On 05.05.2023, in the restaurant “Floar” in the presence of citizens, the Municipality of Bogovinje successfully held the session of the fourth Forum in the community, forums which are organized within the project “Empowerment of municipal councils – Phase 2”, financed by the Embassy Swiss and the Ministry of local self-government and co-financed by UNDP and aim to involve citizens in the decision-making process at the municipal level.

In the session of the fourth Forum, the moderator again presented the rules and criteria for choosing the project that will be financed within the community forum, as well as analyzed which of the citizens have the right to vote based on the evidence of their participation. Then, the citizens voted on three proposals – projects: “Regulation of the riverbed in Pirok”, “Construction of the sidewalk in Pirok” and “Construction of the road that connects Rakovec with Bogovinje”. Of these three projects, the most voted by the citizens of Bogovinje Municipality was “Regulation of the riverbed in Pirok”.

The mayor of the Municipality of Bogovinje, Besnik Emshiu thanked everyone for their important participation for the successful implementation of the forums as well as for the contribution given during the proposals of numerous projects, which are very necessary to be realized in the Municipality of Bogovinje. All these will serve the Municipality in planning activities and developing future projects.

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