economic analysis of the municipality Prijepolje

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Socio-Economic Analysis of the Municipality Prijepolje
SOCIO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
of the MUNICIPALITY
P R I JE P O L J E
July 2007
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INDEX
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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BASIC GEOGRAPHIC AND HISTORICAL DATA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
GEOGRAPHY AND TOPOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
HISTORICAL DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NATURAL RESOURCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Land . …… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Forests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mineral and Geo-Thermal Waters and Springs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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POPULATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
POPULATION BREAKDOWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
STRUCTURE OF PUBLIC RULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
E-ADMINISTRATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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FUNCTIONAL REVIEW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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CITIZEN SATISFACTION SURVEY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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HUMAN RESOURCES AND LABOR MARKET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
EMPLOYABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employment -structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
UNEMPLOYMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unemployment – structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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ECONOMY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NATIONAL INCOME AND SOCIAL PRODUCT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ECONOMIC EXCHANGE WITH ABROAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ECONOMY ENTITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Sole trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Large economy systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Small and Medium Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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AGRICULTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
RESOURCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Farming Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Farming Households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Farming Population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Services for Farmers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Crop farming – production of wheat and corn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Vegetable growing – production of kitchen-vegetables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fruit growing – production of apples and plums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cattle breeding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Processing Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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INFRASTRUCTURE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Road and Railroad Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Water supply system and Waste Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Electrification, gasification and heating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Spatial Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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TOURISM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tourist Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accommodation Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Realized Visits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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EDUCATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Preschool Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Primary Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Secondary Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Post Secondary Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
HEALTH PROTECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SOCIAL PROTECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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CULTURE AND SPORT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CULTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cultural-Historical Heritage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cultural Manifestations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SPORT AND RECREATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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INFORMING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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INTRODUCTION
Strategic planning process has a dominant role in the kick -off phase of local economic
development with an aim to enhance socio -economic situation of community with joint efforts
of all concerned parties. To that end Socio-Economic Analysis has very important role and
stands for the analytical base for starting off strategic oriented socio -economic development.
Analysis offers the insight into current state of affairs , identifying problems and development
assumptions on the basis of which in the next stage it will be possible to suggest specific
measures for their overcoming
Methodology of making Socio -Economic Analysis assumed before all formation of local work
groups (in targeted municipalities), development of their capacities (representing the basis of
Local Economy Development – LED and Socio-Economic Analysis), as well as the activities
of work coordination of these work-groups.
To the purpose of making Socio-Economic Analysis both quantitative and qualitative ty pes of
researches are applied, „desk” and «field work» researches. Researches were done in close
cooperation with REDASP and local work groups, local self -governments and institutions.
Work group for making Socio-Economic Analysis consisted of the representatives of the
Municipality, Multi-Media Centre, Institution for Sport, public companies and Agency for
Urbanism and Construction, as well as, of other important institutions.
As sources of data for making socio-economic analysis, statistic data of the National Statistic
Agency were used along with the data of the National Bank of Serbia, National Agency for
Privatization, archive documentations and internet presentations of economy subjects, local
self-government and other relevant institutions. Very important source of information
represents two polls that encompassed field of local infrastructure and most important
economy subjects. The stress is made on current data (from 2005 or 2006) that were
compared with the data from earlier periods (e.g. 1999) in order to get trend lines of certain
indicators and parameters
Analysis making certain assumptions and obstacles are met that are overcome in the degree
possible. Inconsistency of data that stemmed from different resources represented special
problem in the process of selection of relevant sources of data. Work group beside all efforts
was not able to provide information on agriculture farms. For that reason analysis of these data
is not constituent part of the Socio-Economic Analysis document.
Socio-Economic Analysis is a reflection of collected data on socio -economic situation, given
through personal insight and conclusions of the authors. Results of the analysis are not final
consequently it is expected to be expanded and renewed through analysis of updated data.
Author
Regional Agency for Economic Development
of Šumadija and Pomoravlje
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BASIC GEOGRAPHIC AND HISTROICAL DATA
Geography and Topography
Municipality of Prijepolje is
situated in the southwest part
of Serbia in the area of middle
Polimlja between 43° 09' 25''
and 43° 29' 42'' north geographic latitude and 19° 27' 00''
and 19° 53' 45'' of east
geographic longitude. It is one
of 10 municipalities of the
District of Zlatibor. Total area
of the municipality is 827 km 2,
and represents second largest
municipality of the district.
Municipality of Prijepolje had
41.188 inhabitants according
to the census in 2002 and
accounted for 13, 14% of the
population of the District of
Zlatibor, and municipalities of
the District of Zlatibor.
Average height of Prijepolje
above sea-level is 1.200 m
that classifies the area into
hilly-mountainous region, with
the highest peak of Jadovnik
Kosjeric
Bajina Bašta
Užice
Cajetina
Priboj
P ože g a
Arilje
Nova Varoš
Prijepolje
Sjenica
Subotica
Sombor
Prijepolje
Kikinda
Novi Sad
Zrenjanin
Sremska
Mitrovica
Pancevo
Šabac
BEOGRAD
Smederevo
Valjevo
Cacak
Požarevac
Kragujevac
Jagodina
Užice
Kraljevo
Bor
Zajecar
Kruševac
Niš
Prokuplje
Pirot
Kosovska
Mitrovica
Leskovac
Pec
Priština
Prizren
Vranje
Gnjilane
(Katunic) 1.734 m high. Lowest point is at the confluence
of the River Mileševka into Lim at 440 m above sea-level.
Morphology of the territory of Prijepolje has several smal ler units that all together make the area of middle Polimlja. Lowest areas of Prijepolje region are alluvial planes of
the river valleys: Lim, Seljašnica, Ratajska, Mioska, Komaranske Rivers and Mileševka. The valley of Lim is
extended near Brodarevo and Prijepolje; the River Lim
flows through narrow gorge cut mostly in lime, partially in
serpentine and other rocks. The valley of Lim extends in
the vicinity of the village Divci on the right side into special
Ivanjsko field and on the left side into Zupsko field.
Ivanjsko-Zupsko field is unique field that the River of Lim in
the length of 8 km intersects into two. In Sokolicko Cadinjsko massif, situated in the northeast of the Ivanjsko Zupske valley, Lim cuts the gorge 2 km long , that further
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349
Požega
Kosjeric
Arilje
553
Priboj
647
Cajetina
581
667
Užice
Nova
Varoš
673
Bajina
Bašta
827
Prijepolje
Sjenica
1.059
expands into Prijepoljsko-Zaluško field. Extension in the valley of Lim (Brodarevska, IvanjskoZupska and Prijepoljsko-Zaluška valley) from where rise mild and steep planes, they were
substantial factor in creation and shaping of rural areas, the settlement of Brodarevo and
urban settlement Prijepolje.
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Zlatibor District, area (in km )
On such geo-morphology relief forms the
1.200
settlements are founded at the average
1.000
height above sea-level under 500 meters such
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as: Zalug (470 m), Prijepolje (450 m),
600
Kolovrat (460 m), Seljašnica (470 m), Ivanje
400
(457 m), Gracanica (480 m), Pranjci (500 m),
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Lucice (495 m), Brodarevo (500 m), Zastup
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(470 m), Mioska (480 m) and Kucin (480 m).
Side valleys of the River Lim along the
Rivers of Grobljanska, Zebuda, Mileševka,
Source: National Agency for Statistics
Gostunska, Slatinska, Komaranska river,
Gracanica, Mioska, Ratajska, Seljašnica and Ljupac are made of numerous extensions, mild
and steep slopes. Some of them are dense populated, since they lean on to extensions of
Brodarevo and Prijepolje valley. These are hills of the nea rby mountains with average height
of 500 to 1.000 m above sea-level.
Zlatibor District, population in 2002 - 313.396
That band encompasses larger number of
Sjenica
villages with average relief height : Gostun
Prijepolje
8,92%
(525 m), Bare (650 m), Oštra Stijena (760
4,47% 6,31%
13,14%
Bajina Bašta
10,30%
m), Slatina (660 m), Brvine (740 m), Ivezici
Užice
Cajetina
(620 m), Bjelah ova (610 m), Balici (550 m),
Nova Varoš
Gojakovici (620 m), Zavinograde (560 m),
Priboj
9,69%
Grobnice (510 m), Potok (540 m), Potkrš
9,30%
Požega
6,38%
Kosjeric
(560 m), Orašac (950 m), Bukovik (850 m), Kru4,99%
26,49%
Arilje
ševo (980 m), Miljevici (750 m), Mijani (680
m), Skokuce (1.000 m), Karoševine (900 m),
Osoje (800 m), Zvjezd (1.000 m), Seljani (720 m), Cadinje (560 m), Dušmanici (560 m),
Ðurašici (650 m), Izbicanj (520 m), Crkveni Toci (1.000 m), Džurovo (950 m), Drenova (650 m),
Rasno (750 m), Sedobro (790 m), Mileševo (700 m), Hisardžik (770 m), Kacevo (1.000 m),
Divci (750 m), Sopotnica (1.000 m), Taševo (670 m), Cauševici (640 m), Koševine (700 m),
Vinicka (600 m), Kovacevac (560 m) and Orovac (950 m),
Third natural entity of the relief of the Municipality of Prijepo lje are mountains area: Jadovnik,
Zlatar, Pobijenik, Lisa, Kamena Gora and Karst valleys Jabuke and Babina. From the right
bank of Lim spread steep slopes of the Mountain Jadovnik all the way to Ozren in the
southeast part up to the confluence of Milesevska into Lim, in the northwest part .
To the west from the River Lim, in the area of Prijepolja and Priboj, rises Pobijenik (1.423 m),
and among Brodarevo and Bijelo Polje Lisa (1.509 m).In the area of Lisa and Pobijenik
above limy rocks dominate Paleozoic slates and other rocks. Here the area is more supplied
with water and the conditions are favourable for vegetation .
In the west and northwest part of the territory of the Municipality of Prijepolje lies Jabucko Babinska high plane that is largely Karsti fied and bared. This is the area of Karst intervenied
with numerous Karst valleys, without trees, dry and exposed to strong winds and rigid
winters. Shallow land is dominant and is good for pastures, less for crops and is accordingly
well-known as cattle –breeding area of Prijepolje.
In the area of mountains numerous settlements are founded at average heights above 1.000
meters. These are: Brajkovac (1.050 m), Mataruge (1.100 m), Kašice (1.050 m), Kamena
Gora (1.180 m), Juncevici (1.120 m), Jabuka (1.250 m), Donje Babine (1.100 m), Gornje
Babine (1.150 m), Vrbovo (1.150 m), Zabrdnji Toci (1.100 m), Kosatica (1.150 m), Pravoševo
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(1.320 m), Muškovina (1.200 m), Medani (1.060 m), Aljinovici (1.200 m), Gornji Goracici
(1.250 m), Karaula (1.250 m), Milošev Do (1.250 m), Mrckovina (1.100 m) and Milakovici
(1.100 m).
Wider area of Prijepolje that is part of the municipality is situated among the peaks of the
mountains: Zlatar (1.627 m) in the east and northeast , Jadovnik (1.734 m) in the east and
southeast. Pobijenika (1.423 m) in the north and northwest, Kamena Gora (1.483 m) and
Mijajlovica (1.411 m) in the west and Lisa (1.509 m) in the south.
Jadovnik is limy mountains in the shape of plain . It is bare and segmented into smaller relief
forms, that steeply descends towards the valley of the River Lim and its tributaries . Due to
steep slopes the erosion processes are very present. In the eastern and norteastren part of
the territory of the Municipality Prijepolje spreads along with the Mountains Jasovnik t he Mt.
Zlatar with the relief that is divided into sections by fluvial erosions of the right tributaries of
the rivers Mileševka and Lim. The area is well forested and has less pastures than the Mt.
Jadovnik.
Kamena gora is mountainous lofts in the western part of the territory of the Municipality
Prijepolje that rises up to 1.483 meters. It is rich with numerous water springs, forests and
temperate climate that provides excellent conditions for rest and recreation .
Lim is the longest river that flows throu gh the territory of the Municipality Prijepolje , and all
smaller water courses flows into it . Prijepolje is intersected with the valley of the River Lim in
the direction southeast–northwest and is connected with numerous smaller rivers . This river
has the characteristics of composite valley because it is there where between Bijelopolje and
Priboj vallies interchange gorges with river extensions – valleys. On the left side Rivers
Gostunska, Slatinska, Komaranska, Gracanica, Mioska, Ratajska, Seljašnica and Ljupca flows
into Lim while the right tributaries of the River Lim are: Grobljanska, Stranjanska, Dubocica,
Kruševica, Ribnjak, Zebuda, Mileševka and Bistrica. Most of the rivers are of torrent character.
Municipality Prijepolje is at the point where continental and maritime air masses meet . It is
140 km far from the Adriatic Sea in the air line, and from the P anonian plane 160 km, air line
distance. The fact is that among the Adriatic Sea and the Panonian Plain spreads high
mountain ranges that prevents further breakthrough of continental and maritime influences in
the area of Prijepolje. Accordingly, Prijepolje has temperate – continental climate that is
influenced by the nearby relief. Average annual temperature is 9.3°C.
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Coldest month - January
Hottest month – July, average temperature 19,1 oC
Average annual temperature 9,3 oC
Month with most falls - June
Driest month - March
Average annual falls 65,80 l/m 2
Number of days with temperature over 25°C – 60
Number of days with low temperatures (below zero) –
60
Number of snowy days 60 (maximum 90)
Most falls – month, June average 92,7 l/m 2
Least falls – month March, average 40 l/m2
Valorization of geographical position of the area is made
after the World War 2 with the construction of roads and
industry development. The construction of the net of
highways, regional and local roads actively connected
Prijepolje with places in Montenegro and Serbia .
To the south of Prijepolje by the valley of the River Lim the road leads to Bijelo Polje that is
55 km far and further to Mojkovac, Kolašin, Podgorica and Bar, and north from Prijepolje
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towards Bistrica that is 10 km far and branches into two directions: one towards Nova Varoš
that is 27 km far from Prijepolje , and second direction towards Priboj that is 30 km far and
further over Mountain Zlatibor, towards Užice, Požega, Kosjeric, Valjevo, Belgrade and other
places. West from Prijepolje the road leads by the valley of Seljašnica over mountain valley
of Jabuka towards Pljevlja 30 km distant, and to the east of Prijepolje by the valley of
Milesveka and the Mountain Jadovnik towards Sjenica 30 km far and on towards Novi Pazar,
Pristina and Skopje.
Historical Data
Settled in the Roman time, middle Polimlje was part of the oldest Serbian state Raška. In the
first written records Prijepolje is mentioned as a square of the Monastery Mileševa i.e. in the
contract from 1343 that referred to the salt trade among Dubrovnik and Prijepolje. This
source explicitly states that there was a square in Prijepolje or most probably one of the
squares of Monastery property that allows supposition that Prijepolje is founded in the time of
erection of the Monastery of Mileseva and formation of its noblemen .
Prijepolje developed as settlement on the caravan road known as „Dubrovnik Road“ that
connected central and eastern parts of the Balkans with central part of the Adriatic coast .
Dubrovnik’s road ran all the way from Dubrovnik or Kotor, by old Roman road over Pljevalja
and Prijepolje, by the valley of Mileševka to the Monastery of Mileševa, and from there over
Mileševo valley to Sjenica, Ras – Trgovište, continuing to Novo Brdo, Priština, Trepca all the
way to east parts of the Balkan Peninsula – Sofia and Constantinople.
Second important road was „Bosnian Road“ that ran from Dobruna, Belio brdo, Uvac, Priboj,
Banja, Kratova towards Nova Varoš connecting in Sjenica with Dubrovnik’s Road. From
Bosnian Road near the Monastery of Banja one road branched in the direction to Prijepolje
that speeded on the left bank of Lim.
From Dubrovnik’s and part of Bosnian road branched the road from Prijepolje to upper
Polimlje that probably connected Breskovo, too .
Medieval Square (the urban settlement Prijepolje developed from) was erected on fluvial
terraces of Lim, on their right bank in the vicinity of the confluence of the River Milesevka and
Lim. That place by its natural conditions was excellent for the goods exchange between the
mountains and county. Among the elements that substantially contributed to development of
the square into settlement on the expositions of the terraces of lower slopes of the northwest
part of Jadovnik. Such expositions were the safest places from the floods and at the same
time citizens could preserve the fertile land areas. The fact that the Monastery Mileseva was
very near supported the development of the square .
By the middle of the 14 th century Prijepolje got all the characteristics of the settlement with
the square as a central part in it . The development of Prijepolje square was largely based on
its favorable position because it was situated on the crossroads.
Although it is said that Prijepolje was caravan station, it was much more than that; arrival and
departure of the caravans, meetings of the traders and their escorts brought new life into
town and broadened the mind of the citizens in the area . Visits and stay of the traders in
Prijepolje facilitated the inhabitants of the city to start trading business that contributed to the
well supplied square, gathering of people from near and distant places.
The flourishing of Prijepolje in the 14 th century was also a period of rule of Grand Duke Nikola
Altomanovic. Big changes occurred in the middle of the 14 th century when this territory along
with other parts of Serbia fell under Turkish rule . The conquered territory by the Turks
caused the change of ethnic structure of Prijepolje and the valley and t he Muslims appeared
where Christians lived. Real Turks were always few in the area, while the adoption of the
Muslim religion of Christian people occurred during all period of the Turkish rule.
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By the end of the 19 th century mighty Austria-Hungarian monarchy arrived to the banks of
Lim and the impact of their civilization and culture was felt.
After big world wars that marked the 20 th century Prijepolje in the second part of the 20 th
century began to flourish and to develop economy that were put to stop w ith the dissolution
of the Yugoslavia by the end of the 90ies of the last century .
Natural Resources
Land
Territory of the Municipality of Prijepolje is very diverse and picturesque : from mild valleys of Lim
(Brodarevo, Velikozupska, Ibanjska, and Prijepolje- Zaluska), thick forests (Zlatar, Jadovnik, Kamena gora, Lisa, Pobijenik and Ozren), mountainous
pastures (Kamena gora, Jabuka, Babina, Vrbova, Stranjani, Aljinovici, Pravoševa and others), all the way to
the canoyon (Mileševka, Lim and Dubocica) and
waterfalls of Sopotnica. Farming land covers in the area
38.205 ha and represents important natural resource.
The most fertile land un the valley of Lim and its tributaries is still under pressure of intensive construction of
the buildings for inhabitants that moves in from the
near and distant settlements of the Municipality.
In some settlements of the Municipality of Prijepolje, especially in the areas of the villages on the
right bank of the valley Mileševka and on the left bank of the valley of Lim, land slides appear as a
consequence of road construction, building construction and other objects on the steeper slopes of
the relief, as well as, unsolved issue of waste waters. All natural preconditions exist on such slopes
for appearance of the land slides; slopes are mostly of clay slide plane on the slope, then the
terrain has a lot of water and devil deposits.
Forests
Important natural resource of the Municipality Prijepolje represents relief forms as a product of
different geomorphologic processes. Especially important are valleys of the rivers of the
canyons (canyons of Lim, Mileševka and Dubocica) with diverse flora and fauna. Plant species
that are particularly important: Serbian spruce, rare specie, endemic flora species of black
pine, sweet chestnut in the canyon of Mileševka and yew-tree in the canyon of Dubocica.
In the upper, mouth part of the river Sopotnica there is a large complex of dripstones, over which water of the River
Sopotnica flows, forming waterfalls.
Exploitation of dripstone as a constructing material brought to termination of
the dripstone reserves. Due to that it is
necessary to put that nature well under
State protection.
Territory of the Municipality Prijepolje
has substantial complexes of forests
in the area of Zlatara, Jadovnika,
Ozrena, Lise, Kamene gore, Babina,
Pobijenika and other mountainous
area. These areas have fresh, clean air-
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and scent ether oils. Unfortunately some forests trees are drying, not only conifers but
deciduous trees, too. That is a consequence of „acid rains“, created by realizing different
oxides into atmosphere by burning fossil fuels in automobiles, households and factories.
In the end it should be mentioned that according to data of „Srbijašume“ in the Municipality
Prijepolje in social ownership there is 65.523,63 ha of forests. Conifers species cover
6.525,87 ha, while undergrowth covers 22.220,32 ha.
Ores
For the further development of Prijepolje especially important are reserves of the copper ore
on Cadinje above Kolovrat with high percentage of the copper and other ore minerals, as
well as, findings of mineral water springs of the 14oC temperature in the valley of Seljašnica.
Mineral and Geothermal Waters and Springs
Special natural wealth of this area are hydrology objects : water springs and land water
courses of Seljašnica, Mileševka, Lim and other rivers. Prijepolje is supplied with water from the
well Seljašnica. Well consists of two permanent and several temporary springs. One
permanent spring is on the left bank of Seljašnica. It is tapped and used for the city water
supply. Second is on the left bank, a lso tapped and its water is used by hydro power plant
Seljašnica and partially city water system. Capacity of the well Seljašnica is 220 – 240 l/s,
that represents most important and only natural source used for water supply of the
municipality Prijepolje. Concerning water supplying of the city and vicinity, Prijepolje has
better resources than many other municipalities in Serbia .
Source:
Local self-government
Guide through cultural- historical heritage of Prijepolje, NGO „Nova Vizija”
Web presentation: www.prijepolje.org
National Hydrometeorology Agency
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POPULATION
Results of the last census of the
population of the Municipality of
Prijepolje indicate radical downsizing of the population for 11,5%
after the period of population
growth in the previous period.
This
population
downsizing
occurred in the 90ies as a result of
migrations in the situation of war
clashes, difficult state of economy
and substantial degradation of
quality and living conditions.
Population of the Municipality Prijepolje
48.000
46.902
46.525
46.000
44.000
44.022
42.000
41.188
40.000
38.000
Census 1971
Census 1981
Census 1991
Census 2002
Population Structure
Gender population structure
f
m
f
20.416
20.000
19.000
20.772
m
23.228
f
23.297
m
23.452
21.000
22.091
22.000
21.931
23.000
23.450
24.000
18.000
Census 1971
Census 1981
Census 1991
m
f
Census 2002
As for the sex structure of population of
the Municipality Prijepolje, female popu lation outnumbers male population very
little and that difference is 0,9%. It is
interesting that only the census of population in 1991 confirmed the majority of
male population, in the census of 1981 the
ratio was equal.
Age Breakdown of Population
Most numerous contingent of population is those age 15-19 according to
official censuses in 1981, 1991 and
2002. Although this contingent maintains majority compared to other age
groups, indicative is the participation of
the population up to 25 that dropped
from 55%, census 1971, to 35% census
2002. Reason for that might be, before
all, intensive migration of population in
the last decade of the 20 th century.
Census
1971
1981
1991
2002
0-4
4.941
4.208
3.780
2.147
5-9
10 - 14
15 - 19
20 - 24
25 - 29
30 - 34
35 - 39
40 - 44
5.173
5.034
4.850
4.083
2.960
3.386
3.025
2.483
4.463
4.767
5.026
4.236
3.757
3.354
2.685
3.157
3.731
3.996
4.109
4.103
3.690
3.370
3.178
3.035
2.651
3.157
3.312
3.108
2.855
2.698
2.769
2.841
45 - 49
50 - 54
55 - 59
60 - 64
65 - 69
70 - 74
75 and over
unknown
1.681
1.240
1.159
1.383
912
799
709
204
2.868
2.281
1.611
1.134
964
1.018
1.140
233
2.422
2.852
2.587
2.007
1.356
826
1.296
187
2.967
2.809
2.164
2.436
2.180
1.458
1.358
278
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Ratio of Urban and Rural Population
Population - 41.188
36,49%
Urban (15.031)
Rural (26.157)
63,51%
Concerning the structure of the population in the Municipality of Prijepolje compared to living
conditions, it can be seen that dominant population in the Municipality Prijepolje is rural that
accounts for 63,5% of total number.
