MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 GJILAN/GNJILANE REGION
GJILAN/GNJILANE MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 GJILAN/GNJILANE The OSCE regional centre Gjilan/Gnjilane covers 11 municipalities, including Gjilan/Gnjilane where the centre is located, and has teams working in all of them.
AREA AND POPULATION 385 km² area The municipality of Gjilan/Gnjilane is located in south-eastern Kosovo, covering an area of approximately 385 km². It includes 42 villages the city of Gjilan/Gnjilane and 42 villages. According to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total population is 90,178 population 90,178.
Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1981, there were 59,764 Kosovo Albanians, 19,212 Kosovo Serbs and 174 Kosovo 1.Kosovo Albanians 87,814 Montenegrins in the municipality; according to the census 2.Kosovo Turks 978 conducted in 1991*, there were 79,357 Kosovo Albanians, 3.Kosovo Serbs 624 19,370 Kosovo Serbs and 155 Kosovo Montenegrins in the 4.Kosovo Roma 361 municipality. 5.Kosovo Bosnian 121 6.Kosovo Gorani 69 According to the UNHCR statistics, 1,308 displaced persons 7.Kosovo Ashkali 15 have returned to the municipality since 1999, of them 697 8.Kosovo Egyptian 1 Kosovo Serbs, 604 Kosovo Roma, five (5) Kosovo Ashkali and 9.Other 95 Kosovo Egyptians and two (2) Kosovo Gorani. 10.Not specified 100
(source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics) *The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.
GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Gjilan/Gnjilane municipality registered for the municipal elections held in 2017 (1st round in October and 2nd round in November) was 100,3991, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout in 1st round was 46.81% or 46,999 voters and in 2nd round it was 33.81% or 33,940 voters (source: Central Election Commission).
The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:
34.35% LDK Democratic League of Kosovo 11 seats 20.08% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 6* seats 17.15% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 6 seats 11.51% AAK Alliance for Future of Kosovo 4 seats 4.62% NISMA Social Democratic Initiative 2 seats 4.57% AKR Alliance New Kosovo 2 seats 1.93% KDTP Kosovo Turkish Democratic Party 1 seat 1.75% VATRA CIVIC Movement VATRA 1 seat 1.54% SL Serbian List 1 seat PSD Social Democratic 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.
* Following the elections, one (1) Vetëvendosje! member resigned from the party and joined the Social Democratic Party (PSD).
** In May 2018, members who previously resigned from Vetëvendosje! joined the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and assumed its leadership. This occurred after the 2017 municipal elections and for that reason PSD is not reflected in the election results chart, but only in the municipal assembly seat distribution category above. GJILAN/GNJILANE
MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE ECONOMY € The municipal assembly has 35 seats distributed among ten (10) The economy of Gjilan/Gnjilane municipality is predominantly political entities, 33 members are Kosovo Albanian, one (1) is based on small businesses. There are approximately 4,100 Kosovo Serb and one (1) is Kosovo Turk; 13 are women. The registered active private businesses operating in the Municipal Assembly Chairperson is Shpresa Kurteshi-Emini municipality employing over 6,700 people (source: municipal (LDK). directorate of economy and development).
EXECUTIVE PUBLIC SERVICES
Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political Infrastructure affiliations. The municipality is headed by Mayor Lutfi Haziri (LDK), re- The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is elected for his fourth term as mayor with 63.81% of votes in the assessed as good. All the main roads connecting villages with the second round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the 2013 urban centre are asphalted. Gjilan/Gnjilane city and 14 out of 42 municipal elections, Mayor Haziri won with 59.99% of votes in villages are connected to water supply system, while the second round. Deputy Mayor is Arbër Ismajli (LDK). Gjilan/Gnjilane city and 20 villages are connected to sewage system. Power supply is no longer a problem (source: municipal directorate of public services). There are 12 municipal departments. Two (2) departments are run by women directors: economic development (independent candidate with civil society background) and culture, youth and sports (LDK), ten (10) departments are run by men directors: Health cadastre, geodesy and property (LDK); agriculture and forestry (LDK); inspection (LDK); budget and finance (LDK); public utilities The primary health care system includes one (1) main municipal (LDK); administration (LDK); education (AAK); health and social family health centre, 13 municipal family health centres, ten (10) welfare (AAK); protection and rescue (AKR); and urbanism health houses, and one (1) mobile health house The municipal (independent candidate with civil society background). In the health sector has 282 employees, 262 Kosovo Albanian, eight (8) previous mandate (2013-2017), three (3) directors were women Kosovo Serb, ten (10) Kosovo Turk, one (1) Kosovo Roma and one (source: Mayor). (1) other (source: municipal directorate of health and social welfare).
