The inauguration ceremony for the capital investment project “Access Improvement to the Primary school METO BAJRAKTARI” in Mitrovica, took place in front of the school area on  November 3, 2010. The project was initiated by a petition from the school community and elaborated in a close cooperation between the school and neighbourhood communities,  municipal departments and the team of UN-HABITAT Municipal Spatial Planning Support Programme in Mitrovica. Mrs. Krystyna Galezia Head of UN-HABITAT/MuSPP Office in Kosovo expressed her satisfaction with the implementation of this project which provides safer and more comfortable access for the nearly 1000 pupils of this school, and, at the same time, enhances the attractiveness of the neighbourhood. She stressed that UN-HABITAT, with the support of Sida,  will continue to participate in  investments aiming at improvements of public spaces and better quality of urban spaces for all citizens, with special attention to the most vulnerable among them. The Mayor of Mitrovica, Mr Avni Kastrati, expressed his gratitude for UN-HABITAT engagement in Mitrovica so far. “UN-HABITAT is our strategic partner and we hope that we will continue our cooperation in other important projects for the city” he said. The executed work included the closure of the school access for car traffic, the filling of a deep concrete ditch, the improvement of the surface of an informal alternative path, the elevation of the surface of the entire access road crossroad (“plateau”), traffic speed and parking restraint measures, facilities for Handikos premises, introduction of lighting of both access variants. Access Improvement to the Primary school “METO BAJRAKTARI” in Mitrovica, was a 50/50 co-funded project by Municipality of Mitrovica and the Municipal Spatial Planning Support Programme, Phase2 (MuSPP2) of UN-HABITAT in Kosovo, financed by the Swedish Development Cooperation Agency, Sida.