TRANSPARENCY IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT: DEBATE HELD IN GRAČANICA
A panel discussion on transparency in the work of local government in Kosovo, organized by NGO Aktiv, was held on Tuesday, July 12, in Gračanica. Representatives of local civil society organizations and the media pointed out that there is a certain level of non-transparency in municipalities with a Serbian majority, while that greater citizen participation […]
RESEARCH: PARTICIPATION OF SERBS IN CENSUS IS INFLUENCED BY DIFFERENT FACTORS
NGO AKTIV and members of the OPEN platform presented today, July 1st, the findings of the “Kosovo Serb Community Census Outlook”, in the Civic Energy Center in North Mitrovica. Presenting the findings of the research, the NGO Aktiv project manager Igor Markovic stated that the aim of the research is to explore the roles of […]
ART IN A SOCIETY IN TRANSITION: BETWEEN A CORNERSTONE AND A STUMBLING BLOCK
Searching for cultural indicators of peace and reconciliation can be impersonated as a Sisyphean task, especially in post-conflict environments. Going into the political, religious or social segment, thus looking for the core in, the core that needs to be rectified and worked upon, can only be represented as the revision of the theoretical factors, with […]
A WORKSHOP ON A LICENSED SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDER WAS HELD
Last week, a workshop “Becoming licensed social service provider” was held for civil society organizations from five #ALVED municipalities – Štrpce-/Shtërpcë, Pejë/Peć, Leposavić/ Leposaviq, Gjilan/Gnjilane and Lipjan/Lipljan in cooperation with the Department of Social and Family Policy within the Ministry of Finance, Labor and Transfer. The formation of electronic databases at the local level and […]
SURVIVE AND THRIVE, CAUSE LIFE CANNOT WAIT
Even though, we are going through the second half of 2022. the political officials in Kosovo are still skillfully avoiding the topic of reconciliation. The first unsuccessful attempt of the Kosovo government to address this important issue commenced thirteen years after the Kosovo conflict, to precise back into 2012. Initiated by the then ruling political […]
CULTURAL EVENTS WEEK WAS HELD IN KOSOVO
A Week of Cultural Events was organized by NGO AKTIV and Kosovo Coalition for Reconciliation Kosovo from the 20th to the 25th of June. Members of the public were able to attend concerts and painting exhibitions. The music group Moan the Guilty held a concert in Pristina on the 22nd of June at the Dit […]
PODCAST: THE CENSUS (SECOND EPISODE)
The topic of the second episode of ‘The Census’ podcast, that hosted ACDC’s Program Director Aleksandar Rapajić, was: Will the Serb community take part in the population census? PODCAST: THE CENSUS (YOUTUBE LINK) (audio in Serbian language; subtitles available in Albanian) This podcast was developed under the OPEN project, implemented by Kosovo Foundation for Open Society (KFOS) […]
DIALOGUE FOR LIFE
The dialogue has created some positive things and helped the incidents to decrease, regardless of being accompanied by many tensions along the way. However, what is still missing and is very important is – trust. The other day, a friend of mine from Kosovo, whose father was killed by the Serbian soldiers in the war […]
WINE PRODUCERS ARE HOPING FOR NEW MARKETS
The wine fair is important for the promotion and placement of products of small wine producers from Velika Hoča/Hoça e Madhe, it was said at the wine festival held on 16th of June in this village. This event, organized by the NGO Aktiv, brought together wine producers from the region and business representatives from the north […]
PODCAST: THE CENSUS (FIRST EPISODE)
Key findings of the research titled ‘Kosovo Serb Community Census Outlook’ was the topic of the first episode of ‘The Census’ podcast, that hosted Chief Researcher Igor Marković. PODCAST: THE CENSUS (YOUTUBE LINK) (audio in Serbian language; subtitles available in Albanian) This podcast was developed under the OPEN project, implemented by Kosovo Foundation for Open […]