Through this 4 million USD worth programme, financed by Swedish Development Agency (Sida), the implementing entities UN-Habitat, PAX and Community Building Mitrovica have focused on development of citizen participation plans and participatory and community planning.

Read more at: www.facebook.com/InclusiveDevelopmentProgramme

Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North Leposavić/Leposaviq Zvečan/Zveçan Zubin Potok

Working with selected municipalities on implementing new regulation on public financing of CSOs and increase transparency in the disbursement of public funds, as well as participatory democracies on the local level. The project also funds local-level CSO projects responding to locally-identified priorities.

Read more: https://bit.ly/2sNqPOM

Kosovo-wide

Assembly Days are a new initiative of the Kosovo Assembly’s Forum for Parliamentary Transparency and Openness, in line with the Assembly’s efforts to foster communication between citizens and elected representatives. With the support of NDI and funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Forum, which includes politically diverse MPs, parliamentary staff and civil society members, has worked to put the Kosovo Assembly’s commitment to the Declaration on Parliamentary Openness into action.

Read more at: https://www.ndi.org/our-stories/assembly-days-bring-representatives-and-citizens-closer-together-kosovo

Kosovo-wide

The project aims to increase the accountability of the local governments in four northern Kosovo municipalities through development of modalities and mechanisms for increased participation of citizens groups in local decision making and consultation process.

Read more at: http://ngoaktiv.org/project/increase-accountability-of-local-government-institutions-in-northern-part-of-kosovo

Zvečan/Zveçan Zubin Potok Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North Leposavić/Leposaviq

Child led group “UM za decu” increased knowledge and skills in understanding the role of participation in decision making and monitoring. “UM za decu” contributes to well-informed child participation in decision making processes in different settings.

Read more at: http://www.domovik.org/en

Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North

The project will increase the capacity of Kosovo-Serb NGOs to articulate the needs of their communities at the central level and to advocate and lobby relevant institutions and political actors for positive change.

Read more at: http://ngoaktiv.org/project/increasing-the-advocacy-potential-of-kosovo-serb-civil-society-organizations

Kosovo-wide

With an aim to enhance inclusive gender responsive governance, UNMIK supported the establishment of the Multi-ethnic Women Advocacy Group (MWAG). Besides working actively with municipal staff and political parties, NGO Women's Right also seeked to engage the public to foster participation, accountability and transparency. MWAG concentrates not only on achiving better representation of women in public and instiutional life, but also seeks to strenghten the role of women in reconciliation processes.

Read more at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Education-Website/Women-for-Equality-and-Peace-in-North-Kosovo-540103506485189/

Zvečan/Zveçan Zubin Potok Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South Leposavić/Leposaviq

UNMIK supported the establishment of the Joint Minority Active Working Group in all seven municipalities in the Gjilan/Gnjilane region. Through this mechanism, UNMIK aims to increase community participation in public meetings, initiatives and decision making processes.

Read more at: https://unmik.unmissions.org/

Viti / Vitina Ranilug/Ranillug Parteš/Partesh Novo Brdo/Novobërdë Klokot/Kllokot Kamenicë / Kamenica Gjilan/Gnjilane

The overall objective of the project is to increase local government transparency, responsiveness and accountability through citizen participation. Four web portals and four mobile apps for citizen participation are operational, supported by liaison officers able to effectively manage citizen inquiries, and citizens are informed on how to benefit from e-governance platforms.

Read more at: http://www.ezvecan.com/ https://www.ezubinpotok.com/ http://www.esevernamitrovica.com/ https://www.eleposavic.com/

Zvečan/Zveçan Zubin Potok Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North Leposavić/Leposaviq

In order to be able to effectively monitor, evaluate and advocate for minority rights as well as implement the guidelines on incidents affecting non-majority communities, UNMIK supported a capacity building program for local community representatives, media and CSOs’, after which the monitoring and evaluation system was established in selected municipalities.

Read more at: http://www.ngocpt.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=331:-04042019&catid=42:aktivnosti&Itemid=167

Gračanica/Graçanicë Štrpce/Shtërpcë Ranilug/Ranillug Parteš/Partesh Novo Brdo/Novobërdë Klokot/Kllokot

Project overall goal is to increase local government transparency, responsiveness and accountability through citizen participation in Community. Community Forums in the municipalities of Zvečan/Zveqan and Skenderaj/Srbica (Villages, Settlements and Urban Quarters) established in the first phase of this project will directly benefit from the knowledge acquired at training, that will raise their capacity to conduct quality community planning and needs assessment, and address their needs directly to the municipal authorities. At least 40 Community Forums members will directly participate in project activities and training exercises.

Read more at: https://unhabitat-kosovo.org/present/inclusive-development-programme/

Zvečan/Zveçan Skënderaj/Srbica

This project aims to create space for constructive and substantive youth involvement on demanding more effective, transparent and accountable local and national governance.

