YOUTH

The Youth Forum Academy, gathered more than 90 students of law and other faculties and young activists from different ethnic and religious communities. It aimed to promote youth leadership and activism on human rights issues in Kosovo and expand awareness on issues facing youth, including barriers to their political participation.

Read more at: https://www.osce.org/mission-in-kosovo/434006

Kosovo-wide

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

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/mladi-kao-branioci-ljudskih-prava-ka-pozitivnim-promenama-2018-19/?fbclid=IwAR2JFukvpusESbv_vipma6Kjaku1GoIWu33lQGD8lPYqI0uFQoC44aZshEE

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

Throught this Peace Building Fund-supported project, UNDP will be working in 15 municipalitites in Prishtinë/Priština and Mitrovicë/a regions.

Read more at: https://www.ks.undp.org/

Prishtinë/Priština Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South

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

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

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 Gračanica/Graçanicë Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje Gjakovë/Ðakovica Zvečan/Zveçan Zubin Potok Podujevë/Podujevo Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South Leposavić/Leposaviq Ferizaj/Uroševac

Through the Civil Society Catalytic Fund – under which one of the eligibility criteria for project co-financing is advancement of women’s equality and empowerment, UN Habitat has awarded grants to the NGO Santa Marija for empowering female citizens within the requirements of the new regulatory Kosovo framework (ongoing in four northern municipalities); and the NGO FODEM & YCC for women and youth engagement in decision-making processes in the municipalities of Vushtrri/Vučitrn and Leposavić/q.

Read more at: www.facebook.com/InclusiveDevelopmentProgramme

Leposavić/Leposaviq Vushtrri/Vučitrn

UNHCR through its regular programme and projects encourages voluntarism and directly engages community advocates and provides for internship opportunities.

Read more at: https://www.unhcr.org/see/where-we-work/kosovo

Kosovo-wide

IOM has delivered several media literacy trainings, dialogues and MovieIQ workshops.

Read more at: https://kosovo.iom.int/community-based-approach-support-youth-targeted-communities-kosovo

Dragash/Dragaš Prishtinë/Priština Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South Ferizaj/Uroševac

The Integrated Territorial Development 2 project builds on the successes of the ADC-UNDP “Local-level Response for Employment Generation and Integrated Territorial Development (InTerDev)” project that has been implemented in southern Kosovo’s municipalities of Dragash/Dragaš and Shtërpcë/Štrpce since 2014. This project has proven to address some of the paramount challenges citizens of not only the partner areas, but of Kosovo in general, face: high rate and long spells of unemployment, lack of decent income generation, poor public services, as well as socioeconomic exclusion of women, youth, and other vulnerable groups.

Read more at: https://bit.ly/2sinK67

Dragash/Dragaš Štrpce/Shtërpcë Viti / Vitina

The ALMP2 project builds on long-standing UNDP achievements in supporting Kosovo citizens, with particular focus on vulnerable young men and women, and readmitted persons, to find a job or establish a new venture through supporting Kosovo institutions in designing strategic, evidence-based policies and programmes, and providing on-the-job training, wage subsidy, as well as grants and consultancy to foster self-employment opportunities.

Read more at: https://bit.ly/1QKDrct

Kosovo-wide

The overall goal is to improve the quality of education by fostering a democratic culture in the formal education system through applying anti-discriminatory approaches based on the Council of Europe standards and practices.

Read more at: https://www.coe.int/en/web/pristina/fostering-a-democratic-school-culture-and-diversity-in-schools

Kosovo-wide

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

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

,,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 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

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

Let’s do it Peja decided to work with 80 students from the local high school and technical vocational school with the focus on SDG#6 – Clean Water & Sanitation and SDG#7 – Affordable & Clean Energy. Students will receive eight weeks of educational presentations on the basic principles of SDGs from including indicators and achievement of the targets by 2030. They will also participate in study visits to provide hands-on experiences in sustainable development issues.

Read more at: http://unkt.org/2018/05/18/re-advertisement-trainer-welding-vocational-training-center-pejepec/ 

Pejë/Peć

More than 40 activities organised during the three first days of the Global Enterpreneurship Week in Kosovo, marked in 180 countries worldwide. Activities are being organised in different cities in Kosovo, aiming at networking enterpreneurs, developing ecosystem in Kosovo, trainings for young enterpreneurs, inclussinveness, sharing success stories, social enterpreneurship, ISO Standards, digital marketing, promoting women enterpreneurship, challenges of enterpreneurs, access to finances and green economy.

Read more at:https://ickosovo.com/images/uploads/files/GEW_Kosovo_2019_Calendar.pdf

Kosovo-wide

The aim of the project is to improve the skills of graduates from Serbian and other non-majority communities, enabling them to function as public officials professionally and effectively in local government units and / or central government institutions.

Read more at:www.ngocpt.org

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

Implemented by IPKO Foundation with the support of Unicef Kosovo Programme and Kosovo CSR Network as an Implementing Partner, the workshop gathered 50 young girls and boys, who went through an intensive yet fun 3-day workshop which helped increase their professional skills and capacities to solve social challenges in their community.

Read more at: http://www.csrkosovo.org/en-us/news-and-events/UPShift-Social-Impact-workshop-453

Kosovo-wide

This programme will support young women to get involved in political life, by giving them professional advice and better understanding of political culture. Concrete workshops and debate sessions will be organized on topics of leadership, effective decision making, critical thinking, political culture etc.

Read more at: https://zh-cn.facebook.com/gizpristina/posts/40-young-women-from-all-over-kosovo-are-going-to-be-part-of-the-new-programme-ca/2465145930365542/

Kosovo-wide