A meeting was held in Artanë at the castle, located in near Kosovo's capital Prishtina with a population of a little over 3,000, to promote and support the cultural and historical values of the city. The meeting was also attended by the Minister of Culture, Youth, and Sportse, Valton Beqiri, and Chairman of the Municipal Assembly of Artanë, Bajrush Ymeri.

On this occasion, Minister Beqiri, by promoting and supporting this cultural heritage gathering, stressed that preservation and promotion of the cultural cities in Kosovo are a priority of the MCYS, and that includes Artanë. He also emphasized that MCYS has allocated 40,000 euros in 2009 and 100,000 euros in 2010 for a project study of Artanë. Despite the limited budget, he added, in the future, MCYS will be engaged to carry out projects to prosper and promote the heritage and values of historic sites. The Mayor of Artanë, Ymeri, also stressed that the castle of Artanë, as well as other sites, are of special importance not only for the community but for the whole of Kosovo. Currently, he added, Artanë is committed to the development of rural tourism, and since the establishment of the Tourist Center in the region and the investment of CARE International, the community has already seen positive results.

In addition, ICO representative, Alessandro Leone, said the ICO would support efforts to preserve cultural heritage values but also the development of cultural tourism, which has already produced concrete result