UNMIK

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

UNMIK support enabled NGO Synergy to implement 8 educational trainings for more than 80 young people from mostly rural areas in North Kosovo. As part of this initiative, UNMIK also provided support to the Peer Educators Network (PEN) to conduct 7 one-day trainings for youth trainers who then established informal “Peer Clubs” in their high schools; 150 high school students, 72 young boys and 78 young girls, from municipalities of Podujevë/Podujevo, Obiliq/Obilić, Mitrovicë/Mitrovica, Fushë Kosovë/ Kosovo Polje, Shtime/Štimlje, Ferizaj/Uroševac and Gjakovë/Djakovica participated in the training sessions. PEN also organized three flashmob campaigns about prevention of bullying in schools.

Read more at: https://oek-sinergija.org/o-nama/

Podujevë/Podujevo Obiliq/Obilić Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South Shtime/Štimlje Ferizaj/Uroševac Gjakovë/Ðakovica Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje

UNMIK funding enabled the NGO Women’s Right to train municipal staff and Lobby Group members in four northern municipalities on relevant resolutions, conventions and laws on gender equality in preparation for drafting municipal action plans on gender equality. Since January 2019, a total of 50 participants, including 41 women, 9 men, 39 K-Serbs, 6 K-Albanians, 3 K-Bosniak and 2 K-Gorani, have been trained, and consultation sessions were held with 17 K-Albanian women in villages in Zubin Potok and Zvečan/Zveçan.

Read more at: https://www.facebook.com/zenskopravo028/

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

UNMIK supported the initiative aimed at strengthening professional cooperation of female journalists through adoption of a Universal Declaration of Female Journalists in Kosovo, and promoting inter-ethnic communication and exchange of positions and opinions through on-line correspondence.

Read more at: https://kossev.info/women-in-media-in-kosovo-to-remind-of-the-importance-of-our-work-and-the-respons...

Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North

UNMIK supported the Mitrovica/Mitrovicë Basic Court to reduce its extensive case backlog by providing 10 interpreters, 2 legal associates as well as supporting the option to refer cases to mediation. 210 cases were referred for mediation. Out of 120 cases that entered the mediation process, all but 2 cases (118) were successfully resolved through mediation agreements. A total of 295 parties have been part of the cases that were processed and closed and 291 benefited from the mediation services and managed to close their case/dispute successfully. The project initially estimated that 30 mediation cases could be processed per month, but the overwhelming demand for mediation services has increased the actual number of cases to 40 per month.

Read more at: https://unmik.unmissions.org/srsg-tanin-and-mitrovica-basic-court-president-jointly-commend-work-case-backlog

Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South

With funding from UNMIK, NGO LINK is implementing a project to empower youth from the Mitrovica region by providing training in tech and entrepreneurial skills for almost 60 young people (40% women). The project, which includes participants from K-Albanian, K-Serbian and K-Gorani communities, is helping foster inter-ethnic educational and business cooperation by providing new opportunities for youth through establishing the first tech business incubator in northern Kosovo.

Read more at: https://www.facebook.com/LinkNKosovo/

Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South

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

UNMIK-sponsored CBP, the Youth Cultural Center (YCC) from Leposavic is shedding new light on attitudes among young Serbs and Albanians and is contributing to increased cultural cooperation through organizing trainings, excursions and cultural events to break stereotypes, build confidence, overcome fears and increase participation.

Read more at: http://ycc-leposavic.com/%d0%bd%d0%b5%d0%ba%d0%b0%d1%82%d0%b5%d0%b3%d0%be%d1%80%d0%b8%d0%b7%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%be/respecting-diversity-living-peacefully/

Leposavić/Leposaviq

In May 2018, with the support of UNKT, UNMIK gathered 120 participants representing a broad cross-section of Kosovo society, including grassroots actors, media, youth leaders and municipal leadership from both majority and non-majority communities, to exchange perspectives on building trust. The main outcome of this Trust-Building Forum (TBF) is a list of 135 recommendations.

