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Enhancement of Community Consultation for LPTAP Project |
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Written by LPTAP
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Monday, 07 January 2008 |
 Community Consultation, Sibovc village Dr. Lorik Haxhiu, Project Manager of Lignite Power Technical Assistance Project (LPTAP), on January 7, 2008 signed a contract with Ms Linda Bunjaku of Community Development Fund (CDF) with aim to assist the LPTAP Project to further enhance community consultation and carry out a more focused in-depth consultation in smaller groups with affected communities around the area where this mining/power plant project is expected to be developed. This four month assignment is designed to assist the project in implementing the consultation guidelines and to co-ordinate the project’s consultation with affected communities, NGOs, trade unions and other civil society organizations, to document the findings and content of the consultation process, and to assist in the development and implementation of a grievance mechanism of the project. Specific tasks and activities include establishment of community development forums and facilitation of forums ensuring inclusion of women, young people, Roma and other minority communities in the consultation process. The assignment will provide additional support to the ongoing Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment of the project. During this occasion Dr. Haxhiu emphasized the importance of supporting communities to increase awareness around the project by providing an informed opportunity for a two-way consultation process to all people living in and around the area of future development of Kosovo’s energy sector. For more information on CDF visit: www.kcdf.org
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