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Public Pulse IV Provide Kosovo stakeholders with timely data on institutional and socio-economic stability while serving as an essential analytical tool for building social cohesion and development efforts.
Support for Low Emission Development in Kosovo Support the Government to mainstream climate change concerns into sectoral and overall Kosovo’s development priorities, thus enabling Kosovo to deal with related issues, and consider it as an issue of sustainable development.
Youth Develop, Gender Norms an Youth Development, Gender Norms and Human Security in Kosovo: Supporting youth as drivers of gender equality, development and positive peace
Strengthening Local Climate Ac Reduce GHG emissions and contribute to carbon neutral development through an integrated and gender-sensitive approach of supporting informed decision-making to enable a green recovery from COVID-19
Growth through Green and Just Recovery from COVID-19 This project aims to provide an urgent, integrated solution to recover from the COVID-19 crisis by fostering an enabling environment and a people-centred approach, thus focusing on the most vulnerable groups as Kosovo.
Cultural Heritage Janjevo Preserving historic identity – Restoring the unique architecture of Janjevë/Janjevo would help to revive interest in and appreciation of local culture, collective memory and historic identity through revitalizing tangible and intangible heritage assets;
Kosovo Missing persons initative to increase stability Support the Governments of Kosovo and Serbia on dealing with the past and missing persons
Strengthening role of youth Strengthening the role of youth in promoting increased mutual understanding, constructive narrative, respect for diversity, and trust.The project aims to mobilize youth for participation and equal representation. It also aims to build capacity for youth organizations and youth officials at the municipal level. It promotes change, increased participation in decision making and public life, participation in informal education, employability, education, health promotion, culture, sports and recreat
Programme Development The projects’ main objective is to improve the capacities of the UNDP Country Office to design relevant responsive policies based on the proper analytical assessment processes
Local Development Project The project is to strengthen participatory democracies and the EU integration process in the Western Balkans by empowering civil society to actively take part in decision making and by stimulating civil society.
Integrated Institutional Approach and Strengthening cross-border cooperation to SALW Control This project builds upon the previous work in support of the Western Balkans SALW Control Roadmap and has as its main goal to further advance institutional approach and community engagement in Kosovo towards addressing FAE-related crime and misuse, and to strengthen bilateral cooperation between Kosovo and Albania in the field of SALW control. In this respect, the project will strengthen community and intelligence-led policing and community engagement on SALW control. It will further increase border control capacities to effectively prevent, detect, and counter illicit arms trafficking and enhance investigation and analytical capacities of Kosovo law enforcement to investigate FAE-related crime. The project will also advance handling, security and storage as related to firearms, ammunition and explosives (FAE). Finally, the project will enhance police exchange and cooperation on SALW matters between Albania and Kosovo.
Support to Combating Illict Ar This project aims to increase the capacities in the field of investigations (offline and online) and police operations in combating illicit arms trafficking and illegal possession of firearms.
Improved Social Cohension Project aims to conduct cultural interventions which promote dialogue, build understanding and foster a shared sense of ownership of cultural heritage among all Kosovo communities. In Kosovo cultural heritage has proved a successful entry point on re-building trust and improving inter-community acceptance as it addresses the need for respect of cultural identity and heritage of all. The envisaged result of the output is improved inter-ethnic acceptance through protection of cultural and religiou
Policy regulatory and capaciti Corruption in Kosovo remains endemic, with high levels of acquittals and those prosecutions and adjudications that are successful almost exclusively result in short sentences for which the perpetrator retains his/her position and is allowed to enjoy the illicit proceeds obtained through corruption. A culture of alleged impunity of high officials, countenanced nepotism from the top to the bottom, and low expectations for the delivery of public services can be rooted out through comprehensive legi
Active Labour Market Programmes 2 The main project objective is to improve the capacities of the labour market institutions to design relevant gender responsive policies. Vulnerable youth across Kosovo – with a particular focus on women – receive integrated employment services
Rehabilitation of sites CHIII Under the auspices of the Cultural Heritage a Driver for Inter Community Dialogue and Social cohesion project, 21 sites of important cultural and religious heritage value will have been restored.The project will fully renovate three sites including the Sahat Kulla/Clock Tower in Prishtine/Pristina, the house in Mitrovica and the mosque in Drenovc/Drenovce village in Decan/Decani municipality. The activities will be conducted jointly with the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports (house in Mitrov
Dealing with Conflict Legacy in Kosovo – Enhancing coordination and support The conflict in Kosovo in the late 1990s led to tens of thousands of casualties and hundreds of thousands of civilians being displaced from their homes. More than twenty years after the end of the conflict, 1617 persons remain unaccounted for. The unresolved legacies of the conflict and the resulting impunity has left victims and their families’ rights unaddressed. Families of missing persons lack adequate institutional support as well as a cohesive voice which can hold institutions accountable. This creates an environment of polarization, grievances and division that is not conducive to social cohesion. Furthermore, the issue of missing persons is linked to women and youth disempowerment, despite the positive role they can play in strengthening social cohesion. Social cohesion as a programmatic approach to build sustainable peace, prevent recurrence of violence ultimately strengthens the rule of law, democratisation and reconciliation as the overarching objectives of transitional justice. In this context, the project intends to contribute to a constructive space for inter-ethnic dialogue and engagement of all communities with institutions by enhancing coordination between associations of families of missing persons, tackle divisive narratives which hinder inter-community dialogue and empower women and youth as agent of change towards creating a society that is able to openly discuss its past, and the role they played in the conflict, without victimisation and blame.