Read more at: https://unmik.unmissions.org/united-nations-kosovo-trust-building-forum-moving-forward

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

With the aim of strengthening institutional responses to gender-based and domestic violence, UNMIK has supported municipal authorities in northern Kosovo to refurbish the first-ever regional shelter for survivors of GBV in the region. Coordinated by Zubin Potok and North Mitrovica municipalities, the shelter is envisaged to provide immediate and around-the-clock access to safe accommodation, as well as a range of rehabilitation and economic empowerment services to the survivors.

Read more at: https://unmik.unmissions.org/first-multi-ethnic-gender-based-violence-shelter-kosovo-open-doors

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

With UNMIK support, NGO Women Association Sabor brought together 20 small businesses owned by K-Serbs and K-Albanians (both women and men), in interactive business-to-business meetings to capitalize on opportunities to build their businesses through cooperation. This CBP will also include capacity building trainings in marketing, finance and registration, among other topics.

Read more at: https://www.facebook.com/pg/Sabor-Udruzenje-zena-495566330624407/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1192394897608210&__tn__=-UC-R

Zvečan/Zveçan Zubin Potok Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North Leposavić/Leposaviq Gračanica/Graçanicë Štrpce/Shtërpcë Parteš/Partesh

With an aim to overcome language barriers, UNMIK supported the English language course for women from all communities in Leposavić/q. The total of 17 women from K-Serb, K-Bosniak, K-Albanian and K-Roma community participated in this two-month long intensive course.

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

Leposavić/Leposaviq

UNMIK supported the delivery of vocational trainings for K-Serbs and K-Albanians from Zubin Potok municipality. More than 20 participants took part in trainings aimed at development of different skills - from product design to woodprocessing.

Read more at: https://l4center.com/

Zubin Potok

The project gathers Serb artists from Serbia, Bosniaks from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegrin from Montenegro to join Serb and Albanian painters in strengthening common interests and promote cooperation through arts for a 3-day art colony - painting, exchange of experiences and plans. The art colony will enhance inter-ethnic cooperation and establish contacts among artists. A total of 25 paintings will be produced and exhibited. The art pieces will be catalogued and shared on social media sites. The funds from UNMIK will be used for painting activities and supplies, exhibition, travel costs, IT supply and services of a photographer.

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

Prizren Dragash/Dragaš

The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network with the support of UNMIK produced a series of eight televised town hall debates to enable local communities to discuss critical topics, including the participation of women in political decision-making, religious tolerance and youth priorities.

Read more at: https://birn.eu.com/network/birn-kosovo/

Kosovo-wide

The “Under One Sky” is the first multi-ethnic youth-led astronomy project in Kosovo. Over the period of September 2019-February 2020 the project benefitted some 630 young people from diverse communities (370 young women, 260 young men; 46% coming from non-majority communities) through astronomy info-sessions and sky observation workshops in 12 municipalities across Kosovo and the final multi-ethnic Astronomy Peace Camp. The project team was mentored by UNMIK Youth Focal Point and peer mentors from "United Youth Task Force" network of young peacebuilders and "Peer Educators Network".

Read more at: https://www.facebook.com/Weareallunderonesky/?pageid=1049331108610115&ftentidentifier=1117769011766324&padding=0

Kosovo-wide

On 22-24 February 2020, in response to the UN Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate Speech, UNMIK partnered with “United Youth Task Force” network of young peacebuilders to organize a training course “Vaccine Against Hate Speech on Media” for a multi-ethnic team of 30 young bloggers and youth activists (17 young women and 13 young men attended). The participants learned about the scope and forms of online hate speech and the usage of counter-narratives and met with representatives of the Resource Center for Missing Persons and Kosovo Documentation Center managed by the Kosovo Humanitarian Law Center to discuss about the impact of media on transitional justice issues.

Read more at: https://www.facebook.com/UNYouthTaskForce/

Kosovo-wide

Kosovo-wide

Three-month training programme for young women and girls from Zvečan/Zveçan municipality offered courses to develop wide range of skills. From digital, technical and soft skill workshops to providing mentoring and networking opportunities, this inititative aimed at preparing young women for the labor market and develop their own business ideas.

Read more at: https://www.facebook.com/ngosantamarija

Zvečan/Zveçan

Through this initiative, capacities of the Mediation Center Mitrovica were increased by providing funds for the center to contract an administrator to specifically work on referrals and administration of mediation cases. The IP exceeded the target, as within the framework of the project, 386 cases entered mediation, out of which 384 were successfully closed, to the benefit of 923 individuals; while the initial target was 240 cases/disputes to be mediated during the implementation of the project.