Ethnic Breakdown of Population
25.000
20.200
24.770
23.402
30.000
13.109
20.000
15.000
0
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119
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271
5.000
25
10
3.812
10.000
1991
2002
Source: National Agency for Statistics Census 1991 and 2002
According to the last census of population, participation of Serbian population in the total
number is 56,8%. This group represents largest ethnic group in the municipality . On the other
hand side the participation of the Muslim-Bosnjak population decreased in the period
between two census of the population . Consequently, participation of the latter in the total
number of population of the municipality from 43,4% in 1991 dropped to 41,1% in 2002. This
is a result of migrations to developed centers in the country and Western Europe .
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Population per Settlement
Reg.
number
Settlement
Number of
inhabitants
Reg.
number
Settlement
Number of
inhabitants
1
Aljinovici
193
41
Koprivna
49
2
Balici
503
42
Kosatica
389
3
Bare
74
43
Koševine
1.129
4
Biskupici
22
44
Kruševo
5
Bjelahova
104
45
Kucin
169
6
Brajkovac
87
46
Lucice
176
7
Brvine
187
8
Brodarevo
192
47
Mataruge
2.389
48
Medani
47
80
9
Bukovik
163
49
Mijani
10
Vinicka
487
50
Mijoska
25
11
Vrbovo
101
51
Milakovici
66
12
Gojakovici
225
52
Mileševo
122
13
Gornje Babine
265
53
Milošev Do
126
14
Gornje Goracice
58
54
Miljevici
535
15
Gornji Stranjani
85
55
Mrckovina
33
16
Gostun
74
56
Muškovina
35
17
Gracanica
265
57
Oraovac
341
18
Grobnice
277
58
Orašac
379
19
Divci
353
59
Osoje
567
20
Donje Babine
313
60
Oštra Stijena
140
21
Donje Stranjane
134
61
Potkrš
156
22
Drenova
201
62
Potok
412
23
Dušmanici
286
63
Pravoševo
24
Ðurašici
267
64
Pranjci
25
Zabrnji Toci
133
65
Prijepolje
26
Zavinograde
1.734
66
Rasno
27
Zalug
1.193
67
Ratajska
2.270
28
Zastup
133
68
Sedobro
325
29
Zvjezd
104
69
Seljane
185
30
Ivanje
1.254
70
Seljašnica
801
31
Ivezici
173
71
Skokuce
109
32
Izbicanj
46
72
Slatina
139
33
Jabuka
511
73
Sopotnica
34
Juncevici
302
74
Taševo
35
Kamena gora
210
75
Hisardžik
301
36
Karaula
78
76
Hrta
157
37
Karoševina
199
77
Crkveni Toc i
38
Kacevo
65
78
Cadinje
279
39
Kašice
88
79
Cauševici
139
40
Kovacevac
1.867
80
Džurovo
189
808
85
400
16.416
427
151
2.283
76
Source: Local self-government
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In the Municipality Prijepolje there are 80 settlements, of which the most numerous is city
area of Prijepolje with 16.416 inhabitants. Three settlements (Brodarevo, Ratajska and
Taševo) has population over 2.000 (without Prijepolje), while four settlements (Zavinograde,
Ivanje, Koševine and Kovacevac) have population among 1.000 and 2.000. The smallest
settlement is Biskupic with only 22 inhabitants.
Total density of population in the Municipality of Prijepolje is 49,8 inhabitant/km2.
Basic contingent of population
No. of
inhabitants
Under age
of 7
7 - 14
15–27
Labor active population
60 and
older
male
(15-64)
total
Female
(15-49)
female
(15-59)
Work
capable (%)
1991
5.305
6.202 10.502
5.485
29.926 15.510
14.416
11.667
64,30
2002
3.219
4.736
7.432
26.673 14.055
12.618
10.056
64,76
8.231
Source: National Agency for Statistics –Municipalities in Serbia
In the period between two census the
fall of the underage supported population up to the age of 15 is evident (3.552
inhabitants), while the population over
60 records growth for over 35%.
Participation of labor active population
maintains the same level despite t he
nominal fall in 2002 compared to the
census in 1991 for 11%, while the
percentage of female fertile population,
labor active is ~ 38%.
35.000
29.533
30.000
25.801
25.000
20.000
15.000
10.000
11.507
7.955
7.432
5.485
5.000
0
Under age of 15
15 - 60
60 and older
1991
2002
Population older than 15 - sex and education breakdown
Without
education
1-3 grade of 4-7grade of
Primary Secondary
primary
primary
education education
school
school
Post
University
secondary
Unknown
education
education
Total
2.460
838
4.212
9.754
13.465
1.138
998
368
Male
563
270
1.730
4.819
7.536
634
578
215
Female
1.897
568
2.482
4.935
5.929
504
420
153
Source: National Agency for statistics – Municipalities in Serbia
According the structure of population of 15 and over, 70% are those with primary and
secondary education. Indicative is the fact that out of 2.460 inhabitants without qualifications
77% are women that also are majority of those with low education (1-3 grades and 4-7
grades) with over 60%.
Without education
3,00% 1,11% 7,40% 2,52%
3,42%
12,67%
1-3 grade of primary school
4-7grade of primary school
Primary education
Secondary education
Post secondary education
40,52%
29,35%
University education
Unknown
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Population breakdown per activities, census 2002 .
Active population
total
doing job
17.686
12.369
Persons with
personal
incomes
Supported
population
Employed
abroad up to 1
year
7.524
15.752
226
Source: National Agency for Statistics – Municipalities in Serbia
Concerning the structure of population of the Municipality Prijepolje according the activity, it
should be stressed that active population accounts for 42,9% of the total population in
municipality, i.e. 53,2% of population older than 15. Out of that number 69,9% is population
with some kind of job. On the other side, supported population participates in the total
population of municipality with 38,2%.
0,55%
38,24%
Aktivno stanovništvo
42,94%
Lica sa licnim prihodom
Izdržavano stanovništvo
Lica na radu-boravku u
inostranstvu do 1 godine
18,27%
In the period between two official census in the Municipality of Prijepolje number of
population decreased for 11,5%. This fall of the number of inhabitants is outcome of negative
birth rate and before all migration of population of the Municipality Prijepolje. Difference
between number of those that moved out and moved in is 7.156.
According to last official census of population Municipality Prijepolje had 12.073 households
with average number of members 3,41. Compared to last census the fall of households is
recorded for 2%.
Data from Vital Register
Born alive
Year
number
Died
at 1000
inhabitants
number
Birth rate
at 1000
inhabitants
1999
417
8,8
438
9,3
2002
522
12,7
481
11,7
2005
442
10,9
472
11,7
number
-21
Marriages
at 1000
inhabitants
at 1000
inhabitants
number
-0,4
229
22
41
1,0
303
45
-30
-0,7
202
34
Birth rate in the surveyed period records small oscillations while the mortality rate is stable 12 per thousand. Number of born alive also records oscillations. The increase of born alive is
indicative in the year 2002 that reflects in the positive birth rate of 1 per thousand in the
surveyed period.
LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT
Structure of local government
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In accordance with the Law on Local Self-Government, organs of local self -government of
the Municipality are: Municipal Assembly, President of Municipality and Municipal Council.
Municipal administration, as unique service, is in charge of implementation of the law,
municipal and other regulations, as well as, for citizen’s rights fulfillment.
Municipal Administration is organized as unique service within internal organizational units:
q Department for urbanism, construction, utilities, housing and legal and property issue s
(15 employees)
q Department for economy, budget and finances (17 employees)
q Department for social activities
q Department for general administration and common issues (22 employees, this number
encompasses also the employed within the Department for social a ctivities)
q Office of the President of the Municipality (1)
Specialized offices are formed within these departments:
q Office for urbanism, construction, utilities – housing and legal- property issues – Office
for inspections,
q Office for social activities – Section for social care of children,
q Office for economy, budget and finances – Section for economy activities,
q Office for general administration and common tasks – Section for Assembly activities.
In charge of the work of departments is head of department . Head is appointed by the Municipal
Assembly. In charge of the organizational units are appointed persons: executive of the
department appointed by the Head of the Department of municipal administration and Chief of
the Cabinet appointed by the President of the Municipality.
Survey of administrative exemptions offered by local administration aimed at
business enhancement
Old crafts sole trades are exempted from tax payments (blacksmiths, harness-makers, etc), as
well as shops and other business units in the villages where there is no organized public
transportation. In the first year of business this tax is not paid by manufacturing companies and
sole trades, and in the second year they pay only 50% of total tax amount. This is one of the
administrative exemptions that local self-government is providing.
E-Administration
Information system in the municipality Prijepolje is comprised of one server–computer and 22
client–computers connected into LAN net. Majority of the client–computers (those 17) are
Pentium IV processor, while the other are by far weaker . Server–computer uses operative
system Windows 2003 Server, while other computers use operative system Windows XP
Professional. Municipality also has software “Hermes softlab” for management of municipal
documentation.
Access to Internet is enabled over Wireless connection, but due to slow flow (128k) this
service is accessible to small number of computers .
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PRO Functional Review of Municipalities in South West Serbia
Prijepolje Municipality Report - draft 2
Richard Allen
Zehra Kacapor
August 2007
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Contents
1
Introduction………………………………………………………………………… 21
1.1Background and Purpose .................................................................................... 21
1.2Local Government Structure & Functions ............................................................ 22
1.3Municipality Background ...................................................................................... 22
2
Municipal Assembly ……………………………………………………………… 22
2.1Overview.............................................................................................................. 22
2.2Assembly-appointed staff positions...................................................................... 23
2.3Assembly Commissions ....................................................................................... 24
3
Municipal Administration……………………… ……………………………….25
3.1President of the Municipality (Mayor)................................................................... 25
3.2Head of Administration......................................................................................... 26
3.3Structure, functions and mandate ........................................................................ 27
3.4Common Functions .............................................................................................. 27
3.5Department for urbanism, construction, communal and property affairs.............. 28
3.6Department for Economic Development, Budget and Finance ............................ 29
3.7Department for General Administration (Odeljenje za opštu upravu)................... 30
3.8Department for Civic Affairs ................................................................................. 31
3.9Citizens Assistance Centre .................................................................................. 32
3.10Cabinet of the Mayor (Kabinet Predsednika Opštine) ........................................ 33
3.11Municipal Implementation Unit ........................................................................... 33
4
Public Enterprises (Javna Preduzeca)……………………………………………34
4.1Overview of public enterprises ............................................................................. 34
4.2Child care and pre-school education.................................................................... 34
4.3Information ........................................................................................................... 35
4.4Tourism................................................................................................................ 35
4.5Public Works ........................................................................................................ 35
4.6SME Agency ........................................................................................................ 36
4.7Culture ................................................................................................................. 36
4.8Communal Services JKP “Lim” ............................................................................ 36
4.9Education............................................................................................................. 37
4.10Centre for Social Work....................................................................................... 38
5
Human Resources – municipal administration…………………………………..39
6
Strategic Management……………………………………………………………..41
7
Financial Management……………………………………………………………..43
7.1Income ................................................................................................................. 43
7.2Budget preparation .............................................................................................. 43
7.3Budget management............................................................................................ 43
8
Issues and Constraints…………………………………………………………. …45
9
Needs ………………………………………………………………………………..47
10
Conclusions and Observations……………………………………………………47
Annexe 1 – Functions of Municipal Assembly………………………………………….48
Annexe 2 - Municipal Assembly Boards and Committees……………………………..49
Annexe 3 – Classification of functions……………………………………………………50
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Introduction
Background and Purpose
This report is an analysis of the functions and basic capacity of the municipality of Prijepolje.
It is the result of a functional review undertaken by the PRO project from April – July 2007.
The PRO project (Projekat za Razvoj Opstine) is funded by the European Agency for
Reconstruction (EAR) and the Swiss Development Cooperation agency (SDC), and
implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) i n Serbia. The
objective of the whole PRO project is “to strengthen local governments in facilitating socio economic development by effectively using EU and other funding support”. The project is
was originally designed as a one and a half year programme of support (mid 2006 to end
2007) for the municipalities of Nova Varoš, Novi Pazar, Priboj, Prijepolje, Sjenica and Tutin.
During the course of the functional review research a second phase of the PRO project was
announced, increasing the financial suppor t and extending the timeframe to the end of 2009 1.
The specific objectives of the functional review are described in the box, below.
The functional review is a systematic exercise in assessing current functions performed by the
municipalities, and a basic assessment of organisational capacity to deliver these functions. It will
support capacity development by enabling the PRO team and municipality personnel to:
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Understand current functions actually performed by the municipalities;
Identify any gaps between functions that are legally required and the actual situation
Identify immed iate opportunities for developing or modifying functions that would contribute to
the delivery of better quality services
Identify functions that may benefit from developing cooperation with other municipalities
Identify any immediate steps that PRO and/or municipalities could take to address urgent
capacity requirements.
Since a second phase of the PRO project was agreed after the terms of reference for the
functional review were approved, it was agreed that the functional review would also serve
as a baseline study for capacity development of the municipalities during the course of PRO
2.
In parallel to the functional review, the PRO project team also commissioned a public opinion
survey, and a socio-economic analysis, both of which augment the understanding of the
current situation and provide further data for an effective baseline.
This document is broadly divided into two parts. The first (sections 0 to 0) provide a detailed
description of the functions, funding, responsibilities and accountabilities of the bodies of the
municipality. Sections 0 to 0 provide some analysis of the current situation. This analysis is
based partly on the discussions, interviews and workshops held with the municipal staff, and
partly on an analysis of the data.
The functional review project has pr oduced seven reports: one for each municipality in the
PRO project that summarises the findings of the research process, and one overall analysis
report. The overall analysis report also includes a description of the methodology, plus
general findings and conclusions based on the analysis of all six municipalities.
The functional review did not set out to make recommendations to local government. Its
purpose was simply to provide a solid base of information on the current state of affairs. The
overall summary report does offer recommendations to the PRO project in terms of a way
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In this report “PRO 6” refers to Nova Varoš, Novi Pazar, Priboj, Prijepolje, Sjenica and Tutin. “PRO 8” refers
to the same municipalities plus Ivanjica and Raška
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forward for its capacity building work with the municipalities. Where it seemed appropriate in
the individual municipality reports there are comments and suggestions for the cons ideration
of municipalities and others. We have also sought to include as far as possible the
suggestions for change and support that emerged from the research process as identified by
municipal staff themselves. We hope that the municipalities will find this information useful in
two ways. First, in that it offers a comprehensive summary of the current situation which can
be used to disseminate and explain the work of the municipality. Second, in that it will
provide a solid base of understanding for t he further design and implementation of the PRO
project, which should, therefore, be made more responsive to the municipalities’ needs.
Local Government Structure & Functions
The functions of local government are divided into two groups: primary functions and
delegated functions. Primary functions are those for which local government is responsible
for initiating, funding and executing. Delegated functions are functions that are the
responsibility of central government, but which have been delegated to lo cal government for
local delivery, and for which central government provides funding.
The responsibility for the functions of local government is given to the local government as a
whole, single entity. One of the purposes of this study was to examine how these
responsibilities are shared between the various bodies of the local government, and the
organisations established by it. To a large extent the way in which responsibilities are
divided, and the way in which bodies or organisations are accountable d etermines the
effectiveness of delivery of public functions.
Municipality Background
Prijepolje lays in the south -west of Serbia, close to borders with Montenegro and Bosnia and
Herzegovina. The last census showed that Prijepolje has 46,525 citizens, 53,2% Serbs,
43,4% Bosniaks, 1,6% Montenegrins and 1,8% others. Prijepolje was not a big industrial
centre, and today is one of the communities with a developing trade and small and medium
enterprises. Prijepolje has good predispositions for development of tour ism as its natural and
historical resources create a very attractive offer to potential visitors. A detailed analysis of
the municipality can be found in the strategic plan.
Prijepolje’s population is facing a serious decline in numbers. By 2005, populat ion had
declined by 3.5% since 1999, a greater decline than the national average of 1.3%. Of the
PRO 6 municipalities, three face a population decline, one remains almost stable, while two
(Novi Pazar and Tutin) are increasing rapidly. Assuming that this population decline is
related to falling birth rates and economic migration out of the municipality, it puts pressure
on the administration in two significant ways. First, there will be fewer economically active
people paying taxes, and second, there wil l be more older people dependent on social
welfare and health services. The municipality must, therefore, face the challenge of
reversing its population decline through economic development —a challenge which it
recognises and is beginning to deal with.
Municipal Assembly
Overview
The Prijepolje Municipal structure follows the standard model of the local government
structure in Serbia. The Municipal legislative power is represented through the
Municipal Assembly that has 61 members. Prijepolje has the highest number of
assembly members of the eight PRO municipalities per thousand population, and at
1.51 members per thousand, is significantly higher than the 0.89 members per
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thousand average for Serbia. Twelve of the 61 members are women. At 19.7% this
is just below the average representation of women in local government for the whole
of Serbia (21.4%).
The political composition of the assembly is as follows:
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President of Assembly from DSS – Dragan Svicevic
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Parties in power (Ruling coalition) – SDP 12, Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) 7,
Democratic Party 6, Nova Serbia (NS) 4, + 6 councillors from GSS (3) and SD (3)
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Opposition: Serbian Radical Party (SRS) 11, List for Sandžak (11), Socialist Party
(SPS) 4
The functions of the municipal assembly as described in the law on local government
are listed in Annex 1.
The assembly in Prijepolje was described by most interviewees as having a cooperative and
helpful approach to the work of the municipal administration, despite political differences.
The work of the assembly is partially supported by one person in the administration with
responsibility for analysis (poslovi analitike i sintetike Opštinske uprave i skupštinskih
poslova). The job largely relates to providing financial information to the assembly (and t he
administration), and does not address policy issues or include research functions.
The assembly is ultimately responsible for overseeing the work of the administration and
public organisations (javne preduzece), and is accountable to the electorate for the provision
of local public services (alongside the elected mayor, see below). The mechanisms of
reporting and accountability are therefore important determinants of the performance of
public services in the municipalities.
Assembly-appointed staff posi tions
The assembly appoints key staff positions in the municipality, and through that mechanism
maintains the accountability of the public institutions. These positions include the head of
municipal administration and the heads of all municipal establish ments such as public
enterprises (javne preduzece). All municipal appointed positions usually report to the
assembly at least once per year.
Secretary of the Assembly
According to the law, the Secretary of the Assembly is proposed by the President of the
Assembly and appointed by the Assembly itself. In Prijepolje, this function is carried out by
an independent expert advisor (samostalni strucni saradnik) located in the Department for
General Administration, section for assembly affairs (see section 0). According to the law,
the person in the position of Secretary to the Assembly should have a law qualification; the
person in the equivalent post for Prijepolje has a political science qualification.
Prijepolje also has a Secretary of the Municipal Council, who is a qualified lawyer. This is not
a position foreseen by the law on local self government.
Public Attorney
The Javni pravobranilac, or public attorney, is tasked with defending and representing the
Municipality at courts with regards to complaints and charges submitted by the Municipality
or against it. Unusually for this region, the public attorney reports directly to the Municipal
Assembly; in other municipalities he or she u sually reports to the mayor.
Ombudsman (‘Civil Defender’)
The municipality of Prijepolje does not at present have a person in the position of
Ombudsman. This position is optional under the law on local self government, and few
municipalities in Serbia hav e appointed such a person.
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Assembly Commissions
The municipal assembly establishes boards and committees to advise on specific areas of
work. Some of these are standing, and some meet only as needed. The list of boards and
committees is given in Annex 2. Participants in the commissions are usually nominated by
the assembly on the basis of expertise and political representation. Because of time
constraints, the functional review process was not able to examine the composition and work
of any of the commissions.
Many of the expert staff of the municipal administration take part in the meetings of
commissions, and provide information and advice from their particular expertise.
Role of commissions, participation of administration staff
[insert list of commissions here]
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Municipal Administration
The executive branch of a municipality is headed by a directly elected President of the
Municipality (often translated into English as ‘Mayor’), and supported by a municipal council,
appointed by the Assembly. The Mayor and the Council are, in effect, chief executive and
managing board of the municipal administration.
The municipal administration takes responsibility for delivering most of the functions
delegated to local government by national government, and delivers some of the primary
functions of local government. Other primary functions are allocated to public enterprises
(such as library services, public works, sports and culture). The mayor does not have direct
supervisory control over the work of the public e nterprises, or any other organisation
established by the municipal assembly. The mayor does, however, have responsibility to
establish a local inspection and audit service (law on local self government 2002, article
103). The purpose of this inspection a nd audit service is not explicit in the Law, but the
context infers that it is for the purposes of ensuring proper expenditure of the budget by all
budget users.
President of the Municipality (Mayor)
The Municipal administration is led by the directly -elected Mayor, Nedžad Turkovic (b. 1956)
of the Sandžak Democratic Party (SDP). He has the support of the ruling coalition in the
assembly (see section 0), and so is able to manage the administration in a stable and
progressive way.
The primary duties of the president of
According to the law, the responsibilities of the
municipality are:
mayor are as listed in the box, right.
1. represent and act on behalf of the
In discussions, other functions of the mayor emerge.
municipality;
They include:
2. directly implement and ensure the
implementation of the decisions and other
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Ensuring freedom of access to information
acts of the municipal assembly;
according to the law
3. propose decisions and other acts to be
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Providing legal assistance to citizens
adopted by the assembly, as well as the
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Cooperation
with
international
procedures for resolution of issues within
municipal assembly jurisdiction;
organisations
4. ensure the implementation of delegated
?
Public relations
responsibilities from the scope of powers
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Cooperation with republic-level institutions
and duties of the Republic and/or forms of
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Cooperation with the ‘people’s office’
Territorial Autonomy;
(narodna kancelarija) of the President of the
5. set guidelines for a nd co-ordinate the
activities of the municipal administration;
Republic.
6. propose appointment and dismissal of
The mayor, therefore, has somethi ng of a dual
the head of municipal administration
function. Formally he is the chief executive of the
department and/or the heads of municipal
municipal assembly, responsible for impementing its
administration departments in charge of
decisions; he is also the local executive of the
specific affairs;
national government, responsible for implementation
7. order executio n of the budget;
of delegated functions. On top of th is, he is an
8. pass individual acts according to the
elected politician, and so has to perform functions in
authority vested in him/her by law, the
statute or decision of the assembly;
relation to the elected nature of his position: building
9. perform other activities under the statute
consensus on policy decisions, promoting the image
and other municipal acts.
and achievements of the municipality, and attracting
Law on local self government 2002 art icle 41
investment and interest in the municipality’s
economy.
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Municipal Council (Opštinsko Vece)
Municipal Council has 7 members in Prijepolje (maximum allowed is 11). According to the
law, the Council is a body that coordinates the functions of president of the municipality and
the municipal assembly. It also has a controlling/supervising function over the work of the
municipal administration.
The Council also serves as an advisory body for the Mayor, and prepares the final proposal
of the budget for approval by the assembly. The member s of the council are normally
nominated by the Mayor, and nominations are endorsed by the Assembly.
The municipal council has the power to “rule on the conflict of competencies between the
municipal administration and various enterprises, organisations and institutions”2 making it an
essential component in demarcating functions between public enterprises and the municipal
administration.
Chief Architect
At present the Lead Urban planner/Chief Architect is systematized under the Department for
Urbanism (see below). There is a plan, however, to create this position outside of any
Department and reporting directly to the Mayor and the Assembly, as envisaged by the law
on local government.
Municipal Manager
The law on local self -government envisages a ‘municipal manager’ who would be
responsible for among other things, supporting economic development and encouraging
capital investment. A better description of the position in English would be ‘head of
economic development’ so as to avoid any conflict of role wit h the head of administration 3.