There are three (3) Serbia-run healthcare facilities in the JUDICIARY municipality, one (1) main health building in the Kosovo Serb village of Šilovo/Shillovë, one (1) in Gjilan/Gnjilane town (in Serbian Orthodox Church compound) and one (1) in the mixed Gjilan/Gnjilane Basic Court has 38 judges in total, 32 are Kosovo Kosovo Albanian and Kosovo Serb inhabited village of Albanian and six (6) are Kosovo Serb; nine (9) are women and 29 Ponesh/Poneš. are men. It has branches in Kamenicë/Kamenica, Novo Brdo/Novobërdë and Viti/Vitina and also covers Klokot/Kllokot, In addition, Gjilan/Gnjilane also has a regional hospital located in Parteš/Partesh and Ranilug/Ranillug municipalities (source: Gjilan/Gnjilane Basic Court). the city that employs 549 staff, 541 Kosovo Albanian, four (4) Kosovo Turk, two (2) Kosovo Serb, one (1) Kosovo Bosniak and The Gjilan/Gnjilane Basic Prosecution Office has 17 prosecutors, one (1) other. 16 are Kosovo Albanian and one (1) is a Kosovo Serb; ten (10) men and seven (7) women. In addition to Gjilan/Gnjilane, the All communities have access to health care and facilities. Office also covers Kamenicë/Kamenica, Klokot/Kllokot, Novo However, many Kosovo Serbs travel to Gračanica/Graçanicë Brdo/Novobërdë, Parteš/Partesh, Ranilug/Ranillug and Viti/Vitina municipality, Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North municipality, or outside municipalities (source: Gjilan/Gnjilane Basic Prosecution Office). of Kosovo for secondary health care services (source: personnel office of Gjilan/Gnjilane regional hospital).
SECURITY PRESENCE
The Kosovo Police station in Gjilan/Gnjilane municipality has 152 police officers, 125 are Kosovo Albanian, 22 Kosovo Serb, four (4) Kosovo Turk and one (1) Kosovo Montenegrin; 40 are women.
The Kosovo Police regional directorate, regional traffic unit and specialized regional units are located in Gjilan/Gnjilane city and employ 133 officers, 121 are Kosovo Albanian, seven (7) Kosovo Serb, three (3) Kosovo Turk and two (2) Kosovo Bosniak; 29 are women.
As for the international military presence, the United States KFOR covers the area (source: Kosovo Police). GJILAN/GNJILANE
MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 Education KEY FACTS There are 29 primary schools, 25 following Kosovo curriculum, four (4) following Serbian curriculum, with 12,370 pupils (12,023 In Gjilan/Gnjilane there are: Kosovo Albanians, 236 Kosovo Serbs, 75 Kosovo Roma and 36 Kosovo Turks) and 1,014 teachers (949 Kosovo Albanians, 40 Kosovo Serbs, four (4) Kosovo Roma and 21 Kosovo Turks). There • 35 seats in the municipal assembly are nine (9) secondary schools, seven (7) following Kosovo distributed among 10 political entities curriculum, two (2) following Serbian curriculum, with 5,650 students (5,449 Kosovo Albanians, 185 Kosovo Serbs and 16 • 152 police officers in the stations and 133 in Kosovo Turks), and 409 teachers (390 Kosovo Albanians, 16 the regional command Kosovo Serbs and three (3) Kosovo Turks). There are four (4) kindergartens, three (3) with primarily Kosovo Albanians in town and one (1) with primarily Kosovo Serbs in Šilovo/Shillovë village • 38 judges and 17 prosecutors financed by the Kosovo government, with 350 pupils (310 Kosovo Albanians and 40 Kosovo Serb), and 37 teachers (35 Kosovo • 1,460 teachers in 29 primary and 9 secondary Albanians and two (2) Kosovo Serbs). schools and 4 kindergartens A public university “Kadri Zeka” is also based in Gjilan/Gnjilane municipality (source: municipal directorate of education). • 1 public university
RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES
There are 41 mosques in Gjilan/Gnjilane municipality, of them one (1) is not in use. There are eight (8) Orthodox churches, two (2) were destroyed following the 1999 conflict and are not in use, one (1) was damaged after the 1999 conflict but was immediately reconstructed and has since been in use. The remaining five (5) churches were not damaged and are in use (source: representatives of religious communities).
A total of 64 cultural heritage sites (27 archaeological and 37 architectural) in Gjilan/Gnilane municipality are included in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport list of sites under permanent/temporary protection.