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This map gives an indication of the most important concentrations of different minority communities in the municipality

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All numbers presented here are based on estimates by the Municipal Government

General Information
Prizren is a large and historically important municipality in the south of Kosovo and is considered one of the most multiethnic municipalities in Kosovo. Although Albanians are in the majority, there are large Bosniak, Turk and RAE communities and a small Serbian community residing in the municipality of Prizren. Most communities interact freely with one another. According to the Local Community Office the most important issues facing the Prizren municipality are the high unemployment rate, the lack of infrastructure, the lack of information, the lack of faculties who theach in minority languages, and the lack of possible specialty branches in the secondary schools.

Important Contact Details
Municipal Website: kk.rks-gov.net/prizren
Telephone:029 622 585 / 029 241 925

Important contact details

Name

Position

Political Affiliation

Community

Contact details

Ramadan Muja

Mayor

PDK

Albanian

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044- 502 565

Orhan Lopar

Deputy Mayor for Communities

KDTP

Turkish

  

Ruzhdi Rexha

Deputy Mayor

No party

Albanian

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044-708-707
029- 242-736

Ajradin Alija

Director of the Municipal Communities Office

  

Bosniak

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029-622 144

Idbalka Fazlija-Rama

Municipal Return Officer

  

Bosniak

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044-337 393

Azzam Dida

Director of the Department for Health and Social Welfare

PD

Albanian

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044-195 857

Nexhat Cocaj

Director of the Department for Education and Science

  

Albanian

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Hasan Hasani

Director of the Department Public services

  

Albanian

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Mehmet Bytyç

Director of the Department Budget and Finances

  

Turkish

Mehmet.Bytyç@ks-goc.net

Almir Saiti

Director of the Department

NDS

Bosniak

  

Demographics
After the 1999 conflict many community members, Serbs in particular, moved away from the municipality. Today it is primarily economic reasons that make people move away from Prizren, mostly towards Western Europe. Most communities live in the city of Prizren, in Zupa Podgor and the rural part of Prizren.

Accurate population statistics are not available for Kosovo. The numbers presented here are approximate estimates by the Local Community Office, cross checked with OSCE Municipal Profiles and Civil Society. For more information on Statistics in Kosovo click here

Percentage of Population
 

Albanians

Serbs

Roma

Ashkali

Egyptians

Bosniaks

Turks

Other

1991*

75,6%

6,2%

2,3%

11,1%

4,1%

0,7%

2008

72,0 %

0,25 %

4,2 %

1,3 %

2,20 %

10,01 %

6,9 %

-

2010

77,2%

0,16%

2,7%

0,27%

0,26%

12,6%

5,6%

0,82%

* The 1991 census results are considered unreliable due to a boycott by the Albanian population

Approximate Numbers of Communities
 

Albanians

Serbs

Roma

Ashkali

Egyptians

Bosniaks

Turks

Other

2010

170.430

353

5.960

595

575

23.730

12.360

1.810

Political Representation
The mayor of Prizren/Prizren is Ramadan Muja, representing the PDK. The ruling coalition is made up of PDK, PD, LDK, AKR, NDS, KDTP, Vakat, and LDD. The Deputy Mayor for Communities is Orhan Lopar, from the Turkish community. Moreover, the Bosniak and Turkish communities are represented in the Municipal Assembly. The municipality established a Municipality Community Office, where seven people are working, and the position of Municipal Return Officer. The Municipal Human Rights Units has four officers: the officer for Gender Equality, the officer for Minority Rights, the officer for Children Rights and the officer for people with disabilities.

The official languages –also in use, in the municipality are the Albanian, the Serbian and the Turkish language. 

Election Results (Municipal Assembly)

Parties and coalitions

Votes

%

Seats

Community Representation

PARTIA DEMOKRATIKE E KOSOVËS

15118

28.43

12

Albanian

LIDHJA DEMOKRATIKE E KOSOVËS

13175

24.78

10

Albanian

ALEANCA KOSOVA E RE

5070

9.54

4

Albanian

ALEANCA PËR ARDHMËRINË E KOSOVËS

3874

7.29

3

Albanian

KOSOVA DEMOKRATIK TÜRK PARTISI

3756

7.06

3

Turkish

KOALICIJA VAKAT

3484

6.55

3

Bosniak

ORA

2946

5.54

2

Albanian

LIDHJA DEMOKRATIKE E DARDANISË

2035

3.83

2

Albanian

PARTIA E DREJTËSISË

1078

2.03

1

Albanian

STRANKA DEMOKRATSKE AKCIJE

1064

2.00

1

Bosniak

PDKI

422

0.79

/

Albanian

PARTIA ROME E BASHKUAR E KOSOVËS

292

0.55

/

Roma

BALLI KOMBËTAR

250

0.47

/

Albanian

PSHDK

231

0.43

/

Albanian

PDAK

156

0.29

/

Ashkali

IRDK

115

0.22

/

RAE

LËVIZJA KOMBËTARE PËR ÇLIRIMIN E KOSOVËS

103

0.19

/

Albanian

TOTAL

53169

  

41

  

Safety and Freedom of Movement
The Kosovo Police and KFOR are responsible for security in Prizren. All communities, with the exception of the Serb community, are represented in the Kosovo Police. Generally, community members are satisfied with the performance of the Kosovo Police. No incidents have been reported in the last year, and although a small group of Serbs still experience problems with their freedom of movement, all other communities feel completely free to move around the municipality. More concrete, Serbs are still afraid to identify themselves in public.

