Manual for Sustainable Return
Part II - Operational Guidelines - Institutional Rolesand Responsibilities
UNMIK Municipal Administrations play a key role in planning and coordinating returns activities undertaken in their municipalities. The Municipal Working Group process relies on the active leadership of the UNMIK Municipal Administration for effective implementation of the IDP-driven "bottom- up" process. The UNMIK Municipal Administration is responsible for ensuring that the MWG planning, coordination and dialogue process operates effectively.
Responsibilities of the UNMIK Municipal Administration:
1. Establish MWG and ensure that they convene regularly with full and active representation of all actors.
2. Chair Municipal Working Groups.
3. Ensure IDP/Refugee concerns and interests are voiced in the Municipality.
4. Ensure active participation of Municipal officials and MWG members in GIVs and GSVs.
5. Ensure Municipal Departments are invited to, and attend, MWG to be informed and consulted on returns projects affecting their area of competence.
6. Ensure MWG returns activities are reported to the Regional Working Group.
Responsibilities within the MWG:
1. Facilitate inter-ethnic dialogue, community integration and confidence building between returning and receiving communities through the participation of local PISG officials, representatives of majority, minority and IDP communities.
2. Facilitate identification of project needs, and development of operational responses resulting in return projects in the municipality.
3. Keep abreast of, and oversee where appropriate, the implementation of all return activities in the municipality.
4. Monitor and record IDP interest to return and create linkages with field research related to locations of origin (e.g. ssessments/activities, Rapid Location Profiles, IDP Mapping, Security Assessments etc.).
5. Prioritise return activities.
6. Oversee concept paper development process.
7. Review Project concept presented to the MWG.
8. Prioritise, endorse and recommend projects and implementing partners to the RWG.