CITIZENS MUST NOT BE HELD HOSTAGE BY THE BELGRADE-PRISTINA DIALOGUE
Given the recent EU reports and developments on the ground, we the undersigned are concerned about the impact of a lack of progress in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue on local communities in Serbia and Kosovo. It is people on the ground who suffer most from the persistence of tensions and mistrust. All sides must therefore desist […]
NEW GRANT FOR BETTER COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS
NGO Aktiv, together with the advocacy platform Empirika, received support for the project “Strengthening Kosovo Serb CSOs participation at central-level decision-making processes in Kosovo”. The grant in the amount of 38,975 euros will be used to strengthen the ability to participate, formulate policies and represent Kosovo Serb CSOs in institutions at the central level in […]
EXPERT TALKS ON INFORMATION INTEGRITY AND FACT-CHECKING
NGO Aktiv, in cooperation with NDI Kosovo, held a discussion with young people and activists of non-governmental organizations from Gračanica/Graçanicë on the topic “Information integrity challenges: growing threat to democracy in Kosovo”. The information disorder and raising citizens’ awareness of this phenomenon were the main topics of discussion between young people and experienced journalists from […]
PRESS RELEASE REGARDING THE VERDICT AGAINST NIKOLA NEDELJKOVIĆ FROM BELGRADE
On behalf of the undersigned civil society organizations, we take this opportunity to express great concern and protest over the verdict of the Basic Court in Pristina, handed down to a student from Belgrade, Nikola Nedeljković, on September 6, 2022, for the alleged crime of “provoking ethnic hatred and intolerance”. Namely, as organizations that, among […]
PRESS RELEASE
We regret to conclude that the recent visit of The New York Times journalist to the north of Kosovo, as well as the subsequent article “Blame, Hate and License Plates in a Divided Kosovo Town” published in this paper on 4 September 2022, quoting several different interlocutors from the north of Kosovo, provides a range […]
FIRST CYCLE OF “MY MUNICIPALITY, AS WELL!” CAMPAIGN CONCLUDED
A successful year of the campaign, the goal of which is to familiarize citizens with the rights and services that are guaranteed to them by law at the local level. In one year, we managed to reach 32,127 people who, through the ALVED campaign, became familiar with rights and services at the local level. ALVED […]
IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2022, MORE THAN 50 SECURITY INCIDENTS
In the period from January 1st to June 30th 2022, fifty-one (51) security incidents were recorded throughout Kosovo, according to the semi-annual report of the Rapid Reaction Civic Group (RRCG), which was established by NGO Aktiv. Various kinds of incidents were recorded, including physical attacks, thefts, damage and insults, in 21 municipalities, the largest number of which (20) were […]
ABER: UNTIL YESTERDAY ONLY FOR ANDROID, FROM NOW ON ALSO ON IOS
Aber APP is now available on all platforms. Don’t forget that important information is only a CLICK away – in Serbian, Bosnian, Turkish, Romani and Goran languages. Aber application offers the most important information to members of non-majority communities in Kosovo in one place and in their native language, both about the basic and the […]
PRESS RELEASE
Representatives of the civil society organizacions and the media from the Serbian community in Kosovo, members of the Empirika platform, call all parties to peacefully resolve the crisis in the north of Kosovo that arose due to the announcement of the start of the implementation of the decision on the re-registration of Serbian license plates […]
THE ROAD MAP FOR FIGHTING CORRUPTION AND INCREASING TRANSPARENCY WAS PRESENTED IN PRISTINA
A policy proposal entitled “Road Map for Fighting Corruption and Increasing Transparency” in six municipalities with a Serbian majority, North Mitrovica, Zubin Potok, Leposavić/Lleposaviq, Zvečan/Zveçan, Gračanica/Graçanicë, Štrpce/Shterpcë, was presented on July 27, at a conference in Pristina organized by NGO Aktiv. This Report is part of the project “Enhancing Transparency and Rule of Law in […]