The project for the cable car to the Castle of Prizren, started by the Municipality of Prizren, seems to have a lot of ambiguity, given that the management of this project, the Tourism Directorate, has left some questions unanswered for months.

Regarding the project for the cable car to the Castle of Prizren, in the work report of the Municipality of Prizren for 2019, in the important projects, it is said that the project for the cable car to the Castle of Prizren has been drawn up. "The project was drawn up by the Swiss company Geode, according to the Law on the Historical Center, the Law on the Protection of Cultural Heritage and other necessary criteria."

(Source: https://kk.rks-gov.net/prizren/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2020/01/Raporti-i-punes-se-Kryetarit- 2019.pdf?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1EQB6q4AtUCy2uz5oxBQrdnb0lF33vknyu0hI0SN27lQQED_4REtWk26E_aem_AdyvBKs0EmZ9fwjPNSYEje7i3twkmV4EqYPsFo1x6hzWet7uGXyDP_XBj9HLKQJ3KW64h4MwLSnwMuDk8mviaqvu)

EC Ma Ndryshe at the beginning of last year, through a request for access to public documents, requested clarifications from the Municipality of Prizren, which explained through the Information Office that "the project for the cable car was drawn up by the company Geode, which was mediated by Swisscontact -i", and that "the Municipality of Prizren in March 2019 organized a public debate with citizens to present the 5-year tourism development strategy, where, among other things, the idea for the cable car project was presented, as a necessary project for the development further of tourism in our municipality

(https://kk.rks-gov.net/prizren/news/debatohet-strategjia-e-zhvillimit-te-turizmit/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1ia6SQbUnYrSUJIrOtQ8_pySrPuO1Fly63zvY9XpjvbA3pj8ybNAOJjWU_aem_AdzYypSrK0OevX9xYX2dkZZFjfKykQMF9INAhWas_vswzWheRmuATLApdaybt7czgsdLxkN_w9SDDa2bdIhmMjda)”. It was also announced that: "The Geode Company was previously notified of the reasons for the cancellation of the previous project for the cable car because it was not in accordance with the relevant laws in force and the recommendations of the working group for the construction of the cable car established by the Municipality in the last mandate. Based on these, the company has drawn up the conceptual plan of this project", until it was added that: "Due to the old geodetic maps that the Municipality possesses for the terrain in question, during the month of October last year (2019) a another Swiss company has made accurate geodetic measurements in order to complete the detailed project of the cable car in the castle, which is expected to be submitted to the Municipality soon. After the final project is accepted, it will be presented again to the citizens".

However, on October 29, 2020, the notice for the contract entitled "Study of the feasibility of the cable car in the Municipality of Prizren" was published.

(Source:

https://e-prokurimi.rks-gov.net/SPIN_PROD/APPLICATION/IPN/DocumentManagement/DokumentPodaciFrm.aspx?id=1146264&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0lJpX0on31-YXYgIs-qmPA1I5sJOQGW0I8L5d22dQF1bUCHwqG_pYp2L8_aem_Adw6m0BgzkU8W_9SBlpSsh8QyBj9z69AYzaRTFPZLrr6zJCsEKggIj37mYWIToHQna3LB3g0Yk8jpyLAJAT_SkCp)

EC Ma Ndryshe in November 2020, through the request for access to public information and documents, requested clarifications from the Information Office, that:

"-Why was the conceptual project for Prizren Castle first drawn up and now the drafting of the feasibility study is required?

- Why is the Municipality of Prizren using this "inverted" approach in the cable car planning project?

- Has the municipality of Prizren paid financial means for the design of the conceptual project? Will the municipality of Prizren finance the design of the feasibility study?

-Preliminarily, the Municipality of Prizren announced that in March 2019 it organized a public debate with citizens to present the 5-year tourism development strategy, where, among other things, the idea for the cable car project was presented. Have other public discussions been held with citizens and NGOs of Prizren regarding the cable car project?".

To this day, the municipality of Prizren has not provided answers to these questions.

But on December 15, 2020, on the website of the Municipality of Prizren, the contract for the procurement activity "Feasibility study of the cable car in the Municipality of Prizren" was published, where the total price is 14,475 euros, and with a dynamic plan of 40 working days

(Source: https://kk.rks-gov.net/prizren/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2020/12/622-20-186-211-Kontrata.pdf?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1hKfoG_qFh1eN4rVXqaRNaQiGjQ1S262hQR-tpsVGCEXVpHvz1X7X1Uww_aem_Adx7IKpIabx07sMQuuqutiBWkjfeQXczizAZB5SR95hCAPhqByM3OOuP6SUrDHlQXQeagtmA_rDmcgZCR0Z86l26)