Works Supervision for Rehabilitation of Railway Route 10 Phase 1: Section Fushe/Kosove – Border with North Macedonia

Route 10 is part of the extension of the Core Network Corridors of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) into the Western Balkans. It has a total length of 256 km long, out of which 149 km are in Kosovo. Its rehabilitation is the first major investment in the railway sector in Kosovo*.

The rehabilitation will be implemented in three phases:

• Phase 1: Section Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje - Border with North Macedonia;
• Phase 2: Section Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje - Mitrovicë/Mitrovica; and
• Phase 3: Section Mitrovicë/Mitrovica - Border with Serbia.

The purpose of this technical assistance grant is to finance the supervision of works for Phase 1. In addition, the engaged consultant also acts as the Engineer that covers all normal duties required in the civil works conditions of the contract.

* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence