MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 MITROVICË/MITROVICA REGION
MITROVICË/MITROVICA SOUTH MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 MITROVICË/MITROVICA SOUTH The OSCE regional centre Mitrovicë/Mitrovica covers nine (9) municipalities, including Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South where the centre is located, and has teams in all of them.
AREA AND POPULATION The municipality of Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South is located in northern Kosovo, south of Ibër/Ibar river. It includes Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South town and some 40 villages. According 40 villages to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total population is 71,909. 71,909 population
Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1981, there were 66,528 Kosovo Albanians, 25,929 Kosovo Serbs and 2,000 Kosovo 1.Kosovo Albanians 69,497 Montenegrins in the municipality of Titova Mitrovica (which 2.Kosovo Ashkali 647 included both of the current municipalities of 3.Kosovo Roma 528 Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South and Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North); 4.Kosovo Turks 518 according to the census conducted in 1991*, there were 82,837 5.Kosovo Bosniaks 416 Kosovo Albanians, 9,482 Kosovo Serbs and 1,216 Kosovo 6.Kosovo Gorani 23 Montenegrins in the municipality of Kosovska Mitrovica (which 7.Kosovo Serbs 14 included both of the current municipalities of 8.Kosovo Egyptians 6 Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South and Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North). 9. Other 47 Mitrovica/Mitrovicë South was not a separate municipality 10. Not Specified 213 neither in 1981 nor in 1991 and therefore specific data for Mitrovica/Mitrovicë South from the censuses conducted in these (source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics) years are not available.
According to the UNHCR statistics, 1,561 displaced persons have returned to the municipality since 1999, of them 43 Kosovo Serbs, 797 Kosovo Roma, 446 Kosovo Ashkali and Kosovo Egyptians, 46 Kosovo Bosniaks, 228 Kosovo Albanians and one (1) Kosovo Turk. *The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.
GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South municipality registered for the municipal elections held in 2017 (1st round in October and 2nd round in November) was 79,0421, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout in 1st round was 40.35% or 31,890 voters and in 2nd round it was 37.31% or 29,489 voters (source: Central Election Commission).
The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:
29.00% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 11 seats 20.24% LDK Democratic League of Kosovo 7 seats 17.57% AKR Alliance New Kosovo 7 seats 16.93% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 6 seats 5.64% AAK Alliance for Future of Kosovo 2 seats 3.64% NISMA Social Democratic Initiative 1 seat 3.04% PD Justice Party 1 seat
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. MITROVICË/MITROVICA SOUTH
MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE Albanian and ten (10) Kosovo Serb; 11 are women. The Prosecution Office is located in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North (source: basic court and prosecution officials). The municipal assembly has 35 seats distributed among seven (7) political entities, all members are Kosovo Albanian; 13 are women. The Municipal Assembly Chairperson is Jeton Ujkani (AKR). SECURITY PRESENCE
Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South municipality is the seat of the regional EXECUTIVE police headquarters and the municipal police station. The regional police headquarters has 129 police officers, 126 Kosovo Albanian and three (3) Kosovo Serb; 11 are women. Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political affiliations. The municipal police station, including the substation in The municipality is headed by Mayor Agim Bahtiri (AKR), re- Svinjarë/Svinjare village and a contact office in “Roma Mahalla”, elected for his second term as mayor with 57.41% of votes in the has 110 police officers, 109 Kosovo Albanian and one (1) Kosovo second round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the 2013 Bosniak; 21 are women (source: Kosovo Police). municipal elections, Mayor Bahtiri won with 52.27% of votes in the second round. Deputy Mayor is Faruk Mujka (Vetëvendosje!). As for the international military presence, multi-national KFOR There are 14 municipal departments. Two (2) departments are troops cover the area (source: KFOR). run by women directors: health (AKR) and European integration and social welfare (Vetëvendosje!), 12 departments are run by men directors: administration (Vetëvendosje!); education (AKR); finance and economic development (Vetëvendosje!); urbanism ECONOMY € and spatial planning (AKR); cadastre, property and geodesy (AKR); public services and infrastructure (AKR); agriculture and The economy of Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South municipality is rural development (Vetëvendosje!); environmental protection predominantly based on agriculture, trade and small businesses. (AAK); inspection (NISMA); protection and rescue (AAK); culture, The Trepça/Trepča mining complex, functioning at a limited youth and sport (LDK); and procurement (LDK). In the previous capacity, remains the largest employer. There are approximately mandate (2013-2017), one (1) director was a woman (source: 7,000 registered private businesses operating in the municipality municipal information office). and approximately 10,000 persons employed in the private sector (source: municipal business registration centre).
