The Center for Democracy Foundation (hereinafter referred to as the CDF) implements the three-year regional project Regional Youth Dialogue for Europe-RYDE (hereinafter referred to as the Project) financed by the European Union (EU) on the basis of grant no. 441-454. The project is being implemented in the period from February 1, 2023 until January 31, 2026. The CDF is the lead partner of the Project and coordinates the work of project partners (hereinafter referred to as Partners) in the consortium consisting of AIEN (Albania), Youth Act (Albania), Network of Progressive Initiatives-NPI (Bosnia and Herzegovina), NGO Info Center (North Macedonia), Kosovar Stability Initiative- IKS (Kosovo*) and Regional Academy for Democratic Development – ADD (Serbia).

The goal of the Project is to contribute to strengthening the participatory democracy of European integration and regional cooperation in the Western Balkans, through increased influence of civil society organizations, especially youth organizations in the promotion of democratic values, political, economic and social benefits of European integration of the Western Balkans.

For more information on the ToR and how to submit, please see the document: 📄ToR senior national experts RYDE Survey Final

The documents must be sent at the email info@iksweb.org, no later than 4^th of August.

We invite you to apply for the POLITEIA Regional School for Youth Participation that will take place July 6-12, 2023 in Niš, Serbia.

The first POLITEIA School for Civil Society took place in 1997 where youth gained valuable knowledge of democratic and European values. Since then, hundreds of young people were taught and motivated to actively participate in social and political processes. POLITEIA is recognized as one of the leading non-formal educative programs for because of its great choice of lecturers, interactive methodology as well as choosing qualified participants. POLITEIA was raised to a regional level during a three-year regional project “Regional Youth Compact for Europe - RYCE” (2018-2021) and participation is now available for young people from the entire Western Balkans region. POLITEIA Regional School is organized within the three-year regional project“Regional Youth Dialogue for Europe” funded by the European Union.

Some of the main issues of this year’s POLITEIA will be:

• European Union and enlargement - Western Balkans and accession to the EU: stagnation or progress?
• National, Regional and European Identity - How can we connect them?
• What kind of economic and social progress does the adoption of European standards bring?
• What kind of country and society do we want to build?
• Public space - inclusive, democratic, without hate speech and fake news
• What are the domestic assignment on the way to the EU? How does the EU help us achieve them?
• Key challenges at the national and regional level
• Regional cooperation - a condition for EU accession or a real need in the Western Balkans?
• What are public policies and how are they designed?
• What are the youth policies in the EU and the Western Balkans?
• Dialogue between youth and decision-makers - how is it organized, who participates in it, what is discussed?

Participation in the POLITEA Western Balkans School for Youth Participation is open to final-year undergraduate high school students, students, young professionals and activists from the age of 18 to 25 from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo*, Serbia and North Macedonia. Participants will be chosen according to their academic, activist and other achievements as well as their motivation for being part of POLITEIA alumni network.

Successful candidates will be those who have a strong interest in acquiring new knowledge about the social, economic and political benefits of the European integration of the Western Balkans, youth policies, youth networking at the regional and European level, as well as mechanisms for participation in the process of creating and implementing public policy.

Certificate for successfully completing POLITEIA Regional School for Youth Participation will be awarded to the POLITEIA participants.

The deadline for submitting application is June 4, 2023.

Please kindly note that participation in POLITEIA Regional School for Youth Participation 2023 is free of charge! The organizer is also covering all accommodation, food and travel costs.

Objectives

Improving employment conditions is a key element in working towards better gender equality in Kosovo.Through this contract, the IKS project team aim to obtain information about the quality of jobs for women in Kosovo and feed information on the working conditions of women at the country level in the retail and cleaning industry. This will be used by IKS and QPA as the basis for a policy/work strategy and a wider programme of support to women participation in the labor market in Kosovo.

While the focus of CSOs and other actors has rightly been on active labour market projects, decent work has been neglected to date. Regardless of which factor is the most prevalent, it is certain that discrimination of women at workplace happens systematically and their working conditions are far from being decent.

Our goal is to achieve decent work conditions for all women. Ending this form of discrimination against women and girls is not only a basic human right, but it is also crucial to achieving social justice.

Implementation

The intended commencement period is the 1^st of October 2021, while the sessions should be completed before the 31^st of December 2021.

Please send your CV and Motivation Letter to brikena_berisha@iksweb.org, by 23d of September 2021.

To read the full Terms of Reference, click: 📄 Terms of Reference – Matra 

IKS, në kuadër të projektit “Mbështetje për Koalicionin e Drejtësisë Sociale”, po kërkon katër (4) anketues, si pjesë e hulumtimit me punonjësit e sektorit privat në Kosovë dhe vlerësimin e njohurive të tyre mbi ligjet e lidhura me punën.

Gjetjet e këtyre vizitat do t’u shërbejnë vendimmarrësve për të identifikuar aspektet më problematike të zbatimit të ligjeve bazë në fushën e punës dhe punësimit, dhe në të njëjtën kohë shërbejnë si udhëzues për agjencitë e zbatimit të ligjit në lidhje me problemet e identifikuara në terren.

Anketimi në terren do të zgjasë nga data 30 gusht deri më 30 shtator 2021. Kandidatët e interesuar duhet të dëgojnë CV-në dhe një letër motivuese në email adresën:

mrike_sefaj@iksweb.org. 

Thirrja do të jetë e hapur për një javë, duke filluar nga 17.08.2021, ndërsa afati i fundit për dorëzimin e dokumenteve është 23.08.2021.

Për më shumë klikoni në këtë link: Thirrje per anketues

Conflict Mitigation and Mediation Services Expert

The implementation of labour-related laws is quite poor in Kosovo and subject to grave criticism. One basic problem of its implementation is the general situation in the field, particularly the high unemployment rate, which causes employees to remain in their positions regardless of the working condition, despite breaches of their rights. An additional obstacle to the implementation of labour related legislation has been the lack of implementing and monitoring capacities of responsible institutions. 

Scope and Methodology

IKS intends to commission a local Conflict Mitigation and Mediation Services Expert for offering training for Resolution- ADR to BSPK members. IKS and BSPK will coordinate this effort, but the expert would be responsible for organizing trainings and communicate with lawyers from federations. IKS reserves the right to review and approve the methodology and all instruments, guides, and or administrative procedures as necessary to comply with IKS procedures. 

Through this activity, there are several steps that the expert need to do: 

1. Provide trade union members training programmes for resolving cases on violations of labour and OSH Law 

2. Promote the resolution of conflict through mediation and other dispute resolution practices; 

3. Support the expansion and adoption of mediation and dispute resolution in labour related cases; 

For the full ToR: ToR Conflict Mitigation and Mediation Services Expert