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What

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Performance Grants

The overall goal of the Performance Grant, which is fully integrated into the Kosovo system, is to incentivise municipalities to improve governance processes at the local level, which, together with the improved policy framework, will lead to provision of better services to citizens.

Local Democratic Governance

DEMOS supports municipalities to improve the functioning of the municipal checks and balances, to increasingly involve citizens in decision-making processes and to act more inclusive of marginalised groups...

Municipal Management

DEMOS supports municipalities to apply sound human and financial management practices...

Transparency Integrity

DEMOS II supports municipalities to act more transparently and to provide adequate access to public information...

Policy

DEMOS supports development of laws, policies and reform programmes to address the key policy bottlenecks for an effective decentralized governance...

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Demos

The Decentralisation and Municipal Support Project (DEMOS) is at the forefront of Democratic Governance and Human Security domain of the Swiss Cooperation Office Cooperation Strategy 2017-2020 for Kosovo. DEMOS supports all municipalities of Kosovo to bring about systemic changes that foster good governance and better service delivery that positively impact citizens’ everyday lives.

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Success

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DEMOS helps municipalities in recording public spaces

The Q GIS application enables municipal officials to create a database in all areas, record and digitize data related to public open spaces, planning, maintenance and surveillance of these spaces.

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Swiss project contributes to pedestrian safety in Kosovo’s capital

The lack of lights and traffic signs, along with the carelessness of drivers have made the ‘Agim Ramadani’ street in Pristina one of the streets with the highest number of accidents involving pedestrians…

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Transparency and accountability in the allocation of subsidies from municipalities increase

Prishtina, November 2017 – Subsidization In 2016, the Swiss organization HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation, the project Decentralization and Support to Municipalities (DEMOS) financed by the Swiss Cooperation Office in Kosovo…

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