LOCAL GOVERNMENT WORK IMPROVED WITH PROJECTS

12.06.2009.

Palilula Municipality has profiled itself in `Strategic analyses - strategic plan of development` like a European model that the unit of local government does not limit and determine as administrative service of local community, but also see it as a partner that takes active and efficient part in solving all community problems – emphasizes PhD Igor Novakovic, president of Palilula Municipality.  

Within the regular daily activities and contacts with the people, Municipal government takes the problems into account, determines the priorities and deal very well with them with elaboration and realization of the projects.  

Palilula Municipality is one of five Nis city municipalities that spreads along the south part of Nis and includes narrow city part where 15 more settlements also belong. Palilula Municipality is natural –geographical combination of lowland (in the watershed of the rivers Nisava and Juzna Morava) and mountainous terrain. The territory of the municipality is 117,37 square kilometers and, according to the listing from 2002, 117,37 people live here, however, since there are lot of refugees from Kosovo and Metohija, it is estimated that about 90,000 people live today at the territory of Palilula Municipality.

At the moment there are many projects active or in the state of preparation in Palilula Municipality. 

`Solving the housing problems of the people who have great sliding ground problem at the territory Mramor-Krusce` is one of the priorities. Palilula Municipality and City of Nis want to provide the best solution to those people, to provide regular, appropriate financing of the people that are struck with this elementary natural disaster. For the realization of this project, the financial resources from Ministry for state government and local government for paying one year tenancy for the flats of 15 families, that do not have at this moment solved housing problem, and building of new houses and permanent solution of their housing status.

Palilula Municipality will realize also the project called `Forming the Center for entrepreneurship development of Palilula Municipality` within LEDIB programme. The objectives of this project are the creating the conditions for stimulation the development of small and medium enterprises, strengthening capacities of local self-government over the education of the workers of the Center for entrepreneurship development, simplifying the process of getting information and giving services in the sphere of entrepreneurship. The final objective of this project is long term solving of the problem of unemployment over the stimulation of entrepreneurship spirit and improvement of information accessibility.

With the aim of standard improvement in the sphere of small and medium enterprises and Palilula Municipality, we have started with the realization of the project `Raising the capacities of SME and Palilula Municipality over introducing the standard ISO 9001:2000`. The project is realized in partnership with the Agency for introducing the standard of quality management CIM College. The project of introducing the system of quality management according to ISO 9001 will be financed from the financial sources of LEDIB programme. The objectives are the improvement of Palilula municipal services work and increasing the capacities and competitiveness of SME from Palilula.

This project will be realized over the range of activities like: workshops, seminars for the representatives of small and medium enterprises from Palilula on the theme of standardization of business operations, education and training of Palilula Municipality employees, recording and cleaning of the process of Palilula Municipality, to questioning and examination of the needs and attitudes of the people living in Palilula etc. 

 

For the improvement of Palilula citizens life standard and in the cooperation with `Mediana` Public enterprise, the project called `Cleaning terrain for forming paths on Bubanj` will be implemented. It is also taken into account that the length of project will be six months and during that period 60 workers will be engaged. Those workers will be unemployed people registered at the National service of employment (job market).

The objectives of this project are: improvement of Palilula parts, and in the same time of Nis itself, taking care of cultural –historical heritage, improvement of ecological situation in the area of memorial park `Bubanj`, improvement of the offer for sport and recreation activities together with forming of trim paths.

Project ` `Cleaning terrain for forming paths on Bubanj` is financed by the government of Republic of Serbia. With the realization of this project, over the programme of public works, socio-economical status is improved of those jeopardized citizen categories over their engagement in the cooperation with National employment service.

Palilula Municipality will also realize the project ` For ecologic coast` in the cooperation with Crveni Krst Municipality and NGO `Center for active communication`. With this project the garbage dumps from the left and right Nisava banks will be cleaned, then, also in the area to old railway bridge to `Stocni trg` (part of Palilula). The realization of this project will contribute to the solving of one of the biggest ecological problems at the Municipal territory.

Fifty workers during 6 months will be engaged in this project realization, mostly of Roma nationality,  who are registered in the National employment service. This project is financed by the Government of the Republic of Serbia.