an hour agoRama: The government has no reason not to support us, but if not then we have access to European Union funds.
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Pristina's elected chairman, Progress Rama, said he believes in the Co-operation of Kurti Government for the realisation of major projects in Pristina, however, he underlined that his projects can be realised even if he does not have national support. “Projects in my program can be done even within the municipality budget, but [...]
Pristina's elected chairman, Progress Rama, said he believes in the Co-operation of Kurti Government for the realisation of major projects in Pristina, however, he underlined that his projects can be realised even if he does not have national support.
The projects in my program can also be done within the municipality budget, but I've presented it as parallel that we have access to these projects even in IPA funds, which are dedicated to developing states such as Kosovo. For the region, there are 14.2 billion budgets that are dedicated to the entire region of the Western Balkans, where the central governments and local governments have access to projects, so we're going to have the special office to attract these funds, but the key points that we have to meet are also whether these projects are done seriously and by the professional offices and we have the introduction of the programme, cost and timeframe, and whether it meets the size for example of employment, or does it deal with the aspect of culture or the social level and all the points that we've mentioned for this very reason that I have a lot of confidence that we will have the access to the EUS-1) funds.
I think the government has no reason to support us, but if they don't support us, I'm just saying if, because I don't believe they don't support us, but if not then we as local governments have access to funds like those of the EURZH, the European Union. The local government there may have direct access, but the interest if we don't have the central interest guarantee is the highest” Rama said.
Pristina's president-elect said he has not yet been contacted by Prime Minister Kurti, but voiced confidence that the latter will invite him to the meeting.
Not yet, but surely I will call me Mr. Kurti, we will have a meeting, he is the prime minister of Kosovo, the state and I the head of the capital, however we will have a meeting, I know Mr. Kurti long ago, we know the weather and I have no reason to believe we will have no co-operation, I have a friend, said Rama.
