belgrade - with a foot on the north and an open hand ... - Koha Ditore
belgrade - with a foot on the north and an open hand ... - Koha Ditore
belgrade - with a foot on the north and an open hand ... - Koha Ditore
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Trepça<br />
Coordinator’s office for <strong>the</strong> Strategy of North<br />
Currently, Trepca is under <strong>the</strong> UNMIK administrati<strong>on</strong> <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> protected by creditors based <strong>on</strong> a<br />
moratorium of UN. Complex legal structure <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> lack of focus <strong>on</strong> finding a pragmatic soluti<strong>on</strong><br />
sulted <str<strong>on</strong>g>with</str<strong>on</strong>g> a situati<strong>on</strong> where its assets remained in a very bad c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong> <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> not used for<br />
<strong>an</strong>y years.<br />
possible for Trepca, as a<br />
Chamber of <strong>the</strong> Supreme<br />
ds making <strong>the</strong> UN positi<strong>on</strong> <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> independence of<br />
sovo Privatizat n Age y (KP essa measures.<br />
ss of putting Trepca for sale in <strong>the</strong> werful m<br />
s <str<strong>on</strong>g>with</str<strong>on</strong>g> creditors hich ill pro f quest <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> pr<br />
ntering into <strong>the</strong> agreement (“Regulative Scheme”) whenever this is reas<strong>on</strong>able to find out<br />
ng term damage.<br />
ut, currently Trepca, <str<strong>on</strong>g>with</str<strong>on</strong>g> all <strong>the</strong> fin<strong>an</strong>cial <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> legal-property difficulties inherited, <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong><br />
rotected by a legal umbrella allowing it to act as a comp<strong>an</strong>y, has difficulties in practice to<br />
ncti<strong>on</strong> as a centralized c<strong>on</strong>glomerate it used to before <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> due to <strong>the</strong> fact that sometimes in<br />
orth is used <strong>the</strong> practice of ec<strong>on</strong>omizing or working separately, al<strong>on</strong>gside reporting under<br />
e current legal umbrella. Part of <strong>the</strong> unique former comp<strong>an</strong>y Trepca in <strong>north</strong> is c<strong>on</strong>tradictor<br />
its unique functi<strong>on</strong>ing in south. It accepts UNMIK as a legal umbrella but not KPA. It<br />
ive<br />
ese behaviors of nor<strong>the</strong>rn part of<br />
repca are registered <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> c<strong>an</strong> be documented. 63<br />
re<br />
m<br />
Since Trepca resources are protected by a UN moratorium, it was im<br />
comp<strong>an</strong>y to achieve <strong>the</strong> necessary capital which would provide opportunities for re-starting<br />
<strong>the</strong> profitable work under <strong>the</strong> envir<strong>on</strong>mentally sustainable <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> safe c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s. The Decisi<strong>on</strong><br />
of <strong>the</strong> Special Court, issued lately, marked a very import<strong>an</strong>t step<br />
towar Kosovo clearer, since it requested from<br />
<strong>the</strong> Ko io nc A) to take <strong>the</strong> nec ry<br />
Proce L<strong>on</strong>d<strong>on</strong> Bursa will involve a po <strong>an</strong>euver<br />
proces , w w vide a clarificati<strong>on</strong> o re s etending, <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong><br />
e<br />
lo<br />
B<br />
p<br />
fu<br />
n<br />
th<br />
in<br />
receives fin<strong>an</strong>cial input from government of Kosovo, but does not report regularly <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> often<br />
ec<strong>on</strong>omizes in <strong>an</strong> aut<strong>on</strong>omous m<strong>an</strong>ner. In this respect, Trepca in <strong>north</strong> is not a cooperat<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>with</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r part in south <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> avoids cooperati<strong>on</strong>. Th<br />
T<br />
Problems<br />
in <strong>the</strong> nor<strong>the</strong>rn part of Trepça<br />
- Still working under UNMIK<br />
logo<br />
-<br />
There is no fin<strong>an</strong>cial tr<strong>an</strong>sparency<br />
- They do not report to Kosovo Privatizati<strong>on</strong> Agency<br />
- The Auditor General is not enabled to perform <strong>the</strong> audit.<br />
- Even twelve years after <strong>the</strong> war <strong>the</strong>re is still no tr<strong>an</strong>sparency whatsoever regarding <strong>the</strong><br />
m<strong>an</strong>agement <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> it is still acted based <strong>on</strong> UNMIK <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> Serbi<strong>an</strong> laws.<br />
- D<strong>on</strong>ati<strong>on</strong>s are received from <strong>the</strong> Budget of Kosovo whe reas it is not reported <strong>on</strong> how<br />
<strong>the</strong>se funds are spent<br />
- D<strong>on</strong>ati<strong>on</strong>s are receives from Serbia<br />
as well<br />
63 Interview <str<strong>on</strong>g>with</str<strong>on</strong>g> Trepca central authorities<br />
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