US embassy cable - 02ROME816

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Identifier:	02ROME816
Wikileaks:	View 02ROME816 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Rome
Created:	2002-02-15 16:32:00
Classification:	UNCLASSIFIED
Tags:	EAID IT PREL UN
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

UNCLAS ROME 000816 
 
SIPDIS 
 
PASS USAID 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID, IT, PREL, UN 
SUBJECT: GOI ASSISTANCE TO KOSOVO 
 
REF: STATE 22128 
 
MFA'S DIRECTORATE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND COOPERATION REPORTS 
THAT GOI BUDGETED ASSISTANCE FOR KOSOVO FOR CY 2002 IS 2.5 
BILLION LIRE (APPX $1.2 MILLION).  THIS MONEY IS EARMARKED 
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FOR TWO PROJECTS: 1.5 BILLION LIRE ($730,000) FOR THE 
REFURBISHING OF THE HOSPITAL IN PEJA/PEC AND 1 BILLION LIRE 
($470,000) FOR ASSISTANCE TO KOSOVO SCHOOLS.  ADDITIONAL 
POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR 2002 INCLUDE 4 BILLION LIRE ($1.8 
MILLION) FOR THE TRAINING OF MEDICAL STAFF AT THE PEJA/PEC 
HOSPITAL, 2.0 BILLION LIRE ($940,000) FOR THE FOSTERING OF 
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE ALBANIAN AND ORTHODOX SERB 
COMMUNITIES OF THE PEJA/PEC REGION, 1.8 BILLION LIRE 
($845,000) FOR TRAINING OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, 2.0 BILLION 
LIRE ($940,000) FOR EMPLOYMENT GENERATION, PARTICULARLY 
EMPLOYMENT OF MINORITIES IN SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE BUSINESSES, 
1.8 BILLION LIRE FOR ($845,000) FOR RETRAINING OF KPC 
MEMBERS, AND 2 BILLION LIRE ($940,000) FOR SOLID WASTE 
TREATMENT.  IF ALL THESE PROJECTS ARE REALIZED, ITALY'S 2002 
CONTRIBUTION WOULD TOTAL 16.1 BILLION LIRE ($7.7 MILLION). 
 
SEMBLER 
 
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 2002ROME00816 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED