The Municipal Spatial Planning Support Programme, funded by the Swedish Government through Sida and implemented by UN-HABITAT, is launching its third phase of the programme.
WHY Municipal Spatial Planning Support Programme third phase?
A proposal for a continuation of the Municipal Spatial Planning Support Project (MuSPP) is prepared in response to a request by the Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning to support spatial and urban planning and other matters in selected 12 Kosovo municipalities.
In brief MuSPP 3 provides the continuation of the applied methods and processes of the earlier project phases with a clear focus on the strengthening of the planning and management capacity of the municipalities, supporting sustainable development.
The project content is designed by taking into account the priorities of Kosovo’s government priorities, reported needs of the municipalities, Sida’s cooperation objectives and UN-HABITAT’s mandate, further refined by the lessons learned and experiences from the earlier phases of MuSPP.
The specific objectives of the programme are as follows:
Objective 1: Contribution to sustainable development of partner municipalities through strategic and comprehensive planning interventions with particular focus on the environment
Objective 2: Enhancement of local democracy through participatory and transparent municipal planning processes
Objective 3: Improvement of the physical environment through demonstration projects identified and designed through urban planning interventions
Objective 4: Strengthening of capacities of central level institutions, through policy advice

Municipal Spatial Planning Support Programme, implemented by UN-HABITAT
Who: Krystyna Galezia, CTA/ Head of office UN-HABITAT programme in Kosovo
What:  Launch of the third Phase of Municipal Spatial Planning Support Programme
When: Thursday, 1 December 2011, 10:30 am – 12:00 am
Where:  Conference room, at the ground floor of the Ministries’ “Rilindja” Building. Prishtina
Why: The launch of the third Phase of Municipal Spatial Planning Support Programme, implemented by UN-HABITAT and funded by the government of Sweden.
The agenda of this event includes the presentation of a summary of achievements and impact of the MuSPP2, and the presentation of future activities under MuSPP3. There will also be an opportunity for discussion and comments as well as an occasion to meet with representatives of Sida and UN-HABITAT Head Quarters in Nairobi. The overall objective of phase 3 of Municipal Spatial Planning Support Programme is to contribute to sustainable development of multi-ethnic Kosovo through planned and balanced development of municipalities, urban and rural areas and neighbourhoods, as well as integration of communities in the planning, development and implementation processes while bringing Kosovo closer to EU integration.