Read more at: http://mediation-mitrovica.org/

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

This project helped to increase women’s access to justice and marital property rights and address challenges women face during court procedures related to divorce, marital property division and financial maintenance through raising public awareness and advocacy with egislative bodies and prosecutors. For the first time in post-war Kosovo, women raised their voice against domestic violence publicly, by sharing their personal stories in a transparent way, without hiding their faces and identity. The Family Law amendment came into force with the advocacy led by INJECT and its network. This initiative advocated for better response to the violence against women/GBV cases, with particular emphasis on women's property and inheretance rights. The project supported the assessment of existing laws and launch a publication calling for the amendment of Family Law, particularly Joint Property and Financial Mainetenance. This initiative created a space for women, civil society organizations and institutions to sit together in several events in different municipalities and discuss on newly amended law provisions and the way women’s rights were violated during court proceedings. It also called for joint effort to promote women's property and inheritance rights through 'Institutional Treatment of Domestic Violence Cases”.

Read more at: https://unmik.unmissions.org/gender-rights-researcher-has-legal-success-protect-women%E2%80%99s-property-rights

https://www.facebook.com/IniciativaPerDrejtesiDheBarazi/videos/433297840817752/

Kosovo-wide

The Legal Aid Support Centre has women, IDPs, asylum seekers, minority groups, prisoners, survivors of SGBV and conflict-related sexual violence and pensioners as groups with special needs.

Read more at: http://ndihmajuridikeikd.org/

Kosovo-wide

This project contributed to strengthening the capacity of relevant stakeholders in promoting women’s participation and leadership in decision-making processes, including political negotiations. It also strengthened regional networking and cooperation among women political leaders from Pristina and Belgrade as well as throughout the Western Balkans region. It helped to increase public awareness about critical need for women to be fully engaged in all tracks of the current negotiation/dialogue processes and garnered greater commitment of political leaders for a more inclusive process. UN Global Open Day on Women, Peace and Security created a platform for women political, civil society and local leaders to highlight the importance of women’s meaningful participation in current political processes and to formulate key issues and positions to influence and inform the current negotiations. It resulted inseveral specific recommendations to promote women’s participation and leadership in decision making processes, particularly in political processes. A total of 251 participants (161 women and 85 men) from different communities across Kosovo, including parliamentarians, politicians, government officials, civil society activists, representatives of the international community and regional participants interacted on the issues of women’ leadership and political participation. A televised debates was broadcast through the local TV (RTK) with subtitles of the discussion in Albanian, Serbian and English languages.

Read more at: https://unmik.unmissions.org/global-open-day-lasting-peace-could-be-achieved-through-more-women-politics

Kosovo-wide

,,The Case Backlog" project involved hiring of legal interns from both K-Serb and K-Albanian communities, and a joint seminar at which they met to discuss common challenges and share experiences. It also had a component where final year law students from northern Mitrovica, schooled in the Serbian legal system, were introduced to the Kosovo legal system.

Read more at: https://unmik.unmissions.org/srsg-tanin-pristina-basic-court-president-meet-legal-interns-helping-reduce-backlog-cases

http://acdc-kosovo.org/index.php?proj=unapredjenje_rada_pravosudja_i_pristupa_pravdi_na_kosovu

Prishtinë/Priština Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South

Through this initative, considerable progress was achieved with regard to aligning the legislative framework in accordance with international human rights standards and principles in the area ofaddressing and preventing violence against women and girls, including the creation of the coordination mechanisms at local level to support strengthened response by relevant actors.

Read more at: https://www.facebook.com/unwomenkosovo/

Kosovo-wide

The project activities included announcement, selection, recruitment and provision of on the job training for the selected interns to work in the local administration and municipal assembly to enhance inclusion of non-majority community, improve gender equality and incorporate women in local self-government work at both executive and legislative authority levels.

