Constitution, Article 124.

3. Law on Local Self-Government, Article 28.

4. Martti Ahtisaari "Comprehensive Proposal for Kosovo Status Settlement, Annex III,

Article 9.

5. Five Regional Development Agencies have been established, whose boards consist of

heads of member municipalities

6. Interview with Agim Gashi, Director of Public Services, Defense and Rescue in the

Municipality of Prishtina/Priština

7. Interview with Nebojsha Periq- Advisor and official for European Integration in the

Municipality of Graçanica

8. Interview with Omer Daku, Deputy Mayor of Gjilan/Gnjilane

9. Interview with Bajrush Ymeri, Major of the Municipality of Novobërda /Novo Brdo

10. Interview with Heset Loku- Deputy Mayor, Kaçanik/Kačanik Municipality

11. Interview with Rushan Ceka - Director of Public and Emergency Services in the

Municipality of Kaçanik/Kačanik

12. Interview with z. Refki Suma - Mayor of the Municipality of Hani i Elezit/Elez Han

13.

Prizren/Prizren region consists of the following municipalities: Prizren/Prizren,

Suhareka, Malisheva, Rahovac, Mamush /Mamuša and Dragash

14. Interview with Ramadan Muja, Major of the Municipality of Prizren/Prizren

15. Interview with Salim Januzi, Major of the Municipality of Dragash


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16. Interview with Arif Bütüç, Mayor of the Municipality of Mamush

17. Interview with Agron Kuqi, Mayor of the Municipality of Junik

18. Interview with Admir Hasnaj, Director of Protection, Rescue and Public Services of

Decan

19. Interview with Sasa Mirkovic, Mayor of Kllokoti/ Klokot

20. Interview Enver Ajbazi, Director of Public Services of Kamenicë/ Kamenica

21. Interview with Agim Haziri, Director of Public Services of Viti/Vitina


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Annex 1. New Municipality – Questionnaire

New Municipalities

Questionnaire

Prishtinë

2010


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Name of interviewee: ___________________________________________________________

Institution: ____________________________________________________________________

Position: ______________________________________________________________________

Contact: ______________________________________________________________________

1. Can you please tell us what do you understand with the term Inter-municipal Cooperation?

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

2. Do you have any Inter-municipal Cooperation in a written form (contract) or other, between

your municipality and any other municipality?

______________________________________________________________________________

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3. Do you have a specific office in your municipality that is responsible for project coordination?

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

4. In your municipality do you plan on having an office that will be responsible for project

implementation and project monitoring?

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

5. What is the responsibility of EU Integration officials in your municipality?

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6. Having in mind that you are a newly created municipality; can you please tell us if you have

enough capacity to cover all the municipal services for your citizens?

______________________________________________________________________________

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7. Which are the services that your municipality has more difficulties in offering to citizens and

why?

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8. Did your municipality attain any project through the inter-municipal cooperation? (RegionalDevelopment Agency, Other Donors, Kosovo Budget)?

______________________________________________________________________________

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9. If yes, can you please tell us about the project and if it was successful?

______________________________________________________________________________

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10. Currently does your municipality have any collaboration with municipalities outside of

Kosovo? If yes, how was this collaboration established?

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11. If you don’t have such collaboration, do you plan to create them in the future?

______________________________________________________________________________

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______________________________________________________________________________

12. Can you please tell us if you face difficulties in offering the below-mentioned services?

Services Very Difficult Difficult Somewhat

Difficult

Easy Very Easy

Environment

Waste

Forests

Inspectorate

Firefighters

13. Can you please tell us about the difficulties you are challenged with in practice when

offering the above mentioned services?

13.1 Environment

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______________________________________________________________________________

13.2. Waste

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

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13.3. Forests

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______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

13.4. Inspectorate

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

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13.5. Firefighters

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14. Please tell us if you are willing to collaborate with other municipalities in order to offer the

necessary services to your citizens?

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15. In order to offer to your citizens the above-mentioned services and other services at the

same time, which are the municipalities you would like to cooperate with?

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16. In conclusion, do you have any other comment you would like to add in regard with the

inter-municipal cooperation?

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Annex 2. Parent Municipality – Questionnaire

Parent Municipalities

Questionnaire

Prishtinë

2010


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Name of Interviewee: __________________________________________________________

Instituion:____________________________________________________________________

Position:______________________________________________________________________

Contact:______________________________________________________________________

1. Can you please tell us what do you understand with the term Inter-municipal

Cooperation?___________________________________________________________________

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2. Do you have any Inter-municipal Cooperation in a written form (contract) or other, between

your municipality and any other other municipality? ______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

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3. In the future do you plan to establish any inter-municipal cooperation on any issue in order

to offer better services to citizens?

______________________________________________________________________________

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4. Do you have a specific office in your municipality that is responsible for project coordination?

______________________________________________________________________________

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5. In your municipality do you plan on having an office that will be responsible for project

implementation and project monitoring?

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6. What is the responsibility of European integration officials in your municipality?

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7. Have you had any request from the newly created municipalities to establish inter-municipal

cooperation?

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8. If the new municipalities require inter-municipal cooperation with your municipality, will you

support such cooperation?

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9. In which areas would you accept to cooperate with the newly established municipalities?

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10. Are there any services for which you will need cooperation with the newly created

municipalities?

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11. What are the areas of public service in which you think you have a comparative advantage

with other municipalities?

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12. Can you please tell us if you face difficulties in offering the below-mentioned services?

Services Very Difficult Difficult Somewhat

Difficult

Easy Very Easy

Environment

Waste

Forests

Inspectorate

Firefighters


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13. Can you please tell us about the difficulties you are challenged with in practice when

offering the above mentioned services?

13.1 Environment

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13.2. Waste

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13.3. Forests

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13.4. Inspectorate

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13.5. Firefighters

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