There is at present no municipal manager employed in Prijepolje.
Head of Administration
The head of administration is appointed, according to law, by the municipal assembly.
According to the systematisation document 4:
«Nacelnika Opštinske uprave postavlja Skupština opštine.
Nacelnik Opštinske uprave predstavlja Upravu, organizuje i obezbeduje zakonito i efikasno
obavljanje poslova, odlucuje o pravima, dužnostima i odgovornostima zaposlenih i stara se o
obezbedivanju uslova rada. Za svoj rad i rad Opštinske uprave nacelnik odgovara Skupštini
opštine i predsedniku Opštine.»
“The head of the municipal administration is appointed by the municipal assembly.
The head of the municipal administration represents the administratio n, organises and
ensures lawful execution of work, decides about rules, duties and responsibilities of
employees and ensures safe conditions of work. The Head is responsible for her work and
that of the municipal administration to the municipal assembly a nd the president of the
municipality (mayor).”
At present, the head of administration is a person with a long experience in the position, and
has expertise in running the office. She describes a wide portfolio that ranges from work on
internal operations to cooperation with, and monitoring of, the public enterprises. She is also
involved in the preparation of the assembly agenda, supervision of the heads of department,
and cooperation wth the Republic level administration for public revenue.
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Law on local self -government, 2002; article 60
The term ‘menadžer’ in Serbian has strong private sector connotations, and does not translate literally to the
English ‘manager’; ‘entrepreneur’ may be a better translation.
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5 May 2006
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The position of the head of administration is therefore primarily an administrative one,
concerned with the smooth functioning of the administration. The descriptions of her work
make no reference to achieving change objectives or any measures of performance such as
citizen satisfaction or economic development.
Structure, functions and mandate
The municipal administration has four departments, one more than most others in the PRO 6
group. Responsibility for civic affairs has its own department; in other municipalit ies this is
often combined in one department
with responsibility for finance and
Actual expenditure on municipal administration 2006
budget functions.
per inhabitant (din)
The departments are:
2,500
?
Urbanism,
construction,
193m
59m
61m
residential and property affairs
35m
2,000
73m
?
Economic
Development,
39m
1,500
51m
budget and finance
?
Civic affairs
1,000
?
General administration and
500
community affairs
The total expenditure of the
Novi
Priboj
Tutin
Nova
PRO 6
Sjenica Prijepolje
municipal administration in 2006 was
Pazar
Varoš
average
51,339,815 din, (around €658,000).
This is equivalent to 1,270 Dinars per
inhabitant, the lowest of all six of the
PRO municipalities, suggesting that the Prijepolje ad ministration is the most efficient of the
PRO 6 (see chart above). This is supported by the staffing numbers: there are 74 staff, or
1.8 staff members per 1,000 population (highest 3.7, PRO 6 average 2.7), again, the lowest
ratio of all the PRO 6 municipa lities.
The mandate of the municipal administration is
defined in the Law on Local Self Government
The municipal administration shall:
(see box, right).
1. prepare drafts of regulations and other acts
Common Functions
Formally, the functions of the municipality
administration
are
divided
according
to
department. Exploring the reality, there are a
number of functions not formally identified that all
departments carry out. These include simply
receiving enquiries from members of the public,
which can occupy a fair amount of time; dealing
with enquiries and requests from members of the
Assembly; participating in, and providing technical
support to, comissions and boards of the
assembly; and monitoring the implementation of
Assembly decisions.
Reporting and planning also form a proportion of
the workload, with considerably more reporting
than planning. Reporting requirements can be
considerable, especially financial reporting.
for adoption by the municipal assembly and
the president of municipality;
2. implement decisions and other acts
adopted by the municipal assembly and the
president of munic ipality;
3. resolve in first -instance administrative
proceedings issues related to the rights and
duties of residents, enterprises, institutions,
and other organisations within the
municipality’s primary jurisdiction;
4. perform administrative supervision over
implementation of regulations and other
general acts of the municipal assembly;
5. enforce laws and other regulations
delegated to the municipality;
6. perform expert and other activities
determined by the municipal assembly and
the president of munic ipality.
Law on Local Self Government, 2002, article 48
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Skup ština Op štine
Javni
pravobranilac
Predsednik
Opštine
Kabinet
predsednika
Opštine
Opštinske
Vijeæe
Podpredsednik
Opštine
Naèelnica
opštinske
uprave (74)
Odeljenje za urbanizam,
graðevinarstvo, komunalno
stambene i imovinsko
pravne poslove (12)
Arhitekta
Odsek za
Inpsekcijske
poslove
Odeljenje za
privredu, bud žet i
finansije (14)
Odsek za
privredne
poslove i
poljoprivredu
Odeljenje za op štu
upravu i zajedni èke
poslove
(22)
Mesne
kancelarije
3
Opštinska
implementacija
jedinica
Odsek za
skupštinske
poslove
Odeljenje za
društvene
delatnosti (15)
Odsek za
društvenu
brigu o deci
Opštinski
razvojni fond
Department for urbanism, construction, communal and property
affairs
The Department for Urbanism, construction, communal and property issues is primarily
responsible for the quality and effectiveness of the built environment. In practice this means
working on the urban plans, identifying land for construction, ensuring standards of
construction, and approving changes of building and land use. It also includes and p rovision
of communal services, maintenance of residential buildings, environmental protection, and
responsibility for local roads.
The department currently has 12 staff (15 in the systematisation), and includes a sub
department dedicated to inspection.
In terms of the DAI Europe categorisation of public sector functions, this department
performs primarily regulation and standard setting functions related to issuing of permits and
inspection of standards. A relatively small, but hugely important, component of its work is its
policy function in relation to the preparation of the urban and spatial plan. It is the
department’s role to prepare the plan, but the policy decisions are made by the assembly,
which approves the spatial plans, and central government, which verifies them. The latest
urban plan was prepared in
Most of the remainder of the department’s work is categorised as public service delivery
functions; this work is mainly in relation to recording ownership of property, preparation of
leases, and expropriation of property for development purposes. Work related to property
registration is a deconcentrated function of central government, so the local government has
to work closely with the Prijepolje office of the Property Registration Service (Sluz ba za
katastar nepokretnosti), which is directly controlled by the Republic Geodetic Author ity
(Republicki Geodetski Zavod).
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The inspection functions are delegated functions from central government, and are
supervised by the deconcentrated government offices in Užice.
The department also supports the service delivery work of the public enterpr ises JKP Lim
and the directorate for public works (Direkcija za izgradnja).
Functions of department of urbanism, construction, communal and property affairs
Policy functions
? preparation and publication of acts about
urban conditions
? work in planning com missions – review and
approval of urban projects
Regulation/Standard Setting Functions
? preparation of licences for infrastructure
projects
? leasing of construction land
? permission for establishing business premises
? ensuring compliance with project
documentation
? processing demands for starting proceedings
against offenders
? water supplies (conditions, compliance,
licences,)
? permissions for construction
? legalisation of buildings
? construction inspection
? traffic inspection
? environmental inspection
? communal inspe ction
? educational inspection
? inspection on building sites
? construction/planning control
Coordination Functions
? coordination of strategy implementation
Public Service Delivery Functions
? demands towards JPs for provision of
services and compliance with con tracts
? cooperation with JKP, JP and Directorate for
Construction (council works department)
? assistance with preparation of leases
? recording property
? gathering documentation – certificates from
management of income, cadastre, employment
office and PIO
? expropriation
? delivery/provision of heat
? work with property rights
? water supplies (conditions, compliance,
licences,)
Support to government functions
? legal assistance to the Mesne Zajednice
Department for Economic Development, Budget and Finance
The Department for Economic Development, Budget and Finance carries out work in the
following four areas:
?
Financial management and budgeting
?
Agricultural development
?
Project management (for donor and development funds)
?
Support to the Mesne Zajenice
The PRO municipal implementation unit also falls within this department, and there is a sub department for economic and agricultural development.
The department has 17 employees, of whom two are in the economic and agricultural
development sub-department.
The financial management responsibilities are fairly standard, and include preparation of
budget, making payments to budget users, regular financial reporting to the mayor and
assembly and national government, and preparation of final financial reports.
The municipality recognized the need to put more effort in developing infrastructural and
development projects, so responsibility was given to this department. In 2006 Prijepolje was
one of the leading municipalities in Serbia with regard to winning grants and infrastructu re
projects from the Government and international donors, obtaining 10 million Dinars
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(€128,200) from such project sources. It is budgeting for an expected 20 million Dinars in
project revenue for 2007.
The municipality has established a development fund which is administered by this
department. In 2006, the fund spent 47m dinars ( €600,000). This included the UNDP and
Mercy Corps projects, but also included funds spent on infrastructure projects in the mesne
zajednice, and local roads projects.
The department provides support (through the sub-department for economic and agricultural
development) for the mesne zajednice. This support includes preparation of investment
plans, and supervision of water, sewerage and other infrastructure in these communities.
The functions of this department are all primary functions of the municipality. They are also
mainly support to government functions, according to the DAI Europe categorisation, with the
exception of the agricultural extension services included in the su b-department for economic
and agricultural development.
Department for Economic Development, Budget and Finance – main functions
Support to Government Functions
? Preparation and control of budget
? Payments and cashier functions
? Book-keeping
? Financial repor ting – to administration,
assembly and government
? Preparation of final accounts
Service Delivery Functions
? project implementation (NIP and donor
projects)
? preparation of investment plans for MZs
? supervision of maintenance and construction
of infrastructure (water, sewerage etc) in MZs
? preparation of projects for NIP and
international donors/development projects
? financial planning for Development Fund
? support to Development Fund steering
committee
Department for Economic Development, Budget and Finance – Agricultural Functions
? Organising and attending agricultural fairs and
exhibitions
? Production and distribution of seedlings and
other agricultural inputs
? Anti-hail protection
? Informing smallholders/farmers on
government regulat ions
? Tracking outbreaks of disease
? Seminars & advisory services for fruit,
vegetable and livestock farmers
? Animal welfare protection
Regulation/Standard Setting Functions
? registration of smallholders/farmers
? approving change of use of agricultural land
? issuing production licences/certificates
? land valuations
? collection of data on agricultural enterprises
? applying for Min of Ag project funds
Department for General Administration (Odeljenje za opštu upravu)
The Department has three main responsibilities; support to the Municipal Assembly and
Municipal Council, administrative support to the municipal administration, and management
of the central registry (maticna knjiga). The department has a current staffing level of 22
people, of whom three are in the mesne kancelarije, the community offices serving more
remote settlements. Not all staff meet the educational and experience requirements listed in
the systematisation document.
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Support to the assembly and council is mainly ad ministrative, not policy related. It involves
taking minutes, filing documents and publishing decisions in the municipal official gazette
(Službeni glasnik).
Administrative support includes sending and receiving mail, a typing pool (5 people), IT
administrator, and photocopying assistant. The department has responsibility for human
resources, in the form of a person responsible for labour relations (poslovi radnih odnosa),
who is mainly concerned with the legal, administrative and contractual aspects of
employment.
The registry office functions of the department were reorganised in 2006 with the support of
Mercy Corps in 2006 into the Citizen Assistance Centre (CAC, or Uslužni Centar), combining
some of the functions from the Department for Civic Affairs into a single office.
There are six registrars (maticari), plus a position for maintaining the electoral roll, and a
CAC receptionist. Two of the registrars are based in mesne kancelarije (Brodarevo and
Aljinovic).
The department also has responsibility for assessing eligibility and making payments to
civilian and military war invalids, and a further delegated responsibility from the Commissariat
for Refugees to register refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
The municipality’s community offices, the mesne kancelarije, provide similar registry services
to the CAC, each one maintaining its own register of births, deaths and marriages ( maticna
knjiga). With three offices, Prijepolje has the lowest number of mesne kancelarije of the
PRO 6 municipalities. Each one serves an average of 13,000 people, compared to the PRO
6 average of just over 5,000.
The department’s support functions are mainly primary functions of local government, and its
service delivery functions are delegated functions of central government.
Department for General Administration
? Benefits for war invalids
? Registration of births, deaths and marriages
? Maintaining em ployment records (radne
knjižice)
? Maintaining electoral roll
? Notary services
? Refugee/IDP registration
? Responding to public enquiries about the work
of the Municipal Council
? Health protection
? Verification of citizenship
? Administration of student loans
? Administrative support to the municipal
assembly
? Publication of the official gazette (službeni
glasnik)
? Labour relations
? Internal administration (typing, photocopying,
IT support)
? Reception office/administration for President
of Assembly and Mayor
Department for Civic Affairs
The main responsibilities of the Department for Civic Affairs are, like the department for
general adminstration, mainly concerned with internal support functions such as building
maintenance and switchboard operation, and service delivery functions relating to general
social welfare.
The Head of the department is currently the same person as the Head of the Department for
General Administration, and since many of the service delivery functions of both depa rtments
have been moved to the CAC, there is some naturally occuring overlap and blurring of
boundaries between the two departments. The actual situation is therefore somewhat
different to that described in the systematisation.
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The department has 15 staff, including a small sub-department for child protection (odsek za
društvenu brigu o deci). As with the Department for General Administration, the service
delivery functions of the Department for Civic Affairs are mainly delegated functions from the
central government (in this case, mainly from the Ministry for Labour and Social Policy and
Ministry of Education).
Department for Civic Affairs
? Registration of entries into the central registry
(citizenship, births, deaths and marri ages)
? Issuing certificates of entries from the central
registry
? Support and supervision of schools, schools
inspection
? Maintenance of the electoral roll
? Proof/notarisation of documents
? Assess eligibility for family, parental and child
allowances; payments according to entitlements
? Cooperation with young people and youth
organisations
? Benefits and protection of civilian and military
WWII veterans/invalids
? Cultural, sport, health, and social protection
affairs
? document regist ry (pisarnica)
? heating supply and maintenance
? drivers and car pool
? office cleaning
? switchboard operation
? porters and guards
The central registry (maticna knjiga) functions are delegated functions from central
government, and include the following:
?
Registration of births, deaths and marriages
?
Issuing copies of birth, death and marriage certificates (valid for 6 months)
?
Maintenance of electoral roll
?
Issuing and validating employment records for pension and other entitlements
(radne knjižice)
Work with schools is a delegated function from the Ministry of Education, and involves
supervision of school records, review of school plans and budgets, and fund ing (from local
sources) the maintenance of school buildings. Teachers’ salaries are paid by central
government.
Citizens Assistance Centre
The CAC, created with the support of Mercy Corps in 2006, re -located a number of functions
to a central reception office serving citizens in person. The following are the functions that
are combined into the CAC:
?
IT system adminsitrator
?
Receptionist
?
Document registry
?
Central registry (births, deaths, marriages)
?
Notary
?
Urbanism and residents’ affairs
?
Private enterprise (company registration)
?
Enterprise/economy
Formally, the people performing these functions still report to the department heads
according to the systematisation. Informally, it is hard to see that this arrangement will be
sustainable in the long term, si nce they are dislocated from their colleagues in the same
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department. Most likely an informal arrangement will evolve in which colleagues in the CAC
will report to one head of department for daily issues, and to their formal line manager for
technical issues.
Cabinet of the Mayor (Kabinet Predsednika Opštine)
The Mayor’s cabinet has three staff in the systematisation: a head of cabinet, a media
relations officer, and an officer for the ‘narodna kancelarija’ or people’s office. At present,
there is only one person employed in the cabinet, the “officer for the people’s office” ( poslove
Narodne kancelarije).
This is not a common position, so it is worth giving a little more information about his work.
He has responsibilities relating to providing legal assis tance to citizens, which takes up the
majority of his time (around 40%). He is also involved in working with international
organisations and NGOs, and is responsible for ensuring freedom of access to information.
Other activities include public relations duties, and connecting with the national level people’s
office, which sits with the President of the Republic.
Municipal Implementation Unit
The Municipal Implementation Unit is not a formally established unit included in the
systematisation document. It was established to support the implementation of the PRO
project, and staff included in the unit are seconded from their normal positions. There are
nominally four staff in the MIU: the head of the department of Economic Development,
budget and finance and three others.
In practice, the work of the MIU gives the team members two jobs, their normal position plus
responsibilities as part of the MIU. This is not formally systematised, nor are they rewarded
on the basis of doing ‘extra’ work. The consequ ence is that less effort is put into the work of
the MIU than required.
The MIU is foreseen in the thinking of some donors as a precursor to a unit in the
municipality that is able to identify projects, apply for funding (international donor and
domestic government) and manage the funding and project implementation. In the coming
years, as EU money becomes more directly available to governmetns at national and local
levels through the IPA scheme, such a unit will be essential for obtaining and managing the
potentially large sums that will be available. It is not clear, however, whether such a unit
should be located at the level of the individual municipality, or at a more regional level.
Nevertheless, it is important that all municipalities are able to de velop the skills needed to
identify and plan projects for national and international funding.
It is necessary, therefore, that the functions of the MIU (identifying projects, developing
proposals, applying for funding, and managing project implementation) are institutionalised in
support of the municipal administration. Further work is needed to identify how.
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Public Enterprises (Javna Preduzeca)
Overview of public enterprises
Prijepolje has 10 public enterprises that were established by the Municipality. These
enterprises carry out many of the primary functions of municipal government.
All public enterprises have a director and a managing board. The director and board are
appointed by the municipal assembly, and so are often seen as political appointmen ts. On
the basis of limited information, it appears that in Prijepolje the directors of these
organisations are suitably qualified, and are not appointed solely on their political
connections. The director of the main public utility, JP “Lim”, was not ch anged after the last
election.
The public enterprises were not detailed subjects of study by this review, and so only limited
information is available for this report.
Primary and secondary schools and the Centre for Social Work are national level instit utions,
although they are partially funded by the Municipality. They therefore do not have the same
reporting and oversight arrangements as the public enterprises. Centres for Social Work are
expected to become municipal institutions in the near future, as anticipated in the 2002 law
on local government. However, the necessary social welfare legislation has not been put
into place to define roles and responsibilities.
This section reviews the institutions that receive the most funding from the municipal budget.
In addition to the institutions discussed below, small amounts of funding are given to social
organisations and NGOs.
Child care and pre -school education
The kindergarten “Misa Cvijovic” offers pre-school education for children from 1 year of age
to 5 years of age. It also provides newly -compulsory pre-school preparatory educational
programme for children of age 5 and 6. It has a present staff of 76 employees (although 68
are foreseen in the systematisation).
In school year 2005-2006 there were 592 children enrolled in the kindergarten 5, although
there are 3,325 children aged between 0 and 6 in the municipality, of whom an estimated
950 are aged five and six – the age for which pre-school education is now compulsory.
The functional review did not examine the extent to which private pre -school education is
available in the municipality.
Funding is provided by the municipal adminstration through the municipality budget. The
expenditure on child protection in 2006 was 22,3 million dinars (or €275,000). This is
equivalent to 6,965 dinars per child age 0-6 in the municipality (or nearly 38,000 dinars per
child actually enrolled).
The work of the kindergarten is overseen by a managing board (Upravni odbor). It provides
an annual plan, pre-school programme, financial report and annual activity report to the
Assembly once a year.
The Kindergarten works closely with, and sends reports to, the education inspector
(Prosvetni inspektor) who is located in the municipal administration, Department for Civic
Affairs.
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Information
The Public Information Enterprise “Polimlje” (JIP Polimlje) has
14 staff, and provides a local newspaper and radio station. In
2006 it had a budget of 6.4 million dinars ( €82,000), lower than
average (per inhabitant) for the PRO 6 region.
This enterprise is directly accountable to its Managing Board
and the Municipal Assembly. The director is appointed by the
Assembly.
Information spending
in PRO 6 region ( Dinars
per inhabitant )
Highest:
398
Average: 190
Lowest:
0
Prijepolje: 158
Tourism
Of the PRO 6 municipalities, only three municipalities spent
money on tourism promotion in 2006, of which P rijepolje was one. It spent a total of 2.2
million dinars (€28,000), an
equivalent of 54 dinars per person
(highest: 151 Din per person), and
Tourism - overnight stays 2005
has a present staff of two people.
40,000
35,000
The municipality founded the
30,000
tourist organisation in 2005 to
25,000
promote awareness of tourism in
20,000
and around Prijepolje.
As with
15,000
other JPs, it reports to a
10,000
managing
board,
and
the
5,000
Municipal Assembly, and its
director is appointed by the
Assembly. It also cooperates with
and provides reports for the
National Tourism Organization of
Serbia (Turisticka Organizacija
Srbije).
According to the official data on tourism, which records overnight stays regardless of purpose
(e.g. business or pleasure), Prijepolje had one of the lowest rates of overnight stays in the
PRO region (see chart) 6.
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Public Works
The Directorate for Public Works (JP “Direkcija za izgradnju”) is responsible for the following
functions:
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Construction and maintenance of local roads
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preparing public land for construction (including connecting utilities, etc)
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maintenance of public spaces
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traffic signs and signals
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Preparation of project documents and drawings of all buildings and infrastructure
In 2006, the municipality of Prijepolje spent 54 million dinars on public works (€694,000, or
1,300 dinars per person). Of this, some 20 million dinars came from international
organisations (Mercy Corps and UNDP/EAR). Comparisons with other municipalities in 2006
are difficult, because new budget codes are not consistently used, and different
municipalities' directorates for public works incorporate different functions.
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stays compared to the other municipalities.
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The Directorate works closely with the Department for Urbanism and Construction on a
range of issues linked to urban planning and cons truction. The Directorate reports to the
Municipal Assembly and the Management Board.
SME Agency
Prijepolje is the only municipality of the PRO 6 to have an agency for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). This has been established recently as a pu blic-private venture
involving the regional development agency, private companies and the municipality. It aims
to provide advisory services to SMEs and to assist in registration of business start -ups in the
community. As a recently founded organisation, actual expenditure figures for 2006 are not
available. The municipal budget contribution projected for 2007 is modest, at 700,000 dina rs
(nearly €9,000), but it is supplemented by funding from the other partners, and it is hoped
that funding will increase in the coming years. Its key functions are:
?
promotion of partnership between the public and private sectors
?
development of business plans
?
promotion of entrepreneurship
?
meetings and education for entrepreneurs.
Culture
Prijepolje has three municipal-funded cultural institutions: the library, museum and cultural
centre (dom kultura). In all, Prijepolje is
one of the higher-spending municipalities
when it comes to culture, spending roughl y
Per capita expenditure on culture (820), din 2006
26 million dinars in total (€337,000) in
(22.4m)
800
2006.
The biggest beneficiary is the
(26.3m)
700
cultural centre, which received 12 million
600
(19.0m) (13.5m)
dinars, followed by the library with 8.5
500
(38.4m)
(7.5m)
million, and the museum with 5.5 million
400
dinars.
300
(6.4m)
The Cultural Centre aims to “develop the
200
culture and satisfy the cultural needs of the
100
citizens of Prijepolje”. It organises films,
Priboj Prijepolje PRO 6
Sjenica
Novi
Nova
Tutin
exhibitions, theatre, music and educational
average
Pazar
Varoš
(Total expenditure 2006 in brackets)
activities, and employs 23 staff at present.
The Library „Vuk Karadžic“ employs 10
people, and has a main centre in Prijepolje town offering lending services for adults and
children. This is supplemented with a local branch «Stevan Tomovic», and an 'info bus'
which tours the municipality offering library services to the smaller towns and villages.
The museum in Prijepolje is highly respected, and collects and keeps archeological and
historical artefacts from the region and organises exhibitions and research studies.
Municipal officials from both Prijepolje and Priboj suggested that the Museum could be
established as a regio nal museum, charged with recording archeological sites and artefacts
from the whole region.
Communal Services JKP “Lim”
The Public Communal Enterprise „Lim“ is in charge of providing utility services in Prijepolje,
including:
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Production and distribution of water
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Sewerage
?
