30 April 2026
Today, a meeting of the Joint Coordinating Committee of the Capacity Development Project for Air Pollution Control in Kosovo was held, which also marked the conclusion of the project activities.
The project was implemented in two phases and covered a period of approximately 10 years. In his opening remarks, Mr. Bajram Kafexholli, Acting Secretary General of the MMPH, thanked the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the project implementation team for their support and successful implementation of the project activities.
In their remarks, Mr. Chigiru Yamashita, Chief Representative of the JICA Balkan Office, and Dr. Hiroaki Takiguchi, Senior Advisor at JICA, highly appreciated the commitment of the MMPH staff to implementing the project and achieving the intended results.
On this occasion, the key findings of the project’s final report were presented, along with recommendations for the future and some of the air pollution control actions and measures expected to be implemented in order to achieve the overall objective of improving air quality.
The discussion focused on some of the remaining issues that should be taken into consideration in the future, as well as opportunities for cooperation within other projects.
In addition to representatives of the MMPH, AMMK, JICA, and the project implementation company, the Joint Coordinating Committee of the Project also included representatives from the Ministry of Infrastructure, the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Industry, Entrepreneurship and Trade, the Kosovo Energy Corporation, the Kosovo Agency of Statistics, the Municipality of Prishtina, and the University of Prishtina.