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

Ranilug/Ranillug

Through trainings, cultural events and visits, peers from different ethnic communities have been given the opportunity to meet, discuss and exchange views on reconciliation processes. The participants, mostly young K-Serbs and K-Albanians, worked on understanding the concepts of diversity, identity and how these are shaped by different interpretations of history and politics. Most importantly, the participants were trained to identify the narratives contrary to the reconcilliation processes, and bear the message of peace in their communities.

Read more at:http://ycc-leposavic.com/

Prishtinë/Priština Leposavić/Leposaviq

By the end of the two human rights education projects, a manual on human rights education was produced, which, among other topics, includes recommendations on how to better address discrimination and bullying at schools. During the preparation of the manual, the implementing partners consulted with high school students, teachers and professors, who are the main target audience for this document.

Read more at: https://oek-sinergija.org/mladi-kao-branioci-ljudskih-prava-ka-pozitivnim-promenama-2018-19/

http://ngo-pen.com/

Shtime/Štimlje Malishevë/Mališevo Obiliq/Obilić Gračanica/Graçanicë Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje Gjakovë/Ðakovica Zvečan/Zveçan Zubin Potok Podujevë/Podujevo Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South Leposavić/Leposaviq Ferizaj/Uroševac

The IP built the investigative capacity of individual journalists, freelancers, producers and researchers. It encourages participation of female journalists. Activities involved practical field work of investigating and building stories that were proof-read, edited and published. A round table with relevant stakeholders and authorities was held to discuss the findings and make recommendations for improvements. The investigative research and writing of stories by journalists highlighted the common problems and challenges faced by the different ethnic groups related to cultural, social, economic and environmental issues. The stories were used to raise citizens' awareness of these challenges and how to overcome them jointly, thus enhancing community cooperation, integration and reconciliation.

Read more at: http://agk-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Projekti-%E2%80%9CSht%C3%ABpia-ime-t%C3%AB-drejtat-e-mia%E2%80%9D-Anglisht-1.pdf

Kosovo-wide

Through this inititative, Serbian/Albanian VocUp A2 language course as well as the first online Serbian/Albanian dictionary was developed. These language tools contribute positively not only to the reconciliation and socio-economic inclusion of all ethnic groups in Kosovo, but they also further the initiative of pooling more interpreters needed for the good governance practice of language compliance.

Read more at: https://unmik.unmissions.org/most-comprehensive-albanian-serbian-and-serbian-albanian-dictionary-goes-live

Kosovo-wide

The project aimed to support existing businesses and organizations run by women in order to improve their overall economic performance and outreach and support economic empowerment and societal participation of women beneficiaries. All five businessess received technology/equpment support to increase their production and expand the market.

Read more at: https://www.facebook.com/Veshje-komb%C3%ABtare-Fajtona-C-1258868710949062/

https://www.facebook.com/Var%C3%ABse-punim-dore-QPDG-633862057132460/

https://www.facebook.com/medica.gjakova/posts/1236909629811024

Kosovo-wide

The project directly supported social dialogue and economic reintegration of women from minority communities through training and provision of equipment and supplies to operate a joint inter-ethnic bakery project that provided employment for young women as direct project beneficiaries. The IP organized women inter-ethnic dialogue groups and conducted capacity building for these young women to enhance their business skills and knowledge for receipt and utilization of subsequent financial grants.

Read more at: https://www.facebook.com/UNMIK/

Istog/Istok

The NGO conducted peer trainings North Mitrovica and South Mitrovica to strengthen the capacities of NGOS in the region to conduct policy analysis. The trainings were then followed by actual joint policy research on gender equality.

Read more at: https://www.facebook.com/civildevelopmentorganization/

Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South

The project was a unique initiative to revive the production of handicrafts in Kosovo and provide the opportunity for economic empowerment and self-employment for women using old forgotten techniques. This project promotes the economic inclusion for women, provides job opportunities, enables the establishment of businesses, improves incomes, promotes the independence of the women and increases cooperation and exchange of experiences, thereby providing opportunity for increased inter-ethnic tolerance and cooperation. The training also included develop the technical skills of women and two business fairs that allowed women to showcase their products and connect with business companies.

