4 December 2016 – The Brussels agreement on normalisation of relations between Kosovo and Serbia, signed in April 2013, brought unprecedented changes to the four northern municipalities of Kosovo. The Serbian administration was to be dissolved, replaced by a Kosovar one. Local elections were held throughout Kosovo, including in the North, in 2013; the police […]
22 November – 2016 Members and NGO partners of the Kosovo and Serbia Policy and Advocacy Group held a brainsotriming session with the senior EEAS officials on the Kosovo Serbia dialogue. Leaders of the Balkans Policy Research Group, D4D Institute, Kosovo Center for Security Studies, NGO AKTIV, Belgrade Forum for Political Excellence, Belgrade Center for […]
16 November 2016 – Focus group discussion with mothers aged 45-65, aimed to encourage debate and influence social norms by promoting mechanisms for preventing and reporting cases of radicalism and violent extremism at all stages of development. The project’s aim is to encourage mothers to talk about extremism, raise their voice and report cases that […]
November 2016 – On the first anniversary of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement, Kosovo and the EU launch another dialogue, on 11 November 2016, the Eu – ropean Reform Agenda (ERA). The document contains 22 priorities and 130 actions, in the areas of governance, rule of law, economic growth, competi – tiveness, and education and […]
14 November 2016 – Today, Balkans Group held another focus group with youth aged 18-35, in Ferizaj. The aim was to raise awareness and knowledge among youth about the consequences of radicalism and the importance of countering violent extremism ideologies, both, in words and practice. Discussions reflected limited willingness of the participants to talk about […]
11 November 2016 – In Drenas parents aged 45-65 participated in focus group discussion hosted by Balkans Group. Encouragingly, parent were pleased to seek more information about the consequences of extremism and religious radicalism. The discussions elaborated ways on how parents can proactively take preventive measures against extremism and how they can enhance cooperation with […]
25 October 2016 – Today, we facilitated a new round of political dialogue with party leaders of five political parliamentary parties. Prime minister and the leader of the LDK, Isa Mustafa, the Speaker and the PDK leader Kadri Veseli, AAK leader Ramush Haradinaj, VV leader Visar Ymeri and NISMA leader Jakup Krasniqi accompanied by their […]
12-14 October 2016 – BPRG Executive Director, Naim Rashiti was invited to speak at the Belgrade Security Forum on the topic of “The Belgrade – Pristina Dialogue and the EU Future”. His presentaiton included an overview of the dialogue achievements, addressing challenges and opposition to the dialogue and how to develop stages of normalization toward […]
29 September 2016 – Balkans Group hosted a roundtable with civil society, media activists, members of the political parties and community in Presheva. The aim of this workshop was to discuss about the integration of the Albanian community in public institutions, their rights and challenges that affect them in the area of security healthcare, education, […]
Led by BPRG, this project seeks to promote and communicate the benefits of the EU facilitated technical dialogue on the normalisation of relations between Kosovo and Serbia to the wider public by focusing on a number of communication and outreach activities, peer to peer cooperation, research and local engagement. Objectives include: Broaden the support for […]
