We are pleased to invite you to the Public discussion on MDP Strategic Environment Assessment (SEA) of Hani i Elezit/General Jankovic which is organized jointly by the Municipality of Hani i Elezit/General Jankovic and the Sida-funded Municipal Spatial Planning Support Programme, implemented by UN-HABITAT. In 2008 the Municipal Assembly made the decision for drafting Municipal Development Plan. The plan has been drafted by the Municipality with the support of the Municipal Spatial Planning Support Programme in Kosovo (MuSPP) UN-HABITAT. In October 2010 the Law on Strategic Environmental Assessment was approved by Kosovo Parliament. The Law requires all Development Plans and Programmes to undertake an SEA. Even though the Municipality made the decision and drafted the plan before this law came into the force, considering the Environmental issues in Hani i Elezit the Municipality decided to draft the MDP SEA report. An international consultant was hired by UN-HABITAT for this purpose. The scoping report was drafted on December 2010 and finalized in January 2011 in cooperation with Municipal and MuSPP officers (planning team). The planning team and SEA consultant consulted the Ministry of Environment about the future steps and was agreed to organize a public discussion after the SEA has been translated into Albanian. The SEA report was drafted by the SEA consultant; the process and findings was presented to Municipal officers and to MESP. According to the SEA Law it is required to have a public debate. The draft SEA report and MDP in Albanian and English version can be downloaded in this link:

https://rcpt.yousendit.com/1054281513/c9e46f6b2880b90fd28d7d90ae8ef90a and also the Municipality of Hani i Elezit website:  http://kk.rks-gov.net/hanielezit/Shpalljet/Dokumente.aspx  The physical copy can be obtained from the Department of Urbanism in Municipality of Hani i Elezit. The aim of this debate is to present the process for drafting the SEA report and findings and to collect ideas and opinions from relevant institutions and concerned public. The event will be held in the Municipal Assembly Hall on Thursday 10^th of March 2011 from 13:00 hrs.