This Manual on Operationalisation of Municipal Action Plans has been prepared as a tool for municipal officials who are involved in drafting and implementing municipal action plans. The purpose is to increase the capacities of municipal officials with regards to the preparation and implementation of municipal action plans. The Manual has been produced as part of the project ‘Improving the Delivery of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian Education in the Municipality of Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje’, funded by UNICEF and implemented by European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI) Kosovo. It draws on concrete examples of operationalising the Education Component of the Municipal Action Plan (MAP) for the Integration of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian Communities in Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje, 2010-2012, as part of the national Strategy for the Integration of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian Communities in Kosovo 2009-2015.

This paper aims to both contribute to and stimulate the discussion on electoral reform from the
perspective of minority communities. Drawing on ECMI Kosovo’s well-established cooperation and
consultations with representatives of minority communities, and based on the legal framework in
force in Kosovo, this discussion paper maintains that any reform in the electoral system must
continue to guarantee the rights of minority communities and ensure their meaningful participation
in the political process.

Guidelines for Building Cooperation between Civil Society and Municipal Governments in Kosovo

This Manual has been produced by ECMI Kosovo as part of the project Improving the Service Delivery and Minority Rights Awareness at the Municipal and Civil Society levels, in cooperation with, and supported by, UNICEF. The project aims to strengthen the capacity of municipal officials and civil society actors to address challenges in minority education in their municipalities, while identifying mechanisms for enhanced cooperation between these stakeholders. It is a pilot project, focussed on three municipalities: Ferizaj/Uroševac, Peja/Peć and Prizren/Prizren.

This Guidebook has been produced by ECMI Kosovo as part of the project “Improving the Service Delivery and Minority Rights Awareness at the Municipal and Civil Society levels”, in cooperation with, and supported by, UNICEF. The project aims to strengthen the capacity of municipal officials and civil society actors to address challenges in minority education in their municipalities, while identifying mechanisms for enhanced cooperation between these stakeholders. It is a pilot project, focussed on three municipalities: Ferizaj/Uroševac, Peja/Peć and Prizren/Prizren.

Between September and December 2009, the European Centre for Minority Issues Kosovo (ECMI Kosovo) and the Secretariat of the Consultative Council for Communities (CCC) organised a series of meetings and workshops across Kosovo, to provide civil society representatives from eight communities with technical support during nominations for community membership of the CCC.