Prishtine, 18 October 2022
Deputy Minister of MLGA Arbër Vokrri, participated in the meeting with Municipalities and Civil Society Organizations, organized by UNDP in Kosovo.
During this meeting, Deputy Minister Vokrri stated that as part of the work of MLGA, the dialogue and cooperation with CSOs foreseen under the “Consultative Forum for Local Governance”. The Forum was established to discuss policies, projects and ideas about local governance in Kosovo with purpose of promoting and encouraging joint advocacy in the further development of local self-government as a joint consultative mechanism, created by the Ministry of Local Government Administration (MLGA) and several civil society organizations that focus on local government in Kosovo.
Also, MLGA has continued to involve the civil society in drafting of policies and legislation for local self-government and in the implementation of the Strategy for Local Self-Government 2016-2026.
The purpose of the cooperation with the CSOs, is to have an impact on the organization and operation of local government, while maintaining the constitutional framework and providing the municipalities with appropriate and professional capacities for the exercise of their powers such as the promotion, sustainability, advancement of local democracy and the inclusion of civil society, and citizens in making local policies, said Deputy Minister of MLGA, Mr. Arbër Vokrri.