KtK Gender and EU, reg Western Balkans 2015-2020: WB - KtK reg W Balkans 2015-2020 Gender & EU KtK Jämställdhet och EU reg Västra Balkan 2015-2020 The programme "Strengthening Women's Rights, Participation and Influence in the Western Balkans, 2015-2020 builds on KtK's new regional strategy for the Western Balkans and aims at ensuring a strengthened gender perspective in the countries, using the EU integration process as a vehicle for change. KtK supports a selection of about 10 women's organisations and networks throughout the Balkan region (Albania, BiH, Kosovo, Serbia, Macedonia and Montenegro) to run evidence based and relevant advocacy campaigns. Advocacy efforts will primarily target national governments, but also other stakeholders. To optimise efforts, the partner organisations will strengthen their competence in both EUI processes, advocacy skills and communication. KtK also facilitates necessary regional networking and finds relevant entry points in the EU institutions.  

The contribution is regarded a phase-out from earlier cooperation in the region, where KtK has been active since the wars of the 1990s. The present regional programme builds on previous experiences and lessons but has a more focussed thematic scope and is also smaller in funding volume as compared to earlier programs. Programmet "Strengthening Women's Rights, Participation and Influence in the Western Balkans" har som övergripande syfte att bidra till ökad jämställdhetshänsyn i länderna i västra Balkan och att använda EU-integrationsprocessen (EUI) som hävstång för detta. KtK stödjer ett tiotal kvinnoorganisationer och nätverk i länderna på Balkan (Albanien, BiH, Kosovo, Serbien, Makedonien och Montenegro) att driva relevanta och evidensbaserade påverkanskampanjer gentemot ffa egna regeringar men även andra intressenter för att få dessa att ta ökade jämställdhetshänsyn inom ramen för EU-integrationsprocessen. Ökad kunskap och kompetens skall bibringas partnerorganisationerna kring både EU integrationsprocessen och hur man utformar strategiska påverkanskampanjer och bedriver effektivt kommunikationsarbete. KtK bidrar därutöver med att bygga nätverk och allianser över landsgränser och skapa relevanta kontakter inom EU:s institutioner. 

Insatsen ses som en avslutande fas i KtKs arbete i regionen som pågått sedan 1990-talet. Denna insats bygger på tidigare erfarenheter och lärdomar, men har ett smalare och tydligare tematiskt fokus  än tidigare samarbeten. The programme "Strengthening Women's Rights, Participation and Influence in the Western Balkans, 2015-2020 builds on KtK's regional strategy for the Western Balkans and aims at ensuring a strengthened gender perspective in the countries, using the EU integration process as a vehicle for change.
KtK supports a selection of about 10 women's organisations and networks throughout the Balkan region (Albania, BiH, Kosovo, Serbia, North Macedonia and Montenegro) to run evidence based and relevant advocacy campaigns. Advocacy efforts primarily targets national governments, but also other stakeholders. To optimise efforts, the partner organisations will strengthen their competence in both EU processes, advocacy skills and communication. KtK also facilitates necessary regional networking and finds relevant entry points in the EU institutions.
The overall objective of the project is: An engendered EU accession and integration process: civil society is both partner and watchdog.
The three intermediate objectives of the programme are:
- Increased visibility of women’s human rights in EU accession documents;
- Increased participation of women’s organisations in the EU accession process and
- Increased prioritisation of women’s human rights by governments in the EU accession process.