Solid waste management
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Street cleaning (communal hygiene).
Communal services in Serbia are funded directly by fees usually collected by the communal
enterprise itself. Fees are established by a committee of the Municipal Assembly, within
guidelines set by central government. Additional funds as subsidies and subventions for
capital investment can be provided by the municipal government. In 2006, Prijepolje gave 18
million Dinars to JKP Lim (€23,000). It currently has 134 staff, divided into three units: 43 for
water supplies, 49 in the unit for sewerage, solid waste management and street cleaning,
and 41 providing support services.
As all other enterprises, the director of JKP „Lim“ is appoi nted by the Municipal Assembly,
and is supervised by its Managing Board. The enterprise provides the Municipal Assembly
with a plan and a report once a year, and reports to the municipal council on the state of
municipal cleanliness also annually.
The communal enterprise would like to see a change in the VAT (PDV) rules, so that they
pay VAT only on income actually received, and not on fees invoiced, since not all users pay
their fees.
Education
Primary education is the
Expenditure on primary education per inhabitant (din) 2006
second
largest
item
of
municipal
expenditure
in
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Prijepolje, after the municipal
800
administration itself; in 2006,
700
expenditure was around 33m
600
dinars (€426,000). Primary
500
and secondary education are
400
delegated
functions
from
300
central government, so in
200
theory all costs are covered
100
by central government. The
role of municipalities is
Prijepolje
Priboj
Nova Varoš Novi Pazar
PRO 6
Tutin
Sjenica
restricted to one of providing
average
and maintaining the school
buildings, administering school enrollment and educational inspection. Setting the curriculum
and employing teachers is a central government responsibility.
Since
education
is
an
important factor influencing
Primary education expenditure per pupil (Din) 2006
the
development
of
a
municipality, it is worth
9,000
examining
the
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8,000
According to the total number
7,000
of
inhabitants,
primary
6,000
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5,000
best funded of the PRO 6
4,000
municipalities
(see
chart
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below).
2,000
A slightly different calculation,
1,000
expenditure according to the
actual numbers enrolled in
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primary
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shows
Varoš
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Pazar
Prijepolje in third place after
Nova Varoš and Priboj. Tutin
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and Sjenica lag far behind; they are able to spend less than half as m uch per pupil as
Prijepolje.
Secondary education expenditure is rather lower. Total expenditure on secondary education
in Prijepolje was 15m dinars (€196,000). The variation between municipalities in secondary
education is even higher than for primary education. Prijepolje is one of the top spending
municipalities, spending just over 9,000 dinars per pupil. This is nearly four times more than
the lowest spending municipality.
Total enrolment in Prijepolje is the second highest in of the PRO 6 municipalities (see chart
below), in line with its population.
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Municipalities have a relatively minor role in the provision of social welfare services and
benefits, but this is likely to increase
as reforms currently under way
begin to be implemented fully at
School enrolment 2004-2005
municipal level. At present, it is the
18,000
16,000
Centre for Social Work that has the
secondary school
14,000
main role, and this is a local office of
primary school
12,000
the republic-level Ministry of Labour
10,000
and Social Policy.
8,000
The municipality budget gave the
6,000
Centre for Social Work around 2.8m
4,000
dinars in 2006 (€36,000), roughly
2,000
the same amount as it gave to the
Red Cross branch in Prijepolje.
More than half of this (1.7m din) was
spent
on
allowances
and
supplements for beneficiaries, and
the rest was spent on salaries and
other expenses.
Human Resources – municipal administration
The municipal administration in Prijepolje has a current staff
of 74. The diagram below lists th e positions in each
Prijepolje education levels
department and sub-department. Since the last election the
University (VSS)
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administration reduced its staff by 15% through a programme
College (VŠS)
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of voluntary redundancy. The staffing levels have since
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increased, but the qualification levels have increased over all.
Primary School (OŠ)
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There are currently 22 staff employed with a university
Source: municipality empl oyee list May 2007
degree.
Despite this relative success with raising the educational level
of its staff, the management of the administration would like to
see a further increase in competence and motivation. O ne way of doing this is through a
central government -sponsored redundancy programme. This programme, however, has
limited funds for redundancy payments and employment counselling. Further funding would
Prijepolje Staffing Structure – According to Systematisation May 2006
Odeljenje za urbanizam ,
graðevinarstvo, komunalno
stambene i imovinsko pravne
poslovi
-Rukovodilac
-Poslovi urbanizma i planiranja
-Pravna poslova
-Administrativno tehnièki poslovi iz
oblasti urbanizma i grað.
-admin-geodetski poslovi iz oblasti
urbanizma i grað.
-Stambeno komunalni poslovi
-administrativno-tehnièki poslovi
vezani za stembenu oblast
-Struèni saradnik za saobraæaj,
putevi i komunalne delatnosti
-Imovinsko-pravni poslovi
Odsek za Inpsekcijske
poslove
-Šef odseka
-komunalni inspekcije
-Gra ð inspek.
-Inspektor za saobraæaj i javne
puteve
-Inspektor zaštite životne sredine
Odeljenje za privredu, budžet
i finansije
Odeljenje za op štu upravu i
zajednièki poslove
Odeljenje za dru štvene
delatnosti
-Rukovodilac odeljenja
-Pos. bud žeta, bilansiranja
sredstava budžeta i interna kontrole
trošenja sredstava
-Pos. trezora i budžeta
-Pos. bud žetski inspektor
-Pos. Ra èunovodstveno finansijskog
koord. finans. Slu žbe direktnog
korisnika
-studijsko-analitièki poslovi, struèni
poslovi, fondova i mesnih zajednica i
poslovi javne nabavke
-Poslovi knjigovodstva bud žetskog
raèunovodstva i izve štanja i poslovi
knjigovodstva evidentnih raèuna
budžeta
-Poslovi analitike i sintetike
Opštinske uprave i skup. pos.
-Poslovi materijalnog knjigovodstva
-Poslovi obraèunskog radnika i
blagajnika
-Poslovi knjigovodstva bud žetskih
fondova i analitike prihoda bud žeta i
poslovi statistike
-Rukovodilac odeljenja
-Poslovi sistem administratora
-Skupštini poslovi
-Sekretar op štinskog veæa
-Poslovi radnih odnosa Op štinske
uprave
-Poslovi gra ðanskih stanja,
zdravstvene za štite i kadrova èke
pomoæi
-Poslove overe rukopisa, prepisa i
potpisa, izdavanje radnih knji žica i
studentski krediti
-Matièari(6)
-Poslovi vo ðenje biraèkog spiska
-Poslovi prijema stranaka u
uslužnog centra
-Daktilografski poslovi (5)
-Poslovi umno žavanja materijala
-Poslovi prijemne kancelarije kod
predsednika Op štine, Pred SO etc
-Poslovi prijemni kancelarije kod
naèelnika Opštinske uprave
-Poslovi poverenika za izbeglice
-Poslovi koji se obavljuju u
Uslužnom centru (11)
-Rukovodilac
-Poslovi boraèko invalidske
zaštite, civilnih invalida rata i ŽFT
-Posl. obra èuna, isplata i
knjigovodstvenoraèunovodstvenih poslova iz
oblasti bora èko invalidske zaštite i
poslovi arhive
-Poslovi obrazovanja, kultura,
fizièki kultur, zdravstva i socijalne
zaštite
-Poslovi prosvetnog inspektora
-Administrativno-raèunovodstveni
poslovi obrazovanja
-Poslovi pisarnice
-Poslovi ložaèa parnih kotlova i
održivanja instalacija i sredstava
-Poslovi vozaèa putnièkih
automobila
-Poslovi dostavljanaja pošta
-Poslovi èišæenja prostorija i
objekata
-Poslove centrale
-Poslove portira i èuvara
Odsek za privredne poslove
-Šef odseka
-SS za poljoprivredu
-Poslovi privatnog preduzetništva
-Poslovi raèunovodstva za mesne
zajednice
-Struèno administrativni i gra ðevinski
poslovi
-Poslovi ekonomata
Kabinet
predsednika
Opštine
-Šef kabineta
-Poslovi saradnika za
odnose sa medijima
-Poslovi narodna
kancelarija
Odsek za dru štvenu brigu
o deci
- Šef odseka
- Poslovi utvrðivanja prava na
deèiji dodatak
-Poslovi likvidatora – isplate
-Finansijski poslovi
-Administrativni poslovi
-Poslovi prijema zahteva
-Poslovi razno šenja pošte i
odrzavanje higijene
be needed for the municipality to extend the scheme further.
The municipality administration has only one person charged with human resource
management (in the department for general affairs), and the responsibilities of this position
are limited to the legal and contractual aspects of employment. There is no formalised plan
or strategy for human resources management or development.
Work discipline and efficiency of service delivery has been positive and evaluated well by
citizens and management, although senior managers identified problems with requestin g
staff to do tasks outside the formal requirements of their job description (in the
systematisation).
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The workshops with municipality staff identified issues of salary range and job design/scope
of work as important constraints in staff recruitment, motiv ation and performance.
As in most state organisations in Serbia, staffing is regulated by the ‘systematisation’
document. This document defines the structure of the administration into departments,
identfies all the staffing positions, gives brief descrip tions of the educational requirements for
each post, and a short description of job activities.
Salaries are regulated by a ‘salary coefficient’. There is a base salary for the administration,
and the coefficient determines the actual amount of pay. Fo r example, if the base salary is
10,000 Din per month, and the salary coefficient for a particular post is 1.5, the actual salary
for the post is 15,000 Din per month. In this way, salary increases (or decreases) are applied
to all, collectively. This has an advantage of apparent fairness, but the disadvantage is a
reduction in flexibility and the ability to respond to market pressures for rare skills (e.g. IT
technicians).
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Strategic Management
The municipality prepared its first strategic plan in 2004 for the period 2005-2009. It is
currently going through a process of revising its plan. The priorities identified in the plan are
the same as those articulated in interviews with senior administration management: SME
development, rural development (agriculture and tourism), improving municipal service
delivery and environmental protection. The strategic plan was produced by a local action
group consisting of members of local government, civil society and the business community.
It was approved by the assembly in May 2005.
The strategy, of course, applies to the development of all aspects of the municipality. The
only body charged with this range of responsibility is the municipal assembly, which is a
legislative body, not an executive one. There are no executive bodies responsible for all
aspects of municipal development. The most senior executive responsibility lies with the
mayor, who also has a democratic mandate. He can directly influence the work of the
municipal administration (with the suppo rt of the municipal council). He can also indirectly
influence the work of the public enterprises and other municipal -founded institutions. The
mechanisms of this indirect influence are two -fold. One is political, through direct
discussions and relationships with the members of the Assembly. The other is technocratic,
through the support provided by the municipal administration to the Assembly. This support
might involve assistance with establishing performance contracts for the public enterprises,
and providing inspection reports on the performance of public enterprises, for example. The
strength of this technocratic influence therefore depends, in part, on the quality of the
analytical capability of the administration staff.
Since the formulation of the strategy, the municipality of Prijepolje has been taking action to
implement it. The following table summarises action taken.
Strategic Priority
strengthen existing SMEs and develop new ones
increase rural production and services –
agriculture & tourism
improve efficiency and quality of services for the
public provided by the Municipal adminstration
ensure protection of natural resources and
promote sustainable development
Action taken
? establishment of SME agency, as public private partnership
? municipal administration very active in
promoting agriculture
? establishment of local tourist agency
? created veterinary centre
? establishment of CAC, improvements in staff
education levels
[more information needed]
The table shows that the municipality has b een able to take action and allocate
responsibilities and resources to achieve its strategic priorities.
There is currently no structured annual activity/work planning process at the level of the
municipal administration, although departments say they prod uce annual plans. The main
tool for annual planning is, as in other municipalities, the annual budget process. The budget
process follows the legal requirements for public hearings, and involves a questionnaire
survey of current budget users. This is th e opportunity for identifying priorities, allocating
resources and obtaining assembly commitment for programmes of work.
The functional review process was not able to observe public budget hearings (because of
timings) so cannot comment on the quality of the budget hearings process. Annual plans
and reports from the municipal administration and public enterprises were also not reviewed
as part of this research, so we cannot comment on their quality and usefulness.
Assessment of progress is generally unst ructured and ad hoc. According to interviews, it
consists of supervision of staff work, monitoring the number of complaints, and in particular
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assessing the number of complaints resolved in favour of the municipality. Ministries are
also following the work of the municipality in its performance of delegated functions.
These indicators, while useful, do not provide an overall assessment of the progress made in
realising the objectives of the strategy. As the strategy is revised, it would be helpful to
ensure that it includes measurable and meaningful indicators on progress. For example, the
public opinion surveys carried out by the PRO project provide useful data on citizen
satisfaction of municipal services. These outcome oriented indicators could provi de a more
meaningful assessment of progress than the number of complaints, which only relate to more
extreme cases.
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Financial Management
Income
As with other local governments,
Prijepolje’s income comes mainly from
Prijepolje Actual income 2006
local tax and fee sources, plus a
transfer from central government. In
international project
2006, its total budget amounted to
income
3%
nearly 300m dinars (€3.8 million). The
transfer from central government is
transfers from other
ostensibly to pay for delegated
government levels
30%
functions, and largely depends on size
of population.
income from local
Prijepolje
has
been
reasonably
sources
67%
successful in attracting international
donor funds; in 2006 it received just
over 10m dinars (or about €125,000).
The new law on local government
finance came into force in 2007. This
should see an increase in funding for
the poorer municipalities in 2007. Municipalities are a lso budgeting for project funds from the
National Investment Plan (NIP) in 2007. Prijepolje’s budgeted income for 2007 is just over
400m dinars (€5 million), an increase of one third on its 2006 actual income. Of this, 20m din
is projected to come from i nternational project funds.
Budget preparation
The budget preparation process is carried out according to law, and includes consultation
with budget users, and a public budget hearing. The research process was not able to
assess the quality of the budget preparation process, nor the degree of citizen participation.
Budget management
As a rough indicator of budget management, the variance between planned and actual
budget for 2006 was very small. Of a planned expenditure of 341m dinars, the actual
expenditure was 294m, around 86% of the budgeted amount. Individual budget lines
remained quite close to the planned amounts. This suggests that the budgets were well
considered, income projections were realistic, and that the financial controls are adequate to
prevent over-spending.
The chart below shows the variance between actual and planned expenditure for 2006.
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Issues and Constraints
This section summarises issues and constraints identified by interviewees and workshop
participants during the course of the research for the functional review.
The constraints and obstacles as seen by the Municipality management are both external
and internal constraints.
External
A serious constraint to development is the perceived difficulty in accessing central
government funds. The procedure for accessing and acquiring these funds is difficult and
success is perceived to be related to informal considerations such as personal relationships
rather than formal compliance with application criteria. Nevertheless, co mpared to the other
PRO 6 municipalities, Prijepolje has been successful in acquiring funds for infrastructure
projects and agricultural development.
Prijepolje belongs administratively to the Zlatibor region, which has ten municipalities
surrounding Užice and the Zlatibor mountain 7. The size and level of development between
municipalities varies, and these differences create difficulties in achieving focus on common
issues. Municipal officials envisage the creation of a “vital” region (suštinski region), which
would consist of neighbouring municipalities, with similar levels of development and social
contexts.
Internal
The Municipality has a strong will to focus on and provide support to local economic
development. However, the Municipality does not beli eve that it has a team with the right
skills, experience and knowledge to focus strictly on developing projects and initiatives for
local economic development. The Municipality also does not have Municipal Manager or the
Chief Architect/Urban Planner who would assume lead responsibility for taking such
initiatives.
Lack of adequate space, computer equipment and skills of employees are also seen as great
impediments to improvement of services and work. The management sees the low
motivation of staff as addi tional burden and this was recognised as a result of interlinked
factors, including:
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Low salaries; municipal staff in general believe that local governments are
forgotten by higher levels of government
?
Responsibilities delegated by the state require a lot of additional time and
efforts of staff besides regular duties that need to be adequately performed
?
Lack of competent human resources strategy, strategy for staff
development and on-job coaching and training
?
Lack of clear vision and understanding of deve lopment
?
Lack of adequate space and equipment accompanied by a lack of
adequate skills and knowledge
On the other hand, the Municipality suggested that change is assisted by its good
cooperative relationships with citizens, Ministries, donors and others, a nd the availability of
natural resources.
The staff of Prijepolje municipality shows great motivation to develop. Some of their ideas for
change include the following:
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Forming a department for local economic development
7
Zlatibor municipalities are: Arilje, Bajina Bašta, Kosjeric, Nova Varoš, Požega, Priboj, Prijepolje, Sjenica,
Užice, Cajetina
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?
Forming a local economic advisory committee (including representatives
from the three sectors, state, private and civil society)
?
Forming a department for local tax adminstration
?
Fill the positions of municipal manager, chief architect and ombudsman
?
Cancel or reorganise the cabinet of the p resident (of the municipality)
?
Establish a central [electronic] register of citizens
?
Simplify the procedures for child protection ( društvene brige o deci)
?
Provide uniforms for staff in the CAC
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Reorganise the CAC into [new] departments [Umrežavanje Uslužnog
centra sa odeljenjima]
Municipal officials strongly advocate that more general, national -level changes are needed in
order to substantially change the conditions for local development. In their view, the most
necessary changes are:
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greater decentralisation of powers to local government
?
return of property ownership to local governments
?
[greater] reimbursement of taxes
?
property restitution
?
including local communities in the process of decision -making about
exploitation of natural resourc es
?
completing the implementation of the law on local self -government
[Konacna primena Zakona o lokalnoj samoupravi]
?
decentralisation or regionalisation of [development/investment] funds
?
positive discrimination in favour of under -developed municipalities
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Creation of ‘vital’ regions of municipalities sharing common understand ing
and conditions
Decentralisation, and especially the return of local government property, are seen as the
most important changes and the base for all other improvements and developments at local
level. As in all other municipalities in the region, Prije polje sees the return of property as the
prerequisite for sustainable development of the local government and of the community as a
whole. At present, local resources cannot be managed because ownership is at the national
level.
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Needs
Functional Review workshop participants were asked as part of the research to identify
additional resources and support needs that would assist with making the changes they
identified. The table below summarises the needs identifed.
new knowledge and skills
? Seminars for particular areas of expertise, for example on the implementation of specific
laws
? Study visits and exchanges with countries that have already gone through transition
consultants or experts
?
Transfer of positive experiences from other municipalities and countries
systems and structures
? Electronic connections with other institutions to make work easier and to make
documentation available for citizens (courts, registry office, tax, cadastre, Ministry of Interior,
etc)
Conclusions and Observations
The fact that the Head of the Department for Civic Affairs is also the Head of the Department
for General Administration has an obvious logic, considering that many functions of both
departments are now serving the public in the Citizens’ Assistance Centre ( Uslužni Centar).
However, it has created a large and unwieldy structure, with around 37 staff and only two
small sub-departments (plus three mesne kancelarije).
The management of the
administration in Prijepolje have expressed a wish to reorganise the depar tments around the
CAC, so they may wish to consider the possibility of separating the internal support functions
from both departments (such as typing pool, switchboard, building maintenance and
cleaning) into one support services department, and combining the service delivery functions
(such as central registry functions, payments of family allowances, etc) into a second.
The majority of the work carried out by the municipal adminstration falls under the categories
of service delivery or support to governmetn. There are few responsibilities allocated for
policy making. On the whole, this is ok as long as the mayor and the assembly are able to
provide sufficient policy development, guidance and monitoring of policy implementation.
Experience in government shows that these key political figures require effective technical
support to provide research and policy development capability. This frees up the politicians
to give them time to consider the political aspects of policy, including decision -making,
attracting resources, and creating alliances in support of implementation. As decentralisation
gathers pace, it will become increasingly necessary for municipalities’ administrations to
provide stronger technical support and guidance on key aspects of policy (for example, social
welfare, housing, economic development) for which municipalities have primary
responsibility.
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Annexe 1 – Functions of Municipal Assembly
[English version based on OSCE translation 8 March 2002]
1. adopt municipal statute and rules of procedure of the assembly;
2. adopt budget and annual account of the municipality:
3. adopt a program of development of the municipality and particular activities;
4. adopt the municipal town plan and regulate use of construction land;
5. adopt ordinances and other general acts;
6. call municipal referendum and referendum in part of the municipal territory, declare an
opinion on the proposals contained in citizens' initiatives and determine the proposal of a
decision on voluntary financial contributions;
7. establish municipal bodies, utility and other public enterprises, institutions, organisations
determined by the municipal statute and supervise their work;
8. appoint and dismiss management and supervisory boards, appoint and dismiss the
directors of the utility companies and other enterprises, institutions, organisations and
services founded by the municipality, and give approval of their statutes, in accordance with
the law;
9. elect president of the municipal assembly and deputy president of the munici pal assembly
and, following the recommendation of the municipal president, elect the municipal council;
10. appoint and dismiss the secretary of the municipal assembly;
11. appoint and dismiss the head of municipal administration, i.e., heads of municipal
administration departments, following the recommendation of the president of the
municipality;
12. set municipal administrative fees and other charges to which the municipality is entitled
by law;
13. determine the fee for development and use of constructi on land;
14. pass the act on municipal public borrowing;
15. set working hours for catering businesses, retail and trades facilities;
16. give opinion on the Republic, Province and regional planning;
17. give opinion on the laws governing issues of interes t to local self-government;
18. initiate procedure before the Constitutional Court for protection of rights of the local self government;
19. issue approval for the use of name, coat of arms and other municipal symbols;
20. perform other activities determi ned by law and the statute.
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Annexe 2 - Municipal Assembly Boards and Committees
Skupštinski odbori:
Odbor za bezbednost saobracaja
Odbor za molbe i žalbe
Odbor za propise
Odbor za u rbanizam, gradevinarstvo, stambeno komunalne poslove, ekologiju i ocenu predloga
prostornih i urbanistickih planova i uslova za
uredenje prostora
Mandatno -imunitetski odbor
Odbor za odnose sa verskim zajednicama
Administrativni odbor
Odbor za ustupanje gradevinskog zemljišta
Odbor za odlikovanja i nagrade
Odbor za društvene delatnosti
Odbor za poljoprivredu
Odbor za privredu
Assembly Boards
Traffic safety
Requests and complaints
Regulations
Urbanism, construction, residential affiars, ecology
and assessment of proposals for spatial and urban
planning, and services for tidying space
Compulsory-immunity (huh?)
Relations with faith communities
Administrative
Compulsory pu rchase of construction land (check!)
Awards and prizes
Social affairs
Agriculture
Economy
Savet za zdravstvo
Savet za zapošlj avanje
Savet za rodnu ravnopravnost
Savet za medunacionalne odnose
Committees
Health
Employment
Gender equality
International relations
Opštinske komisije (ad hoc):
Komisija za elementarne nepogode
Opštinski razvojni fond
Komisija za grejanje (predlaže cenu grejanj a)
Komisija za ocenu ekoloških studija
Komisija za sprecavanje širenja besnila
Ad hoc commissions:
Natural disasters
Municipal development fund
Heating (proposes prices for heating)
for assessing an ecological study
for preventing the spread of rabies
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Annexe 3 – Classification of functions
This classification of functions comes originally from work carried out by UNDP in East and
Central Europe, with some additional modifications based on further experience 8.
Classification of Functions
Policy Functions: such as strategic planning, legal drafting, development of performance contracts,
minimum standards, norms, policy analysis and evaluation, forecasting.
Coordination Functions: such as coordinating relationships between different bodies of the central
ministry, coordinating policy setting and implementation, a nd coordinating
Performance Monitoring Functions: such as monitoring the performance of central and subsidiary
bodies, facilitating and enabling central and subsidiary bodies to reach their performance targets.
