MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 MITROVICË/MITROVICA REGION
GLLOGOC/GLOGOVAC MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 GLLOGOC/GLOGOVAC The OSCE regional centre Mitrovicë/Mitrovica covers nine (9) municipalities, including Gllogoc/Glogovac, and has teams working in all of them.
AREA AND POPULATION
290 km² area The municipality of Gllogoc/Glogovac is located in central Kosovo. It covers an area of approximately 290 km² and includes Gllogoc/Glogovac town and 37 villages. According to the 2011 37 villages Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total population is 58,531. 58,531 population
Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1981, there were 40,447 Kosovo Albanians, 27 Kosovo Serbs and 5 Kosovo Montenegrins 1.Kosovo Albanians 58,445 in the municipality; whereas according to the census conducted 2.Kosovo Bosniaks 14 in 1991*, there were 53,562 Kosovo Albanians, 23 Kosovo Serbs 3.Kosovo Turks 5 and 3 Kosovo Montenegrins in the municipality. 4.Kosovo Egyptians 2 5.Kosovo Serbs 2 6.Others 22 According to the UNHCR statistics, there are no registered 7.Not Specified 41 returns in the municipality.
(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 Gllogoc/Glogovac municipality registered for the municipal elections held in October 2017 was 53,4081, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout was 46.40% or 24,779 voters (source: Central Election Commission).
The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:
44.64% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 16* seats 19.19% NISMA Social Democratic Initiative 5* seats 7.89% IQVD Citizen Initiative Vision for Drenas 3 seats 6.01% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 2 seats 4.97% AAK Alliance for Future of Kosovo 2 seats 3.85% LDK Democratic League of Kosovo 1 seat 3.38% AKR Alliance New Kosovo 1 seat 3.05% IQD Citizen Initiative for Drenas 1 seat 2.28% Independent candidate Hamit Kastrati* *
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) NISMA member and one (1) independent candidate joined PDK. GLLOGOC/GLOGOVAC
MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC SERVICES
The municipal assembly has 31 seats distributed among eight Infrastructure (8) political entities, all members are Kosovo Albanian; ten (10) are women. The Municipal Assembly Chairperson is Labinot The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is Halilaj (PDK). assessed as good. All the main roads connecting villages with the urban centre are asphalted. Gllogoc/Glogovac town is connected to water and sewage systems, 35 villages are connected to water EXECUTIVE supply system, while 26 are connected to sewage system. Power supply is still a problem especially in the villages (source: municipal director of urban planning and environmental protection). Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political affiliations. Health The municipality is headed by Mayor Ramiz Lladrovci (PDK), re- elected for his second term as mayor with 59.04% of votes in the The primary health care system includes one (1) main family first round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the previous term, health centre, seven (7) family health centres and five (5) health the mayor was Nexhat Demaku (PDK), who was elected in the care centres. The health sector has 177 employees, including first round of the 2013 municipal elections with 63.44% of the doctors, nurses and support staff; 119 women and 58 men. votes*. Deputy Mayor is Gani Sylaj (PDK). There are ten (10) municipal departments. Five (5) departments All residents have access to health care and health facilities are run by women directors: general administration (PDK); (source: municipal directorate of health and social welfare). culture, youth and sport (PDK); agriculture and economic development (PDK); municipal inspection (PDK); and public services and emergency (PDK), five (5) departments are run by Education men directors: health and social welfare (PDK); education (PDK); budget and finance (PDK); cadastre, geodesy and property (PDK); There are 29 primary schools with 9,811 pupils and 787 and urban planning and environmental protection (PDK). In the teachers, two (2) secondary schools with 3,108 students and 183 previous mandate (2013-2017), five (5) directors were women teachers and one (1) kindergarten with 134 children and 22 (source: municipal website). teachers (source: municipal directorate of education). *On 4 December 2016, Gllogoc/Glogovac went to extraordinary elections (following the resignation of former Mayor Demaku), in which Mayor Lladrovci won 62.55% of votes in the second round. RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES
Gllogoc/Glogovac has 17 mosques. Seven (7) of them were JUDICIARY damaged in the 1999 conflict and were reconstructed and ten (10) new ones have been built after the conflict. There is one (1) The Prishtinë/Priština Basic Court has a branch in functional Catholic church in Lapushnik/Lapušnik village (source: Gllogoc/Glogovac with eight (8) judges, all are Kosovo Albanian; President of Islamic Community in Gllogoc/Glogovac). six (6) men and two (2) women (source: Kosovo Judicial Council). A total of 17 cultural heritage sites in Gllogoc/Glogovac Prishtinë/Priština Basic Prosecutor's Office covers the municipality are included in the Ministry of Culture Youth and municipality. Sport list of sites under permanent/temporary protection.
SECURITY PRESENCE
The Kosovo Police station in Gllogoc/Glogovac municipality has KEY FACTS 82 police officers, all are Kosovo Albanian; 11 are women (source: Kosovo Police). In Gllogoc/Glogovac there are:
As for the international military presence, Finnish KFOR covers • 31 seats in the municipal assembly the area (source: KFOR). distributed among 8 political entities
ECONOMY • 82 police officers € The economy of Gllogoc/Glogovac municipality is mainly based • 8 judges on agriculture and small businesses. There are approximately 2,100 registered private businesses operating in the • 992 teachers in 29 primary and 2 secondary municipality. Approximately 5,100 people are employed in the schools and 1 kindergarten private sector (source: municipal directorate for agriculture and economic development).