The Municipal Spatial Planning Support Programme MusPP together with Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning organized a meeting on the programme development on 19th May in Prishtina. The meeting was attended by including heads of the Kosovo central and local government, Minister of Local Government Administration - MLGA Mr. Sadri Ferati, Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning - MESP Mr. Arben Citaku, Country Director of Sida, Mr. Anders Ohrstrom, Head of UN-HABITAT Warsaw Office, Mr. Krzysztof Mularczyk, Executive Director of the Association of Kosovo Municipalities, Mr. Sazan Ibrahimi,   Mayors of MusPP partner municipalities, Mayors on newly established municipalities, as well as representatives of different international development agencies operating in Kosovo and donors.

In her opening remarks the Head of UN-HABITAT Kosovo office, Mrs. Krystyna Galezia, stressed the importance of municipal development plans for sustainable development of Kosovo municipalities, as well as their efficient management.

The meeting aimed at discussing the MusPP’s approach and sharing its experience in assistance to drafting Municipal Development Plans, Urban Development Plans Urban Regulatory Plans and the link of these plans with Capital Investment Projects which are currently being implemented by MuSPP.

The Department of Spatial Planning of MESP presented the current stage of MDPs and UDPs in Kosovo Municipalities.

Minister of MLGA Mr. Ferati stated that Kosovo has gained a lot of experience in planning, thanks to the programmes implemented by UN-HABITAT over years including MuSPP, which assisted Kosovo’s municipalities in the planning component through years, and there are only few municipalities that are drafting these plans, because others have already completed them.

The Kosovo’s secondary cities/municipalities are drafting Municipal Regulatory Plans, which are more detailed plans resulting from MDPs and UDPs. These were cities supported by the UN-HABITAT in drafting these plans during the previous phase of MuSPP (2006-2008).