Read more at:https://www.facebook.com/anibarfestival/posts/10157368666957217

Pejë/Peć Klinë/Klina Istog/Istok Gjakovë/Ðakovica Deçan/Dečani

Strategy for Cooperation with Civil Society; through the implementation of the principles of public consultation and cooperation by strengthening civil society organizations to participate effectively in decision-making processes.

Read more: http://www.civikos.net/en/projects/Towards-an-inclusive-participation-in-policy-making-680

Kosovo-wide

This activity supports the ongoing efforts of Kosovo’s government institutions and independent agencies to strengthen accountability and effectiveness in public procurement to improve public services and enhance public trust, especially at the municipal level.

Read more at: https://www.usaid.gov/kosovo/fact-sheet/transparent-effective-and-accountable-municipalities

Kosovo-wide

Local governments in Kosovo are starting to recognize the need for government policies and practices inspired by the principles of transparency, accountability, and civic participation.  However, many municipalities in Kosovo lack the capacity and the political will to fully operationalize these polices and principles.  The Local Effective Governance Activity will not only assist municipalities but also enable citizens to fulfil their role in a multiethnic and pluralistic society through participation in decision-making processes that will guide the development, implementation, and monitoring of local policies.

Read more at: https://www.usaid.gov/kosovo/fact-sheets/local-effective-governance-activity

Kosovo-wide

The aim of the project is that through reporting, analysis and advocacy, help improve the governance and offer feasible recommendations for strengthening and consolidating Kosovo statehood. The project facilitated a high-level dialogue between the political parties in Kosovo, with an eye to creating the foundation for national consensus on sensitive political issues. These dialogues were accepted by all stakeholders, and considered as useful by other members of the international community in Prishtina.

Read more at: https://balkansgroup.org/

Kosovo-wide

Kosovo-wide

This project will seek to transfer many of the lessons learned, networks built and indeed methodologies employed throughout the course of Aktiv’s project support by the Olof Palme international Center, Active Citizens. In other words, it can be broadly described as a kind of transfer from a project oriented at advocacy at the local level to one geared at advocacy at the central level by using best practices and experiences honed during the course of Active Citizens.

Read more at: http://ngoaktiv.org/srb/

Kosovo-wide

Project overall goal is to increase Zvecan municipality transparency, responsiveness and accountability through citizen participation in CF's and cooperation with the Municipality.

Read more at: https://www.facebook.com/lyac.zvecan.7

Zvečan/Zveçan

Kosovo-wide

Four Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities in Western Kosovo improve their access to education, health and social services as an important step towards their economic and social participation and social integration.

Read more at: https://kfos.org/programs/minority-and-roma/prospect/

Kosovo-wide

The overall objective of the project is to strengthen the partnership between youth CSOs and local authorities through the development of a sustainable communication channel and cooperation strategy. This will increase the capacities of local youth CSOs in the municipality of Zveçan/Zvečan and strengthen the formal link between local self-government and youth through their participation in the decision-making process.

Read more at: https://www.eulocaldemocracy4wb.org/sr/regional-reach/kosovo/Projektovanje-buducnosti

Zvečan/Zveçan

To promote civic engagement among young people and encourage greater youth participation in political processes. The group will conduct a nonpartisan information campaign on youth participation in politics beyond voting, and will train politically active youth in leadership and problem-solving skills. To expand space for democratic dialogue, the group will organize events enabling youth in five municipalities to identify, present, and advocate for issues to their local officials.

Read more at: https://d4d-ks.org/en/activities/three-day-workshop-topic-fostering-youth-participation-political-processes/

Kosovo-wide

To promote transparent and accountable local government. The think tank will maintain an online platform that utilizes governance indicators to evaluate government performance in the country’s 38 municipalities. While monitoring the fulfillment of prior electoral promises, the project will assess the effectiveness of municipalities in providing key services and offer recommendations for improvements. The think tank will transfer the research and monitoring skills to local organizations and journalists to ensure the platform’s long-term sustainability.

Read more at: https://www.institutigap.org/

Kosovo-wide

Democracy Plus (D+) in Kosovo is using Fix My Community to improve local government accountability with the platform Ndreqe.com (“Fix it” in Albanian). Ndreqe has been deployed in all 38 municipalities of Kosovo, with nearly 35,000 citizens logging into the platform. Citizens have filed over 2,700 reports to their elected officials, receiving updates on progress as they are closed.

Read more at: https://www.ndreqe.com/

Kosovo-wide

The ‘Good Governance’ Platform has been produced as a need in Kosovo to bring local decision-makers closer to citizens to promote sustainable governance.This platform is useful in fulfilling the knowledge gap of municipal officials, assisting public representatives and citizens, as both parties will be able to continuously verify the correct functioning of procedures and relations in public institutions.