Kosovo Climate Promise Project - 2 Therefore, this project proposes an urgent and integrated solution to further enhance collaboration with Kosovo institutions. It aims to continue supporting the Climate Change Council, facilitate the development of voluntary NDCs, and institutionalize the pilot course on solar installers to promote sustainable and equitable economic development in Kosovo. The projects focus will be on establishing the groundwork for mitigation and adaptation policies and green financing, aligning with Kosovos commitment to addressing climate change challenges. By prioritizing these efforts, Kosovo can navigate the complexities of the current crises and strive towards a more sustainable future.
Programme Development The project will enhance the substantive capacity of UNDP country office and its management to respond in a timely, adequate and flexible manner to the identified needs of the Kosovo institutions
Creative Industries Kosovo The Creative Industries Kosovo Project will contribute to development of a conducive environment for the growth of the creative economy by promoting creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship in both the public and private sectors. The intervention will support the development of creative and cultural institutions and industries through inclusive and data-driven policymaking, strengthened formal and informal education opportunities, and supporting private sector development and employment oppo
UN Support to MCC data President of Kosovo in 2015, requested UN agencies, to collect data on social, economic and political progress in Kosovo. 20 indicators entered by UNKT into the MCC Scorecard determined eligibility for the Compact or a US Threshold programme.
Joint Programme on Domestic Vi UN Joint Programme on Domestic Violence in Kosovo Support to addressing Gender Based Violence in Kosovo through strengthening the Implementation of the Kosovo Law, National Action Plan and Strategy against Domestic Violence
The Excellence Fund The project will respond to demand-driven institutional needs for additional capacities on core functions (institutional arrangements, leadership, knowledge, and accountability) as well as technical and functional issues (stakeholder engagement, developing vision and mandate, formulate strategies and policies, budget management and implementation of policies and evaluation). The project will place highly qualified and experienced individuals who can contribute quickly and effectively to the core
Support Strengthening Information through Youth Empowerment This project aims to address the issue of misinformation and disinformation in Kosovo by empowering young women and men activists, and youth and women’s organizations with necessary skills and tools to collect data, raise awareness and expose false information, including digital content targeting girls and women. Given the impact of mis/disinformation on long-standing tensions and legacy of conflict, the project will also engage young people as agents of change in building positive peace and con
Urban Transformation Initiative The Urban Transformation Initiative (UTI) aims to promote urban transformation in Prishtinë/Priština by engaging diverse stakeholders in a collaborative design process and leveraging innovative funding sources to scale up successful prototypes.
Dealing with Conflict Legacy in Kosovo – Enhancing coordination and support The conflict in Kosovo in the late 1990s led to tens of thousands of casualties and hundreds of thousands of civilians being displaced from their homes. More than twenty years after the end of the conflict, 1617 persons remain unaccounted for. The unresolved legacies of the conflict and the resulting impunity has left victims and their families’ rights unaddressed. Families of missing persons lack adequate institutional support as well as a cohesive voice which can hold institutions accountable.
Cross-Border IAT&SALW KS-NMK Safety and security are one of the key aspects in a human society, and it has accompanied mankind at all phases of development. Living and functioning freely and free of any fear is the first and foremost interest of each citizen, notwithstanding age, gender, race or religion. Therefore, any risk to security, seriously harms basic principles of human rights and freedoms. Illegal possession, trafficking and misuse of SALW cause hundreds of thousands of deaths across the globe each year. In many r
Gender Based Violence and Acce Gender Based Violence and Access to Justice UNDP. There has been major progress in the rule of law sector over the past 15 years in Kosovo.This support is aligned with the priorities already identified by the authorities of Kosovo
Building better future for citizens of 2 Municipalities Building a better future for citizens of FushëKosovë/Kosovo Polje and Obiliq/Obilic: Participation, Protection, and multi-ethnic Partnerships for improved education, health and sustainable livelihoods
Healthier Kosovo 2 The project strives to reduce the environment-related disease burden on Kosovo population health and support the transition to a resilient society towards the environmental health threats including air pollution, COVID-19 related waste.