Educatio
The Prizren municipality offers pre-school, primary and secondary education. Two branches of the Prishtinë/Priština University are also located in Prizren, the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Information Technology. Education is offered in Albanian, Bosnian and Turkish. There are no Serbs enrolled in the educational system in Prizren. The main issue affecting communities in Prizren is the lack of high quality secondary education in Bosnian and Turkish. Moreover, there is a lack of textbooks and literature books and a lack of qualified employees.

Number of People enrolled in the Educational System*
 

Community

Albanians

Serbs

Roma

Ashkali

Egyptians

Bosniaks

Turks

Other

2008

Primary Education

941

0

6

3

3

131

82

0

Secondary Education

26.752

0

375

242

98

2.573

1.161

15

Tertiary Education

6.480

0

14

2

0

691

948

0

2010

Pre-school

873

  

8

4

5

114

75

  

Primary Education

25.463

  

378

240

96

2.337

1.032

  

Secondary Education

7.035

  

14

3

  

787

560

  

Tertiary Education

Approximately 2.800

*these numbers only refer to the official educational institutions

People Employed in the Educational System*

Community

  

Albanians

Serbs

Roma

Ashkali

Egyptians

Bosniaks

Turks

Other

2008

  

1.921

0

0

0

0

315

114

0

2010

Pre-school

26

        

5

3

  

Primary Education

1.302

        

192

72

  

Secondary Education

393

        

58

48

  

Tertiary Education

0

        

0

0

  

*these numbers only refer to the official educational institutions

Returns
There have been no incidents registered with regard to returns over the last year, but a lack of investment in infrastructure, and the strict requirements for the returnees adopted by the Ministry of Return and Communities. For those who are forced to return, the main problems are the lack of income sources, the lack of access to education and social discrimination. The municipality offers barely support to the forced returns, except the provision of health care.

Voluntary Returns Since 1999

Community

Serbs

Roma

Ashkali

Egyptians

Bosniak

Turks

Other

Between 1999-2007

27

1

-

  

-

  

47

2008

5

6

  

5

37

1

0

2009

9

5

    

7

    

2010

1

9

    

13

    

Number of IDPs Living in this Municipality

Community

Serbs

Roma

Ashkali

Other

Number of people

0

14

0

0

Number of People Displaced from this Municipality

Community

Serbs

Roma

Ashkali

Bosniaks

2008

18,840

830

23

390

2010

18.839

821

23

377

Forced Returns Since 1999

Community

Serbs

Roma

Ashkali

Egyptians

Bosniak

Turks

Other

Since 1999

-

231

120

  

-

  

740

2008

1

10

10

      

17

2009

0

14

14

      

15

Economy
The main sources of employment are the municipality services, the Electricity Company (KEK), PTK, private businesses in agricultural products, winery, artisans, tourism and catering services. Unemployment, however, is very high, especially with the communities. There are an insufficient amount of jobs, a lack of investments in private businesses and complaints about clientelism.

Rate of Unemployment

Community

Albanians

Serbs

Roma

Ashkali

Egyptians

Bosniaks

Turks

Other

2008 (absolute numbers)

23.629

10

950

562

/

3 425

1 176

  

2010 (percentages)

40%

96%

95%

99%

99%

80%

70%

  

*many unemployed, particularly Serbs, are not registered as such

Number of People Employed in the Public Sector*

Community

  

Albanians

Serbs

Roma

Ashkali

Egyptians

Bosniaks

Turks

Other

2008

  

233

2

6

0

0

30

24

0

2010

Administration

299

2

6

0

0

36

32

  
 

Education

1.721

0

21

3

2

255

123

  
 

Health

1.020

3

17

0

0

53

50

  
 

Public enterprises

                

*these numbers only refer to the official institutions

Access to Health Care and Other Public Services (Police/Administration/Public Companies/etc.

Health Care
Prizren has numerous health clinics throughout the municipality and a hospital in the city of Prizren. All communities can access these health services freely and can communicate with their doctors in their own language. Some members of the Serb community access parallel health structures in the village of Mušnikovo/Mushnikovë. For more complicated procedures Serb community members travel to Štrpce/Shtërpcë or Mitrovica/Mitrovicë.

Other Public Institutions
All communities receive official documents in their own languages and people can easily access the public services.

