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Mirusha River in Gjilan/Gnjilane – similar to Lushta River in Mitrovica

26 February 2010

Planners, engineers, civil society organizations, the school traffic engineering task force and Municipal Spatial Planning Support Programme (MuSPP) representatives from the Mitrovica municipality were all involved in a visit to the Gjilan/Gnjilane Municipality. The purpose of this visit was to see the implementation of a roundabout in the city centre crossroad, as well as the rehabilitation and upgrading of the Mirusha River in Gjilan/Gnjilane, a project similar to the Lushta River in Mitrovica. The meeting was aimed at stimulating a participatory planning process while also analyzing a comparable situation and city for discussions with the municipal counterparts.

Urban Design Workshop for the Town Centre of Hani i Elezit

26 February 2010

As a part of the process of drafting Municipal Development Plans, the Municipality of Hani i Elezit together with the Municipal Spatial Planning Support Programme, organized an urban design workshop to improve public spaces in the town centre of the municipality. The workshop was held on 25th February, and gathered over 50 stakeholders from different working fields from the municipality including municipal officers, civil society, youth, handicapped persons and business community representatives.

WORLD URBAN YOUTH ASSEMBLY INTERNATIONAL ESSAY COMPETITION

18 February 2010

Essay Theme: “Right to the City: Bridging the Urban Divide” Write an essay about the youth challenges in cities today, using your city as an example, to address the following questions

Urban Design Workshop for Flood Prone Areas in Ferizaj/Urosevac

15 February 2010

In her opening speech, the Municipal Director of Urbanism Qazime Vata pointed out that this workshop will contribute to the preparation of a strategy for flood mitigation. She evaluated the work previously done, mentioning the results of the survey and crucial findings from the hydrologic engineering study. She also added that this is the beginning of improvements to this part of the city, and a good opportunity for the community to become involved in the process. The workshop continued with presentations by the Municipality and UN-HABITAT staff.

Management of MuSPP discusses the future cooperation with Mitrovicë/a Mayor

15 February 2010

The management of the Municipal Spatial Planning Support Programme met with the newly elected mayor of Mitrovica on February 12, 2010 to discuss further cooperation with the municipality. The Mayor expressed his gratitude to MuSPP for the constructive and fruitful support given to the Municipality of Mitrovica, and assured his full commitment to the implementation of the current projects.

Agriculture land – one of the top priorities in Junik

11 February 2010

The Junik Team – Municipality of Junik, Municipal Spatial Planning Support Programme (MuSPP), Cultural Heritage without Borders (CHwB), Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning (MESP), organized a workshop with the focus on Agriculture on February 11th in Junik.

Final design for revitalizing “Rruga e Farkatarve” has been presented

11 February 2010

Municipal Spatial Planning Support Programme in cooperation with the Municipality of Prizren presented the final design of the Capital Investment Project (CIP) on revitalization of Farkatarve Street in Prizren. The design of the CIP has been drafted jointly by the Municipality and MuSPP office in Prizren and during the process comments and remarks of the community and local businesses have been incorporated into the project design. This action was taken due to the nature of the project which is dedicated to the citizens.

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