Joint Programme on Domestic Violence in Kosovo The project will support and address the Gender Based Violence in Kosovo through strengthening the Implementation of the Kosovo Law, National Action Plan and Strategy against Domestic Violence
Management Plan The project is created to manage the organizational effectiveness of UNDP Office in Kosovo. The project aims to enhance analyses and manages UNDP Kosovo business processes mapping and contributes to internal Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
Rapid Resp to C. Stabilzation2 The overall objective of the project is community stabilization by promoting cooperation and peace, through direct social and economic support and activities of shared interest for communities.
Institutional Capacity for Municipality of Pristina The activity of the local self-government in Kosovo is based on the Constitution and laws of Kosovo which are aligned with the European Charter on Local Self-Government. The current system of competences of municipalities is based on the Law on Local Self-Governance Articles 15-23 (also Article 124.3 of the Constitution). Overall, significant competences are devolved to municipalities, which represent the basic units of governance. Own competencies provide municipalities with sufficient autonomy
Organizational Effectiveness The project is created to manage the organizational effectiveness of UNDP Office in Kosovo. The project aims to enhance analyses and manages UNDP Kosovo business processes mapping and contributes to internal Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
Public Pulse V Data has become indispensable instrument for human-centered policies, good governance, decision-making and policy development. Data are produced and used with data systems being increasingly utilized by strategists and decision-makers. Informed organizations and institutions are better equipped to take decisions which serve the needs of various socio-economic groups and society in general. Evidence based decision-making is key to ensuring that development policies are comprehensive and lined up to serve all population groups. Hence, data gathering, analysis and dissemination is an important step in the cycle of policymaking. Reliable data also increase public trust in institutional decisions and the transparency of interventions and policies. In this context, numerous countries in the region and wider are developing institutional infrastructure to gather, digitalize, store, manage and make data more available for decision-making and for research. Kosovo is still facing substantial problems in the implementation of Open Data among WB countries. The findings of a study on real-time monitoring of the dataset quality of open data in the Western Balkan, availability of low-quality dataset formats appears to be the biggest concern impacting data reuse. However digital transformation has a lot of potential due to institutional drive and commitment for a Digital Agenda and promotion of access to Open Government Data (OGD).
Institutional Strengthening of Anti-corruption public in Anti-corruption institutions in Kosovo provide more effective oversight on public institutions. Selected central and local institutions demonstrate principles of integrity and transparency. Improved execution of CSO and citizens
Kosovo Safety and Security Programme UNDP office in Kosovo has invested heavily in raising the issue of violent extremism, producing the very first assessment and white paper, with high visibility due to data/ survey driven work/ support to the inter-ministerial working group.
Building a Better Future The project “Building a better future for citizens of Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje and Obiliq/Obilic” is a joint effort of UNDP, UNICEF,UNFPA, UNV and WHO under UN Kosovo Team (UNKT) umbrella, addressing key human security challenges
Anti-corruption institutions i Anti-corruption institutions in Kosovo provide more effective oversight on public institutions. Selected central and local institutions demonstrate principles of integrity and transparency.Improved execution of CSO and citizens
Institutional Capacity for Municipality of Pristina The activity of the local self-government in Kosovo is based on the Constitution and laws of Kosovo which are aligned with the European Charter on Local Self-Government. The current system of competences of municipalities is based on the Law on Local Self-Governance Articles 15-23 (also Article 124.3 of the Constitution). Overall, significant competences are devolved to municipalities, which represent the basic units of governance. Own competencies provide municipalities with sufficient autonomy to manage several fields for which the law grants them full power. Delegated competencies are mainly services that municipalities perform on behalf of the central level, such as social assistance.
Strengthening Local Climate Action The objective of the project is to enhance the urban and rural transition towards carbon neutral development and climate resilient pathways in Prizren and Suhareka municipalities, while creating sustainable livelihoods and well-being.
Support to Ecotourism The overall goal is to bounce forward from the COVID-19 pandemic through greener recovery. The focus will be on greening Kosovo’s tourism sector through public-private partnerships, coherent policy and a resilient and agile tourism strategy.
