XIX (nineteenth) session of the Council for Development of the Skopje Planning Region was held

Due to current COVID 19 situation, on 24.11.2020 starting at 11.00 the XIX (nineteenth) session of the Council for Development of the Skopje Planning Region was held online.
The session was held in accordance with the items on the agenda:

1. Adoption of the minutes from the XVIII (eighteenth) session of the Council for development of the Skopje planning region.
2. Presentation of Concept solutions for project proposals, resulting from the Regional Community Forums, for funding by MLS and BRD, and within the project Sustainable and Inclusive Development – external expert from Target Communication
3. Information for signing a Memorandum of Cooperation with MATTO
4. Draft-Decision on transfer of a building for the project “Construction of retaining walls and slab in the length of 100 meters through partial arrangement and covering of the canal in the village of Sindjelic, municipality of Gazi Baba I phase”
5. Others

In his address, the President of the Council for Development of the Skopje Planning Region, Mr. Boris Gorgievski stressed that the selection of projects applying for the use of funds available through the BRD / MLS regional development program, this year is supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation cooperation, with the introduction of Regional Community Forums. Instead of the current selection by the Property of the Planning Region, this year the identification and prioritization of the projects is done through a new tool, ie. Regional community forums that were invited and attended by representatives of municipalities, NGOs, the business community, chambers of commerce and civil society. The main goal of this instrument is increased civic participation, but also strengthening the principles of good governance that are important for the democratization of the planning region. Also, the identification and prioritization of the Conceptual solutions for which project proposals will be made and which will apply for funds from MLSW / BRD should be of regional character and with real budget requests, ie within the envisaged total funds of the Skopje planning region.
Professor Svetlana Petrovska, external expert from Target Communications, made a full presentation of the Concept solutions for project proposals, resulting from the Regional Community Forums, as follows:

1. Preparation of a cadastre of polluters
2. Reconstruction of the irrigation canal in the village of Orman-Gjorce Petrov
3. Construction of fecal sewerage network v. Orman-Gjorce Petrov
4. Mapping of bicycle and pedestrian path with installation of vertical signalization – Kuckovo, Gjorce Petrov
5. Preparation of technical documentation for quay landscaping on the bank of the Markova River, as well as landscaping of the riverbed in the length of 10 km – Kisela Voda
6. Daily center for people with intellectual and physical disabilities – Gazi Baba
7. Intervention accommodation for children and adults with disabilities – PI Institute for Rehabilitation
8. Basic project for reconstruction of the primary school S. Kuckovo – Gjorce Petrov
9. Opening of a workshop for work integration for social inclusion and facilitated access to the labor market of socially vulnerable groups of citizens – Red Cross of the City of Skopje and the Municipality of Karpos
10. Center for work with talented students from primary schools in the municipalities of Centar, Kisela Voda and Karposh
11. Rehabilitation of part of Aleksandar Urdarevski Street in CM Gorno and Dolno Orizari – Suto Orizari
12. Supporting the educational process and stimulating the digital skills of the students in the primary schools in the municipalities of Aerodrom, Karpos and Kisela Voda
13. Preparation of a feasibility study for a multi-purpose hydro system Kadina Reka – Gumalevo, Zelenikovo

They were reviewed and discussed by the present mayors, members of the Council for Development of the Skopje Planning Region.