Success Stories

Addressing Community Concerns: Lipjan Municipality’s Commitment to Development and Water Supply Challenges

Lipjan, a municipality in Kosovo, recently hosted a significant meeting between representatives from the EU Office in Kosovo, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and Mr. Imri Ahmeti, the mayor of Lipjan. The focus of the meeting was to discuss the municipality’s Performance […]

Monitoring the performance of Municipal Assembly Members – strengthening the connection with citizens

The DEMOS project, in collaboration with the Kosovo Democratic Institute (KDI), has started monitoring the performance of municipal assembly members in Prizren, Malisheva, Istog, Gjilan, Rahovec, and Kllokot in order to increase accountability and engagement with citizens. The members will be evaluated for their representative, legislative, and supervisory roles over […]

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...

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...

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.