At the margin of the workshop 'Making better cities together': Where are we? Where do we want to go, and how?', that took place on March 19-20, 2014 in Ohrid, the Municipal Spatial Planning Support Programme (MuSPP) and the Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning (MESP), Mr Dardan Gashi,  signed a Memorandum of Understanding providing a comprehensive framework of cooperation between the Ministry and UN-Habitat for the smooth implementation of the MuSPP which aims to sustainable development of partner municipalities through strategic and comprehensive planning interventions.

Areas of cooperation embrace for instance the promotion of good planning practices, incl. participatory and inclusive processes, and implementation of territorial development plans across Kosovo; the rolling-out of the new spatial planning legislation at municipal level and interaction support between local and central level bodies on sustainable development practices in the fields of climate change, mobility, natural and cultural heritage, and others.

The MuSPP is implemented by UN-Habitat and funded by the Swedish Development Cooperation.