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OSCE trains new municipal representatives in Kosovo
PRISTINA 17 November 2000
PRISTINA, 17 November 2000 - The first round of post-election training for Kosovo's new Municipal Assembly members gets underway next week. Organised and conducted by the OSCE, through the Institute for Civil Administration, the training programme is an important element in the process of actually establishing the new local government structures and enabling them to start functioning.
The training, which will take the form of a two-day seminar for both elected and appointed members, will be held in each municipality over the coming weeks. Altogether, twenty teams of OSCE trainers will guide the new Assembly members through the roles and responsibilities they are about to take on as laid down in UNMiK Regulation 2000/45 on Municipal Self-Government, which was signed by the Special Representative to the Secretary General, Bernard Kouchner, in August.
Over time, the new Assemblies will assume responsibility for a wide range of issues at municipal level, including local economic development; the provision of services such as education, health care, water and sanitation; local infrastructure and planning.
However, before any powers or responsibilities can be transferred to them, each Assembly has to adopt a Statute and Rules of Procedures governing how they will operate. These will detail, for example, when and how assembly meetings are held; the responsibilities of the Assembly President and Chief Executive Officer; the official working languages of that particular assembly and how conflict of interest issues will be dealt with. The new Assemblies will also be obliged to adopt procedures for managing the Municipal budget. As well as the Regulation on Self-Government itself, the training will also cover these three specific areas.
The first of the post-election seminars takes place on Monday and Tuesday next week, November 20th and 21st, in the following eight municipalities: Deçan/Decani, Gllogovc/Glogovac, Kaçanik/Kacanik, Podujevë/Podujevo, Shtime/ timlje, Suharekë/Suva Reka, Ferizaj/Uro evac and Malishevë/Mali evo. The UN Municipal Administrators and their deputies, who will be working closely with the new Municipal Assemblies, have also been invited to attend the session in their areas.
Through the Institute for Civil Administration, the OSCE is playing a key role in helping to strengthen local government structures in Kosovo. To date, it has provided training for more than 1,000 public servants. It will also be providing training for the Presidents and Chief Executive Officers of the new Municipal Assemblies.
For further information contact Roland Bless, OSCE Spokesperson, tel. +381 38 500 162 ext. 260, mobile: + 389 70 250 576, or by e-mail: press@omik.org. Information on the OSCE Mission in Kosovo: www.osce.org/kosovo
The training, which will take the form of a two-day seminar for both elected and appointed members, will be held in each municipality over the coming weeks. Altogether, twenty teams of OSCE trainers will guide the new Assembly members through the roles and responsibilities they are about to take on as laid down in UNMiK Regulation 2000/45 on Municipal Self-Government, which was signed by the Special Representative to the Secretary General, Bernard Kouchner, in August.
Over time, the new Assemblies will assume responsibility for a wide range of issues at municipal level, including local economic development; the provision of services such as education, health care, water and sanitation; local infrastructure and planning.
However, before any powers or responsibilities can be transferred to them, each Assembly has to adopt a Statute and Rules of Procedures governing how they will operate. These will detail, for example, when and how assembly meetings are held; the responsibilities of the Assembly President and Chief Executive Officer; the official working languages of that particular assembly and how conflict of interest issues will be dealt with. The new Assemblies will also be obliged to adopt procedures for managing the Municipal budget. As well as the Regulation on Self-Government itself, the training will also cover these three specific areas.
The first of the post-election seminars takes place on Monday and Tuesday next week, November 20th and 21st, in the following eight municipalities: Deçan/Decani, Gllogovc/Glogovac, Kaçanik/Kacanik, Podujevë/Podujevo, Shtime/ timlje, Suharekë/Suva Reka, Ferizaj/Uro evac and Malishevë/Mali evo. The UN Municipal Administrators and their deputies, who will be working closely with the new Municipal Assemblies, have also been invited to attend the session in their areas.
Through the Institute for Civil Administration, the OSCE is playing a key role in helping to strengthen local government structures in Kosovo. To date, it has provided training for more than 1,000 public servants. It will also be providing training for the Presidents and Chief Executive Officers of the new Municipal Assemblies.
For further information contact Roland Bless, OSCE Spokesperson, tel. +381 38 500 162 ext. 260, mobile: + 389 70 250 576, or by e-mail: press@omik.org. Information on the OSCE Mission in Kosovo: www.osce.org/kosovo