Community of Serb Municipalities

Community of Serb Municipalities

Zajednica srpskih opština
Location of the Community of Serb Municipalities within Kosovo.
Formation	TBD
Headquarters	North Mitrovica
Location	Kosovo
Membership	North Mitrovica Zubin Potok / Zubin Potoku Leposavić / Leposaviq Zvečan / Zveçan Štrpce / Shtërpcë Klokot / Kllokot Gračanica / Graçanicë Novo Brdo / Novobërdë Ranilug / Ranillug
Official language	Serbian / Albanian
President	TBD
Vice-president	TBD

The Community of Serb Municipalities (Serbian: Заједница српских општина/Zajednica srpskih opština) or Association of Serb Municipalities (Albanian: Asociacioni i komunave serbe) is a planned self-governing association of municipalities with majority Serb population in Kosovo, expected to be created in 2015 but indefinitely postponed over conflicts about extent of powers. On 13 December 2016, the 3511st Council of the European Union meeting urged Kosovo to swiftly implement in good faith its part of all past agreements, in particular the establishment of the Association/Community of Serb majority municipalities and to engage constructively with Serbia in formulating and implementing future agreements. On December 29, 2016 Foreign Minister of Serbia Ivica Dačić noted the significance of maintaining the dialogue and implementing all agreements primarily those that apply to establishing the Community of Serb Municipalities. On December 30, 2016 Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi stated that the he hopes question of the Community will be resolved at the beginning of 2017.

The proposal of the association came as a result of the 2013 Brussels Agreement signed by the government of Kosovo and not signed by Serbia.

In accordance with the competences given by the European Charter of Local Self Government and Kosovo law, the participating municipalities be entitled to cooperate in exercising their powers collectively through the association. The association would have had full overview of the areas of economic development, education, health, urban and rural planning.

There has been a Community called Association of Serb Municipalities and Settlements of Kosovo and Metohija (Zajednica srpskih opština i naselja Kosova i Metohije), founded in February 2003 in Mitrovica, as an association of Serb majority municipalities in Kosovo. It was considered illegitimate by the Government of Kosovo, as it exercised legislative and executive authority over its territory, mostly in North Kosovo, through its Assembly.