As Kosovo slowly recovers from the war, the World Habitat Day celebrations take on a special significance with the focus this year on young people and the key role they are playing in helping reshape their cities. The World Habitat Day 2006 celebrations in Kosovo cities were aimed at spreading the message of inclusiveness, decentralization, and the role young people can play in shaping their future.

In Gjilan/ Gnjilane municipality the celebration of World Habitat Day involved a drawing contest for local school children around the theme of World Habitat Day, ‘Cities – magnets of hope’.

In Ferizaj/ Urosevac municipality, a special meeting was organized with the municipal planning team and the board of directors at which the World Habitat Day message of Mrs. Anna Day message of Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, Under-Secretary- General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN-HABITAT was discussed.

In Peja/ Pec local school children participated in a hands-on workshop that looked at practical issues like their own spatial development at their school, local transport and problems related to the school environment. The pupils divided into four groups and were able to work with drawing material and aerial pictures of the school.