Read more at: http://www.ladycc4women.org/en/Projects/Category/721-Villages/

Prishtinë/Priština

Series of meetings with public administration directors and members of committees for communities were held to advocate for proportional employment and design a model to follow for minority communities’ recruitment and inclusion in local administration; create an action plan for addressing the identified proportional employment challenges; and carry out awareness raising campaigns through the media and other communication channels frequently used by non-majority communities to bridge the information gap on government provision and available opportunities for proportional employment.

Read more at: https://www.ngolens.org/en/projects/advocacy-for-proportional-employment-presentation/

Kosovo-wide

The project carried out research on old songs from the Turkish, Albanian, Bosniac and Roma communities in Prizren/ Prizren municipality. The old songs were reprinted/published in a book and promoted them at a festival. The publication was done in the respective languages of the four communities. A documentary film about the old songs of these four communities living in Prizren/ Prizren municipality was also produced. The project aimed to end existing negative narratives by referring back to pre-conflict times.

Read more at: https://www.facebook.com/durmishaslano69

Prizren

The project aimed to bring children from different communities together to learn some practical musical and acting skills, and later show their talents. The activities included: Children Theater Shows, Music, Mask and Costume Day in Prishtinë/ Priština; and Evening Show Day in Gračanica/ Graçanicë with solo performers and folklore; and a Video presentation of a recording of some interesting parts of the project. The project brought Serbian and Albanian speaking children together to learn skills thus facilitating reconciliation, integration and cooperation among communities through children.

Read more at: https://www.facebook.com/UNMIK/

Prishtinë/Priština Gračanica/Graçanicë

To facilitate trust-building and discussion of issues of common interest among judges of the Court of Appeals from the main seat of the Court in Pristina and those from its North Mitrovica Division.

Read more at: https://ad.rks-gov.net/en/news-and-activities-2019/Details/2454

Prishtinë/Priština Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South

Facilitated the re-establishment of informal inter-ethnic contacts among the intellectual, artistic and academic leadership all over Kosovo with a slogan "let the difference in artistic creativity impulse with harmony". The inter-ethnic Art project worked across different sectors on art, cultural, environmental and inter-community/inter-ethnic activities aimed at increasing inter-ethnic cooperation through organization of art exhibitions focusing on human rights and environmental protection related issues.

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

Pejë/Peć

Educating and raising awareness of pupils in 28 schools in Gračanica/Graçanicë Municipality and selected schoiols in Lipjan/Lipljan and Obiliq/Obilic municipalities on the importance of preserving the environment through the introduction of practical and theoretical examples of waste management and environment protection trends. Lectures and roundtable discussions are conducted in schools with the support of the school directors and the teaching staff. Activities for the 3.2-month project also include the production of promotional materials on the importance of environmental protection and the purchase of trash bins for the schools.

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

Obiliq/Obilić Lipjan/Lipljan Gračanica/Graçanicë

Strengthens community relations and support the rural development in Videje/Vidanje, a village in Kline/Klina municipality where around 80 minority Serbs have returned since 2006 and have been gradually settled. This project further strengthens the reintegration process and address the challenging economic situation by supporting the meat processing plant with machinery and income generation in the village. Aside from upgrading the meat processing equipment and computer system, activities also include training of the members of the cooperative with the goal of achieving an ISO 22000 HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points).

Read more at: https://www.facebook.com/pg/CooperativeEva16/about/

Klinë/Klina

The project brings together 60 youth from different communities to participate in workshops in three locations where they will share ideas, their culture, tradition and religion. The participants will be trained on peacebuilding and on the importance of social media and creating a connection between communities. They will be asked to come up with ideas (in photo or video) as materials for promoting peace and tolerance. From these 60, a select group of 20 from Albanian, Serbian and Roma communities will become the voice of youth, transmitting messages of peace and working for the improvement of inter-ethnic and inter-cultural cooperation and communication, through social media and organized field visits, to further expand their learning of each other's cultures.

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

Prishtinë/Priština Gračanica/Graçanicë

The project responds to Access to Justice recommendation 2 (b) by supporting retention of services of 10 translators to address challenges related to compliance with language standards in the Mitrovica Basic Court.

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

Zubin Potok Vushtrri/Vučitrn Skënderaj/Srbica Leposavić/Leposaviq

The project aims to support a social enterprise within Lipjan/Lipljan prison to facilitate skills training for juveniles ahead of social re-integration, among other benefits.

