MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 MITROVICË/MITROVICA REGION
MITROVICA/MITROVICË NORTH MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 MITROVICA/MITROVICË NORTH The OSCE regional centre Mitrovicë/Mitrovica covers nine (9) municipalities, including Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North where the centre's second office is located, and has teams in all of them.
AREA AND POPULATION The municipality of Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North is located in northern Kosovo. It includes Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North and adjacent cadastral zones. No official data on population is available as the 2011 census was not conducted in the four northern Kosovo Serb-majority municipalities. However, 29,460 population according to the most recent estimates, Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North has approximately 29,460 inhabitants
Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1981, there were 66,528 approximately Kosovo Albanians, 25,929 Kosovo Serbs and 2,000 Kosovo 1.Kosovo Serbs 22,530* Montenegrins in the municipality of Titova Mitrovica (which 2.Kosovo Albanians 4,900 included both of the current municipalities of 3.Kosovo Bosniaks 1,000 Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South and Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North); 4.Kosovo Gorani 580 according to the census conducted in 1991*, there were 82,837 5.Kosovo Turks 210 Kosovo Albanians, 9,482 Kosovo Serbs and 1,216 Kosovo 6.Kosovo Roma 200 Montenegrins in the municipality of Kosovska Mitrovica (which 7.Kosovo Ashkali 40 included both of the current municipalities of Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South and Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North). (source: UNMIK Administration in Mitrovica Local Communities Office – Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North was not a separate municipality February 2010) neither in 1981 nor in 1991 and therefore specific data for Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North from the censuses conducted in these *(of which 5,000 to 7,000 are persons displaced from elsewhere in Kosovo). years are not available.
According to the UNHCR statistics, 381 displaced persons have returned to the municipality since 2008, of them 40 Kosovo Serbs, one (1) Kosovo Roma, seven (7) Kosovo Ashkali and Kosovo Egyptians, eight (8) Kosovo Bosniaks, 308 Kosovo Albanians and 17 Kosovo Turks.
*The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.
GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North municipality registered for the municipal elections held in 2017 was 21,7971, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout was 39.45% or 8,598 voters (source: Central Election Commission).
The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:
67.14% SL- Serbian List 14seats 14.35% GI SDP- OI – Citizens' Initiative SDP – Oliver Ivanović 3 seats 8.16% PDK - Democratic Party of Kosovo 2 seats
1. The overall population figure presented above is taken from the 2011 census (or authoritative estimates where the census figure is not available), whereas the voters list is a reflection of all people with a civil registration entry in the municipality. In some cases, the voters list figure is higher than or similar to the overall population number due to insufficient updating of the civil registry or a significant proportion of people registered in the municipality but actually living elsewhere or abroad. MITROVICA/MITROVICË NORTH
MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE The Appellate Division is also located in the building in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North, with jurisdiction over appeals originating from the following ten (10) municipalities: The municipal assembly has 19 seats distributed amongst three Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North, Leposavić/ Leposaviq, (3) political entities, 17 members are Kosovo Serb, two (2) are Zvečan/Zveçan, Zubin Potok, Gračanica/Graçanicë, Kosovo Albanian; seven (7) are women. The Municipal Assembly Klokot/Kllokot, Ranilug/Ranillug, Štrpce/Shtërpcë, Novo Chairperson is Dejan Gurešić (SL) and the Deputy Chairperson of Brdo/Novobërdë, Parteš/Partesh. It has seven (7) judges, two (2) the Municipal Assembly for Communities is Bashkim Cimili Kosovo Albanian and five (5) Kosovo Serb. (PDK). The Mitrovicë/Mitrovica Basic Prosecutor's Office covers the seven (7) municipalities mentioned above. It has 20 prosecutors, EXECUTIVE ten (10) Kosovo Albanian and ten (10) Kosovo Serb; 11 are women. The Prosecution Office is located in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political North (source: basic court and prosecution officials). affiliations. The municipality is headed by Mayor Goran Rakić (SL), re- elected for his second term as mayor with 67.45% of votes in the SECURITY PRESENCE first round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the re-run of the 2013 municipal elections, held in February 2014, Mayor Rakić Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North municipality is the seat of the northern won with 52.84% of the votes in the first round. Deputy Mayor is Kosovo Police regional headquarters and the municipal police Aleksandar Spirić (SL), while Deputy Mayor for Communities has station. The regional Kosovo Police headquarters, including not yet been appointed. intervention and traffic units, has 125 police officers: 106 Kosovo Although the municipal statute foresees the establishment of Serb, eight (8) Kosovo Albanian, eight (8) Kosovo Bosniak, one (1) sixteen (16) municipal departments, in September 2018 the Kosovo Turk and two (2) Kosovo Montenegrin; 13 are women. municipality operated with seven (7) departments formed in conjunction with the Mitrovica North Administrative Office The municipal police station has 141 police officers, 120 Kosovo established in 2012. These departments are: general Serb, 18 Kosovo Albanian, one (1) Kosovo Bosniak, one (1) Kosovo administration; finance, budget and economic development; Turk and one (1) Kosovo Montenegrin; 11 are women. public services, infrastructure, inspections and emergency situations; urbanism, cadastre and geodesy; education, culture, As for the international