Centre for Development of the Skopje planning region has been established under the Law on Balanced Regional Development in May 2009. Headquarters of the Center for Development is located within the unit of local self-government with the largest number of inhabitants, or municipality of Gazi Baba.
Skopje planning region covers a total area of 1812 km2 or 7% of the territory of R. of Macedonia. This region encompasses 17 municipalities and the City of Skopje as a separate unit of local self-government, or 10 urban municipalities that are part of the City and 7 rural.
Its main task is to strengthen the capacity of networks in local and rural community, business sector, stimulating the development on local and regional level, strengthening the principle of public private partnership and working towards raising the quality of life.
Centre for Development of the Skopje Planning region performs the following tasks:
· Prepare draft-program for development of the planning region;
· Prepare draft-action plan for implementation of the Program for development of planning region;
· Prepare project-proposals for development of the planning region and for the area of specific development
needs;
· Coordinate activities related with implementation of the Program for development of the planning region and
works on the realization of the projects for development of the planning region;
· Provide information to all interested parties for implementation process of the Programme for development
of the planning region and other issues regarding the regional development;
· Provides professional and technical assistance to local-self governments in preparing of their development
programs;
· Provides professional services to associations of the citizens and other interested parties for the preparation
of projects of regional development;
· Encourage the inter-municipal cooperation in the framework of the planning development;
· Works on implementation of projects for initiating the development of the planning region, financed by EU
funds or other international resources;
· Performs promotion development opportunities of the planning region
· Performs professional and administrative-technical work for the council for development of the planning
region.