Read more at: https://www.unops.org/kosovo

Lipjan/Lipljan

The project aims to inquire into the level of public awareness about, and access to the integrated judicial system by non majority population in south Kosovo, so as to inform activities to enhance their access to justice in judicial institutions in south Kosovo.

Read more at: https://www.idracompany.com/en/news-publications/news/lfs-kosova-2017

Kosovo-wide

The project supports the Pristina Basic Court to improve its capacity to provide translation services through retention of the services of ten translators nad provision of equipment to the Court's translation office.

Read more at: https://www.ks.undp.org/content/kosovo/en/home.html

Prishtinë/Priština

Kosovo-wide

The unique itinerary-based capacity-building project aimed at bridging the gap between young people from diverse communities through exposure of young people to the realities of daily life in the four "angles" of Kosovo. Over a week of activities, a group of 24 new volunteers of the United Nations Youth Task Force network of young peacebuilders visited each of the "angles" where they engaged with local authorities, civil society and youth-led organizations as well as religious leaders, and attended a capacity-building programme on Youth, Peace and Security.

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

Dragash/Dragaš Gjakovë/Ðakovica Deçan/Dečani Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South Novo Brdo/Novobërdë Kamenicë / Kamenica

The youth-led "E.E.E." (Equal Ethinicties Empowerment) project was one of the finalists of the small-grants competition of the 2nd UN Youth Assembly in Kosovo that aimed at promoting intergenerational learning and transfer of skills and knowledge of artisanal arts of different communities among young people in the area of Gjakova/Đakovica. Some 60 young people from K-Albanian, K-Roma, K-Bosnian and K-Ashkali communities attended the monthly courses of pottery, traditional clothing and knitting and learned about artisan traditions of different communities living in the area.

Read more at: https://unmik.unmissions.org/working-young-people

Gjakovë/Ðakovica

This youth-led "Kosovo Youth Festival" project was one of the finalists of the small-grants competition of the 2nd UN Youth Assembly in Kosovo that aimed at breaking the community divides and promoting cultural diversity in Kosovo by providing an apolitical space for youth from all Kosovo communities to exchange traditional music, food, games and dances at the first youth-led multi-ethnic cultural festival. The 1st Kosovo Youth Fest was organized in Kukaj Ethno Village and brought together over 80 youth from K-Albanian, K-Serb, K-Bosnian, K-Turkish, K-Roma, K-Ashkali and K-Egyptian communities.

Read more at: https://www.facebook.com/events/kukaj-ethno-village/kosovo-youth-fest-2018/452054551930634/

Kosovo-wide

This youth-led "My Kosovo in One Shot" project was one of the finalists of the small-grants competition of the 2nd UN Youth Assembly in Kosovo that aimed at connecting young people from diverse ethnicities around Kosovo though a workshop on photography and film-making in relation to the topic of cultural diversity. "My Kosovo in One Shot" camp was organized in Rugova mountains and gathered 25 youth passionate about photography and film-making, who deepened their knowledge and skills trhough a training with professional photographers and media specialists and engaged in the production of a series of creative photographs promoting cultural diversity of Kosovo. The final exhibition took place in the end of September 2018 in Pristina and attracted over 120 visitors.

Read more at: https://www.facebook.com/UNMIK/posts/my-kosovo-in-one-shot/10156561360247798/

Kosovo-wide

This youth-led "NO means NO" project was one of the finalists of the small-grants competition of the 2nd UN Youth Assembly in Kosovo that aimed at empowering young women and girls in the municipalities of Leposavić, Fushe Kosova/Kosovo Polje and Pristina to withstand and counter psychological and physical violence through a course on self-defense, professional counselling and art therapy. Through the three activities in each of the target areas, over 60 young women from diverse communities developed some basic self-defense skills and gained confidence and peer support in facing the issue. In order to strengthen the trust-building effect, self-defense sessions were delivered by the professional martial arts trainers in ethnically diverse teams.

