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MuSPP and Municipality of Hani i Elezit/General Jankovic work together on shaping future development

27 January 2010

Municipal Spatial Planning Support Programme (MuSPP) in cooperation with Municipality of Hani i Elezit/General Jankovic, organized a workshop with citizens, civil society organizations and municipal officers on revising the vision declaration of Hani i Elezit, drafted in the visioning workshop held in Ohrid in 2008.

Role of GIS presented to municipal officers in Junik

27 January 2010

The Institute for Spatial Planning (ISP) within the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning made a presentation on the importance of The Geographical Information System (GIS) in the planning process, in the municipality of Junik on 28th of January. Newly elected municipal officers from different departments in the municipality of Junik, and MuSPP officers attended the workshop focused on the process of collecting data and creating a GIS database.

Workshop on the Flood Reduction project in Ferizaj/Urosevac

26 January 2010

The component of Disaster and Risk Assessment Management (DRAM) was the topic that brought together municipal officers of Ferizaj/Urosevac, MuSPP representatives and DRAM experts, at Municipal Assembly (MA) of Ferizaj/Urosevac on January 26. MuSPP in cooperation with Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology in Skopje (ISIIZ) conducted a survey on the flood prone areas around the river Nerodime in the Municipality of Ferizaj/Urosevac.

How to make public building safer in case of earthquakes, discussed in Gjilan/Gnjilane

23 January 2010

The municipality of Gjilan/Gnjilane and the team and consultants of Municipal Spatial Planning Support Programme organized a workshop focused on the safety of public buildings in this city and solutions which could be put in place to reinforce these buildings and make them more resistant to earthquakes. The workshop was attended by the representatives of Municipal Assembly of Gjilan/Gnjilane, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the representatives of the MuSPP partner municipalities.

Management of MuSPP discusses cooperation with the mayors of partner municipalities

22 January 2010

The management of the Municipal Spatial Planning Support Programme met with mayors of Hani i Elezit/General Jankovic, Pejë/Pec and Junik on January 20 and 21, 2010 to discuss further cooperation with these municipalities.

MuSSP and Sida continue supporting MESP

15 January 2010

UN-HABITAT and Sida delegations, met with the Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning, Mahir Yagcilar on Thursday, January 14th 2010, as part of the Tri-Partite Review agenda for the Municipal Spatial Planning Support Programme (MuSPP). The meeting focused on the lessons learned from the implementation of the programme as well as new ideas for future cooperation.

Infrastructure and transport issues discussed in Junik

23 December 2009

Many of these issues were raised in the visioning workshop or result from the urban plan developed earlier. Participants found this workshop constructive and suggested to have similar ones on culture and wild-life oriented tourism, agriculture and other topics important for the development of this municipality.

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