Kosovo Trust Building

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#	Initiative	Status	End	Actors	Recommendations	Themes
1	Social inclusion and reconciliation - Language Courses	Completed		IOM Office of Language Commissioner	Implement relevant legislation and policies addressing use of language in rule of law systems, including through a) verification of accuracy and qu...	#LANGUAGE
2	Social inclusion and reconciliation - Language Courses	Completed		IOM Office of Language Commissioner Center for Social Initiatives	Technical capacities in municipalities have to be improved through projects of international organizations by providing better technical conditions...	#LANGUAGE
3	Supporting Comprehensive Language Initiatives	Completed		IOM UNMIK Center for Social Initiatives	Public University should introduce Serbian Language Studies Department. At the central level help from international institutions and organizations is needed for financing engagement of more interpreters. Also, measures...	#LANGUAGE
4	Empowering Women Through Developing Language Skills: English Language Course	Completed		UNMIK	Training of the staff to be financed by the international community.	#LANGUAGE
5	Translation Software Purchased by Office of Language Commissioner	Completed		Office of Language Commissioner	Implement relevant legislation and policies addressing use of language in rule of law systems, including through a) verification of accuracy and qu...	#LANGUAGE
6	Robust monitoring - Language Rights	In progress	2020-06-14	EULEX	Implement relevant legislation and policies addressing use of language in rule of law systems, including through a) verification of accuracy and qu...	#LANGUAGE #HUMAN RIGHTS
7	Social inclusion and reconciliation - Certification of Language Professionals	In progress		IOM Office of Language Commissioner Center for Social Initiatives	Roster of licensed, qualified interpreters should be created. Additional testing and verification of diplomas should be introduced.	#LANGUAGE
8	Continuous Advocacy - Language	In progress		UNHCR	Implement relevant legislation and policies addressing use of language in rule of law systems, including through a) verification of accuracy and qu...	#LANGUAGE
9	Social inclusion and reconciliation - Unbiased Media Reporting	Completed		IOM KoSSev	To strengthen cooperation between the local and central media. Donors should consider media as a priority area, thus enabling joint coverage of issues of mutual concern. To increase collaboration between Albanian and Serbian-language media; For example, to have cross-training or “exchange” programs for journalists, ... To undertake efforts to increase the number of women in media, including in leadership positions; International community to finance workshops and projects aimed at increasing gender awareness.	#LANGUAGE #GENDER EQUALITY
10	Social inclusion and reconciliation - VOC-UP	In progress		IOM Office of Language Commissioner Center for Social Initiatives	Integrate elective courses for learning regional languages into elementary/secondary school curricula	#LANGUAGE
11	Fostering Rapprochement Through Education for Democracy and Language Learning	In progress	2020-04-30	Council of Europe	Increase efforts of informal education initiatives in challenging existing narratives through innovative and creative approaches, such as digital a... Offer more opportunities for educational practitioners and students from both systems to come together and discuss education-related matters (scien... Integrate elective courses for learning regional languages into elementary/secondary school curricula Reinforce incorporation and further development of human rights education in the curricula of primary and secondary education institutions with a s... Ensure that education reform addresses discriminatory content aimed at other societal groups based on their ethnicity, religion, gender, race, sexu...	#LANGUAGE
12	Social inclusion and reconciliation - Multimedia stories	Completed		IOM KoSSev Center for Social Initiatives	Culture projects, such as documentaries, enable rising awareness among people and are the best way to promote gender equality and women’s rights. To encourage the public broadcaster to continue having qualitative programs in the languages of the communities, thus increasing the access to info... All media in Kosovo should have joint efforts to increase the presence of non-political topics of mutual concern, such as artistic and cultural eve...	#LANGUAGE
13	Social inclusion and reconciliation - Multi perspective history teaching	Completed		New Perspektiva IOM	Introduce curricular and textbook changes, enabling sufficient and more objective cultural and historical representation of all non-majority commun... Increase efforts of informal education initiatives in challenging existing narratives through innovative and creative approaches, such as digital a...

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Education for the Future - Common Needs

2019-06-15 02:56:19 UTC

Rečnik-Fjalor: Do we understand each other better?

2019-11-07 11:16:19 UTC

Language Rights in Kosovo (1)

2020-01-17 13:34:27 UTC

As part of their continued efforts to promote language rights in Kosovo, they funded the production and broadcast of three short TV stories.

Language Rights in Kosovo (2)

2020-01-20 09:35:14 UTC

As part of their continued efforts to promote language rights in Kosovo, they funded the production and broadcast of three short TV stories.

Language Rights in Kosovo (3)

2020-01-20 10:11:50 UTC

As part of their continued efforts to promote language rights in Kosovo, they funded the production and broadcast of three short TV stories.

International Mother Language Day

2020-02-21 11:06:35 UTC

Today is International Mother Language Day. Voc Up believes in language freedoms.

Request for Proposals - Assessment

2020-02-20 13:00:33 UTC

Request for Proposals - Assessment on the needs for language professionals for official languages in Kosovo.

Institutional Websites: From Promotional Tools to Proactive Two-way Communication Platforms

2019-06-15 02:56:19 UTC

Introduction to Peacebuilding

2020-02-10 13:07:38 UTC

The training is a place for exchange, reflection and self-reflection, critical questioning, value and ideational disagreements, practicing dialogue with non-dissenters.

Eleventh Show on Multilingualism

2020-02-11 14:32:29 UTC

Eleventh show on multilingualism – challenges, new & traditional tools of learning languages.

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NSI is Looking for an Intern!

2020-02-13 10:45:12 UTC

NSI is seeking one intern to join our team and undertake the diverse responsibilities in the framework of various NSI’s active projects.

Emina Hyseni Shala is a #KTBChampion!

2019-12-26 13:08:10 UTC

From Broadcasting in a Military Truck to a Modern Studio.

With Throat in Strawberries

2019-11-12 14:13:29 UTC

Language is often a driver of segregation and exclusion, preventing communities from fully exercising their human rights and fundamental freedom - which leads to further mistrust.