MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA REGION
SHTIME/ŠTIMLJE MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 SHTIME/ŠTIMLJE The OSCE regional centre Prishtinë/Priština covers six (6) municipalities, including Shtime/Štimlje, and has teams working in all of them.
AREA AND POPULATION 134 km² area The municipality of Shtime/Štimlje is located in southern Kosovo. It covers an area of approximately 134 km² and includes 22 villages Shtime/Štimlje town and 22 villages. According to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total population is 27,324 population 27,324.
Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1991*, there were 21,716 Kosovo Albanians, 971 Kosovo Serbs and 17 Kosovo Montenegrins in the municipality. There is no data from the 1.Kosovo Albanians 26,447 census conducted in 1981, as Shtime/Štimlje was not a 2.Kosovo Ashkali 750 separate municipality at that time. 3.Kosovo Serbs 49 4.Kosovo Roma 23 According to the UNHCR statistics, 168 displaced persons have 5.Kosovo Bosniaks 20 returned to the municipality since 1999, all of them Kosovo 6.Kosovo Gorani 2 Ashkali and Kosovo Egyptians. 7.Kosovo Turks 1 8.Other 13 9.Not specified 19
(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 Shtime/Štimlje municipality registered for the municipal elections held in 2017 (1st round in October and 2nd round in November) was 26,3561, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout in 1st round was 50.27% or 13,248 voters and in 2nd round it was 46.68% or 12,302 voters (source: Central Election Commission).
The 2017 municipal election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:
35.09% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 8 seats 18.53% LDK Democratic League of Kosovo 4 seats 16.19% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 2* seats 10.83% NISMA Social Democratic Initiative 2 seats 8.69% AAK Alliance for Future of Kosovo 2 seats 3.76% AKR Alliance New Kosovo 1 seat 3.36% LB Movement for Unification 1 seat Independent Member 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 voter's 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! assembly member resigned from the party and remained to hold the seat as an independent member. SHTIME/ŠTIMLJE
MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE Health
The municipal assembly has 21 seats distributed among eight There is one (1) municipal family health centre and four (4) health (8) political entities, all members are Kosovo Albanian; eight (8) houses. The health sector has 77 employees, including doctors, are women. The Municipal Assembly Chairperson is Ms. Medina nurses and support staff; 52 women and 25 men. Shtime/Štimlje Brahaj (PDK). municipality hosts the only institution for persons with mental and physical disabilities in Kosovo, run by the Kosovo Ministry of EXECUTIVE Labour and Social Welfare, and has 76 staff members. There is also the Center for Integration and Rehabilitation of the chronic and psychiatric patients, run by the Kosovo Ministry of Health, Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political and has 38 staff members. affiliations. Shtime/Štimlje municipality is headed by Mayor Naim Ismajli All communities have access to health care and all health (PDK), re-elected for his fourth term as mayor with 51.61% of facilities (source: municipal directorate of health and social welfare). votes in the second round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the 2013 municipal elections, Mayor Ismajli won with 50.27% of Education votes in the first round. Deputy Mayor is Rrahman Jakupi (PDK). There are seven (7) municipal departments. Two (2) departments There are seven (7) primary and two (2) secondary schools with are run by women directors: health and social welfare (PDK) and 6,215 pupils and 405 teachers, and one (1) kindergarten with 41 urban planning, cadastre and geodesy (PDK), five (5) children and five (5) staff members (source: education statistics in departments are run by men directors: administration (PDK); Kosovo 2016/2017 publication of the Ministry of Education, Science and economy (PDK); public services (PDK); education (PDK); and Technology). youth, culture and sports (PDK). In the previous mandate (2013- 2017), two (2) directors were women (source: Mayor's office). RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES JUDICIARY There are 14 mosques in the municipality, five (5) were damaged/destroyed during the 1999 conflict and reconstructed There are no courts in Shtime/Štimlje. Ferizaj/Uroševac Basic afterwards, and three (3) new mosques have been built after the Court covers the municipality (source: Kosovo Judicial Council). conflict. There are two (2) Serbian Orthodox churches in town, Ferizaj/Uroševac Basic Prosecutor's Office covers the neither is in use. The Church of Saint Michael has been slightly municipality. damaged in the 2004 March riots and reconstructed by Reconstruction Implementation Commission (RIC) in 2005. Additional restoration works have been conducted by UNESCO in SECURITY PRESENCE 2009-2010 (source: municipal office for communities and return).
The Kosovo Police station in Shtime/Štimlje municipality has 40 A total of four (4) cultural (archaeological and architectural) police officers, 39 are Kosovo Albanian and 1 (one) is Kosovo heritage sites in Shtime/Štimlje municipality are included in the Ashkali; four (4) are women. Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport list of sites under permanent/temporary protection. As for the international military presence Turkish KFOR covers the area (source: Kosovo Police). KEY FACTS ECONOMY € In Shtime/Štimlje there are:
The economy of Shtime/Štimlje municipality is predominantly • 21 seats in the municipal assembly based on agriculture. There are approximately 900 registered distributed among 8 political entities private businesses operating in the municipality. There is no reliable data on the number of people employed in the private sector (source: municipal directorate of economy). • 40 police officers
• No courts physically present in the PUBLIC SERVICES municipality
Infrastructure • 410 teachers in 7 primary and 2 secondary schools and 1 kindergarten The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is assessed as good. All the main roads connecting villages with the urban centre are asphalted. Shtime/Štimlje town and all villages are connected to water supply system since 2007 (source: municipal directorate of urban planning, cadastre and geodesy).