Read more at: https://www.facebook.com/UNMIK/posts/no-means-nono-means-no-project-is-an-initiative-of-three-young-women-aida-redzep/10156575856857798/

Prishtinë/Priština Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje Leposavić/Leposaviq

This youth-led "YouthIN Transparency" project was one of the finalists of the small-grants competition of the 2nd UN Youth Assembly in Kosovo that aimed at increasing transparency between public institutions and young people from different communities in the municipality of Gjilan/Gnjilane in relation to implementation of youth policies. Some 80 youth from K-Albanian, K-Ashkali and K-Serb communities attended the meetings with representatives of MOCR, Gender Equality Officer and Director of Culture, Youth and Sports, where they were able to raise their concerns on issues related to allocation of youth spaces, language rights and development of sportive, educational and cultural activities in the municipality.

Read more at: https://www.facebook.com/events/royal-lounge-bar/youth-in-transparency-culture-debate/558302174658034/

Gjilan/Gnjilane

The project aimed at fostering inter-ethnic cooperation among young local leaders and strengthening youth participation in local and central decision-making processes through capacity-building of members of the youth advisory boards - Local Youth Action Councils - in 5 ethnically mixed municipalities. The project led to the launch of the demo-version of the E-Youth Platform – an online governance tool aiming at raising youth voices on the matters of shared concern and providing an innovative solution to the gap between youth from all (and specifically non-majority communities) and decision-makers.

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Gračanica/Graçanicë Štrpce/Shtërpcë Parteš/Partesh Kamenicë / Kamenica Gjilan/Gnjilane

In the framework of the “Young Change- Makers: Localization of UNSCR2250 in Kosovo” a group of 15 youth from diverse communities successfully completed a multi-faceted program for young peacebuilders that included a course on youth mediation, facilitation, conflict transformation through peace and human rights education and A1/A2 levels of Albanian and Serbian languages. Through the peer-to-peer methodology, these young leaders engaged over 550 youth from diverse communities into a broad range of inter-ethnic trust-building activities.

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Kosovo-wide

This youth-led "Cross-Community Visual Arts" project was one of the finalists of the small-grants competition of the 3rd UN Youth Assembly in Kosovo that aimed at developing cultural awareness and inter-ethnic trust among youth from diverse communities through an artistic summer camp and a series of workshops on art techniques, graffiti and using ARTivism to counter ethnic divides. The team aspires to organize a camp as an annual event with the support of the Directorate of Culture, Youth and Sports of Ranillug/Ranilug.

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Kosovo-wide

This youth-led "Together We Can" project was one of the finalists of the small-grants competition of the 3rd UN Youth Assembly in Kosovo that aimed at equipping an ethnically diverse team of young people with skills to identify, deconstruct and counter ethnically or religiously related prejudices and expressions of intolerance through organization of a thematic workshop.

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Rahovec/Orahovac Prizren Dragash/Dragaš

This youth-led "Empowering Women in Business" project was one of the finalists of the small-grants competition of the 3rd UN Youth Assembly in Kosovo that aimed at raising awareness and improving access to the labor market among young women and girls with specific focus to those residing in the rural areas of Pristina and North Mitrovica. The activities under this project include organization of info-sessions and 2 networking events linking young women with successful businesswomen in North Mitrovica and Pristina and production of a documentary that promotes women-led start-ups and enterprises as well as raises awareness about challenges and success stories. Thus, the project also aims at increasing collaboration between communities and strengthening employability skills of young women.

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Prishtinë/Priština Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North

The project entitled “Youth BRE! Eco-Camp on Environmental Peacebuilding and Climate Change” was designed as a follow-up to the “EverGreen Kosovo Forum” that took place on 27 June 2019, as well as the recommendations of the Kosovo Trust-building Forum and UN Youth Assemblies in Kosovo. The project aimed at supporting environmental trust-building in Kosovo through increasing awareness of young people from different communities about environmental protection and sustainable living, as well as fostering public-private sector partnerships through discussions with representatives of the relevant Kosovo institutions, Corporate Social Responsibility network and environmentalists.

Read more at: https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/climate-action-peace-young-environmentalists-kosovo-unite-better-future

Kosovo-wide

This project supported the procurement of translation kits to the Court of Appeal and the Basic Court of Mitrovica, and equipment for electronic signatures to the Basic Court of Mitrovica, as well as critical IT equipment to the Pristina Basic Court.

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Prishtinë/Priština Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South