Regulation/Standard Setting Functions: such as licensing, certification, permissions, accreditation,
inspection, compliance, and financial audit.
Support to Government Functions: such as financial management, human resource management,
information systems, infrastructure, staff training, effic iency review and management audit, and
secretarial services.
Public Service Delivery Functions: such as the provision of products or services to internal or
external customers. Service delivery is normally performed by subordinate or supervised bodies.
DAI Europe propose the following principles for organising functions:
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Functions of the same type should be grouped together whenever possible
to produce economies of scale and maximize synergies and common types of skills.
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Conversely, it is important to separate policy and service delivery functions,
and to ensure that policy functions are performed by the central ministry and service delivery
by subsidiary bodies of the ministry.
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Regulatory functions should be separated from service delivery functions to
prevent conflicts of interest and corruption.
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Support functions that enable the core functions of the ministry to be
performed should be separated from all other functions.
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with thanks to DAI Europe for making this draft available
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CITIZEN SATISFACTION SURVEY
Draft version
Realized by
TNS Medium Gallup
May/June 2007.
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Contents
INTRODUCTION
METHODOLOGICAL REPORT
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Sample characteristics
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The Questionnaire
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Dissatisfaction Indices
ANALYSIS WITHIN MUNICIPALITY
Prijepolje
I THE SOCIO-ECONOMICAL CONTEXT
1.1. Personal financial situation
1.2. General situation in the Municipality
II MUNICIPALITY SERVICES
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2.1. General evaluation of Municipality services
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2.2. Importance of particular aspects of the service
III THE LAST VISIT TO THE MUNICIPALITY
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3.1. The most visited department
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3.2. General satisfaction with the visit
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3.3. Dissatisfaction indices
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3.4. Finding way in the Municipality
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3.5. Using the informal ways
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3.6. Now and before
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Summary
SOCIO – DEMOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS
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3.4. Now and before
SUMMARY
COMPARISON BETWEEN MUNICIPALITIES
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3.1. The most visited departments
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3.3. Dissatisfaction Indices
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3.4. Finding the way in the Municipality
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3.6. Now and before
Key findings
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I Socio-economical context
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II Municipality services
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III Last visit to the Municipality
CONCLUSION
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INTRODUCTION
Citizen satisfaction survey is an activity of the project “Municipal Development in South West Serbia”
(PRO). The overall objective of this project is to strengthen local governments in facilitating socio economic development and contribute to attainment of good local governance in the region. The
specific purpose of the project is to develop capacities of l ocal stakeholders and local governments so
that municipalities in South West Serbia, individually and jointly, plan and take strategic action to
achieve the sustainable economic and social development of the region and to fulfil their obligations to
citizens.
The project “Municipal Development in South West Serbia” provides support to six municipalities: Novi
Pazar, Sjenica, Tutin, Nova Varos, Prijepolje and Priboj. The survey explored the situation in all of the
six municipalities.
By this survey the i nformation about municipality in general and Municipality services provided to
citizens was to be collected, as well as citizens` satisfaction with them. The results of this survey will
be used as a means of measuring the program impact and be an integral part of the monitoring and
evaluation plan.
There are three main topics, and three levels of analysis in the survey.
The main survey topics are:
1. General socio-economical situation in the municipality,
2. General perception of Municipality services and off icials,
3. The last visit to the Municipality – department visited and satisfaction with particular aspects of
service.
The main levels of analysis are:
1. Analysis within each municipality
2. Socio-demographical analysis
3. Comparison between municipalities
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METHODOLOGICAL REPORT
Survey type: Quantitative fieldwork survey, direct (face to face) interview, according to the structured
questionnaire.
Fieldwork: Between May 22
nd
st
to June 1 , 2007
Locations: The survey was conducted in six municipalities i n South - Western Serbia: Nova Varos,
Novi Pazar, Priboj, Prijepolje, Sjenica and Tutin.
Technique/instrument : Direct face to face interview, in the household of respondent, based on the
structured questionnaire.
The Sample:
Total sample size was 900 respondents. There were 150 respondents interviewed in each
municipality. The multistage random sampling procedure was applied.
Sampling procedure:
First, the sample points are randomly chosen without replacement in each municipality, from the list of
voting stations. Voting station plays the role of sample point. It is a statistical list of voters, which
covers approximately one neighborhood. Voting population corresponds with the adult (18+).
Statistical database of voting stations is used as a source fo r selecting sampling points. Sample points
are selected randomly, with probability of selecting that is proportional to their share in the total
number of voters in the given strata.
In the second and third stage respondents are chosen at random and syste matically. If required by the
Client, quotas regarding ethnicity, age, gender and education can be employed.
Selection of respondents: the interviewer starts from a starting point randomly determined by the local
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supervisor from maps and street list. Goin g up from the given home number, he/she enters every 3
household (household is defined as all persons living in the flat). In the household, he/she chooses an
18+ according to the criteria in the screening part of the questionnaire. If the chosen respond ent is not
available at the moment, the interviewer schedules the next visit (on different time and day, maximum
three visits). In case of refusal, the interviewer enters the next household.
Control of fieldwork:
Standard procedure of TNS Medium Gallup -a is that after fieldwork check veracity of data, which
interviewers must enclose with tasks. This control is conducted by phone, we contact 15% of
respondents from all sample. Control was conducted two day after training and did not show
significant irregularities in fieldwork.
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Sample characteristics
Male
Female
Number of
respondents
518
382
57.6
42.4
Age
18-30
31 - 50
51-65
65+
200
487
184
29
22.2
54.1
20.4
3.2
Education
No school/Elementary school
High school
College/University
217
517
166
24.1
57.4
18.5
401
421
78
44.6
46.8
8.7
Municipality
Nova Varos
Novi Pazar
Priboj
Prijepolje
Sjenica
Tutin
150
152
150
150
150
148
16.7
16.9
16.7
16.7
16.7
16.4
Employment
status
Working full or part time
Unemployment
Student
Housewife
Retired
488
252
14
71
75
54.2
28.0
1.6
7.9
8.3
Total monthly
income per
member
Up to 3000 dinars
From 3001 – 6000 dinars
More then 48000 dinars
No monthly income
No answer
124
193
202
138
98
15
112
18
4.1
21.9
22.9
15.6
11.1
1.7
12.7
2.0
900
100
Gender
Rural
Type of settlement Urban
Suburb
Total
56
%
The Questionnaire
Screening questions
General socio-economical situation
General perception of Municipality
services
The last visit to the Munic ipality
Demographics
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Duration of residence in the municipality
Last visit to municipality
Perception of financial situation
Perception of municipality in general
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Department visited
General satisfaction
Satisfaction with particular aspects of service
Finding way in the Municipality
The informal ways
Now and before
Gender
Age
Education
Employment status
Monthly income
Type of settlement
Evaluation services in general
Importance of particular aspects
Dissatisfaction Indices
To explore satisfaction with the last visit to the Municipality more specifically, first we asked how
important is the specific aspect to citizens (exploring their expectations), and then how satisfied they
are with this aspect.
The level of expectations (importance) and satisfaction were then used for calculating dissatisfaction
indices (DI). Comparison between expectations and satisfaction offers a possibility for assessing the
level of dissatisfaction with a specific aspect:
DI= [(Expectation-Satisfaction)*Exp]/100
DI indicates the level of dissatisfaction: higher number – greater dissatisfaction. A low DI means the
expectations are well fulfilled. A negative DI indicates that current satisfaction is higher than
expectations.
Specific aspects of the service
1. Fast and efficient service
2. Simple procedures
3. Professional
4. Not much paperwork
5. Not much walking
6. Politeness and kindness
7. Nice appearance
Citizens expressed general importance (expectations)
and their satisfaction wit h each specific aspect of
service, on a 5 – point scale. Average values (means)
on these scales were used for calculating the level (%
of maximum) of expectations and satisfaction
(Mean*100/5). This was used in order to calculate
dissatisfaction indices.
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ANALYSIS WITHIN MUNICIPALITY
Prijepolje
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How would you evaluate your current financial
situation? Would you say it is...
Exceptionally good
1%
13%
Fairly good
42%
Bearable
33%
Bad
Unbearable
11%
In Prijepolje most citizens evaluate their current financial situation as bearable. Lots of them thin k it is
bad or even unbearable and the minority thinks it is good.
This is not a very optimistic situation with 44% of citizens complaining on their financial situation and
42% of them considering it bearable. It indicates general financial dissatisfactio n.
Compared to 12 months ago, do you think that
the financial situation of your household has...
Got a lot better
2%
Got somewhat better
16%
57%
Stayed the same
Got somewhat worse
Got a lot worse
19%
6%
Comparison with the situation 12 months ago also reveals some not so optimistic information. The
majority of citizens see no changes, and there are more of those who think the current situation is
worse than those who t hink it is better than before.
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Think about your municipaliti in general. How
much socially and economically developed do you
think your municipality is?
Completely undeveloped
55%
Mainly undeveloped
36%
Mainly developed
Completely developed
7%
1%
Results show that more than half citizens of Prijepolje perceive their municipality as completely
undeveloped and more than third perceive it as mainly undeveloped. This means that great majority
(more than 90%) of citizens consider their municipality as undeveloped.
Compared to 2006 would you say that your
municipality has developed, socially and
economically improved its overall situation?
Not at all improved
55%
Mostly no
31%
Mainly improved
Completely improved
13%
1%
More than half citizens of Prijepolje does not se see any sign of improvement in, and one third think
that their municipality has mainly not improved. The minority (about 14%) perceives some
improvements.
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Compared to 2006, would you say that local
goverment has been improved, aggravated or you
see no difference?
Improved
7%
Aggravated
35%
The same
Don`t know/no answer
58%
1%
Asked to evaluate the local government, more than half citizens of Prijepolje said that it stayed the
same as it was in 2006; one third said that it has aggravated while only 7% said that it has improved.
Would you agree the municipality and local
government take good care of their citizens and
provide services adequate to their needs?
Not at all
67%
Mainly no
21%
11%
Mainly yes
Completely agree
1%
Don’t know/no answer
1%
Here we see that the evaluation of municipality services and local government is not very positive,
when taking good care of the citizens needs in question. Near to 70% completely disagrees with the
statement that the municipality and local government take good care of the citizens and provide
services adequate to their needs. Only 12% agrees with this statement.
Talking about gen eral evaluation of socio – economical context and municipality in Prijepolje, we
can say it is not very optimistic. There are signs of general dissatisfaction with financial situation,
with municipality in general and with local government. But further ana lysis will explore details
and we will see hat there are different evaluations.
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Would you say that the Municipality offices represent a
good citizens` service, able to provide adequate
services to their citizens?
DK/NA
7%
No; 23%
Yes; 69%
General evaluation of Municipality offices in Prijepolje is p ositive. The majority (about 70%) of citizens
think that it is good citizens’ service.
The general dissatisfaction is projected on their municipality when they talk about it in general. But,
when it comes to situation experienced and rating of concrete a spects of Municipality services,
evaluation is much better. This trend will continue in exploration of other particular elements, as we
will see later.
Citizens were asked to state how important in ge neral are particular aspects of Municipality services.
They were suppose to estimate on scale 1 – 5, where 1 means not important at all and 5 means very
important. The table represents average mark on a five -point scale:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Fast and efficient service
Simple procedures
Professional
Not much paperwork
Not much walking
Politeness and kindness
Nice appearance
4.84
4.83
4.82
4.82
4.82
4.73
4.71
Citizens of Prijepolje perceive all particular aspects of Municipality service as very important giving a
high average rate to each of them. Fast and efficient service is considered the most important aspect
and nice appearance is less important.
General evaluation of Municipality offices in Prijepolje is positive. The majority (about 70%) of
citizens think that i t is good citizens’ service. Although we had signs of general dissatisfaction,
when discussion comes to concrete aspect of municipality service – evaluation is much better.
All the particular aspects of the service are perceived as very important. Fast a nd efficient service
and simple procedure is considered the most important by the Prijepolje citizens.
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Impressions of citizens of Prijepolje about Municipality are relatively fresh considering the time of their
last visit. Quarter of citizens visited the Municipality during past month and 8% in the week before the
survey. Others visited Municipality a couple of months ago.
3.1. The most visited department
Which of the Municipality departments have you been
visiting the last time you were there? MULTIPLE ANSWERS
53%
Department for general management
and certificates
11%
Department for social issues
Department for legal advice
Building inspection
Communal inspection
Department for legal and property
rights
Department for finance and economy
Department for building and city
planning issues
Department for refugees
6%
6%
6%
5%
5%
2%
2%
The most frequently visit ed department in Prijepolje is department for general management and
certificates.
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Now, focus on your last visit to the Municipality.
How satisfied in general are you with Municipality
services?
Not at all satisfied
5%
Mainly not satisfied
14%
61%
Mainly satisfied
19%
Completely satisfied
1%
Don’t know/no answer
Talking about their last visit, the most citizens of Prijepolje are generally satisfied with th e Municipality
service and the minority is not satisfied. Evaluation of Municipality is positive again.
3.3. Dissatisfaction indices
Importance
100%
90%
96.8
82.4
96.3
82
Current satisfaction
94.3
87.9
94.7
81.3
96.6
83.5
DI
96.3
82
96.5
82.5
100
90
80%
80
70%
70
60%
60
50%
50
40%
40
30%
20%
10%
30
14
14
6
13
13
14
13
0%
20
10
0
Fast and Competence Space
Politenes Procedure Paperwork Walking
efficient
apperance
simplicity
from door
to door
Citizens of Prijepolje are satisfied with all the specific aspects of the Municipality se rvice. Their current
satisfaction with service is high and similar for all its aspects. Dissatisfaction Indices are pretty low (13
or 14), and for space and offices appearance is even lower.
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Did you find your way in the Municipality easily?
No
6%
Yes
94%
Finding the way in the Municipality was easy for almost all citizens of Prijepolje. Only 6% of citizens
stated that they did not found their way easily.
Did you know in advance which department to go to and
which documents to prepare?
No; 9%
DK/NA; 2%
Yes; 89%
Asked if they had known in advance which department to go to and which documents to prepare the
greatest majority stated that they knew, and only 9% did not know this in advance.
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How did you find out to which department you
ought to go?
In the Municipality - asking
officers
In the municipality - reading
the signs
From the third party (friend,
cousin)
92%
7%
1%
Almost all respondents approached the officers in order to found out to which department to go to.
Few were reading the signs and only 1% informed themselves from the thirds party.
How many times did you have to contact the
Municipal staff in order to finish your business?
Once
2-3 times
4-5 times
More than 5
times
85%
8%
2%
5%
In Prijepolje, the great majority had to contact the staff only once in order to finish their business.
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And in order to finish your business in the Municipality
Service Center, besides the Municipal staff, did you
have to contact or plan to contact...?
Relatives and friends working in the
Municipality
15%
Municipal officials not working in
the Centre, but could help
2%
Governor or other political party
officials
1%
Other who could help finishing your
business
3%
79%
Nobody else
Asked if they had to use any informal way in order to finish their business, the greatest majority of
citizens of Prijepolje answered negatively. Those who have used the connections most frequently
mentioned their relative s and friends working in the Municipality.
Would you say that for fast and efficient finishing
of the business in the Municipality, connections
or informal payments are a necessity?
DK/NA
2%
Yes, 19%
No, 79%
Congruently to not using the informal ways, the majority does not think that connections or informal
payments a necessity for fast and efficient finishing of business in the Munici pality, and one fifth does
think so.
3.6. Now and before
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Compared to your earlier visits to the Municipality, 2-5
years ago, would you say that the Municipality’s quality
of the services has improved, aggravated, or it is the
same?
Don`t know/no answer
1%
The same
Aggravated
Improved
20%
8%
71%
Two thirds of citizens of Prijepolje perceive the Municipality services being improved compared to
several past years. One fifth does not see any changes made, 8 % think it aggravated and 1% did not
answer the question.
Evaluation of Municipality service is positive and majority in Prijepolje is generally satisfied with
their last visit of Municipality. The most visited department in Prijepolje is department for g eneral
management and certificates. Current satisfaction with all specific aspects of the service high.
Most citizens found their way easily and had knew in advance which department to go to and
which documents to prepare. They usually asked the officers in the Municipality and contacted
the staff only once in order to finish their business. The majority does not consider connections or
informal payments a necessity for fast and efficient finishing of business and they mostly did not
nor plan to use the in formal ways for finishing business. Most citizens perceive the Municipality
services being improved compared to several past years.
Summary
General evaluation of socio – economical context and municipality in Prijepolje reflects signs of
general dissatisfaction with financial situation, with municipality in general and with local government.
Although there are signs of general social dissatisfaction, when discussion comes to concrete element
of municipality – Municipality services - evaluation is muc h better. Majority of citizens think that it is
good citizens’ service. All particular aspects of Municipality service are perceived as very important,
current satisfaction with them is pretty high. Finding way in the Municipality is easy for almost all
citizens, they usually asked the stuff in order to found out where to go, and majority had to contact the
staff only once in order to finish their business. They do not consider connections or informal
payments a necessity for fast and efficient finishing of business, so they do not use the informal ways
in majority of cases. Most citizens perceive the Municipality services being improved compared to
several past years.
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In order to attain data reliability, th e socio-demographical analysis was done on the whole sample
base of 900 respondents. This analysis was aiming to explore the general social context in the South Western region, which can be used in data interpretation.
Evaluation of current financial situation is related to gender - a little better with men than with women.
Men describe their financial situation as good more often than women, who more often evaluate it as
bearable.
When it comes to education, there are also differences. The higher educated categories evaluate their
situation more positive. Financial situation is most frequently evaluated as bearable, especially for
students and but employed. Students, unemployed and retired more frequently describe their financial
situation as bad or even unbearable.
Monthly income is also a factor related to perception of financial situation in the sense that those who
have no monthly income perceive it much worse than those with income. Satisfaction with financial
situation grows along with monthly income.
People from rural settlements evaluate financial situation somewhat more positive than those from
urban.
Citizens with higher education perceive that their financial situation is be tter compared to 2006.
Similarly perceptions have students and employed. For those with low education, no monthly income
and no job, it got worse. Gender and age are not related to this issue.
Citizens generally perceive their municipalities as mainly or completely undeveloped. Between gender,
age and education categories we see no difference on this issue. Retired are most dissatisfied with
development of their municipalities, and next similar are unemployed, th ose with no monthly income.
Students are somewhat more optimistic and more often perceive their municipalities as developed.
There are big differences between man and women on the issue of social and economical
development of municipalities. Women signif icantly more often see no improvements than men do. We
also see that those with higher education see less improvement than those with lower as well as those
from urban settlements.
When it comes to local government students have more positive opinion and they mostly perceive it
has improved. Citizens with no job or very low monthly income tend to express dissatisfaction.
Asking the citizens if the municipality and local government take good care of them and provide
services adequate to their needs, w e got that the least satisfied categories are unemployed, those with
very low monthly income and retired. Citizens with higher monthly income were more positive. Urban
settlement citizens were less positive than rural settlement citizens.
Exploration of perception of general socio – economical situation reveals regularity. Citizens who
are low educated, unemployed or with low monthly income express more dissatisfaction on every
issue. Also, those with high monthly income show higher satisfaction.
It seems that those who are financially better positioned are less sensitive than those who are not
and who expect government and municipality to do something to make their situation better.
Women are less satisfied with financial situation than men and see less improvement which is
maybe because of their general social role. Students tend to be more optimistic, probably
because they are young and expect changes.
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Employed citizens, es pecially those with high monthly income, and students are the most satisfied
with the Municipality offices. Unemployed and those with lowest income are least satisfied. Urban
citizens are again less satisfied than rural.
2.2. Importance of particular aspe cts of the service
Particular aspects of service are high and similarly estimated. Women appreciate not much walking
from door to door more than men do. Citizens with high education appreciate provision of fast and
efficient service, competence of the sta ff and simple procedure more important than those with lower
education.
General evaluation of Municipality services is better for employed, especially those with high
monthly income, students and rural settlement citizens. Personal financial or social sa tisfaction,
education and interest, all related to expectations, are related to this issue.
General satisfaction with last visit to the Municipality is similarly disposed a s satisfaction with previous
issues. Most satisfied are those with the highest (they are mostly completely satisfied) or high monthly
income and the least those with lowest, unemployed and retired.
Most citizens found their way in the Municipality easily, but those who had some difficulties were older,
retired citizens. Education level and monthly income are also related to this issue and more difficulties
had those with low education and low monthly income.
The old, retired citizens less frequently know in advance which department to go to and what
documents to prepare, and contact the Municipal staff more than once.
Attitude toward usage of the informal ways is related to working status in the sense that unemployed
and retired the most often think this is a necessity. Those with lowest or no monthly income mainly
share this attitude. Students disagree with this the more frequently. Gender, age and education are
not related to this opinio n.
3.4. Now and before
Comparisons of Municipality services with several past years are more positive with young population.
Improvement is more frequently perceived by students and employed, as well those with high monthly
income. Aggravation is usuall y perceived by unemployed, and those with low income.
Satisfaction with their last visit to Municipality is related to similar socio -demographical variables
as general socio-financial satisfaction. Most satisfied are those with high monthly income, while
the least satisfied are those with lowest income, unemployed and retired.
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For older and retired, lower educated, it is more likely to expect some difficulties in finding their
way in the Municipality.
When it comes to informal ways, we see that unempl oyed and retired most frequently think they
are necessary as well as those with lowest or no monthly income. Student disagree with this the
most.
Students and employed, especially those with high monthly income, are perceiving improvements
in the Municipality more frequently than others.
SUMMARY
Exploration of perception of general socio – economical situation reveals regularity. The low educated,
unemployed or with low monthly income, tend to show dissatisfaction on almost each issue. They are
dissatisfied with municipality in general, with local government, with Municipality services. They are
generally more sensitive and expect government and municipality to do something to make their
situation better.
On the other side, those with high monthly inco me tend to express higher satisfaction. Students are
also optimistic, probably because they are young and expecting changes, maybe even made by them.
They present the capacity and strength of any municipality and are the category that should be
invested in.
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How would you evaluate your current financial
situation? Would you say it is...?
Exeptionaly good
Fairly good
NOVA VAROS
23%
NOVI PAZAR
17%
PRIBOJ
PRIJEPOLJE
SJENICA
TUTIN
Bearable
Bad
Unbearable
39%
25%
48%
16%
55%
18%
19%
42%
13%
41%
37%
DK/NA
33%
39%
40%
12%
17%
Majority of citizens in all municipalities stated that they live in a bearable financial situation. Only in
Sjenica and Tutin more frequent were the citizens who describe their current financial situation as
fairly good.
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Compared to 12 months ago, do you think the
financilal situation of yout household has…?
Got a lot better
Got somewhat better
Got somewhat worse
Got a lot worse
NOVA VAROS
18%
NOVI PAZAR
13%
PRIBOJ
18%
PRIJEPOLJE
SJENICA
TUTIN
Stayed the same
10%
53%
56%
11% 15%
63%
16%
13%
19%
57%
39%
26%
38%
40%
17%
9%
27%
In most municipalities majority perceives no changes in financial situation compared to 12 months
ago. But important to say is that in Sjenica almost 40% of citizens think that their financial situation got
somewhat better. In Tutin this was stated by each forth citizen, but equally frequent were those for
whom the financial situation got worse.
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Think about your municipality in general. How much
socially and economically do you think your municipality
is
Completely undeveloped
Mainly undeveloped
Mainly developed
41%
NOVA VAROS
NOVI PAZAR
PRIBOJ
Completely developed
47%
24%
16%
50%
82%
11%
55%
PRIJEPOLJE
31%
33%
SJENICA
51%
22%
TUTIN
13%
11%
66%
Except in Tutin, in all other municipalities, citizens perceive their municipality as mainly undeveloped.