List of Community Organisations

List of Community Organizations

Name of Organization

Location

Scope of Activity

Geographic area of intervention

Name of Head of organization

General telephone number

General email or
email of the head of organization
name and email of administrative assistant

NVO" Sofra"

Prizren

  

Prizren and surrounding

Behri Sasivari

    

Nvo" Edukator"

Prizren

  

Prizren and surrounding

Emrus Duraki

    

NVO"Durmis Aslano"

Prizren

  

Prizren

Nexhip Menekshe

044-301-561

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NVO"Inicijativa 6 "

Prizren

  

Prizren and surrounding

Osman Osmani

044-265-741

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Alliance of Kosovo
Businessmen

Bosniak

Economy: support to local enterprises.

  

Cemail Smailji,

  

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ASSI

Bosniak

Culture, lobbying / avocation for better
organization of community; cooperation
with Bosnia and associations within the
Bosniak community in Kosovo etc.

Prizren and surrounding

Atif Asani,

  

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Bošnakinja

Bosniak

Education, women's rights; youth etc.

prizren

Refki Alija,

  

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Centar za Integraciju
Manjinskih Zajednica

Bosniak

Integration, minority rights, workshops
on capacity building.

prizren

Refik Kasi,

  

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Duh

Bosniak

Educational resources and opportunities
to the local community.

prizren

Arif Aliti

044 139 744

  

Edukator

Bosniak

Education.

prizren

Rešat Fazli,

  

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Equality

Bosniak

Gender equality, education and culture,
youth, people with limited abilities,
women's rights.

prizren

Emilija Redžepi,

  

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Kosovoski Avaz

Bosniak

Civil society, media: publication of the
newspaper Alem.

prizren

Mustafa Balje,

044 185 099

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Privreda

Bosniak

Economy.

prizren

Cemajl Smaili,

  

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Selam

Bosniak

Health, media, cultural activities,
cooperation with institutions in Bosnia
and Herzegovina.

prizren

Cerim Bajrami,

044 351 651

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Sofra

Bosniak

Cultural expression, extra-curricular
education and grassroots local
development.

prizren

Tasim Shasivari,

  

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Šarenski behar

Bosniak

Cultural activities: folklore dances.

prizren

Nuredin Jonuzi,

  

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Zvekir

Bosniak

Education, culture, sport, humanitarian
actions etc.

prizren

Abduljmedžid Balje

  

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Asik Ferki

Turkish

Promoting Turkish folklore and customs.

prizren

Suphi Mazrek,

  

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Dogru Yol

Turkish

Promoting Turkish folklore and customs.

prizren

Tahir Luma,

(0) 44 140 224

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Esnaf

Turkish

Improving the situation of local craftsmen, vocational training.

prizren

Sarik Cibo

  

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Filizler

Turkish

Promoting Turkish folklore and customs.

prizren

Ferhat Dervis

  

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Kosova Internet Gazetesi

Turkish

Addressing the problems of the community in general through media.

prizren

Raif Kirkul,

  

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Kosova Türk Ogretmenler
Dernegi

Turkish

Improving teachers' lives and welfare, professional services, capacity-building, and promoting close relationships
with Turkey

prizren

Müfera Sinik

  

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Kosova Türk Sanatcilar

Turkish

Promoting and developing Turkish music, culture etc.

prizren

Ethem Baymak,

  

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MESK

Turkish

Promoting inter-ethnic integration and addressing common problems

prizren

Levent Bus,

  

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Rumeli

Turkish

Developing amateur theatre through various trainings, developing Turkish art etc.

prizren

Ethem Kazaz,

  

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Türk Yazalar

Turkish

Improving writers' lives, professional services, capacity building and promoting close relationships with Turkey.

prizren

Zeynel Beksaç,

  

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Türk Müzigi Konservatoru

Turkish

Promoting and developing Turkish music.

prizren

Alev Nus,

  

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Yeni Donem

Turkish

Informing and promoting the Turk community and culture.

prizren

Muhamet Bütüç,

  

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Zübejde Han?m

Turkish

Helping mothers and children, emancipation of women.

prizren

Vildan Cibo

  

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Centari Romane Gjuvlenge

RAE

Advancing gender equality.

prizren

Emsale Mergjollari,

  

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Durmish Asllano

RAE

Promoting Roma culture through theatre and folklore.

prizren

Nexhip Menekshe,

  

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Egyptian Albanian Association

RAE

Integration of Roma community.

prizren

Kurtish Hyseni

    

Foleja

RAE

Non-formal education on health for the
women, professional qualifications, eradicating illiteracy.

prizren

Gjyzele Shaljani,

044 219 612

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Iniciativa 6

RAE

Education on children's rights, returns,
community capacity-building and development.

prizren

Osman Osmani,

044 265741

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Romani Baxt

RAE

Promoting the involvement of the community in decision-making, increasing awareness of the community.

prizren

Kujtim Paqaku,

044-389-470

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