Cooperation between Serbs and Albanians in the field of culture is possible: the ideas are there but they just need to be materialised. This was one of the conclusions from the debate held in AKTIV Art Center in Mitrovica on the 26th of November which discussed the topic, "Through culture and art towards reconciliation in the Balkans."       

On the 25^th of November 2014 NGO AKTIV held an event marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.  The overriding goal of the event was to present the results and next steps of the project Strengthening the Institutional Response to Domestic Violence in Northern Kosovo as well as to present the North of Kosovo Safe House Dossier prepared by the AKTIV project implementation team. 

On November 19^th, AKTIV organized an open lecture on Chapter 35 of the Serbia-EU accession process w.  The lecture was held in the premises of the EU Informational and Cultural Centre in north Mitrovica within the ‘School of European Integration’ project implemented by AKTIV in cooperation with EMinS and with the support of the Kosovo Foundation for Open Society.

The debate entitled “Social activism – a path to success” held on the 13^th of November marked the launching of AKTIV’s new project, Mitrovica Social Club, envisages as a series of debates which will be held twice a month from November till March in AKTIV Art Center. Through this concept AKTIV will offer a platform for inclusive discussion in order to contribute to a culture of open debates in North Mitrovica.

Through a program of “Sport sans frontieres” and with the support of the KFOR Liason Monitoring Team, AKTIV will donate 250 indestructible footballs for primary and secondary schools in north Kosovo.

During the first day, participants had a chance to hear more about history of EU Integration process in the Western Balkans, by professor Predrag Simić from the Faculty of political science, Belgrade; and Aleksandar Popov from Center for Regionalism, Novi Sad.

One of the goals of the project Empowering Minority Communities in Kosovo Against Gender-Based Violence (funded by the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women) is to contribute to the economic empowerment of women inthe four North Kosovo municipalities.

Period za prijavu za učešće na Školi evropskih integracija je završen u petak, 1. avgusta, 2014.

As part of the project Empowering Minority Communities in Kosovo Against Gender-Based Violence, which AKTIV implements in partnership with the European Centre for Minority Issues, a panel discussion was held on 16^th of July, 2014. In the EU info Centre in North Mitrovica.

As part of the project Strengthening the Institutional Response to Domestic Violence in North Kosovo, Aktiv visited the Safe House in Novi Sad on 27^th of June, 2014. After visiting Gnjilane’s Safe House and women’s organizations in Gracanica, AKTIV was hosted by the manager of the Safe house in Novi Sad, Dr Psych Sc Nada Padejski, who shared information and experiences useful in terms of learning about best practices and solutions applied in situations of domestic violence in the region.