PRESS RELEASE – Civil society organizations and media

Civil society organizations and the media strongly condemn the recent attacks on Serbian and Albanian media outlets during their reporting in the north of Kosovo. Attacks on journalists represent a serious threat to media freedom and the democratic principles we strive for as a society. We are deeply concerned about the increase in verbal and […]
PRESS RELEASE Working Group for Chapter 35

Deeply concerned about the events in the north of Kosovo, we herewith invite the representatives of Belgrade and Pristina to urgently take the necessary measures to calm the situation and return to the dialogue process. To this end, we are looking for the full implementation of the three-point plan for de-escalation of the situation in […]
Challenges in the implementation of Community Service Sentencing

We are pleased to announce that on the 14th of June 2023, the non-governmental organization Aktiv, in partnership with the NGO ACDC, conducted a comprehensive report presentation on the topic of “Community Service Sentencing” as a part of the project “Further Support to Access to Justice and Human Rights in the Mitrovica Region”supported by UNMIK. […]
PROJECT ON GREATER PARTICIPATION OF MINORITIES IN DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES WAS PRESENTED

The launching event of the project “Enhancing Minority Participation in Decision-Making Processes Through Policy Work and Exchanges” was organized on June 7, at CEC, North Mitrovica. The project is implemented by NGO Aktiv in cooperation with three partner organizations – Inštitút Mateja Bela – Bél Mátyás Intézet, Republikon Intézet (Hungary), and Institute for Modern Development […]
APPEAL FOR PEACE

Deeply concerned about the repressive and aggressive measures taken by the Government of Kosovo and the behavior of special police forces in the north of Kosovo that has the potential to escalate to unfathomable consequences for citizens’ peace and security, and to destroy long-term prospects for reconciliation and co-existence between Albanians and Serbs in this […]
Support and Access to Justice and Human Rights Seminar Held

A seminar titled “Support and Access to Justice and Human Rights in the Mitrovica Area” was held from May 19 to 21 in Vrbnica, near Prizren. The seminar, was organized by the NGO Aktiv in collaboration with the NGO ACDC, and with the support of the UNMIK mission. The seminar brought together judges, lawyers, representatives […]
Increased participation of citizens in decision-making processes is need at the local level

On Tuesday, May 16, in Gračanica, NGO Aktiv organized a debate on the publication of the research “Digital Transparency of Municipalities with Serb Majority”. At the conference, topics from the research, published by the NGO AKTIV, related to the digital presence and transparency of municipalities with a Serbian majority were discussed. At the conference it […]
PRESS RELEASE: NGO AKTIV CONDEMNS UNFOUNDED ACCUSATIONS AND INSULTS

Regarding malicious and offensive claims made by Nebojša Jović, published on his personal Facebook profile, the content of which was also republished on certain portals, in relation to the announced public gathering of the Movement for the Defense of Kosovo and Metohija, NGO Aktiv announces that it is in no way connected with the cancellation […]
Discussion on challenges and future of interethnic relations in the Mitrovica region

The discussion entitled “The Future of Prospects of Interethnic Relations in the Mitrovica Region” was held on March 23, 2023 in North MItrovica, organized by the NGO AKTIV in cooperation with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. The event feature two panelists, Aferdita Syla, Executive Director of Community Building Mitrovica and Milica Andric-Rakic, a policy analyst with […]
Completed process of participatory planning of social services

Within the last meetings of the Advisory Groups held in the previous month in the municipalities of Štrpce/Shtërpcë, Peć/Peja and Leposavić/Leposaviq, we completed the process of participatory planning of social services (PPSS) in the mentioned municipalities. During the meetings, we summarized the results achieved in the first year of the implementation of the Action Plans […]