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Design competition is closed

21 March 2008

The International Spatial Design Competition for the Mobility Centre Project in Ferizaj/Uroševac is now closed. A good number of entries have been delivered and the teams behind the received proposals have been notified by e-mail. The Technical Jury and Selection Committee will soon start their work. Any news concerning the competition will be announced at the UN-Habitat Kosovo website.

UN-HABITAT Kosovo office organized retraining for the new MuSPP counterparts

14 March 2008

As result of the latest elections, there have been many changes in the composition of municipal staff and related organizations. Under the motto “Making Better Cities Together”, UN-HABITAT Kosovo organized a “Retraining Workshop” on the essentials of Strategic Spatial and Urban Planning. The Retraining Workshop took take place in Victory Hotel, on March 11th, 2008. The Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning (MESP) supported the retraining by providing a session on the legal procedures of local planning and on the Kosovo Spatial Plan as well.

Kosovo spatial planners receive certificates

07 March 2008

Spatial planners, the current and former staff of the Kosovo Institute for Spatial Planning received certificates of the successful completion of a the Training in Spatial and Development Planning for Kosovo at a gala event hosted by the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning (MESP) on March 7, 2008. The ceremony was attended by the representatives of UN-HABITAT in Kosovo and the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS) based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, as the organisations which assisted in the establishment of the Kosovo Institute of Spatial Planning and supported the capacity building programme for its staff.

Municipal Spatial Planning Programme newsletter 5

27 February 2008

MuSP programme of UN-HABITAT in Kosovo issued the fifth newsletter. In this edition the focus is on public space and urban design, with practices in Mitrovica, Gjakova/Djakovica and Ferizaj/Urosevac.

Ministry of Environment and UN-HABITAT Kosovo Office meet with MuSPP Counterparts

04 February 2008

Under the motto “Making Better Cities Together”, the UN-HABITAT representatives and the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning (MESP) met on 1 of February with the deputy-minister of the Ministry of Local Government and Administration (MLGA), Mr. Shpend Tërdevci, Ms. Ann-Sofie Nilsson, the head of Swedish Liaison Office, mayors of Gjakova/Djakovica, Prizren, Ferizaj/Urosevac, Pejë/Pec and Gjilan/Gnjilane and representatives from Mitrovica municipality and the executive director of the Association of Kosovo municipalities (AKM), Mr. Sazan Ibrahimi.

First announcement of the World Urban Forum (WUF) 4

21 January 2008

Announcement: Harmonious Urbanisation: The Challenge of Balanced Territorial Development UN-HABITAT and the Government of China welcome you to the Fourth session of the World Urban Forum at the Nanjing Convention and Exhibition Centre, 13–17 October, 2008. Held every two years, the Forum is the world’s premier conference on cities and the problems they face in a world where half of humanity is urbanized – in the new era of homo urbanus.

International Spatial Design Competition for the Mobility Centre Project in Ferizaj/Urosevac

05 December 2007

Within the Spatial Planning Support Program for Municipalities (MuSPP), UN-Habitat and Municipality of Ferizaj/Urosevac co-funded a Demo-project of “International Spatial Design Competition for Mobility Center”. This competition has been coming as a result of integrated and all-inclusive process of stakeholders in local and central level, civil society and business community, in order of collecting best ideas for an pragmatic and sustainable solution for transport in city of Ferizaj/Urosevac.

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