16 April 2021, Prizren
Today, the Minister of the Ministry of Local Government Administration, Mr. Elbert Krasniqi in the continuation of meetings with mayors met the Mayor of Prizren Mr. Mytaher Haskuka.
Mr. Haskuka as the host of this meeting, welcomed and also congratulated the Minister for the post of Minister of MLGA.
Minister Elbert Krasniqi emphasized that the purpose of these visits is to get acquainted with the problems that municipalities are facing and especially with the problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic at the local level. For this reason, the Minister said that they are in the process of preparing a study on the impact of the pandemic at the local level, where in addition to identifying problems it would enable to address them in the development of emergency plans for economic recovery and organizing a conference of donors and investors, for the implementation of these plans.
Additionally, the Minister emphasized that the MLGA is in the last phase of preparing the governing plan for the next four years which foresees a series of reforms in terms of advancing the legal framework for the municipal level, sustainable development, the fourth government grant for municipalities, advancing European agenda at the local level, open governance and the advancement of municipal services.
Mr. Haskuka pointed out some problems that the Municipality of Prizren has faced in recent years starting from the government grant allocated to municipalities to the request to review indicators for measuring the performance of municipalities. He emphasized that there should be a categorization of municipalities from the budget allocation from the government grant to the measurement of municipal performance. He welcomed the mentioned reforms that the ministry will undertake in the near future and offered the cooperation of the Municipality of Prizren for the implementation of these reforms.