Creative Industries Kosovo The Creative Industries Kosovo Project will contribute to development of a conducive environment for the growth of the creative economy by promoting creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship in both the public and private sectors. The intervention will support the development of creative and cultural institutions and industries through inclusive and data-driven policymaking, strengthened formal and informal education opportunities, and supporting private sector development and employment opportunities in the sector.
Anti-corruption Asset Confiscation Tool (ACT) Efforts to reform the public administration and judiciary and create a robust anti-corruption system have largely failed to remove illicit assets attained through corruption and return them to public coffers. This has led to a widespread public perception of a political system in which a business/political strata is above the law and able to enrich themselves while the rest must resort to migration to better functioning countries in order to have a chance to prosper through merit and hard work.
Economic Resilience Programme (ERP) The Economic Resilience Programme is articulated around several methodologies that seek to strengthen value chains with the objective of increasing productivity and competitiveness for sustainable and inclusive growth, through actions that can strengthen the capacities of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and their ecosystem, expanding their access to finance, incorporating innovation in business models, strengthening local productive chains, and supporting the internationalization of enterprises.
Digital Skills Project The project builds on the potential of the Digital Economy to provide job opportunities and contribute to economic growth for improved livelihoods in Kosovo . In particular, the intervention provides opportunities for skills development as a key enabler for change with a specific focus on improving touristic offers with an underlying focus across all activities. The aim is to enhance employability as a key enabler for both sustainable development and social cohesion through targeting specific population groups. As such, the project provides a menu of options, addressing the needs of a diverse group of women and men beneficiaries, with specific focus on tourism and engagement of non-majority communities. The project aims to bridge the skills gap between the targeted population group and the market needs of digital economy, as a means of creating employment and economic growth while simultaneously enhancing inter-ethnic dialogue and understanding. Through a Digital Skills for All (DS4A) approach, the project will increase the digital skillset via bootcamps in six major areas: digital design, digital marketing, web development, networking, mobile applications, and data engineering. Through the DS4A, the project foresees upskilling 150 women and men as well as enable 100 young women to access online freelancing opportunities. The trainings will provide the fundamental know-how, introducing users to a range of tools and programming languages currently in high demand within the ICT sector.
Promoting the rule of law by improving equal access to justice and advancing language rights in Kosovo The project supports the disadvantaged groups and non-majority communities that are most vulnerable to legal problems and have challenges to navigate the justice system. This is due to the fact the justice institutions have insufficient capacities and resources to respond to all the people’s needs to access justice in their own language and their need to respond to cases efficiently and without delays. To address the local needs and problems, the project will, among others, provide professional and technical support to the Kosovo Judicial Council to support the courts in ensuring everyone’s rights to legal proceedings are guaranteed as per the law on language rights. The project will also improve case management and the court archive system through engagement of professional legal resources in all seven basic courts to support the judiciary on the implementation of the court archive strategy.  The project is fully aligned with the priorities and needs of the Kosovo Justice institutions specifically those focusing on Rule of Law and Access to Justice and is in line with the recently published Rule of Law Sector Strategy 2021-2026. UNDP has conducted consultations with the main justice institutional partners such as the Kosovo Judicial Council (KJC) and the basic courts.Consultations with stakeholders and UNDP proactive coordination with other partners enabled to ensure that the foreseen activities in the project do not overlap with any other ongoing interventions undertaken by other actors providing support in this field.This programmatic activity will help further strengthen the partnership and cooperation with key justice institutions namely the Kosovo Judicial Council (KJC), the Academy of Justice and Basic Courts, and leverage UNMIK and UNDP’s results on rule of law, including the promotion of partnerships across UN agencies.
Global Engineer Girls - Kosovo The project will aim to improve women’s economic empowerment in Kosovo through STEM/Engineering. The project will aim to improve women’s access in the labour market and economy in the STEM fields, by strengthening the eco-system that will motivate and support more women studying and joining STEM/Engineering fields.
Active Labour Market Programmes - 3 This project aims to (1) establish sustainable links for business acceleration and (2) enable skills development for young unemployed jobseekers in the Kosovo labour market, with both missions having a special focus on repatriated jobseekers.
Strengthened civic engagement This outcome focuses on the development of civic engagement mechanisms through initiatives on corruption reporting, referral and monitoring, resulting in increased capacities to hold public institutions accountable and awareness on how corruption is tackled. The outcome 3 theory of change is that if civic engagement mechanisms are established and used through initiatives on corruption reporting, referral and monitoring, and increased awareness on how corruption is tackled, then public institutio
Local Development Project The project aims to strengthen participatory democracies and the EU integration process in the Western Balkans