Besides the actual situation and developments in the municipality , this can be related with socio economical background and generalization of personal satisfaction or dissatisfaction.
Compared to 2006, would you say that your
municipality has developed, socially and
economicaly improved its overall situation?
Not at all improved
Mainly improved
DK/NA
44%
NOVA VAROS
NOVI PAZAR
PRIBOJ
31%
TUTIN
47%
31%
55%
33%
22%
16%
50%
82%
13%
PRIJEPOLJE
SJENICA
Mostly no
Completely improved
51%
13%
11%
66%
Except in Tutin, in all other municipalities, citizens see no social and economical development
compared to 2006. In Tutin significant majority of citizens think that social and economical situation in
their municipality has improved since last year.
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Compared to 2006, would you say that local
goverement has been improved, aggravated or
you see no diference?
Improved
The same
31%
NOVA VAROS
NOVI PAZAR
PRIBOJ
Aggravated
DK/NA
21%
60%
34%
45%
12%
77%
35%
PRIJEPOLJE
SJENICA
15%
TUTIN
30%
58%
73%
14%
55%
Majority of citizens in all municipalities see no difference when talking about improvements of local
government.
Would you agree the municipality and local
government take good care of their citizens and
provide services adequate to their needs?
Not at all
Mainly yes
DK/NA
NOVA VAROS
26%
PRIBOJ
27%
35%
29%
23%
19%
21%
23%
16%
44%
21%
67%
PRIJEPOLJE
TUTIN
38%
37%
NOVI PAZAR
SJENICA
Mainly no
Completely agree
41%
63%
11%
19%
10%
Opinion about taking good care of the citizens is different between municipalities. In Tutin and Priboj
citizens are mainly positive. On the other hand, in Novi Pazar, Nova Varos an d Sjenica people think
that local government does not take care of citizens. The strongest negative opinion is in Prijepolje.
Great majority in Prijepolje think that their local government does not take care of citizens at all.
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Generally, citizens of Sou th West Serbia live a bearable life. They mainly perceive no recent changes
in their financial status. Except in Tutin, citizens perceive no recent social and economical
development of their municipality. In Tutin (especially) and Priboj citizens tend to e xpress positive
general opinion towards municipality officials, and think that their local government mainly takes care
of their citizens. In all other municipalities citizens do not agree that municipality and local government
take good care of citizens and provides services adequate to their needs.
Would you say that the municipality offices
represent a good citizens service, able to provide
adequate services to their citizens?
Yes
No
53%
39%
NOVA VAROS
53%
45%
NOVI PAZAR
69%
PRIBOJ
16%
23%
69%
PRIJEPOLJE
SJENICA
DK/NA
14%
49%
37%
82%
TUTIN
In Priboj, Prijepolje and Tutin citizens most frequently think that municipality offices are a good
citizen’s service. In Nova Varos and Novi Pazar opinion is more divided, while in Sjenica there is more
indifference, reflected through the higher frequency of non -answers.
Nova
Varos
Fast and
efficient service
Professional
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Average marks (1 -5 point scale)
Novi
Priboj
Prijepolje
Pazar
Sjenica
Tutin
4.94
4.66
4.86
4.84
4.25
4.85
4.92
4.67
4.81
4.82
4.30
4.78
Nice
appearance
Politeness and
kindness
Simple
procedures
Not much
paperwork
Not much
walking
3.92
4.58
4.64
4.71
3.90
4.55
4.76
4.59
4.78
4.73
3.88
4.57
4.87
4.66
4.71
4.83
3.64
4.78
4.80
4.64
4.72
4.82
3.44
4.82
4.86
4.59
4.68
4.82
2.70
4.86
For citizens in all municipalities the most im portant aspects of the service are professional, fast and
efficient service, and less important is usually the nice space appearance. Compared to average
marks in other municipalities, in Sjenica all the marks are generally lower, which can be related to
greater indifference.
For the citizens of South West Serbia, the most important are the professional, fast and efficient
service.
General opinion about quality of the municipality service is very positive especiall y in Priboj, Prijepolje
and Tutin.
3.1. The most visited departments
Department for general management and certificates were the most visited in Priboj, Prijepolje,
Sjenica and Nova Varos. Department for social issues were the most visited in Novi Pazar a nd Tutin.
How satisfied in general are you with the service
provided to you?
Not at all satisfied
Mainly not satsified
Completely satisfied
DK/NA
NOVA VAROS
NOVI PAZAR
35%
17%
13%
SJENICA
TUTIN
38%
28%
42%
17%
86%
PRIBOJ
PRIJEPOLJE
Mainly satsified
14%
30%
22%
61%
19%
57%
56%
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Generally, citizens are satisfied with the service. Satisfaction with the last visit to the municipality is
strongly expressed by the citizens in Priboj where more than 90 % of them state satisfaction. Positive
evaluation is also noticed in Prijepolje. On the other side satisfaction is less frequently expressed in
Nova Varos, Novi Pazar and Sjenica.
3.3. Dissatisfaction Indices
NOVA VAROS DI
PRIBOJ DI
SJENICA DI
NOVI PAZAR DI
PRIJEPOLJE DI
TUTIN DI
60
50
40
30
20
10
Walking
from door
to door
Paperwork
Procedure
simplicity
Politenes
Space
apperance
Fast and
efficient
Competence
0
Dissatisfaction with most aspects of the service is highest in Nova Varos. Dissatisfaction is generally
low in Priboj and Prijepolje. In all municipalities citizens are most satisfied with space appearance, and
the least satisfaction is most frequent for walking from door to door, paperwork and procedure
simplicity.
3.4. Finding the way in the Municipality
Did you find way in the Municipality easily?
Yes
NOVA VAROS
NOVI PAZAR
DK/NA
73%
27%
89%
PRIBOJ
97%
PRIJEPOLJE
94%
SJENICA
TUTIN
80
No
87%
95%
10%
10%
In all municipalities citizens find their way easily. Those who had some difficulties are most frequent in
Nova Varos.
Did you know in advance which departmens to go
and which documents to prepare?
Yes
No
DK/NA
40%
60%
NOVA VAROS
52%
48%
NOVI PAZAR
92%
PRIBOJ
89%
PRIJEPOLJE
24%
74%
SJENICA
90%
TUTIN
In Novi Pazar more then half of citizens did not know in advance which departments to go and which
documents to prepare. Similar is in Nova Varos. This could be a consequence of organization in the
municipality, but also of the lev el of initial involvement and information. In all other municipalities,
citizens know in advance which departments to go, and which documents to prepare.
Direct approach to the officers is probably the most preferred way of informing. In all municipalitie s
majority of citizens found out to which department to go by asking the officers in the municipality.
How many times did you have to contact the
Municipal staff in order to finish your business?
Once
2 - 3 times
More then 5 times
28%
54%
NOVA VAROS
NOVI PAZAR
4- 5 times
10%
44%
41%
10%
10%
PRIBOJ
89%
85%
PRIJEPOLJE
SJENICA
TUTIN
37%
55%
65%
29%
In Novi Pazar almost half of citizens had to contact municipal staff more then once in order to finish
their business. I n all other municipalities majority of citizens has contacted the Municipal staff only
once in order to finish their business. This number of contacts can be related to personal and
organizational factors.
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Would you say that for fast and efficient finshing
of the business in the Municipality, connections
or informal payments are necessity?
Yes
49%
NOVA VAROS
NOVI PAZAR
SJENICA
DK/NA
43%
17%
76%
89%
PRIBOJ
PRIJEPOLJE
No
19%
79%
27%
24%
42%
42%
TUTIN
49%
53%
In most municipalities majority states that connections or informal payments are not necessary.
However, opinion is divided in Nova Varos and Tutin, while in Sjenica high percentage of non -answers
reflects indifferent attitude or indecisivene ss related to social desirability of this issue.
And in order to finish your business in the Municipal Service
Centre, besides the Municipal staff, did you have to contact
or plan to contact…?
62%
NOVA VAROS
43%
NOVI PAZAR
57%
PRIBOJ 7%
PRIJEPOLJE
SJENICA
TUTIN
38%
93%
21%
79%
35%
65%
66%
Contacted/plan to contact
34%
Nobody else contacted
Actual usage of informal ways is significantly different from municipality to municipality. When all of
those who contacted or plan to contact some outside party are compare d to those who contacted the
Municipal staff only, situation in Priboj is incomparably the most positive and citizens do not contact
anybody else but Municipal staff. In Prijepolje, Sjenica and Novi Pazar some citizens have used or
plan to use connections, but there is more of them who did not nor plan to. In Nova Varos and Tutin
situation is negative and majority asked for extra help.
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3.6. Now and before
Compared to your earlier visits to the Municipality, 2-5
years ago, would you say that the Municipality's quality
of the services has imporved, aggravated, or it is the
same?
NOVA VAROS
NOVI PAZAR
16% 16%
39%
62%
13%
PRIBOJ
85%
71%
PRIJEPOLJE
SJENICA
TUTIN
Improved
Aggravated
45%
The same
1% 13%
8%
DK/NA
20%
73%
7%
15%
72%
5% 24%
We found significant differences between municipalities. The biggest improvement is perceived in
Priboj, Tutin and Prijepolje. Citizens of these municipalities think that quality of Municipality services in
their municipalities are much better than they were during several past years. Citizens of Sjenica and
Nova Varos mos tly do not feel any changes. In Novi Pazar improvements are perceived but not as
much as in other municipalities having Citizens Assistance Centre.
Besides the divided opinion in Nova Varos and Tutin, majority in other municipalities think that informal
payments are not a necessity. When all of those who contacted or plan to contact some outside party
are compared to those who contacted the Municipal staff only, situation in Priboj is incomparably the
most positive while in Nova Varos and Tutin situation is negative and majority asked for extra help.
Dissatisfaction with almost all specific aspects of the service is highest in Nova Varos. Dissatisfaction
is generally on a very low level in Priboj and Prijepolje.
Compared to earlier visits to the munici pality 2-5 years ago, citizens in Priboj, Prijepolje and Tutin and
(although less frequently) confirm improvements. On the other side, great majority in Sjenica and Nova
Varos perceives no difference.
Key findings
SOCIO – DEMOGRAPHICAL ANALY SIS
ü
ü
ü
Citizens low educated, retired, unemployed or with low monthly income tend to generalize
their social dissatisfaction on almost each issue - municipality in general, local government,
municipality services.
Women seem to be less satisfied with financial situation than men and which is maybe
because of their social role in a predominantly patriarchal oriented area.
Students are critical but also optimistic, probably because they are young and expect
changes.
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COMPARISON BETWEEN M UNICIPALITIES
I Socio-economical context
ü
ü
ü
Citizens of South West Serbia mostly perceive their financial situation as bearable and not
changed recently.
Except in Tutin, citizens perceive no recent social and economical development of their
municipality.
In Tutin (especially) and Priboj cit izens tend to express positive general opinion towards
municipality officials and local government. In all other municipalities citizens do not feel that
municipality and local government take good care of them and provide services adequate to
their needs.
II Municipality services
ü
ü
In Priboj, Prijepolje and Tutin citizens think that municipality offices are a good citizen’s
service. In Nova Varos and Novi Pazar opinion is more divided, while in Sjenica there is more
indifference, reflected through the hi gher frequency of non -answers.
For the citizens of West Serbia, the most important are the professional, fast and efficient
service.
III Last visit to the Municipality
ü
ü
ü
ü
ü
ü
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Citizens are generally satisfied with service, especially in Priboj where more than 9 0% of
citizens express satisfaction.
Talking about informal ways situation in Priboj is incomparably the most positive, while in
Nova Varos and Tutin majority asked for some extra help.
Dissatisfaction with almost all specific aspects of the service is hig hest in Nova Varos.
Dissatisfaction is generally on a very low level in Priboj and Prijepolje.
Main sources of dissatisfaction for citizens of all municipalities are usually paperwork, walking
from door to door, complicated procedure and sometimes not enou gh competent staff (Nova
Varos and Novi Pazar).
The biggest improvement in quality of the service is perceived in Priboj, Tutin and Prijepolje,
citizens of Sjenica and Nova Varos mostly do not feel any changes. In Novi Pazar
improvements are perceived, bu t not as much as in other municipalities.
CONCLUSION
The Citizen Satisfaction Survey results reflect personal, socio -economical influences and experience
with the Municipality services. We found significant correlations with income, education, employm ent,
and age, as well as differences between certain municipalities. These data indicate that more attention
is to be paid to the more socially or economically sensitive categories (low educated, retired,
unemployed or with low monthly income).
Most frequently living in a bearable financial situation and seeing no recent improvements in financial
status describes the personal situation for majority in most municipalities, except in Sjenica and Tutin.
All municipalities (except Tutin), are described as unde veloped, without social and economical
development compared to 2006.
Quality of the service is especially highly evaluated in Priboj, Prijepolje and Tutin. In Nova Varos and
Novi Pazar, opinion is strongly divided, while in Sjenica there is more indiffere nce, reflected through
the higher frequency of non -answers.
Professional, fast and efficient service, simple procedures are the most important aspects in all
municipalities. Dissatisfaction with most aspects of the service is highest in Nova Varos. On th e other
side, dissatisfaction is generally low in Priboj and Prijepolje.
Evaluations of the quality of service are additionally supported by the finding that citizens in Priboj,
Prijepolje and Tutin confirm improvements. On the other side, great majority in Sjenica and Nova
Varos perceives no difference.
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HUMAN RESOURCES AND LABOR MARKET
Employability
Employed in the Municipality Prijepolje
Municipality of Prijepolje was
struck by economic crises in the 10.000
8.616
8.100
90ies in the same way as most of 9.000 9.460
7.944
9.150
7.617
7.965
municipalities in the Republic of 8.000
7.000
Serbia. Fall of economic activities
due to market losses had bad 6.000
impact on large economy systems 5.000
such as: „Ljubiša Miodragovic“, 4.000
3.000
„Iris“, „Jasen Brodarevo“, „Soko- 2.000
lica“, „Limka“, and „FAP forgery”. 1.000
These systems employed over
0
5.000 workers, before all in work1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
intensive sectors of processing
industry (textile and footwear). After
social changes in 2000 the trend of redundancy continued as a result of reconstruction
processes and privatization of the mentioned systems.
Employability – Structure
Number of employed
Year
Total
Women (%)
Social
sector
No. of employed per 1000 inhabitants
Private
sector
Total
All sector
Industry and
mining
1999
9.460
43,8
8.762
698
200
186
104
2000
9.150
46,1
8.466
684
194
179
103
Employed
Year
Total
Women
(%)
Employed in companies, institutions,
cooperatives and
other organizations
Persons No. of employed per 1000 inhabitants
Employed in companies,
selfTotal
institutions, cooperatives
employed
and other organizations
2001
8.616
46,3
7.936
680
182
168
2002
8.100
46,2
7.420
680
197
180
2003
7.617
47,2
6.936
681
185
169
2004
7.944
47,5
6.474
1.470
195
159
2005
7.965
45,7
6.337
1.628
197
157
20,44%
79,56%
Employed in companies, institutions,
cooperatives and other organizations
Persons self-employed
86
Number of persons that are self -employed is increasing after the year 2003. That is a consequence of
restrictive application of the Labor Law and
introduction of the VAT. Obvious number of negative
trend of the number of employed within enterprises is
neutralized by an increase of self -employed persons
Social political
communities
organizations
Health and
Welfare work
Education and
culture
Financial and
other services
Residential
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activities
Crafts
Catering and
tourism
Trade
Traffic and
communication
Constructing
Water system
Forestry
Agriculture &
fishery
Industry &
mining
Total
Year
Employment per sector of Economy 1
9.460
4.892
136
280
-
730
454
383
130
71
125
46
680
584
252
2000
9.150
4.847
98
282
-
530
434
388
127
66
133
44
672
595
250
380
106
428
77
19
194
633
593
23
298
331
110
412
78
18
189
646
603
23
2003
6.936
274
-
-
3.902
183
286
318
100
320
70
20
196
656
588
24
2004
6.474
304
-
1
2.958
191
324
625
99
318
70
33
202
693
622
31
2005
6.337
303
-
1
2.801
180
348
613
96
302
71
34
213
704
639
33
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Hotels and
restaurants
Ores and
stones
excavation
Total
Other utilities,
social services
282
182
Health and
Welfare work
State
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social insurance
188
4.152
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and
communication
4.624
-
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and large scale,
repairs
-
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Constructing
-
375
Processing
industry
390
7.420
Fishing trade
7.936
2002
Agriculture,
forestry &
water system
2001
Year
Business with
real estates,
renting
Production of
electrical power,
gas and water
1999
Employment per sectors of economy, 2005
Employment per sectors of economy, 1999
50,00
51,71
50,00
40,00
30,00
20,00
10,00
1,44
2,96
7,72
4,80
4,05
7,19
1,37
0,75
1,32
6,17
0,49
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Sectoral analysis of the economy clearly shows that the largest number of employed are in the
sector of processing industry, that is a consequence of a tradition in textile and textile products
manufacturing. Trade, as a sector with largest number of activ e enterprises and sole trades has
small share in the number of employed, total 9,67% (see the supplement on the previous page).
Unemployment
Number of unemployed registered on the labor market is constantly increasing (number of
unemployed in 2005 compared to 1999 is bigger for 25%). Official unemployment rate in the
year 2005 is 48% and is defined as participation of unemployed in the sum of employed and
unemployed. This is one of indicators that classifies Municipality of Prijepolje into insufficientl y
developed areas in the Republic of Serbia . This data should be taken conditionally taking into
consideration the fact that certain number of unemployed is not registered, as well as, the fact
that certain number of registered unemployed is work engaged .
Growth of the number of unemployed is a consequence of non
activity of large systems of which
some are in the process of
privatization or bankruptcy. (Iris,
Fap livnica, Limka). On the other
hand side it is sufficient to mention
that privatized companies rapidly
decreased the number of employed (Textile conglomerate „Ljubiša
Miodragovic“ from 2.700 workers
currently employs 800).
Unemployed in the Municipality Prijepolje
2000
2001
7.304
7.116
5.699
4.000
5.746
5.000
5.820
6.000
6.562
7.000
6.962
8.000
3.000
2.000
1.000
0
1999
2002
2003
2004
2005
Source : National Agency for Statistics – Municipalities in Serbia
Certain impetus targeted towards the growth of economy activity and the number of
employed is reflected before all into two di rections:
q Support of international donors programme that are implemented through provision of
support for staring-up business of ones own and existing ones
q Support of local institutions through programme of National Employment Service and the
Fund for Development of the Republic of Serbia (in 2006 6 micro credits are approved
from the Development Fund, the programme of self -employment used 111 persons)
Unemployment –Structure
Out of total number of unemployed over 50% are women. It is indicative that over 80% are
those first time job-seekers, while the number of unemployed without qualifications is dropping .
Year
Total
First time job
seekers
total
%
Without
qualifications
total
%
Women
total
Per 1000 Unemployment
inhabitants
rate
%
1999
5.820
5.056
86,8
2.751
47,2
2.932
50,3
123
38,09
2000
5.746
4.872
84,8
2.755
47,9
2.883
50,2
122
38,57
2001
5.699
4.775
83,8
2.684
47,1
2.916
51,2
120
39,84
2002
6.562
5.436
83,3
2.883
44,2
3.350
51,3
158
44,76
2003
6.962
5.715
82,1
3.080
44,2
3.595
51,6
169
47,75
2004
7.116
5.744
80,7
2.501
35,1
3.617
50,8
175
47,25
2005
7.304
5.892
80,7
2.864
39,2
3.727
51,0
181
47,84
89
Age structure of unemployed , 2005.
Age
Total
%
Women
%
0,14%
13,14%
Up to 18
10
0,14
8
0,20
19 – 25
1.521
20,82
718
17,99
26 – 30
1.076
14,73
625
15,66
31 – 40
2.124
29,08
1.258
31,51
41 – 50
1.613
22,08
973
24,37
Over 50
960
13,14
418
10,47
7.304
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3.992
-
Total
20,82%
Up to 18
19 - 25
26 - 30
31 - 40
41 - 50
14,73%
22,08%
29,08%
Over 50
Source: National Employment Service
According to the age structure of unemployed most numerous category are those age 31-40;
that participate in total number of unemployed with 29,08%. Participation of „young“ category
up to 30 is 36%, that clearly indicates to the problem of employment of young human
resources.
Qualification structure of unemployed, 2005.
4.500
4.125
4.000
3.500
2.832
3.000
2.500
2.000
1.500
500
143
204
1.000
0
Unqualified
Secondary school Post secondary
educated
school educated
University
educated
Source: National Employment Service
According to qualification structure largest number of unemployed are those with completed
secondary vocational schools (56,48%) then follows the non-qualified category (38,77%).
Such structure clearly indicates to the need of CVT and raising the level of qualifications of
unemployed through programme of formal and informal education .
2,79%
56,48%
90
1,96%
38,77%
Unqualified
Secondary school
educated
Post secondary school
educated
University educated
Economy
Economy of the Municipality Prijepolje is characterized with activities in processing industry
(textile industry) as well as agriculture and food processing industry .
National Income and Social Product
National income
Year
1999
National income per capita
Index
In thousands (compared
to the year
of Dinars
before)
In Dinars
Social product
Social product per capita
Index
Level
In thousands (compared
(R Serbia
to the year
of Dinars
= 100)
before)
422.799
160,8
8.958
55,3
2000
834.593
197,4
17.682
2001
1.244.327
149,1
26.307
2002
1.051.908
84,5
2003
1.824.078
2004
1.707.310
2005
1.946.046
In Dinars
Level
(R Serbia
= 100)
513.891
-
10.888
55,3
49,8
953.264
185,5
20.196
49,4
45,6
1.477.071
154,9
31.228
43,2
25.532
33,4
1.320.652
89,4
32.055
33,4
173,4
44.336
50,2
2.133.467
161,5
51.856
49,0
93,6
41.928
35,2
1.990.380
93,3
48.880
35,9
114,0
48.124
39,0
2.252.559
113,2
55.704
38,7
National income per capita in 2005 is 48.124 Dinars that represents 59% of the level of
generated income in the District of Zlatibor. Along with stagnation during 2002 and 2004
national income shows nominal increase in the period 1999 – 2005.
National income per capita (in Dinars)
60.000
26.307
25.532
10.000
17.682
20.000
8.958
30.000
2001
2002
48.124
40.000
41.928
44.336
50.000
0
1999
2000
2003
2004
2005
If we see the national income per capita as related to the Republic of Serbia, then constan t
fall is noticed, that in the year 2005 was 39% of national income in Serbia . That implies to
insufficient economic development of the Municipality Prijepolje.
National income compared to Republic of Serbia
60,0
55,3
49,8
%, percentages
50,0
50,2
45,6
35,2
33,4
40,0
39,0
30,0
20,0
10,0
0,0
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
91
National income per ownership structure
In thousands of Dinars
Year
Private ownership
Social
ownership
Total
total
enterprise
farms and
sole trades
Cooperative
ownership
Joined
State
ownership
422.799
203.027
169.739
65.876
103.863
4.800
39.211
6.022
2000
834.593
347.048
353.828
128.183
225.645
10.835
107.362
15.520
2001
1.244.327
501.635
593.655
130.278
463.377
17.700
89.445
41.829
2002
1.051.908
80.506
581.098
147.945
433.153
21.818
223.081
145.405
2003
1.824.078
481.270
912.790
252.467
660.323
17.770
273.076
139.172
2004
1.355.552
187.226
431.053
107.166
323.887
6.975
662.720
67.578
2005
1.946.046
204.981 1.352.350
535.873
816.477
-
148.498
240.217
1999
69,49
Social
ownership
Private
ownership
1999
92
Cooperative
ownership
Joined
2005
12,34
1,42
9,27
7,63
0,00
1,14
30,00
20,00
10,00
0,00
40,15
50,00
40,00
10,53
80,00
70,00
60,00
48,02
%, percentages
Participation of private property in total generated national income at the beginning of the
surveyed period was 40,15 % while in 2005 it was 69,49 %. It is quite reasonable that
social ownership drops due to the process of privatization after social -economic changes in
2000.
