Today, on May 27, 2021, the Minister of Regional Development, Mr Fikrim Damka, together with the Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Regional Development, Mr Besim Kamberaj, received in a meeting the Ambassador of Germany in Kosovo, Mr Joern Rohde. Mr Rohde was briefed on the plans of the Ministry and processes. The Ambassador thanked the Minister for the meeting, the welcome and the progress towards the signing of the cooperation agreement between the Minister of Regional Development (MRD) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
The second part of the meeting continued with the signing ceremony of the agreement between the Minister of Regional Development, Mr Fikrim Damka, and the Director of GIZ Kosovo, Mr David Oberhuber. The purpose of this agreement is the coordination of activities for the purpose of balanced socio-economic regional development and circular economy in Kosovo. Also, within this memorandum, activities related to the drafting of policies and legislation related to regional development will be coordinated.
The parties agreed on a future cooperation between MARD and GIZ programmes as well as the implementation of the cooperation agreement. The meeting was also attended by Mrs Vera Baumann - Head of Coordination for Cooperation, Mr Avni Sfishta - Project Manager at GIZ, as well as other representatives from the Ministry, Embassy and GIZ.
After completion of the signing ceremony, the parties also spoke to the media about the conclusion of the memorandum of cooperation.