The Decentralisation and Municipal Support – (DEMOS) project is at the forefront of Democratic Governance and Decentralisation domain of the Swiss Cooperation Office Cooperation Strategy 2013-2016 for the Republic of Kosovo. DEMOS supports municipalities to achieve visible and tangible improvements in the delivery of their services to their citizens through the following intervention lines:
- Improving public service delivery in public space, municipal traffic and waste management;
- Improving financial administration and transparency;
- Improving the democratisation of local governments and the participation of citizens in decision making;
- Contributing to an improved and more harmonised policy framework for local governance.
Geographical coverage DEMOS works with 17 partner municipalities that are clustered in three regions: Western, Central and in the Eastern part of Kosovo, covering around 40% of the Kosovo population (approximately 700,000 citizens). 