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Youth Council for Cross Border Cooperation (YC4CBC) is a group of young activists and students from Macedonia, Kosovo and Serbia. This group of social entrepreneurs joined together during 2007 in the Kosovan municipality of Gjilan. They initially found funding from the East West Institute (EWI), and the focus of their activities is on promoting trust [...]
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Posts Tagged ‘Kosovo’
Youth Council for Cross Border Cooperation
Key People and Parties
Boris Tadic: Current Serbian President. EULEX: European Union Rule of Law Mission deployed in Kosovo in 1998. Hashmi Thaci: Former guerrilla leader who became Prime Minister in January 2008. International Court of Justice (ICJ): In October 2008 the UN General Assembly granted Serbia’s request for the ICJ to consider if Kosovo’s secession is legal. Kosovo [...]
Conflict Timeline
1912: Serbia regains control of Kosovo, recognized by the 1913: Treaty of London. 1918: Following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire after World War One (WW1), Kosovo becomes part of the Kingdom of Serbia. 1941: Germany invades and much of Kosovo becomes part of a greater Albania controlled by the Italians. 1946: Kosovo is absorbed [...]
Resources
Balkan Investigative Reporting Network – News on latest training, publication and debates. BIRN has also produced a documentary “Kosovo: Does anyone have a plan?” exploring different perceptions on the future for Kosovo. CARE country profile and projects in Kosovo – Country profile and information of CARE’s projects in Kosovo. Reuters AlertNet: Kosovo Future – Navigate [...]
Council of Bosnian Intellectuals (VKBIK)
Established in 2002, with a team of four permanent employees, the Council of Bosnian Intellectuals of Kosovo (VKBIK) – a branch of an international association known as the Congress of Intellectual Bosniaks – supports the development of science and culture in Kosovo whilst promoting cooperation to break down barriers between the different ethnic and national [...]
Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR)
Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR) works in building connections between young people across the Balkans, from different ethnic groups, regions, and countries, to enhance the participation of young people in the transitional justice process, work together for human rights and to build links that will prevent the re-emergence of the ethnic conflict that devastated [...]
OAZA Bosniac Association
The Oaza Bosniac Association’s mission is the development and improvement of civil society in Kosovo; with the particular aim of creating positive integration of the Kosovo’s Bosniac community into the country’s new post-war reality. The organisation trains people to address the problems of Kosovan post-war society, especially minority rights and refugee return and reintegration, as [...]
Kosovar Civil Society Foundation (KCSF)
The Kosovar Civil Society Foundation (KCSF), through its support for local initiatives, aims to build a strong civil society movement which will promote a democratic culture and that will be responsive to the socio-economic needs of Kosovo. The European Integration perspective for Kosovo has given KCSF a strong focus on issues related to the European [...]
Community Building Mitrovica (CBM)
CBM is a grassroots multi-ethnic peace organisation which aims to identify and advance the common concerns of citizens, empowering communities to work together and establish means of peaceful co-existence. Active since 2001, Community Building Mitrovica (CBM) operates in the region around Mitrovica, Northern Kosovo. CBM projects focus on rebuilding the community links between the many [...]
Centre For Children’s Theatre Development (CCTD)
Established in 2002 as part of the Multimedia Centre in Pristina, the Centre for Childrens’ Theatre Development (CCTD) works with children, engaging them with society’s most pressing issues through drama, teaching them about their rights, democracy, & reconciliation, and in doing so exploring on stage the actual problems that preoccupy children and young people living [...]