National income per property types
State
ownership
National Income per Sector of activity
Traffic and
communication
Trade
Catering and
tourism
Residential
and utilities
activities
Financil and
other
services
85.512
192.836
-
-
21.603
41.774
22.786
57.467
59.608
118.710
9.346
21.001
-
-
-
-
-
-
52.945
139.049
2001
1.244.327
444.749
401.607
-
-
21.723
82.713
164.995
14.148
-
-
-
-
-
-
114.392
Processing
industry
Production of
electrical power,
gas and water
Other communal
and perosnal
services
Other
Social political
commmunities
organizations
19.252
12.928
19.398
-
11.660
14.258
18.134
66.953
176.045
10.219
-
22.881
1.051.908
1.824.078
1.707.310
478.494
488.857
511.729
-
9
260
2.238
356.811
233.207
46.401
46.663
66.721
143.831
168.472
190.487
2005
1.946.046
570.341
-
-
280.483
54.038
222.593
542.493
Health and
social welfae
Traffic, strorage
and
communication
Education
and culture
Hotels and
restaurants
92.859
114.073
146.602
2002
2003
2004
Business with
real estates,
renting
Trgade small and
large scale,
repairs
Constructing
Ores and stones
excavation
Forrestry
Fishing trade
27.753
79.775
61.769
Total
229.420
542.232
459.003
Year
Agriculture,
forrestry &
watersystem
Health and
social welfae
Agriculture &
fishery
170.999
263.756
Crafts
Industry &
minining
422.799
834.593
Constructing
Total
1999
2000
Watersystem
Year
in thousands of Dinars
National income per sectors, 1999
National income per sectors, 2005
40,00
40,44
%, percentages
40,00
30,00
20,23
20,00
14,10
5,11
10,00
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27,88
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20,00
10,00
14,41
11,44
2,78
9,05
3,44
0,53
1,18
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The sector of agriculture has largest share in generation national income (29%). That is
before all outcome of the fall of participation of processing industry in generation of national
income. Private property has substantial participation in generation o f a national income of
over 69% due to the implemented privatization processes over large social systems .
Economic exchange with abroad
Based on the data of the Regional Chamber of Commerce in Užice, trade exchange
with abroad in the Municipality Prijepolje shows positive tendency despite the
high deficit. It is encouraging
that the value of export in
the period from1999 to 2005
increased for 2,5 times, while
the deficit expressed in the
year 1999 in the amount of
USA $ 3.331.000 fell to USA
$ 1.769.000, and accordingly
in the year 2006 it recorded
surplus of USA $ 923.000.
Import and export (in thousands of Dollars)
12.000
10.861
9.387
10.000
9.938
8.000
6.000
6.315
5.035
6.016
5.821
4.338
4.000
3.487
2.000
0
1.704
1999
2000
4.247
4.364
2.434
2.565
2001
2002
2003
Uvoz
2004
Germany
Izvoz
Export by countries, 2003
5,09%
3,83%
Italy
Germany
Turkey
5,38%
13,42%
Bosnia and Hercegovina
Italy
16,87%
38,66%
France
France
5,27%
18,33%
Spain
Greece
12,40%
3,22%
4,03%
Macedonia
11,25%
Other coountries
Ecuador
Netherland
10,00%
2006
Source: Regional Chamber of Economy
Import by countries, 2003
16,14% 11,80%
2005
24,31%
Other coountries
Import per countries: key foreign trade partners of the Municipality of Prijepolje in the year 2003
were: Ecuador (18,33%), Italy (13,42%), B&H (12,40%) and Germany (11,80%). In the year
2006 these were: Montenegro (22,30%), Germany (19,13%), B&H (18,50%) and Italy (13,96%).
Export partners in the year 2003: before all Germany (38,66%), Italy (24,31%) and France
(16,87%), in the year 2006: Montenegro (59,03%), Germany (25,03%) and B&H (11,05%).
Import by countries, 2006
Export by countries, 2006
6,80%
2,86%
Germany
4,82%
1,54%1,74%
Germany
EU
19,13%
1,58%
Bugarska
25,03%
Italy
Switzerland
Turkey
France
22,30%
13,96%
Montenegro
18,50%
8,59%
1,01% Montenegro
59,03%
11,05%
1,46%
China
Macedonia
Other coountries
Turkey
0,60%
Other coountries
94
At the level of the District of Zlatibor in the year 2006 surplus was generated in the business
with abroad in the amount of USA $ 39.640.000 and that accounts for the coverage of the
export with import of 111%.
Municipality Užice participates with 70% in total foreign trade exchange, while municipality of
Prijepolje is one of 5 municipalities that generated surplus .
Per sectors, 63,52% of import in the district is generated through the sector of metal
manufacturing and metal products, 5,55% through textile and textile goods, 5,98% through
production of food and 4,89% is sale and repair of vehicles. In the year total import of 63,6%
in the District was achieved through production of metal and metal products, sale and
vehicles repair, production of textile and textile products and the production of rubber and
plastic.
Economy Entities
Enterprises
According to the data of the National Bank of Serbia at the end of the year 2005 there were
230 active enterprises in the Municipali ty of Prijepolje.
Survey of number of enterprises by size
3,48%
1,30%
Over 95 % of enterprises are
small, then comes medium and
large enterprises with 3,5 %
and 1,3 % respectively.
Small enterprise (219)
Medium enterprise (8)
Large enterprise (3)
95,22%
Source: National Bank of Serbia
Survey of the number of enterprises by ownership structure
6,09%
1,74%
2,61%
Social ownership (14)
Mixed ownership (6)
Private ownership (206)
Cooperative ownership (4)
89,57%
According
to
ownership
structure of the enterprises,
almost 90% of enterprises are
in private ownership (certain
number of enterprises is still n
the process of privatization).
Survey of the number of enterprises by forms of organizing
Most dominant form of
organizing is limited liability
company that accounts for
48,70%, then comes partnership companies with
36,96%.
A limited join
company (112)
A joint stock
company (7)
A partnership (85)
Other forms (26)
11,30%
36,96%
48,70%
3,04%
95
Survey of the number of enterprises by sector of acti vity
8,70%
3,04%
9,13%
3,48%
Agriculture, forestry & water system (8)
25,65%
Manufacturing (59)
Construction (7)
Wholesale and retail trade, repair (108)
Transport, storage and communications (21)
3,04%
46,96%
Real estate, renting activities (7)
Other sectors (20)
By percentage largest participation in the economy sectors has trade with 47% of total
number of active enterprises, then comes processing industry with 25,65%, traffic, storage
and communication with 9,13%.
Survey of the enterprises in sector of processing industry
Food products, beverages and
tobacco products (9)
Textile and textile products (13)
15,25%
22,03%
Manufacture of wood and products of
wood (14)
Paper and paper products,
publishing and printing (5)
Basic metals and metal products (5)
8,47%
8,47%
23,73%
22,03%
Other (13)
Most dominant sub sectors within processing industry are wood processing (23,73%),
production of textile and textile products (22,03%) and food processing with 15,25%.
Sole Trades
According to the data of the National Bank of Serbia in the Municipality of Prijepolje there is
1.729 sole trades.
Survey of the number of sole trades per sectors of activity
3,24% 8,16%
1,10% 6,13%
Agriculture, forestry & water system (19)
Manufacturing (106)
Wholesale and retail trade, repair (719)
Hotels and restaurants (198)
28,34%
Transport, storage and communications (490)
11,45%
41,58%
Construction (56)
Other sectors (141)
The same as on national level o f the Republic of Serbia, biggest participation per sectors
have sole trades in the trade (41,58%), transportation (28,34%), catering premises (11,45%)
and the sector of processing industry with 6,13%.
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Survey of the number of sole trades in the sector of p rocessing industry
30,19%
32,08%
Food products, beverages and tobacco products (32)
Textile and textile products (24)
Manufacture of wood and products of wood (16)
Other (34)
15,09%
22,64%
Source: National Bank o f Serbia
Within the processing sector, largest number of sole trades is from food sub sector (32), then
comes cloth manufacturing (24 sole trades) that is above the fifth of the total number of sole
trades in processing industry.
Large Economy Systems
The pillar of the economy development of the Municipality Prijepolje, was, before all, sector of
textile industry (TK „Ljubiša Miodragovic“, „Jasen-Brodarevo“ and „Iris“) that employed over
5.000 workers. Since the year 2000 when the process of privatization started according the
model of auction, except the textile conglomerate „Ljubiša Miodragovic“ that was privatized in
tender and employees 800 workers today. This enterprise continued the tradition of th e
production of yarn (cotton, and cotton- synthetic), fabric and garments. Enterprises „Iris“ and
„Jasen“ that used to employ over 2.000 workers are not still in the procedure of privatization .
In the process of privatization
(model of privatization )
tender
auction
-
5
Privatized ( sale
model )
Restructuring
tender
auction
1
4
-
Source: Agency for Privatization
Survey of enterprises in the procedure of privatization
Enterprise
Social co. „Zavod za urbanizam i projekto vanje“/ Agency for Urbanism
and Designing
JIP „Polimlje“
Trade company „Ineks Sokolica“
“RAD Labud“ *
Social compan y for bread and fine bakery production, small and large
scale trade „Trgopek“ *
Social company for passenger transportation „Polimljetrans“ *
Activity
Method of
privatization
Spatial Planning
Auction
Publishing newspapers
Other small scale trade
Auction
Auction
Other constructing and
specialized works
Auction
Production of bread and
fine bakery
Transportation of
passengers, road traffic
Auction
Auction
Company in social ownership for primar and final wood processing
„Javor“ *
Production of timber
Auction
Social company industry of ready -made cloths, button and cuffs „Iris“
Production of other ready made cloths
Auction
Textile conglomerate „Ljubiša Miodragovic“, social company in
restructuring *
Cotton yarn production
Tender
Auto-kuca „Prijepolje“
Sale of spare parts,
accessories for motor
vehicles
Auction
„Limka“
Production of leather
footwear
Bankruptcy
(Liquidation)
* sold companies (privatized)
Source: Agency for Privatization
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Footwear company „Limka“, once respectable partner on international market , after
mortgage after which 600 workers stayed without job , is divided into two new enterprises
(PVC carpentry, footwear and textile ). Process of production has not started yet.
FAP Foundry part of the system FAP Priboj is in the process of privatization in the tender
procedure. This company spreads on 6.000 m 2 of production space and manufactures car components, special upgrading, casts and connections for agriculture machines.
Small and Medium Enterprises
In the Municipality Prijepolje there is 260 active small and medium enterprises in private
ownership (January 2006). Thus, sector of small and medium enterprises in private
ownership accounts for 90% of all enterprises in the municipality. Small enterprises account
for 98% of the enterprises in the sector of small and medium enterprises i.e. 87% of total
number of enterprises.
Taking into consideration the flow of gross-domestic product in the Municipality Prijepolje, it is
clear that institutional support to the sector of small and medium enterprises represents, before
all, factor of success and living standard growth of all inhabitants of the municipalities . On the
other hand side, successful implementation of the privatization process can provide deve lopment of destroyed economy systems and provision of the initial input for new employment.
Private enterprises in the territory of the Municipality Prijepolje are of average age of
operation 10-15 with simple organizational structure: owner is at the same time manager.
Largest number of them are active on domestic market and are limited liabilities companies.
Then comes partnership companies that account for 36% in all forms of organization. Based
on implemented poll within the focus group largest problems are lacks of financial assets,
skilled labor force, as well as, lack of managerial staff. The needs are also expressed for
providing non-financial services that reflect in labor market survey and analysis, business
linkages and marketing support for the new products.
Largest number of small and medium enterprises are in the sector of trade (103) and
processing industry (50), that accounts for 74% of total number of enterprises.
List of Important Private Companies
Enterprise
Sector of Activity
Number of employed
AD „Trgopek “ Prijepolje
Production of bread and fine
bakery
50
AD „Rad-Labud“ Prijepolje
Constructing
81
DO „Produkt-promet“ Prijepolje
Production of wood and small
and large scale trade
23
OD „Es-komerc“ Prijepolje
Small and large scale trade
39
PP „Stileks“ Prijepolje
Production of textile products
57
DOO „Catic kompani “ Prijepolje
Production of biscuits small and
large scale trade
21
„Vocar -lutka“ Prijepolje
Production and trade
115
DOO „JUS“ Prijepolje
Production of metal products
23
DOO „Mušovic “ Prijepolje
Production of furniture
11
OD „Dado“ Prijepolje
Trade and buying -off forests
plants and raspberries
5
ZTR „Omorika “ Prijepolje
Wood processing
9
PGP „Beton“ Prijepolje
Constructing activities
11
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Level of entrepreneurs integration is very low. Associations, exist, before all in agriculture
production. The only association of entrepreneurs that exists is General Association of
Entrepreneurs. The fact is encouraging that in the beginning of 2007 in Prijepolje started an
operation sub-centre of Regional Agency for SME development from Uzice . Sub-centre
offers different services to small and medium enterprises of which most important are:
business information, trainings, support in making business plans and business linkages .
Financial Institutions
Banks
Domestic
Insurance companies
Foreign
Komercijalna banka
ProCredit bank
Dunav osiguranje
Metals banka
Societe Generale
DDOR Novi Sad
Alfa bank
Takovo Kragujevac
Meridijan bank
Banca Intesa
EFG bank
Vojvodanska banka
In the Municipality Prijepolje there are 2 domestic bank branch -offices and 7 foreign banks as
well as 3 insurance companies . Average number of branch-offices per 10.000 inhabitants is
satisfying 2,2 branch-offices. Such image in the sector of financial institutions I largely
destroyed by unfavorable credit lines for starting up new business and development of
existing.
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Agriculture
In the area of Prijepolje on the small space are intervened inseparable influences of nature and
history. The area abounds with diverse landscapes : from peaceful valleys of the River Lim (B rodarevska, Veliko-Zupska, Ivanjska and Prijepoljsko-Zaluška), thick forests (Zlatar, Jadovnik, Kamena gora, Lisa, Pobijenik and Ozren), mountainous pastures (Kamena gora, Jabuka, Babina,
Vrbova, Stranjani, Aljinovici, Pravoševo and others) up to wonderful canyons (Mileševka, Lim and
Dubocica) and famous waterfalls of Sopotnica. In this area agriculture land covers 38.205 ha and
represents very important natural resource. It is most fertile in the valley of Lim and its tributaries .
Resources
Farming area
Areas by categories of land exploitation,
social and private agricultural holdings
23,17%
44,28%
Land and gardens
Orchards
4,44%
Meadows
Pastures
28,10%
in ha
-
1.697
Fish, cane
ponds
Pastures
2.853
Meadows
1.354
Vineyards
1.823
fodder
Cereal
crops
8.853
vegetables
total
38.205
Industrial
plants
Agrarian
land
Of that
Orchards
Arable land and kitchen gard ens
- 10.736 16.919
-
Meadows and pastures account for 66,46% farming land while arable land and kitchen gardens cover 28,15 %.
Areas by categories of land exploitation,
private agricultural holdings
33,64%
28,15%
Land and gardens
Orchards
Meadows
5,38%
32,82%
Pastures
in ha
-
1.686
- 10.282 10.539
Fish, cane
ponds
Pastures
2.571
Meadows
1.348
Vineyards
1.807
fodder
Cereal
crops
8.819
vegetables
total
31.326
Industrial
plants
Agrarian
land
Of that
Orchards
Arable land and kitchen gardens
-
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Challenges that the Agrarian sector is faced within the Municipality Prijepolje , is before all,
low level of competitiveness and knowledge of farmers as well as fragmentized land, low
level of association aimed at offer standardization .
Farming households
Number of farming households in the year 2005 was 1.687; in the first quarter of the year
2007 that number was 2.868. Registration of farming households that I s above average in
the Municipality of Prijepolje is a result of logistic support of local self -government including
registration facilitation. Key aim of the registration of farming hou seholds is, at one hand side,
possibility of application for short-term credits before the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and
Water Management, and the other possibility of receiving financial support for non commercial farming households .
Farming population
Farming
population
total
women
total
women
Individual farmers
total
3.283
1.692
Supported farming
population
Active farming population
2.331
1.157
2.225
total
women
women
1.142
952
535
29,00%
Active agrarian
population
Supported agrarian
population
71,00%
According to last census of the population farmers account for 8% of the total number of
inhabitants of the Municipality. Out of that number female population accounts for 51,5%.
Active population in the structure of total farming population makes 71% of whom over 95,4%
are individual farmers.
Services for Farmers
Services for farmers are provided within :
q Agency for agriculture „Moravica“ from Užice, that offers different counseling services
q Public vet station „Priboj“ – branch-office Prijepolje that provides medical vet services on the
terrain (curative and prevention, surgical interventions during deliveries, implementation of
hygienic measures including among other disinfections)
q Beside mentioned institutions in the Municipality of Prijepolje there is several different
associations well-organized that offer different services to their members.
Association
Location
Activity
No. of members
Centre for Sustainable Development
„Sopotnica“
Sopotnica
Village tourism and
agriculture
17
Association of Fruiters „Polimlje“
Brodarevo
Fruit-growing
34
Agriculture cooperative „Agropolimlje“
Seljane
Agriculture
11
Association of vegetable -growers „Bravo“
Seljašnica
Vegetable growing
62
Association of Fruiters „Delišes“
Velika Župa
Fruit growing
17
Association of farmers „Aljinovici“
Aljinovici
Agriculture
11
Source:
Municipal department for economy
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Agriculture Production
Crop farming – production of wheat and corn
Corn
Social
ownership
average, kg
Private
ownership
total
Social
ownership
Total yield, tons
Private
ownership
Social
ownership
Social
ownership
total
average, kg
Private
ownership
Total yield, tons
Year
Private
ownership
Wheat
1999
2000
473
464
-
473
464
-
2.401
2.481
963
322
-
963
322
-
2.892
1.000
2001
520
7
513
3.500
2.819
1.181
-
1.181
-
3.484
2002
2003
335
236
4
-
331
236
2.000
-
2.267
2.291
1.044
763
-
1.044
763
-
3.000
2.244
2004
2005
333
298
70
53
263
245
4.117
3.533
2.955
2.753
1.286
1.041
-
1.286
1.041
-
3.909
2.668
Production of wheat
Production of corn
600
1400
473
500
464
520
333
298
200
1.041
800
tons
tons
335
300
1.044
963
1000
400
1.286
1.181
1200
763
600
236
400
100
322
200
0
0
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Vegetable growing is under 5% of total farming land. Data indicates that average yields are
very poor due to insufficient use of agro-technical measures and mechanization.
Vegetable growing – production of kitchen vegetables
Beans
Year
1)
Potato
yield
total in tons
kg per ha
1)
yield
total in tons
kg per ha
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
85
32
105
73
73
1.613
467
1.813
1.394
1.029
5.124
7.254
10.089
8.614
7.268
5.033
7.154
10.380
9.363
8.511
2004
2005
73
72
1.000
1.000
8.712
7.101
9.734
7.970
1)
Included production of clear crop and intercrops, while an average yield for clear crops
Total yield of beans
2.000
1.613
1.200
1.029
1.000
1.000
1.000
800
600
10.380
7.970
7.154
8.000
6.000
9.734
9.363
10.000
1.394
1.400
kg per ha
Total yield of potatoes
12.000
1.813
kg per ha
1.800
1.600
8.511
5.033
4.000
467
400
2.000
200
0
0
1999
102
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Prijepolje area due to land characteristics has all potentials for vegetable growing, before all
potatoes. Potato is extensively grown and average yields are up to 10.000 kg/ha and they
depend on the natural conditions suitable for this culture. Average yield of potato in 2005 is
under national level that is over 11.000 kg/ha.
Fruit growing – production of apples and plums
Apples
Year
Number of
trees
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Plums
yield
total
tons
44.380
40.300
44.800
44.700
48.700
49.980
48.440
Per tree kg
344
329
268
156
729
172
830
78
82
60
35
150
34
171
total
tons
195.800
172.300
170.300
165.800
157.200
116.000
156.670
Per tree kg
626
1.140
339
261
2.010
365
1.360
32
66
20
16
128
31
87
Number of plum trees
Number of apple trees
60.000
50.000
Yield
Number of
trees
250.000
44.380
44.800
44.700
48.700
49.980 48.440
40.300
195.800
200.000
170.300
157.200
40.000
150.000
172.300
156.670
165.800
30.000
100.000
116.000
20.000
50.000
10.000
0
0
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
If we neglect evidently poor percentage of apple yield per tree, we clearly noticed the
increase of the number of trees. Fruit growing records growth in the number of tree s as a
result of international donors programme support. FAO -UN programme was aimed at
enhancement fruit growing and distributed over 315.000 seedlings of apples on the territory
of the Districts of Zlatibor and Raška; this programme supported associations and delivered
trainings for the farmers, and assisted establishment of connection with processing sector.
Beside theses programme, local self-government also have individual programme of
exemptions and befits for procurement of the fruit seedlings .
Within that programme 420.000 seedlings of raspberry are disbursed with accompanying
equipment on the territory of both districts . The raspberry growing in the territory of the
Municipality Prijepolje is intensified year after year as objectively „imposed” way of income
generation due to bankruptcy of the large economy systems. The estimations are that over
60 ha are under raspberries and annual yield (2007) is over 500.000 kg.
Cattle Breeding
Cattle
Year
total
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
13.708
12.945
12.805
12.789
9.964
9.409
9.755
Pigs
of which:
cows and
heifers
11.220
10.738
11.000
10.973
7.415
7.423
7.331
Sheep
of which:
sows and
in pig sows
total
603
493
535
523
642
435
552
50
90
63
69
total
16.061
14.504
13.878
14.256
11.712
11.737
11.616
of which:
sheep for
accretion
12.722
11.970
11.343
11.515
8.035
8.203
7.189
Poultry
total
44.067
39.496
38.835
38.554
28.577
31.728
26.752
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Municipality Prijepolje has big potentials for cattle growing, due to natural resources, i.e.
pastures and meadows, as well as, due to long cattle -breeding tradition.
Total number of pigs
Total number of cattle
700
16.000
14.000
13.708
12.945 12.805
12.000
9.964
10.000
9.409
9.755
642
603
600
12.789
493
500
535
552
523
435
400
8.000
300
6.000
200
4.000
100
2.000
0
0
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Positive movements are reflected in sheep-breeding with the tendency of grouping animal
fund into farms, in order to raise low ac cumulation of the sector.
Bovine – breeding is also characterized by extensive breeding: majority of households has 1 - 2
cows with an exception of several farms with over 10 cows within their premises. Milk is
mostly processed into cheese and distributed out of the district due to the possibility of
generation larger profit compared to classic milk sale .
Total number of sheep
18.000
16.000
16.061
Total number of poultry
50.000
14.504
14.000
13.878
45.000
40.000
14.256
11.712 11.737 11.616
12.000
44.067
39.496 38.835
38.554
35.000
28.577
30.000
10.000
31.728
26.752
25.000
8.000
20.000
6.000
15.000
4.000
10.000
2.000
5.000
0
0
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Poultry is grown organized: there are 7 farms with over 3.000 pieces.
