Prishtina, 23 August, 2024
Chaired by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, the thirteenth meeting of the Strategic Planning Commission was held today, in which the applications for the next round of the Investment Framework for the Western Balkans or WBIF were reviewed.
“The Investment Framework of the Western Balkans has opened two calls: for the 31st round of technical assistance grants and for the 10E round of investment grants. Today we will approve the applications for the open call for technical assistance grants, which will be used to prepare and help the implementation of infrastructure investments”, said the Prime Minister in his introductory speech.
At the same time, he added that the source of financing infrastructure projects through the WBIF mechanism will be from the Growth Plan and the approval of calls in the fields of energy, transport, digital infrastructure and human capital will be according to the fulfillment of the reforms that our institutions have agreed with the European Commission within the Reform Agenda for the EU Growth Plan.
“Kosovo is in the process of finalizing the process of negotiating the reform agenda, a process in which we are among the only states in the region, if not the only one, that have respected all the very ambitious deadlines set by the EU since the beginning. In the following weeks, we expect the process to be completed with the signing and entry into force of the agreements with the EU regarding the new instrument as well as the special lending agreement. After that, I expect from all the responsible institutions to maintain this pace of respecting the deadlines in fulfilling the objectives, namely the goals set in their sectors” said the prime minister.
In addition to Prime Minister Kurti, the First Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration, Development and Dialogue, Besnik Bislimi, the Minister of Finance, Labor and Transfers, Hekuran Murati, the Minister of Economy, Artane Rizvanolli, the Deputy Minister of Environment, Spatial Planning and Infrastructure, Jeton were also present. Raka, as well as members of government cabinets and heads of offices within the Prime Minister’s Office and line ministries.
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