MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 PRIZREN REGION
MALISHEVË/MALIŠEVO MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 MALISHEVË/MALIŠEVO The OSCE regional centre Prizren covers six (6) municipalities, including Malishevë/Mališevo, and has teams working in all of them.
AREA AND POPULATION 306 km² area The municipality of Malishevë/Mališevo is located in south- eastern Kosovo. It covers an area of approximately 306 km² and 43 villages includes Malishevë/Mališevo town and 43 villages. According to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total 54,613 population population is 54,613.
Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1991*, there were 47,318 Kosovo Albanians, 475 Kosovo Serbs and 11 Kosovo 1.Kosovo Albanians 54,501 Montenegrins in the municipality. There is no data from the 2.Kosovo Roma 26 census conducted in 1981, as Malishevë/Mališevo was not a 3.Kosovo Bosniaks 15 separate municipality at that time. 4.Kosovo Ashkali 5 5.Other 8 According to the UNHCR statistics, 17 displaced persons have 6.Not specified 58 returned to the municipality since 1999, all of them Kosovo Roma.
(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 Malishevë/Mališevo municipality registered for the municipal elections held in 2017 (1st round in October and 2nd round in November) was 52,2731, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout in 1st round was 43.67% or 22,830 voters and in 2nd round it was 38.05% or 19,892 voters (source: Central Election Commission). The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:
33.82% NISMA - Social Democratic Initiative 12* seats 27.95% PDK - Democratic Party of Kosovo 9 seats 18.03% LDK - Democratic League of Kosovo 5* seats 14.28% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 4 seats 4.31% AAK - Alliance for the Future of Kosovo 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) LDK municipal assembly member resigned from LDK and joined NISMA. MALISHEVË/MALIŠEVO
MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC SERVICES
The municipal assembly has 31 seats distributed among five (5) Infrastructure political entities, all members are Kosovo Albanian; 11 are women. The Municipal Assembly Chairperson is Rrahim Morina The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is (LDK). assessed as good. Most of the roads leading to town and villages are asphalted and the municipality is a point on the Ibrahim Rugova highway, connecting to Albania. Twenty four (24) out of EXECUTIVE 43 villages are connected to water supply system and 25 villages are connected to sewage system, with additional ten (10) villages Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political partially connected to both systems. Water supply remains an issue in the municipality (source: municipal directorate of urbanism). affiliations. The municipality is headed by Mayor Ragip Begaj (NISMA), re- elected for his second term as mayor with 55.80% of votes in the Health second round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the 2013 municipal elections, Mayor Begaj (then a PDK candidate), won The primary health care system includes one (1) main municipal with 65,85% of votes in the first round. Deputy Mayor is Hajdin family health centre and seven (7) sub-units, as well as six (6) Berisha (NISMA). family health centres located in villages. The health sector There are 11 municipal departments. One (1) department is run employs 122 people, including doctors, nurses and support staff; by a woman director: culture, youth and sports (NISMA), ten (10) 64 men and 58 women. departments are run by men directors: administration (NISMA); education (NISMA); agriculture and forestry (NISMA); economy All communities have access to health care and all health and finance (NIMSA); protection and rescue (NISMA); geodesy facilities (source: municipal directorate of health and social welfare). and cadastre (NISMA); inspections (NISMA); health and social welfare (NISMA); public services (NISMA); and urbanism Education (NISMA). In the previous mandate (2013-2017), one (1) director was a woman (source: municipal website). There are 36 primary schools and three (3) satellite schools with 9,541 pupils and 711 teachers and three (3) secondary schools, including two (2) vocational schools, with 3,224 students and JUDICIARY 128 teachers. There is one (1) kindergarten with 75 children and eight (8) educators (source: municipal directorate of education). Gjakovë/Ðakovica Basic Court has a branch in Malishevë/Mališevo with five (5) Kosovo Albanian judges, all male (source: Malishevë/Mališevo branch court). RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES Gjakovë/Ðakovica Basic Prosecutor's Office covers the There are 17 mosques in Malishevë/Mališevo, all active. Nine (9) municipality. of them were destroyed in the 1999 conflict and were all reconstructed afterwards. There are remains of one (1) Serbian Orthodox church in the municipality, which was substantially SECURITY PRESENCE damaged after the conflict and is no longer in use. There is one (1) Catholic church and two (2) Protestant churches (source: head of local Islamic community, Mayor's legal advisor). The Kosovo Police station in Malishevë/Mališevo municipality has 61 Kosovo Albanian police officers; two (2) are women (source: Kosovo Police). A total of 20 cultural heritage sites in Malishevë/Mališevo municipality are included in the Ministry of Culture Youth and As for the international military presence, the Swiss KFOR Sport list of sites under temporary protection. Liaison Monitoring Team covers the area (source: Swiss KFOR LMT).
KEY FACTS ECONOMY € In Malishevë/Mališevo there are: The economy of Malishevë/Mališevo municipality is predominantly based on agriculture and small trade businesses. • 31 seats in the municipal assembly There are approximately 1,434 registered private businesses distributed among 5 political entities operating in the municipality. (source: municipal business centre office). • 61 police officers
• 5 judges
• 847 teachers in 36 primary and 3 secondary schools and 1 kindergarten