We are pleased to announce the inauguration of Capital Investment Project Lushta River Green Corridor in Mitrovica( Regulation of the junction and path along Lushta River), as a co-funded project by the Municipality of Mitrovica and Municipal Spatial Planning Support Programme (MuSPP), implemented by  UN-HABITAT and funded by the Government of Sweden.

The project was identified in the consultation with the municipality in the course of the implementation process of strategies and actions provided in MDP/UDP. The Municipal and Urban Development Plan of Mitrovica, includes the plan to develop “green corridors” along the rivers crossing the city: Iber, Sitnica and Lushta. Green Corridors are an important concept for the structural improvement of the entire city, for its links with the rural environment and for the neighbourhoods that are in direct vicinity of the corridors. They would have a variety of functions as non-motorized transport paths, leisure facilities, and harbours of bio-diversity and regenerators of urban atmosphere.

The overall objective of the project is to make a decisive contribution to the creation of the Lushta river green corridor by improving the environment and functionality of the Lushta river path and its links to the urban road network. The project was developed as a participatory planning and capacity building process involving municipal and civil society stakeholders. It involved a coordination of CSOs including organizations of women, elderly and mobility impaired; Traffic management class of the Technical high school of Mitrovica; and the general public. Engaging people and their neighbourhoods in dialogue and participation in planning process are essential for improvement of the quality of life in the cities.

The inauguration ceremony will take place on Wednesday, 14 December 2011 at 10:30 AM, at the project location in Mitrovica.

Mayor of Mitrovica municipality Mr. Avni Kastrati, and Mrs. Krystyna Galezia, Head of UN-HABITAT Office in Kosovo, will address the public with short statements; therefore media are cordially invited to join this occasion.