military presence, multinational KFOR youth and sport; social welfare and health; and local civil affairs troops cover the area (source: Kosovo Police). and public relations, of them three (3) are women. Directors are officially not politically affiliated. ECONOMY € JUDICIARY The economy of Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North predominantly relies on publicly owned enterprises, local administration, as well as In February 2015, the parties engaged in the EU-facilitated assistance from the Serbian government and foreign (EU) Dialogue between Belgrade and Prishtinë/Priština reached an donations. There are also a few hundred small businesses which agreement on integrated judiciary in northern Kosovo. The provide goods and services (source: OSCE Field Support Section). process of the integration of the previously existing Serbia-run judiciary into the legal system in Kosovo started on 24 October 2017. PUBLIC SERVICES As a result, there is one Basic Court Mitrovicë/Mitrovica with Infrastructure jurisdiction over seven (7) municipalities in the region, i.e. Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South, Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North, All the main roads are asphalted in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North. The Leposavić/Leposaviq, Zubin Potok, Skenderaj/Srbica, urban area of Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North and the adjacent Zvečan/Zveçan, Vushtrri/Vučitrn. The Basic Court cadastral zones are connected to Mitrovicë/Mitrovica regional Mitrovica/Mitrovicë operates in two separate buildings, one in water and sewage supply systems (source: OSCE Field Support Section) Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South and one in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North. The premises located in the Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North accommodate the serious crimes department (dealing with criminal offences punishable by ten (10) and more years of imprisonment), and the general crimes department. The premises located in the Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South contain the civil matters department, minor offences department and the department for the juveniles.
The Basic Court Mitrovica/Mitrovicë has a total of 32 judges, 15 Kosovo Albanian and 17 Kosovo Serb. The court house in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North has 17 judges, eight (8) Kosovo Albanian and nine (9) Kosovo Serb. MITROVICA/MITROVICË NORTH
MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 Health RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES In Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North, there is one Serbia-run (1) clinic- There are two (2) Serbian Orthodox churches in the municipality, medical centre and one (1) health house. The centre serves as the both have been built after the conflict. There are two (2) mosques main health institution for Kosovo Serbs from across Kosovo. in the municipality. One (1) existed before the conflict and a new There is also a policlinic that provides health care services for one (1) was built in Suvi Do/Suhodoll village in 2016. One (1) students within the university complex. Additionally, another mosque that previously existed in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North was Serbia-run health facility is located the ethnically-mixed destroyed during the conflict and has not been reconstructed neighborhood of Suvi Do/Suhodol (source: hospital in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë (source: Serbian Orthodox Church and Islamic Community representatives). North and students' policlinic). One (1) cultural heritage site in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North All communities have access to health care, whereas Kosovo municipality is included in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport Albanians mainly utilize services provided by the hospital located list of sites under permanent/temporary protection. in Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South. Kosovo Albanians of the mixed community neighbourhood of Mikronaselje/Kodra e Minatorëve have access to the health center located in their neighborhood, which formally belongs to the Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South health system. Here one (1) doctor and one (1) nurse work regularly, KEY FACTS while a pediatrician visits once a week (source: community representative). In Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North there are:
Education • 19 seats in the municipal assembly distributed amongst 3 political entities There are seven (7) primary schools with 1,706 pupils and 165 teachers, six (6) secondary schools with 1,325 students and 271 • 141 police officers in the stations and 125 in teachers, including support staff and school management, one (1) kindergarten with preschool facility with 563 pupils and 46 the regional command teachers, and one (1) specialized school “Kosovski Bozur,” which provides elementary and secondary education for children and • 32 judges in the Basic Court, 17 in youth with special needs, with 46 pupils and 37 employees. The Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North courthouse, 7 in the majority of students are Kosovo Serb, with a number of Kosovo Appellate Court and 20 prosecutors Bosniaks, Kosovo Gorani and Kosovo Roma also attending the school system in the municipality. Following the conflict in 1999, the Serbian language University in Prishtinë/Priština relocated to • 482 teachers in 7 primary and 6 secondary Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North, where it still operates (source: Open-data schools and 1 kindergarten and 37 employees Portal of Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, last in 1 specialized school update in October 2017).
Kosovo Albanian students access schools located in • 1 public university Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South. In addition, there are two (2) classes with 18 pupils and six (6) employees located in the mixed community neighbourhood Mikronaselje/Kodra e Minatorëve, although these classes officially belong to the Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South–based school “Aziz Sylejmani” (source: school director).