A substantial amount of donor funded activity has already been undertaken or committed. Highest priority has been given to the availability of, and access to, energy, and to providing shelter. Essential services are now operating in most parts of Kosovo. Considerable work has been done in many areas on rehabilitating houses damaged or destroyed during the conflict. Most roads are at least passable and limited rail services are operating.
Schools are open and basic health services are available to most people.
Commercial life is resuming and the private sector is starting to expand. By the time municipal elections are held later this year, the functions of municipalities will have been defined and their revenue sources identified. This will enable the re-establishment of a properly functioning local administration. The second Kosovo Consolidated Budget covering the basic operating costs of government for 2000 was approved in December 1999 and has recently been revised to reflect the new JIAS departmental structure. While donor funding will meet nearly half the costs of government in 2000, internally generated revenue is budgeted to meet the rest.