Processing Capacities
In the sector of food industry main products of processin g capacities are:
q Milk and milk products
In the Municipality of Prijepolje there is one private dairy that annually processes
1.100.000 liters while an average daily buy-off is ~ 3.000 l. Reason for the small milk buyoff is beside increased capacities the fact that majority of individual farming households
process milk by themselves, making cheese and selling it, thus generating larger income
from classic milk sale. Level of capacity use is 30%.
q Meat and cured meats
There are two private slaughter house s with the capacity of 10 large cattle daily; degree
of used capacities is 30%. Precisely, slaughter houses work when needed (per order
and for owns’ needs ). It is clear that the sector of meat processing has surplus of
capacity, that from one hand side stems from small cattle fund , and on the other side it
is influenced by the lack of certified slaughter houses.
q Bakery products
Despite the existence of 5 bakeries in the Municipality of Prijepolje, larger capacities
only has privatized AD Trgopek. This bakery over 80% of the products launches on the
territory of the municipality.
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Infrastructure
Road and Railroad Network
Out of total road network in the municipality that is 441 km long, 17.23% are highways,
58.9% regional roads and local 76.88%. As for the state of highway it is excellent (asphalted
in total length); as for the regional roads another 10 km must be asphalt coated . 1/3 of the
local roads are made as modern roads, that is satisfying data compared to the state of the
local roads in the vicinity.
in km
Total
Modern
roads
441
Highways
total
215
Regional
Modern roads
76
total
76
Local
Modern roads
26
18
total
Modern roads
339
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Road net connects all settlements on the territor y of the Municipality of Prijepolje .
Total length of railroad net in the municipality is 415 km and is electrified in all length .
Water supply and Waste Management
Water system
Coverage by
water system
65%
Sewage
Number of
hook ups
4.550
Coverage by
sewage
35%
Number of
hooks-ups
2.680
Waste quantity
(t)
18.422
Source: Poll
Total length of primary water net is 74 km, and there is a need for the construction of
additional 32.5 km. Primary net for water supply is reconstructed in the length of 800 m and it
is necessary to reconstruct additional 10 km minimum.
Total length of primary feces sewage net is 60.2 km total length of primary drainage net is 16
km. The missing length of primary sewage net is 80.1 km. Until now there was no
reconstruction of primary sewage net, and it current state points to the necessity of its
reconstruction in the length of 5 km .
Plants for waste water treatment does not exist, and that presents a serious environmental
problem.
In rural areas, waste waters are dumped into w ater courses without any treatment or into
improvised septic pits.
Total waste quantity that is produced at annual level in the territory is 18.422 t: households
produce 8.858 t, companies, public institutions including wastes from public areas in the
amount of 9.564 t. Municipality has one unattended garbage dump . There are numerous wild
garbage dumps on the whole territory of the municipality.
Total area of the garbage dump is 1 ha.
Modern regional garbage dump for 4 municipalities is being constructed n ow (Prijepolje,
Priboj, Nova Varoš and Sjenica) that is located in the territory of Nova Varo š and is
approximately equally distant from Prijepolje, Priboj and Nova Varoš respectively.
With an aim to decrease pollution it is necessary, among other things, to support recycling
process of the garbage and destroy waste within individual households.
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Electrification, gasification and heating
Level of electrification o f the municipality is almost over 100%.
There is no gas pipeline in the municipality, while the heating system with 600 hook -ups
covers only 5% of the households.
Spatial Planning
Municipality has no Spatial plan. In the year 2005 General Plan is made with planned horizon
up to 2025.
According to General Urban Plan for economy activities it is devoted total 113 ha, while the
area of existing working zones is 465 ha.
Area of planned working zones is 465 ha: 25 ha in the ownership of the state, 44 ha in private
ownership. Approximate price of the land on the planned areas for the year 2007 is 1.700 €/ha.
Apart for the territory of cadastral Municipality Prijepolje, geodesy foundations of the parts of
the municipality exist.
Telecommunications
Concerning phone traffic, out of 12.700 installed phone connections, 9.130 is in function.
Telephone traffic is realized over 20 phone centrals.
There is 5 post offices.
Existing state indicates the need for further development of phone and postal traffic for the
purpose of their modernization and accessibility to each household and economy entity in the
municipality.
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Tourism
Municipality Prijepolje owns substantial tourist potentials . Natural and anthropogenic
resources of the municipality are not enough for tourism development. Joint efforts of all
stakeholders are needed including local population, along with substantial financial
investments necessary for development quality tourist offer and attraction of foreign visitors .
Tourist sites
Municipality Prijepolje has no locations for development spa tourism. Kamena Gora, once
proclaimed air spa does not exist any more according to new categorization in tourism .
Geographic position of the Municipality offers
plenty of possibility for rural tourism development.
Most important tourist destinations suitable for
village tourism development are: Sopotnica with
24 and Kamena Gora with 26 non-categorized
accommodation capacities. Village of Jabuka
is good for mountainous tourism development
and has a capacity of 220 pavilions .
Accompanying infrastructure is mainly insufficient
and there is a need for its reconstruction and
modernization. Accommodation capacities are
non-categorized and it is necessary to invest
certain efforts and make positive move both in qualitative and quantitative sense .
Beside rural tourism there are possibilities for other tourism offers: mountainous, transit,
sport-recreation, etc.
Enormous potential, various game (foxes, wolfs, bears, hears) offer possibility for development of hunting tourism. Rivers fish rich (Lim and smaller rivers) are very attractive sites for
amateur and sort fishing. River Lim is excellent for rafting and kayak.
Mountainous resources offer possibility for sport -recreational tourism, before all climbing,
cycling, strolling, as well as, extreme sports as paragliding .
Very important position of the municipality Prijepolje in
the traffic network of the Republic of Serbia, implies to
the necessity of transit tourism development . Existing
capacities and contents are poor for now and big
investments are necessary along with the clear politic
of development in this segment of tourism.
Special tourist attraction related to religious tourism
represents Medieval Monastery Mileseva with
famous fresco of White Angel . Beside believers,
Monastery is often visited by pupils excursions. This
locality is one of most precious cultural –historical resource of the municipality and definitely
should be inseparable part of tourist product of the Municipality of Prijepolje.
Numerous cultural- historical monuments, mountains and rivers, villages, rich tradition a nd folklore, offer limitless possibilities for tourism development and attraction of domestic and
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foreign visitors. The localities of interest are not enough for tourism development , consequently it is necessary to develop accompanying contents, accomm odation capacities and
other infrastructure and to promote tourist offer in the proper way.
There is large number of restaurants and café bars in the municipality . They are all non-categorized; most important are: Gradska kafana with 200 seats, Restaurant Mozaik in the city with 100
seats, Restaurant Složna braca in Gracanica (15 km from the City towards Montenegro) with 100
seats, Restaurant Mileševka near Monastery Mileševa with 60 seats, Restaurant Pingvin in
Kolovrat with 150 seats and Restaurant Lovac on the road M-21 in Kolovrat with 100 seats.
Accommodation capacities
Accommodation capacities in the Municipality Prijepolje are very undeveloped, and are
comprised of Hotel Mileševa (category 2 stars with 104 beds), tourist settlement „Boško
Buha“ on Jabuka (non categorized pavilion has capacity of 220 beds and 70 beds in Spomen
dom), as well as Grbo café with lodgings in Kolovrat (also non-categorized accommodation
with 28 beds, equipped with infrastructure ).
Hotel Mileševa and tourist settlement „Boško Buha“ on Jabuka are privatized recently, it is
planned to completely reconstruct restaurant and accommodation capacities .
Existing catering capacities at the bank of the River Lim are non -categorized. Beaches are
non-attended without parking lots that clearly indicates to the necessity for revival and
development of this important tourist potential of the municipality in future .
Realized visits
Domestic tourists
Year
no. visits
no.
overnights
Foreign tourists
Average no. of
overnights
no. visits
no. overnights
Average no. of
overnights
1999
3.084
13.242
4,3
134
241
1,8
2000
4.201
20.778
4,9
149
223
1,5
2001
4.165
16.413
3,9
292
794
2,7
2002
3.718
17.241
4,6
216
366
1,7
2003
6.064
15.332
2,5
416
481
1,2
2004
9.010
17.502
1,9
426
606
1,4
2005
2.796
8.724
3,1
395
562
1,4
Statistic data show that the largest number of registered overnights was recorded in the year
2004. The next year there was a great fall of the number of visits and overnights, especially
of domestic guests. Number of foreign tourists that visit municipality is radically smaller than
the number of domestic guests and has not changed in the last years .
Visits of foreign tourists
Visits of domestic tourists
10.000
450
9.010
9.000
8.000
426
395
350
6.064
7.000
292
300
6.000
250
5.000
4.000
416
400
3.084
4.201
4.165
3.718
200
150
3.000
2.000
2.796
134
216
149
100
50
1.000
0
0
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Data indicates to ad hoc development of tourism without clear politics and aim with minimum
financial investments and initiatives.
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Education
Preschool education
Length of daily care
Number of
children
beneficiaries
Number of
Institutions
Up to 5 hours
9 – 11 hours
over 11 hours
Number of children that
attend institution free of
charge
1
592
209
383
-
210
4 dislocated
classrooms
622
296
326
-
-
Annual programme of work of the institution „Miša Cvijovic“
In theMunicipality of Prijepolje there is only one institution for preschool educat ion – nursery
„Miša Cvijovic“, whose services use 592 children in the municipality. Daily care is provided in
duration of up to 5 or 9 till 11 hours .
There are 4 dislocated premises within the nursery „Miša Cvijovic“ and 622 children are
beneficiaries of them.
Capacities of preschool institutions are not sufficient to properly respond to the needs of
population in Prijepolje and villages in the municipality .
the
Primary Education
Primary
School
Place
Dušan
Velika Župa
Tomaševic Cirko
Dislocated
classrooms
Total
no. of
pupils
place
Hrta
292
Ivanje
255
15
Parent school
269
Sopotnica
Lucice
Parent school
Svetozar
Markovic
Brodarevo
581
Seljašnica
273
Dislocated
classrooms
Total no.
of pupils
place
Vladimir Peric
Valter
Prijepolje
1.191
77
Dušmanici
12
Kucin
5
Parent school
4
Aljinovici
11
235
Sveti Sava
Bostani
545
10
Taševo
Pravoševo
Mataruge
7
Brajkovac
2
Potok
4
Gojakovici
3
Slatina
7
Donji Stranjani
2
Gostun
1
Zastup
4
26
3
Karoševine
Parent school
Mihajlo
Bakovic
10. oktobar
Osnovna
muzicka škola
Kolovrat
Babine
Prijepolje
890
27
155
3
10
33
Zvijezd
20
Hisardžik
Komaran
Jabuka
2
1.092
Milešev Do
18
490
No.
pupils
Zalug
Zavinograde
Parent school
Mihajlo Bakovic
Place
8
Kamena Gora
Divci
Boško Buha
No.
pupils
Primary
School
2
Parent school
500
Ratajska
339
Maticna škola
551
Donje Babine
22
Gornje Babine
5
Dislocated
classroom
Priboj
41
Dislocated
classroom N.
Varoš
45
Parent school
69
10
234
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In the Municipality there are 9 primary schools of which one is school of music. All schools
have dislocated classrooms, total 30. Total number of pupils in primary schools is 4.209.
Special problem represents transportation of children to educational institu tions in rural
areas. Problem is partially solve d with a van transportation that takes children to and from
school on the specific routes.
Number of teaching
staff
School
In 8 primary schools is
employed 338 teachers and 105 workers.
In rural areas there is
no deficit of teaching
staff.
Number of non teaching staff
Dušan Tomaševic Cirko
30
9
Boško Buha
26
11
Svetozar Markovic
58
29
Mihajlo Bakovic
36
3
Vladimir Peric Valter
66
8+ couriers
Sveti Sava
54
23
Mihajlo Bakovic
55
21
10. oktobar
13
5
In the Municipality exists special school with two classrooms within Primary School „Vladimir
Peric Valter“. Special school attend 7 pupils and one of them completed education .
Secondary education
School institution
Technical school
Economics –trade school
Grammar school of Prijepolj e
Place
Prijepolje
Prijepolje
Prijepolje
Total no.
of pupils
622
481
463
Educational profile
No. of
classes
No.
pupils
Electrical Technician Power
supply
3
86
Car repairer
3
34
EMTRU
3
57
EMMP
2
26
Car body repairer
3
43
Mechanical technician for
computer designing
4
117
Lath operator
2
29
Thin maker
1
11
Textile technician
3
79
Garment manufacturer
3
50
Financial administrator
3
72
Economic Technician
5
186
Cooking technician
2
61
Trade technician
1
30
Trade
2
60
Chef
1
32
Waiter
3
80
Science and Mathematics
8
238
Social Sciences and
languages
8
225
Apart from Grammar School of Prijepolje there are also Technical school and Economics –
Trade school in the municipality. Total number of pupils in secondary schools is 1.566.
Schools are situated in Prijepolje and have no dislocated classrooms in the nearby places .
Within secondary education, beside Science and Mathematics and Social science and
languages in the Grammar school there are 17 cour ses of study in Technical and Economics -
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Trade school. Most interest is expressed for Grammar school, while the most interesting
courses for pupils in secondary vocational schools are Mechanical Engineering Technician and
for computer designing and Economic s Technician.
Organization of educational profiles is every year harmonized with the identified needs of th e
National Employment Service .
Technical school employs 61 teacher and 20 non-teaching workers. In School of Economics
the ratio teaching - non teaching staff is 41:12, and in Grammar school of Prijepolje 39 : 11.
Creation of new courses demand work engagement of new teaching staff that do not exist in
the municipality and there is a deficit of them .
Post secondary education
There is a branch-office of the High technical studies from Cacak in Prijepolje with 16 full
time professors, 20 professors–assistants and 195 students. The school is opened two years
ago and there is not graduated students yet. The school establishment is licensed to work as
high educational institution.
Source: School Institutions in the Municipality Prijepolje
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Health and Social Welfare
Health Protection
Holder of the health protection in the Municipality Prijepolje is Heath Centre Prijepolje that
comprised Health Institute and Hospital. In Brodarevo there is one outpatient clinic. There
are 7 public health centers in the municipality .
Total number of 31 doctor of general practice and specialists are employed along with 1 doctor
for TBC prevention, 3 for health protection of women, 3 for health protection of pre-school
children, 3 for school children and youth and one graduated pharmacist. Certain number of
doctors is undergoing specialist studies.
Hospital in Prijepolje is equipped with cardiology ultra -sound, EKG apparatus, apparatus for
anesthesia, respirator, apparatus for oxygen and inhalers.
Health Centre Prijepolje has roentgen, ultrasound and EKG app aratus.
Existing equipment in both institutions is old and insufficient. There is a need for renewal of
technical capacities and procurement of new equipment (e.g. scanner), that will enable
successful diagnostic and curing of patients .
Procurement of vehicles would substantially improve the work of emergency ward .
For pharmaceutical health protection is responsible City Phar macy, pharmacy in Brodarevo
and Kolovrat.
Source: Health Centre / Local self-government /National Agency for Statistics –Municipalities in Serbia
Social Protection
Holder of social protection in the Municipality Prijepolje is Social and Welfare Centre wi th 15
employees and the organization of Red Cross with 2 employees .
According to the last report (2006) of the Social and Welfare Centre 53 persons are stationed
in the Social institution, while the average of 20 persons demand to be received in the
institution every year.
In Prijepolje there is no institutions for full care of children and grown -ups though there is a
big need for that. Social and Welfare Centre for years now is pointing to the problem of the
lack of accommodation capacities for socially e ndangered population, before all mentally
disordered and ill people.
Within the existing capacities of the hospital there is a possibility for construction of a daily
care hospital and stationary for mentally ill; that would greatly added to the social p rotection
of such population.
According to pool from 2005, 45% of old people declared that they would rather go to the
homes for old people providing t would be on the territory of Prijepolje, and only 4 % declared
that they would go wherever it is. Results of the poll implies that there is a necessity for the
construction of home for old people.
Statistic data show that in the surveyed period there is 100% increase of social beneficiaries
among all categories; underage, of age population .
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Beneficiaries of the Social Welfare Centre
Other beneficiaries
4
13
635
12
98
101
41
222
161
10
7
13
801
22
120
113
51
266
229
2005
731
618
34
26
14
12
27 1.238
35
171
268
57
267
440
Combined
disorders
Mental disorders
Behavioral
problems
Unsupported
persons
7
14
Financially
jeopardized
8
24
Behavioral
disorders
15
373
total
252
441
Physical disorders
299
2003
Jeopardized by
family situation
1999
Year
Total
Aged persons
Finicky is
Psychological
problems, disorders
Of age persons
Other beneficiaries
Minor persons
1400
1.238
1200
1000
200
299
400
441
635
600
731
801
800
0
1999
2003
Minor persons
2005
Of age persons
There is a drastic growth of children from families with bad family relations . That situation,
caused by social crises and confusion of social values, as well as, economic situation of
families where members of a family have no constant, legal job , and they usually become
delinquent and addicts. Aimed at prevention and fighting juvenile delinquency, Centre for
Social work insists on opening Daily care for the children with behavioral problems.
The number of abused and neglected children and grown -ups increase, the Centre has only
partial evidence on the cases.
The increase of those in financial support need is also evident. Those people have no social
assistance. After closing down many of t he factories and enterprises in Prijepolje, that
number is increasing constantly.
Social and Welfare Centre always meets the needs of old population . Project that is currently
implemented called „For the safe future“, is related to the home assistance provision for
elderly and disabled people. Assistance is realized through numerous services : provision of
health protection at home, services of gerent-hostess, psycho-social support, technical
services, etc. Project duration is 1 year, the question of sustai nability is open for similar
initiatives and social protection.
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Culture and Sport
Culture
Most important cultural institutions in the Municipality of Prijepolje is Cultural Institution. It is
founded in 1979 and its activity is related to promotion and development of culture and art
(paintings, theater, music and movie art). Besides, Cultural Institution has long educational –
scientific and publishing tradition.
Beside Cultural Institution (once Institution of Revolution), there is also an En semble of Folk
Dances that began to work in 2005. Ensemble continued tradition of ex Cultural–Artistic
Society „Ljubiša Miodragovic“, that began to work in the seventies of the last century.
Club „Sveti Sava“ deals with history and tradition of Serbian cu lture and publishing of the
magazine „Savindan“.
Society for science, culture and art of Bošnjaks „Ikre“ is founded in 2001 and is cherishing
and popularizing culture and tradition.
Cultural-Historical Heritage
Prijepolje is rich cultural-historical area with the remains of different cultures starting from the
old Ras up to the present days.
All monuments are rather abandoned to faith due to the negligence of the State organs;
accordingly it is necessary to be reconstructed and conserved .
Most important monuments of culture are:
q Monastery Mileševo in Mileševo. Medieval monastery from the 13 th century
q Sahat-kula/ Clock Tower/ in the city. Originates from the Medieval times
th
q Building of City Museum in the downtown . Originates from the 18 century
q Ibrahim-Pasha Mosque in Šarampovo. Originates from the 17 th century
th
q House of Veselicica (fountain) in the centre of the city. Originates from the 20 century
th
q Monastery of Kumanica in Gostun-Kumanicama. Originates from the 15 century
th
q Monastery of Davidovica in Brodarevo. Originates from the 15 century
Monuments of culture in the Municipality Prijepolje represent large potential in cultural and
tourist sense. Each monument has its characteristics and beauty . All cultural sites, promoted
together could represent unique and very attractive tourist product of cultural -historical
heritage of Prijepolje.
Cultural manifestations
Most important cultural manifestations in the Municipality of Prijepolje are :
q Sopotnicki izvori represent the review of national creativity and are held in the village Sopotnica.
q Mileševska kolonija (painters’ colony), Decurlijada (children’s competition in knowledge,
sport and culture), Prvi glas Polimlja (regional competition of amateur singers) and Rok
festival (regional rock festival). Held in the Institution of Culture.
q Evening of Poets Slovo sa Lima, held in the City Library
q Manifestation Limski darovi that encompasses Zetovijadu, Limski kotlic, beach volleyball
and Prijepolje regatta.
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Sport and Recreation
Sport related business in the Municipality is entrusted to Sport Association, that is founded in
1992 and registered as association of sport’s clubs, societies and associations . Association is
managed by the Assembly and Steering Committee, as operative organ that implements the
decisions of the Assembly.
Members of Sport Association are 23 clubs and societies . Eleven clubs compete in the leagues
while the rest of the clubs and societies play on tournaments and sport’s ma nifestations. Most
important sports’ clubs are:
Sport
male/
female
No. of
members
Location –
settlements
League of
competition
FK Polimlje
football
m
120
Prijepolje
Moravicka zone
FK Jasen
football
m
40
Brodarevo
District of ZlatIbor
ŠK Priko
chess
m
20
Prijepolje
Second League
volleyball
f
35
Prijepolje
Second A league
skiing
m/f
18
Kolovrat
-
Club
OK Putevi
Planinarsko –skijaški klub „Kolovrat“
Source: Sport’s Association
Total number of sportsmen in these 5 clubs is 233. Largest interest of sport population in the
municipality of Prijepolje is for football .
Two big manifestations that the sportsmen of Prijepolje participate in are Sandžak and Intermunicipal sport’s games, that gather several thousand sportsmen from Sandžak and other places.
First time this year, Prijepolje organizes Euro-Cup in rafting. It is planned that cup becomes
traditional sport manifestation that will be hel d every year.
There is a Sport Hall in Prijepolje with the capacity of 2.000 seats. Different league matches and
tournaments are held in this most important sport facility. The same facility is used for school
classes.
Beside the Sport Hall there are two stadiums in the municipality: football stadium Rosulje in
Prijepolje with 500 seats and football stadium Hašimbegovica polje in Brodarevo with 5.000
seats and the possibility of organizing competitions in Athletics disciplines .
Municipality owns several school gyms that apart from the PE classes are used for
organizing league competitions in volleyball, baske tball, handball, karate tournament, etc.
Municipality has several smaller public sport terrains:
q Jalija in Brodarevo with the terrains for small football, basketball and volleyball
q Basketball, small football and tennis terrains are near the Hotel Mileševa in Prijepolje
q Terrains for small football, handball, volleyball on the sand in the vicinity of secondary
school are used traditionally every year for organizing sport games of workers
q Terrains for basketball and volleyball in the park in Vakuf (Prijepolje)
q In several villages in the vicinity of schools and local community offices there are
terrains for small football
Most important sport’s manifestations are :
q Komaranska košija in Boretina brdo, Komaran. Horse racing, long jump, and other
traditional sport’s disciplines
q Water jumps in Petrovac
q Lim regatta (rafting) on the section Plav-Prijepolje
q City chess competition
q Prijepolje Cup in sport fishing, that is organized in Ribarska staza on the Lim
q Paragliding Cup „Dragoslav Divac“ in Prijepolje
Apart from listed manifestations numerous tournaments in several sport’s discipline are
organized in the city most of them memorial ones .
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Informing
In the Municipality of Prijepolje there are 4 media houses that beside broadcasting of radio
and TV programme (regional RTV Enigma and Radio 033) are publishing printed media (JIP
Polimlje). JIP Polimlje is the only media in ownership of the municipality that is in the process
of privatization.
Media type
Year of
establishment
Ownership
JIP Polimlje
Radio and
newspapers
Newspapers
1932, radio 1975
Municipality
Offering information
at local level
RTV Enigma regional
Radio and
TV
1997
Private
Commercial
Radio 033
Radio and
TV
2004
Private
Commercial
Radio Idi
Radio
2004
private
Commercial
Name
Basic purpose
Beside JIP Polimlja other media are of commercial character and in private ownership .
Media
Coverage
RTS 1 & 2
Excellent
TV B92
Middle
TV Pink
Middle
TV Avala
Poor
TV Fox
Poor
TV Košava
Poor
Narrow city area is covered with the media signals well, mostly those with national
frequentation of broadcasting, while in villages apart from the RTS signal coverage is very
poor. In some border areas with Montenegro it is possible to watch Montenegrin TVs. The re
is no regional media and there is no hints that in the future any would be established .
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economic analysis of the municipality Prijepolje

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