Evropiane për Çështje të Minoriteteve në Kosovë, (ECMI Kosovo), përveç aktivitete tjera, ka për qëllim organizimin e aktiviteteve sensibilizuese ku do të shpërndahet material promovues, duke përfshirë broshura për shëndetin riprodhues, poster për shëndetin riprodhues, fletore, stilolapsa, folldera, çanta, gota dhe material tjera.

Tema e cila është prekur me atë të publikimit të kësaj fletushke, është Si të zvogëlohet rreziku nga kanceri i gjirit. Për më shumë informata, ju lutem klikoni këtu.

The European Centre for Minority Issues Kosovo would like to announce the relaunch of the project “Official Language Acquisition for Municipal Officials in Kosovo 2016“, which aims to enhance the ability of municipal officials to communicate and provide municipal services to communities in both official languages.

Last year, the project funded by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities and Office of the Language Commissioner/Office of the Prime Minister, was designed to increase the knowledge of official languages in Kosovo. It was implemented by the ECMI Kosovo in 16 targeted municipalities and offered a total of 23 language courses of Albanian and Serbian to municipal officials reaching a total of 286 municipal officials.

Please click the following links to watch the videos, where municipal officials and teachers share their experiences of the project and provide additional information of it.

For Albanian, Serbian or English language.

The Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo forbids discrimination against citizens on a number of grounds, including on sexual orientation. The Constitution also provides for a number of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, such as the Right to Freedom and Security, to Gatherings, and to Association. All of these rights were exercised by citizens of the Republic when they organized a peaceful march in celebration of the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia in Prishtina, Kosovo, on May 17th, which saw the participation of hundreds of citizens, including political leaders and ambassadors.

Mr. Kelmendi holds public office and as such bears responsibility to uphold the values and the principles of the Constitution. Statements like those made by Mr. Kelmendi may incite violence, the likes of which we have already seen when the 2012, when an attack by a group of some 30 individuals was carried out against members and supporters of the community.

We call upon the Assembly of Kosovo, of which Mr. Kelmendi is an elected Deputy and is bound by its Rules of Procedure, as well as on the Assembly Committee on Human Rights, Gender Equality, Missing Persons and Petitions, to consider this issue and to strongly condemn the public statements made by Mr. Kelmendi, as well as to investigate whether these statements qualify as hate speech under Kosovo’s legislation.

For the full reaction please click English, Albanian and Serbian.

Equal Rights for All Coalition (ERAC) published a booklet where that explains the aim of the establishment of the Coalition, who the members of the Coalition are and what activities will be implemented during four (4) years.

Please see more about the booklet:

Sot, u organizua një konferencë në Prishtinë/Priština për të prezantuar krijimin e Koalicionit të ri dhe projektin katër (4) vjeçarë “Koalicioni të drejta të barabarta për të gjithë (ERAC)“. Konferenca u hap nga Z. Christof Stock, Shef i Operacioneve, Zyra e Bashkimit Evropian në Kosovë, i cili theksoi rëndësinë e shoqërisë civile në mbrojtjen dhe promovimin e të drejtave të njeriut, implementimit të kornizës ligjore të Kosovës, si dhe bashkëpunimit ndërmjet shoqërisë civile dhe institucionet qeveritare. Z. Stock tha se krijimi i ERAC dhe projekti është iniciativë e rëndësishme e cila bashkon shtatë (7) OJQ-të të mesme dhe nëntëmbëdhjetë (19) OJQ në nivel lokal, që punojnë në fushën e sundimit të ligjit dhe të drejtave themelore dhe punojnë në mbrojtjen dhe promovimin e të drejtat themelore të grupeve të rrezikuara dhe/ose të margjinalizuara (GRM-ve) të cilët janë: komunitetet jo-shumicë, gratë, rinia, dhe komuniteti LGBT.

Përveç kësaj, përfaqësuesit e ERAC prezantuan qëllimin e krijimit të koalicionit, cilët janë anëtarët e Koalicionit dhe aktivitetet që do të zbatohen në një periudhë katër (4) vjeçare. Për më tepër, Z. Nenad Rašić, përfaqësues i Komisionit për të Drejtat e Njeriut, Barazi Gjinore dhe Personat e Zhdukur dhe Peticion, Z. Hilmi Jashari, Avokati i Popullit i Kosovës, si dhe Znj. Sadete Demaj-Kajtazi Koordinatore në Zyrën për Qeverisje të Mirë/Zyra e Kryeministri folën edhe për institucionet që përfaqësojnë dhe gatishmërinë e tyre për të mbështetur ERAC në arritjen e qëllimit të përgjithshëm të projektit.

Klikoni për komunikatën e plotë në Shqip, Serbisht dhe Anglisht.

On March 4th, the Serbian President dissolved the parliament and called early parliamentary elections in Serbia. Serbian state institutions stated that parliamentary elections will be organised in Kosovo as well. The Government of the Republic of Kosovo has not taken a specific decision on this matter with Prime Minister Isa Mustafa stating that there will be no classical elections in Kosovo. Instead, he said, there will be a collection of votes from Kosovo with facilitation by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, which has not yet been confirmed by OSCE. He also stated that this is a right the Serb citizens of Kosovo are entitled to according to their constitutional rights on double citizenship.

While there is still a sense of uncertainty about how parliamentary elections called in Serbia will be organized in Kosovo, the pre-election campaign is in full swing in Kosovo. An intensive campaign is being organized luring voters in Kosovo. Serbian Prime Minister, Aleksandar Vučić recently visited several municipalities in northern Kosovo where he campaigned for himself and the party he leads the Serbian Progressive Party (Srpska napredna stranka, SNS). Following on his footsteps, caretaker Foreign Minister of Serbia, Ivica Dačić, also visited Kosovo. He portrayed the visit as a “visit to cultural shrines”, but nevertheless used the opportunity for campaigning and canvasing with voters. There has been other campaigning from other parties as well. The following is an update on the Serbian parliamentary elections and developments surrounding their announced organization in Kosovo and the possible implications that these may have for the political life of the Serb community in Kosovo and on Kosovo’s political development in general.

Click here for the full Kosovo Communities Issues Monitor in English, Albanian, and Serbian.

[1]http://www.gazetaexpress.com/lajme/vendvotimet-e-serbise-ne-kosove-mustafa-i-quan-qendra-te-grumbullimit-188191/ 

[2] http://www.oranews.tv/rajoni/dacic-neser-viziton-trashegimine-kulturore-serbe-ne-kosove/