New Opportunities in Kukës – NOK

The 2019 Performance Assessment Report “Municipalities in the
Process of European Integration” details that slight progress was made
in the fight against corruption, drug cultivation and trafficking, and
money laundering. At the local level, good progress was marked in
two out of three main measures in the fight against organized crime:
The Strategic Document on Public Security was drafted and approved
by 42.62% of municipalities, or +16.4 p.p. compared to 2018, the
structures of Community Councils (CC) were set up by 49.18% of
municipalities, or +18.03 p.p. more municipalities, compared to 2018,
while the establishment of the WG in the Fight Against Organized
Crime was at the same level as in 2018, based on reported data.
Remaining challenges include the establishment of WGs and
Community Councils in all municipalities, improving the work quality
and efficiency of these structures, and improving coordination of
measures with state institutions and other actors at the local level.
The same report details that there has been an improvement in the
performance of municipalities regarding the development of the local
social plan – 63.9% of municipalities reported that they approved the
local social plan by the decision of the City Council; the indicator
shows an increase of +17.9 pp compared to 2018. Kukes municipality
has not prepared yet the Local Social Plan