29 April 2015
29.04.2015 - Today, at the premises of the Kosovo Environmental Protection Agency, specifically at the Institute of Spatial Planning, the opening ceremony of the public review for the Spatial Plan document for the Bjeshkët e Nemuna National Park was held.
The opening ceremony was also attended by the Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning, Mr. Ferid Agani, who, after congratulating on the work done in preparing this document, expressed his belief that it will serve the development of the area and in eliminating problems and negative impacts on the Bjeshkët e Nemuna National Park. On this occasion, he called on all interested parties to take advantage of the opportunity to participate in this public review by providing suggestions and recommendations for improving the document.
Then the director of the Institute for Spatial Planning, Mr. Luan Nushi, gave a brief presentation of the document, highlighting the strategic orientations of the document, the challenges during the drafting process, the zoning of the area, as well as other developmental aspects in the park, including tourism, demographics, infrastructure, agriculture, forestry, education, and other important sectors.
The public review represents one of the stages in the process of finalizing the Spatial Plan of the Bjeshkët e Nemuna National Park and comes as one of the mandatory stages following the completion of the draft plan and based on the Law on Spatial Planning.
According to the procedures in force, the public review will last 60 days from the start of the review. Within this process, the engagement of all interested parties is expected, especially experts, various associations, representatives of the participating municipalities, and citizens, who, with comments and recommendations, will help complete the final document. According to the procedure, the completed document will be submitted to the Government and to the Assembly of Kosovo for final approval.
The preparation of the document has been coordinated by the Spatial Planning Institute and is the result of the joint work of important sectors of the Government of Kosovo, municipalities, relevant institutions, professionals from various fields, as well as participants from civil society.
You can find and download the document from the websites www.mmph-rks.org, and you can also get it on a CD at the offices of the Institute for Spatial Planning, former Rilindja building, 14th floor in Pristina. Meanwhile, you can send comments to the email addresses arben.rrecaj@rks-gov.net and gezime.grajqevci@rks-gov.net.