Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities National association

Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities National association of local authorities in Serbia

What is SCTM? o National association of local authorities in Serbia o Founded in 1953 o 167 members o SCTM is an organization dedicated to the promotion and development of local selfgovernment, standing for their interests and of the co-operation among local authorities.

Committee on Urban Planning q One of the 10 permanent working bodies of SCTM q Consists of 20 members, urban planners and architects from Serbian towns q Deals with issues of spatial and urban planning, land management and housing on municipal level q Supported by GTZ project “Land management/Cadastre in Serbia”

Informal settlements in Serbia o The phenomenon of illegal construction in Serbia was recorded in all major cities during 1960’s o The most illegal buildings were constructed during 1990’s o The most significant cause of illegal construction during 1990’s is the flow of refugees from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo

Key reasons for illegal construction in Serbia o Inadequate housing and land policies and economics, during socialist urbanization (1970 -1990) o Inflexible system of urban planning o Arrival of refugees during the wars in the ex -YU region o Political toleration of illegal construction as an informal means of social policy during the period of radical crisis o High prices and very limited supply of building land infrastructure o Time-consuming and expensive procedures of obtaining building permits

Policy approaches and strategies in the past Law on Planning and Construction from 2003: o An emergency, post festum regulation aimed at regulating the conditions for illegal construction rehabilitation o Reduction of requirements and documentation in the permit issuing procedure o Legalization fees were to be determined by municipalities o Over 370. 000 illegal buildings were reported (estimated number considerably higher)

The main types of informal settlements in Serbia o Slums o Substandard old settlements o Old residential districts with added housing premises o Unplanned construction on Stateowned agricultural land o Compact, newly built illegal settlements o Illegal construction in protected urban and non-urban areas

NEGOTIN o located in North-eastern part of Serbia, close to Bulgarian and Romanian border o 38 rural settlements and town of Negotin, with approximately 20. 000 inhabitants, town area 1. 068 ha

NEGOTIN There are 6 main informal settlements in the town: o “Rastoka” - 70 ha, with about 300 objects, no water supply and sewage o “Badnjevo” -80 ha, 200 objects, no water supply and sewage o “Radujevacki put” - 80 ha, 300 objects, nearby waste dump, limitted infrastructure, no sewege, high level of ground water o “Samarinovacki put” -18 ha, 100 objects, limitted infrastructure o “Kod groblja” -15 ha, 100 objects, no water supply and sewage o “Temisvarka” -14 ha, 50 objects, no water supply and sewage

NEGOTIN o Town area is divided into 2 740 cadastral plots. o about 1 050 object, within area of 277 ha (26% of town area) o About 4000 inhabitants live in illegaly constructed dwellings

NEGOTIN o o o No municipal spatial plan Master plan made in 1980 15 regulatory, zoning plans Cadastral maps in analog form. No digital cadastral plans Cadastral data outdated and not acurate

NEGOTIN o There is the department for Urban planning in the Municipality of Negotin which is willing to cooperate and to nominate few of their staff for the trainings

KRALJEVO o Kraljevo is located in the central part of Serbia occupying the area around the lower course of the Ibar river and the middle part of the Zapadna Morava river o The largest municipality in Serbia with the area of 1, 529 km 2, o About 127, 000 people live in the Municipality of Kraljevo.

KRALJEVO o The town of Kraljevo - 70, 000 inhabitants o Large number of refugees inhabited this town after the war time period (around 20. 000 internaly displaced persons) o over 9000 objects were registered as illegal in 2003

KRALJEVO o The part of the town called Ribnica (30. 000 inhabitants) is recognized as a settlement with a largest number of illegal constructions. o 2 or 3 urban complexes could be recognized within this settlement o 10 km 2 o 2300 objects o 6000 inhabitants

KRALJEVO o Municipality of Kraljevo and its Urban planning department are actively involved in working with SCTM Urban planning committee o Municipal administration showed great interest to participate in the project

Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities Committee on Urban Planning www. skgo. org