JUDICIARY PUBLIC SERVICES In February 2015, the parties engaged in the EU-facilitated Infrastructure Dialogue between Belgrade and Prishtinë/Priština reached an agreement on integrated judiciary in northern Kosovo. The The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is process of the integration of the previously existing Serbia-run assessed as good. All the main roads connecting villages with the judiciary into the legal system in Kosovo started on 24 October urban centre are asphalted. Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South city and 2017. 26 villages are connected to water supply and sewage systems. Power supply is still a problem, especially in the villages and in As a result, there is one Basic Court Mitrovicë/Mitrovica with wintertime (source: municipal development plan). jurisdiction over seven (7) municipalities in the region, i.e. Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South, Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North, Leposavić/Leposaviq, Zubin Potok, Skenderaj/Srbica, Health Zvečan/Zveçan, Vushtrri/Vučitrn. The Basic Court The health care system includes one (1) regional hospital, one (1) Mitrovica/Mitrovicë operates in two separate buildings, one in main family health centre and 23 health houses. The health Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South and one in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North. sector has 583 employees, including doctors, nurses and support The premises located in the Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North staff; 290 women and 293 men. There is one (1) health house in accommodate the serious crimes department (dealing with the mainly Kosovo Roma, Kosovo Ashkali and Kosovo Egyptian criminal offences punishable by ten (10) and more years of inhabited neighbourhood “Roma Mahalla”. These residents also imprisonment), and the general crimes department. The access healthcare services of Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North. premises located in the Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South contain the civil matters department, minor offences department and the All communities have access to health care (source: municipal department for the juveniles. directorate of health).
The Basic Court Mitrovica/Mitrovicë has a total of 32 judges, 15 Kosovo Albanian and 17 Kosovo Serb. The court house in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë Sorth has 15 judges, seven (7) Kosovo Albanian and eight (8) Kosovo Serb. The Mitrovicë/Mitrovica Basic Prosecutor's Office covers the seven (7) municipalities mentioned above, including Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South. It has 20 prosecutors, ten (10) Kosovo MITROVICË/MITROVICA SOUTH
MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 Education KEY FACTS There are 27 primary schools with 12,049 pupils and 1,162 teachers and technical staff, four (4) secondary schools with In Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South there are: 4,526 students and 335 teachers and technical staff and one (1) kindergarten with 339 children and 42 teachers. There is also one (1) primary and secondary music school with 272 students and • 35 seats in the municipal assembly 32 teachers and one (1) specialized school with 52 students and distributed amongst 7 political entities 19 teachers (source: municipal directorate of education). • 110 police officers in the stations and 129 in Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South also hosts the public university “Isa the regional command Boletini,” with six (6) faculties, providing education for around 4,000 students (source: University's information and public relations office). • 32 judges in the Basic Court and 15 judges in A considerable number of Kosovo Roma pupils residing in Roma Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South court house and 20 Mahalla attend schools in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North. Education prosecutors instruction in Turkish language is available in primary school 'Andon Zako Çajupi', whereas teaching in Bosnian language is available in primary school 'Bedri Gjinaj' and secondary school • 1,590 teachers and technical staff in 27 Gymnasium 'Frang Bardhi.' primary and 4 secondary schools, 1 specialized school, 1 music school and 1 kindergarten
• It has the only Olympic stadium in Kosovo RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES • 1 public university Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South municipality has 15 mosques. Four (4) were destroyed/damaged in the 1999 conflict and have been reconstructed in its aftermath, and 11 have been built after the conflict. There are also two (2) tekkes that were not damaged/destroyed and are in use. There is one (1) Serbian Orthodox church in the municipality. It was damaged/destroyed during the March 2004 riots and reconstructed in the 2009, and is functional. There are two (2) Catholic churches in the municipality, one (1) was not destroyed and is functional, the other one is damaged/destroyed and not reconstructed.
A total of 41 cultural heritage sites in Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South municipality are included in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport list of sites under permanent/temporary protection (source: Islamic community representative, Serbian Orthodox priest and Catholic priest).