Enhancing municipal capacities remains a priority for RDA-Center and the participating municipalities.

Regional Development Agency-Centre, in cooperation with Rural Economic Sustainability Initiative, Austrian Development Agency and CARE, organized a capacity building workshop, focused on Project Management for Centre municipality financial and economic development officials. The workshop was held in Durres, Albania, on September 25-27. The workshop was led by Austrian expert Maximilian Foedinger.

The training aimed to provide the introduction of the project management approach with primary focus on managing Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects for the directors of Directorates for Economic Development, Agriculture and Rural development and those charged with the responsibility of implementing development projects aiming at economic development with main focus on the rural areas in their municipalities, for all municipalities of center region of Kosovo. The training promoted the creation of synergies between target municipalities and also help the municipal representatives in better understanding the project management approach to effectively deliver on their activity plans.

In the future, in cooperation with the municipalities of the Center Region and based on the municipalities’ capacity building requirements, RDA-Center will organize similar trainings with other experts.