Read more at: http://goodgovernance.info/eng/

Kosovo-wide

The Ministry of Finance, in cooperation with the Project for Public Finance Reform in Kosovo, implemented by the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, has launched the "Transparency Portal” which was considered as one of the most important developed projects for budgetary transparency, not only in the country but also beyond. This portal contains budgetary information regarding central and municipal level institutions of the Republic of Kosovo.

Visit portal: https://ptmf.rks-gov.net/page.aspx?id=2,1

Kosovo-wide

USAID signed a grant agreement with Kosova Democratic Institute / Transparency International Kosova to implement the ‘Transparency Index in Public Procurement ” at the municipal level. This activity will increase the overall transparency, accountability, integrity, and efficiency of municipal governments toward the public while increasing citizens’ knowledge on public spending.

Read more at: https://www.facebook.com/usaidkosovo/posts/2916868758397559

Kosovo-wide

Advancing Kosovo Together (AKT LS) a three-year, USAID funded project that aimed to increase constructive inter-ethnic cooperation and interaction, primarily between the majority and minority communities, which is vital to the security and stability of the Balkans implemented by Community Development Fund (CDF).  The project goal is to foster positive and constructive inter-ethnic cooperation between the Kosovo minority community and majority communities in addressing common problems of unemployment, social needs, and municipal services in 16 targeted municipalities throughout Kosovo (Gračanica/Graçanicë, Klokot/Kllokot, Novo Brdo/Novobërdë, Parteš/ Partesh, Ranilug/Ranillug, Štrpce/Shtërpcë, Gjilan/Gnjilane, Istog/Istok, Klinë/Klina, Obiliq/ Obiliċ, Pejë/Peċ, Vushtrri/Vučitrn, North Mitrovice/ë, Zubin Potok, Leposaviċ/Leposaviq and Zvečan/Zveçan) comprised of large Kosovo Serb populations. Advancing Kosovo Together – Local Solution (AKT-LS), had a project budget of $7,356,705.00 of this, a net investment of $5,447,072 implemented on a form of a direct project interventions through three different grant and subcontract components: 1) Citizen Engagement Component; 2) Business Development Component; and 3) Municipal Development Component. 

Read more at: https://www.usaid.gov/kosovo

Obiliq/Obilić Gračanica/Graçanicë Pejë/Peć Klinë/Klina Istog/Istok Zvečan/Zveçan Zubin Potok Vushtrri/Vučitrn Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North Leposavić/Leposaviq Štrpce/Shtërpcë Ranilug/Ranillug Parteš/Partesh Novo Brdo/Novobërdë Klokot/Kllokot Gjilan/Gnjilane

The project aims to increase participation of formal citizens’ groups in local decision making and consultation process in eight (8) targeted municipalities with Kosovo Serb majority communities.

Read more at: http://ngoaktiv.org/project/active-citizens

Gračanica/Graçanicë Zvečan/Zveçan Zubin Potok Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North Leposavić/Leposaviq Ranilug/Ranillug Parteš/Partesh Novo Brdo/Novobërdë

The goal of this project is to improve participation of citizens in decisions making process and to increase transparent governing on the local level in north Kosovo.

Read more at: http://acdc-kosovo.org/eng/index.php?proj=enforcement_of_transparency_and_involvement_of_citizens_in_decisions_making_on_the_local_level_in_north_kosovo

Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North

The project aims at opening all spatial planning documents in the municipality of Prizren, including those related to cultural heritage of the Historic Center of the city. By creating the Prizren spatial planning online platform, the aim is to fulfill the obligations of the Open Data Card as an integral part of the Open Governance Partnership, as well as to increase the level of public accountability in one of the most non-transparent sectors in Kosovo.

Read more at: https://www.ecmandryshe.org/?page=2,33

Prizren

The project aims to improve transparency practices in Kosovo municipalities through a permanent assessment and advocacy tools (index).

Read more at: https://www.ecmandryshe.org/?page=2,33

Prizren

Boost Good Governance is a 12 month long project that aims to enhance the openness and transparency of the Kosovo Parliament and the Office of the Prime Minister by encouraging open data practices and increased communication between CSOs and citizens.

Read more at: https://opendatakosovo.org/portfolio/boost-good-governance/

Kosovo-wide

Open Government Data Ecosystems is a twelve-month long project that will increase the capacities of public officials, local CSOs, journalists and citizens on accessing public documents and on open data based on the newly adopted Law on Access to Public Documents.

Read more at: https://opendatakosovo.org/portfolio/open-government-data-ecosystems/

Kosovo-wide

This project aims to equip citizens, civil society, and the media with the necessary tools to leverage open data for increasing transparency and accountability of public institutions and fostering citizen engagement in policy-making.

Read more at: https://opendatakosovo.org/portfolio/understanding-government/

Kosovo-wide

Prizren

Prizren Gjilan/Gnjilane