UN-Habitat and Ministry of Local Government Administration signed an MoU on implementation of new capital investment program in 38 municipalities of Kosovo!

05/10/2021

The Head of UN-Habitat Kosovo, Omar Siddique and the Minister of Local Government Administration, Elbert Krasniqi, on the World Habitat Day, have signed a memorandum of understanding for the implementation of the new capital investment program 2022-2025 for 38 municipalities in Kosovo. The program will support local climate action in all the municipalities and was signed on World Habitat Day!

Minister of Local Government Administration, Mr. Elbert Krasniqi, on the World Habitat Day, emphasizing the importance of addressing issues related to housing, climate change and environmental protection, signed a cooperation agreement between the Ministry of Local Government Administration and the UN – Habitat, which paves the way for the implementation of the new program for capital investments 2022-2025 for 38 Municipalities of the Republic of Kosovo.

The special feature of this program is that for the first time in Kosovo we have bottom-up access where projects are selected by the citizens themselves according to their needs. This agreement also enables the assessment of the effects of the pandemic in all municipalities, where then based on the findings of this report will be oriented and funded projects in need.

The program will support local climate action in all the municipalities and was signed on World Habitat Day!