Health sector support programme in Kosovo - Phase II

Since 2003, Luxembourg has been the main bilateral donor involved in the health sector in Kosovo. The Support programme for the health sector in Kosovo – Phase II builds on the achievements of projects Reinforcement of the Prizren regional hospital and Support programme to the health sector in Kosovo.

It aims to support the implementation of health sector reform, the development of management capacities within the Ministry of Health and health facilities, and the creation of new financing mechanisms. Achieving the project's overall objective of improving the quality of health services contributes to sustainable improvement in the health of the population and equal access to the Kosovar health system.

While project Support programme to the health sector in Kosovo supported the development of health sector reform and key sector laws, project Health sector support programme in Kosovo (Phase II) focuses on organisational development, training, and support from the Ministry of Health to the implementation of the health reform.

The Health sector support programme (Phase II) is aligned with the health sector strategies 2014–2020 and 2020–2023 and with the following fundamental reform principles:

• redefinition of the role of the Ministry of Health as a regulatory body and reinforcement of stewardship as well as monitoring and evaluation;
• decentralisation of key functions and management responsibilities to health facilities and professional bodies;
  integration of health services to improve the quality of performance and ensure a better synergy with the private sector;
• application of the “learning by doing” approach, which is reflected in the design of the project.

The project mainly operates at two general hospitals: Prizren General Hospital of Prizren and General Hospital of Gjilan. It also supports the capacity building of the Ministry of Health at the central level and the capacity building of the partners like the Chamber of Physicians and the Hospital and University Clinical Services of Kosovo.