MCYS invests 280,000 EUR in three projects in the Municipality of Skenderaj

31.05.2018

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Kujtim Gashi, visited the Municipality of Skenderaj, where he met with Mayor Bekim Jashari, with whom they discussed on common issues that are in the interest of MCYS and Municipality of Skenderaj.

The Minister offered readiness to Mayor Jashari, who based budget allocations to help Skenderaj Municipality, investing in projects covering the MCYS area.

During the visit, Minister Gashi and Mayor Jashari signed three memorandums of cooperation.

The two memoranda were signed in the field of cultural heritage, namely the Memorandum on "Reconstruction of the Shaban Manxhol Tower" in the village of Mikushnica, worth 40 thousand Euros, which will be implemented this year. Meanwhile, the other memorandum was signed for "Restoration of the First KLA Military Academy" in the village of Aqareva, a project worth 40 thousand Euros and to be implemented this year.

The third memorandum was signed in the field of sport. 200,000 Euros are allocated for the "Construction of the surrounding tribunes and the laying of gravel at the football stadium" in the village of Runik. This MCYS investment will also be implemented during 2018.

On this occasion, Minister Gashi said he felt extremely satisfied to have signed these three documents paving the way for investing in three capital projects.

"About the joint investments that we will have in 2018 in the municipality of Skenderaj, concerns the Runik Stadium. The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports for this stage has allocated 200 thousand Euros to invest in this stadium. There are also two other projects that are part of the cultural heritage, the reconstruction of the Shaban Manxhol tower in the village of Mikushnica, which will be one of the most important cultural heritage projects in this area. Also, we will also have the restoration of the first military academy of the KLA in Aqareva, which is a special pleasure for us to finance this project because of our collective memory that contains this facility", said among others Minister Gashi.

The two capital projects within the cultural heritage, the minister assessed, will serve the community to recall the past through which the people of Drenica have gone. While for the project in Runik, the minister has said that a space will be created for the players in that area to carry out their sporting activities.

Minister Gashi said that MCYS will also invest in the culture house in this municipality.

"MCYS is also investing in the Skenderaj Culture House and we are in the final stage of the completion of this project. I believe that we will soon share the final stage of financial resources so that this project will be completed this year. There was also a request by the mayor to invest in the city museum and I believe that together with the staff we will see opportunities and ways how we will finance this facility that is of particular importance for the citizens of Skenderaj", said Gashi.

Meanwhile, Mayor Jashari said that they discussed with Minister Gashi about the projects that are in progress in the Municipality of Skenderaj, such as the sports hall, house of culture and sports fields. Jashari also talked about the memorandums that were signed today, especially for restoration projects. "This proves once again the dedication of the institutions of our state that history should not be forgotten, even the one 100 years ago, and the one we all went through 20 years ago, respectively the KLA war ", said Jashari.

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