Kosovo Youth Dialogue is a 30-month project with the main goal of empowering young people to actively participate in the dealing with the past and reconciliation process in Kosovo by encouraging inter-ethnic communication, interaction and coop-eration, addressing common interests, building confidence and promoting mutual understanding and positive attitudes.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT ARE THE FOLLOWING

Strengthening cooperation between NGOs working with constituents from different ethnic backgrounds in Kosovo through the implementation of joint projects

Increasing communication and cooperation between young people from different ethnic backgrounds in Kosovo, in particular Kosovo-Albanians and Kosovo-Serbs, by breaking stereotypes and challenging dominant narratives of the past through multi-ethnic youth exchanges and multi-ethnic arts workshops that will enable them to learn and exchange with each other

Enhancing collective memory about the recent war in Kosovo as a way of dealing with the past and thus developing a critical approach towards nationalist narratives through research and documentation of wartime experiences and stories

Inciting public discussion about the dominant political and ethnic-nationalist narratives of the recent war in Kosovo through the promotion of grass-roots dealing with the past initiatives of young people

137 youth from Albanian and Serbian community in Kosovo participated

5 Youth Exchange Programs

2 Cycles of Small Grants Scheme

12 grass - root NGOs partnered to empower youth in the process of dealing with the past and reconciliation

1 Peace Fellowship Program

15 Fellows coming from the Albanian and Serbian community

1 Capacity building training for NGOs representatives

20 NGO representatives from Kosovo participated in capacity building training for transitional justice and reconciliation

1 Publication event for Youth Exchange Programs

Youth from Albanian and Serbian communities showcased their joint work produced in the Youth Exchange Programs for the Kosovar public

Responsive, Effective, Accountable Governance

1093

 Focusing on understanding, identifying, and responding to manipulated information and harmful content.

Citizens receiving civic education

Online engagement

ADVOCACY INITIATIVES

472Individuals trained in digital

communication

2930

33

Local Government Actions 14

18

8Actions to enhance

Parliamentary Transparency and

Openness

5

≈500k

 35 21Public Forums

where MPs interact with

citizens

Actions raised by Issue Based Caucuses to

advance policy priorities

7

Individuals received political party raining

of draft laws carried an integrated bill analysis

Budget analysis for state budget and cost estimation

of expenditures

Community Forums held addressing issues important to

underrepresented constituencies

80%

980Trained women