ECMI Kosovo has started implementing a new phase of provision of language courses. Municipal officials will be trained in both Kosovo’s official languages, says ECMI Kosovo’s June Newsletter.

Certificate Ceremony

December 2012: The mayor of Novo Brdo/Novobërdë, Bajrush Ymeri, hands out the certificates of completion of the language courses in Albanian and Serbian for municipal officials.Archive photo by ECMI Kosovo.

This year, up to 300 municipal officials in ten ethnically composite municipalities will be trained in Kosovo’s two official languages. The training courses in Albanian and Serbian intend toincrease the municipalities’ capacities in providing services in both official languages.

European Centre for Minority Issues Kosovo and representatives of the Office of the Language Commissioner have already started conducting meetings with Mayors of the ten target municipalities to inform them about the language training courses.

This project is supported by the OSCE High Commissioner for National Minorities (HCNM) and the Office of the Language Commissioner /Office of the Prime Minister, Kosovo.