UN Kosovo Team in Brief February 2022 Edition

Highlights

•  South Mitrovica in competition with Madrid and Tampere

The Municipality of South Mitrovica among the three final contenders to win the award for the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan, awarded by the EC.

• Women and girls in STEM Marked on 11 February

Over 100 young women studying in STEM field participated in the event organized by the UN Women.

• First Voluntary Local Review-VLR commences in Kosovo

The Municipality of Vushtrri/Vucitrn, in partnership with UN-Habitat and UNKT entities, organized the first “Inception Workshop VLR of Vushtrri/Vucitrn – Roadmap towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030” Kosovo’s first municipality to produce VLR.

• Six Regional Hospitals’ Gasses Systems Being Upgraded

This UNOPS project includes the expansion of medical gas supply in regional hospitals of Gjilan/Gnjilane, Ferizaj/Uroševac, Gjakova/Đakovica, Peja/Peć, Vushtrri/Vučitrn and Mitrovica South and installation of the piping system for the supply of three medical gasses that are being extended to bedhead units of 450 Intensive Care Unit beds.

• Tech Heroes 4 Social Inclusion

Three best Tech Heroes projects were selected by a professional jury and awarded for their ideas, out of the 14 multi-ethnic teams in IOM’s work with Implementing Partner Akademia jCoders.

• Improving the Health of Forests

The FAO Forestry Program is supporting the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development and the Kosovo Forest Agency, in improving forest health.

• The World Bank and UNICEF Partner to Promote Early Childhood Development-ECD

Based on the World Bank and UNICEF global commitment to work together to generate data, mobilize stakeholders, and advocate for greater investment in early childhood development, this event was organised to promote the ECD agenda.