MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 GJILAN/GNJILANE REGION
KLOKOT/KLLOKOT MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 KLOKOT/KLLOKOT The OSCE regional centre Gjilan/Gnjilane covers 11 municipalities, including Klokot/Kllokot, and has teams working in all of them.
AREA AND POPULATION 24 km² area The municipality of Klokot/Kllokot (formerly called Klokot- Vrbovac/Kllokot-Vërbovc) is located in south-eastern Kosovo 3 villages covering an area of approximately 24 km². It includes Klokot/Kllokot town and three (3) villages. According to the 2011 2,556 population Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total population is 2,556.
Ethnic composition Klokot/Kllokot was not a separate municipality in 1981 and 1991 and therefore data from the censuses conducted in these years 1.Kosovo Albanians 1,362 are not available. 2.Kosovo Serbs 1,177 3.Kosovo Roma 9 According to the UNHCR statistics, 90 displaced persons have 4.Kosovo Turks 1 returned to the municipality since 1999, of them 87 Kosovo 5.Other 6 Serbs and three (3) Kosovo Roma. 6.Not specified 1
(source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics)
GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Klokot/Kllokot municipality registered for the municipal elections held in 2017 (1st round in October and 2nd round in November) was 3,7421, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout in 1st round was 64.32% or 2,407 voters and in 2nd round it was 56.57% or 2,117 voters (source: Central Election Commission).
The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:
38.94% SL Serbian List 6 seats 23.17% GIKV KLOKOT-VRBOVAC Citizens Initiative 3 seats 14.45% ISHK Albanian Initiative for Klokot/Kllokot 2 seats 7.36% AGI Active Citizens Initiative 1 seat 5.00% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 1 seat 4.18% NISMA Social Democratic Initiative 1 seat 3.95% IQKM Citizens Initiative Kllokot/Mogill/Klokot/Mogil 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. KLOKOT/KLLOKOT
MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE ECONOMY € The municipal assembly has 15 seats distributed among seven The economy of Klokot/Kllokot municipality is predominantly (7) political entities, ten (10) are Kosovo Serb and five (5) are based on natural resources (mineral water), tourism (two (2) Kosovo Albanian; four (4) are women. The Municipal Assembly private SPAs), as well as agriculture and small businesses. There Chairperson is Žarko Dejanović (GIKV) and the Municipal are approximately 29 registered private businesses operating in Assembly Deputy Chairperson for Communities in Klokot/Kllokot the municipality. There is no reliable data on the number of is Hidajet Ahmeti (ISHK)*. employees in the private sector (source: municipal directorate of urban planning, cadastre and geodesy). *According to the Law on Local Self-Government, a municipality with more than ten (10) per cent of residents belonging to communities in numerical minority position in that municipality is required to appoint a deputy mayor for communities and a deputy municipal assembly chairperson for communities. PUBLIC SERVICES
EXECUTIVE Infrastructure The overall status of the infrastructure in the municipality is Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political assessed as good. All of the main roads connecting villages with affiliations. the urban centre are asphalted. Out of four (4) villages, only The municipality is headed by Mayor Božidar Dejanović (SL), Vrbovac/Vërbovc is not connected to water supply and sewage elected for his first term mayor with 50.2% of votes in the second system. Power supply remains a problem due to an antiquated round of the 2017 municipal assembly elections*. In the previous power grid (source: municipal development plan and municipal assembly term, the mayor was Srećko Spasić (SL), who was elected in the affairs officer). second round of the 2017 municipal elections with 54.80% of the votes. Deputy Mayor is Saša Mirković (GIKV). Health There are (5) municipal departments. Three (3) departments are run by women directors: economy finance and budget (NISMA); Klokot/Kllokot municipality has two (2) Serbia-run healthcare agriculture, forestry and water management (PDK); and facilities, one (1) in Klokot/Kllokot and one (1) in Vrbovac/Vërbovc. administration and public services (GIKV), two (2) departments The health sector has 15 employees, including doctors, nurses are run by men directors: education, health, social services, and support staff; eight (8) women and seven (7) men. culture, youth and sports (GIKV); and urban planning, cadastre and geodesy (GIKV). In the previous mandate (2013-2017), all All communities have access to health care and all health directors were men (source: municipal assembly affairs officer and municipal website). facilities (source: municipal directorate of education, health, social services, culture, youth and sports). *In the first round of the 2017 elections, Mayor Dejanović was presented as the mayoral candidate from GIKV, and for the second round, he ran as an SL candidate. Education
JUDICIARY There are three (3) primary schools with 397 pupils and 40 teachers, two (2) follow Serbian curriculum and one (1) follows Kosovo curriculum, one (1) secondary school with 89 students There are no courts in Klokot/Kllokot. The Gjilan/Gnjilane Basic and 12 teachers and one (1) kindergarten with 43 children and Court and Basic Prosecution Office cover the municipality (source: Gjilan/Gnjilane basic court). three (3) teachers. There are nine (9) support staff in primary schools and three (3) in the secondary school (source: municipal directorate of education, health, social services, culture, youth and sports).
SECURITY PRESENCE
The Kosovo Police station in Klokot/Kllokot has 25 police officers, 13 are Kosovo Serb and 12 are Kosovo Albanian; two (2) are women.
As for the international military presence, the United States KFOR covers the area (source: Kosovo Police). KLOKOT/KLLOKOT
MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES KEY FACTS Klokot/Kllokot has four (4) Serbian Orthodox churches. The church in Grnčar/Gërnçar was destroyed after the 1999 conflict In Klokot/Kllokot there are: and was reconstructed in 2009. The other three (3) churches have been renovated. There is one (1) mosque in the village of • 15 seats in the municipal assembly Mogillë/Mogila. It was not damaged during 1999 and remains in use (source: municipal development plan, religious representatives). distributed among 7 political entities
• 25 police officers
• No courts physically present in the municipality
• 55 teachers in 3 primary and 1 secondary schools and 1 kindergarten