Working Mechanism of the Reconstruction Implementation Commission

Detailed account of the institutional architecture of the RIC under its Terms of Reference signed in August 2005 and revised in May and September 2006. Lists the five Commission members: Council of Europe Representative (Chairperson), Serbian Orthodox Church Representative, Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments (Belgrade) Representative, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports (MCYS) Representative, and Institute for the Protection of Monuments (Pristina) Representative. Explains the Pristina-based Technical Unit (international project manager and five local Serbian and Albanian staff), project preparation by the Serbian IPM office in Leposavić, tender evaluation and approval by the Holy Synod, joint site supervision, capital funding (€6M from the Kosovo Assembly since 2004, €2M from EAR for two Prizren priority sites, €35,000 from the US Office in 2005, and US$65,000 from the US Ambassador's Fund in September 2007), and annual statistics (2005: 30 sites conserved/protected; 2006: 8 sites; 2007: 13 sites; 2008: 9 sites; 2009: 4 sites prepared for tender).