A series of regional roundtables on housing and property rights, organised by OSCE in cooperation with UN-HABITAT’s Municipal Spatial Planning Support Programme were held throughout Kosovo between May 4 and 8, 2009. 

These roundtables brought together municipal authorities and relevant ministries, public utilities providers, civil society actors and the international community in Kosovo, who discussed housing and property rights. The roundtables aimed at developing strategies to improve access to secure property tenure and basic housing standards for all persons in Kosovo, also in the context of informal settlements.  

A recent survey conducted by OSCE and analysed by MuSPP team  showed a great diversity in the typology of informal settlements and indicated the need for a better understanding by all partners of the differences between informal settlements and illegal buildings. Addressing the issues of informal settlements is one of the key objectives of the Municipal Spatial Planning Support Programme and is closely linked with UN-HABITAT’s mandate and its commitments ensuing from the Millennium Development Goals.

These workshops were a follow up to earlier initiatives conducted by the same partners in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning. The Ministry, also represented during the events, is currently working on a strategy for addressing informal settlements.

Take a look on MuSPP 2 presentation: IFS Presentation