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Proper reflection of citizen perceptions, attitudes, and opinions remains essential in recognizing the population's awareness of social issues. Moreover, this turns out to be necessary for an economy like Kosovo, where unemployment remains high while the number of social schemes continues to increase. In addition, citizens' contributions and awareness of these issues are also challenging. This further complicates social dialogue as a process that balances the interests of the parties involved, specifically employees and employers.

To read the full report, click here Citizens Perceptions and Attitudes in South and North Mitrovica

This report provides an overview of implementing environment for “GrassRoots Action Support – GRAS”, an European Union funded project, managed by the European Union Office in Kosovo, implemented by Kosovar Stability Initiative (IKS), Lens, and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), office in Kosovo. The report also provides an overview of capacities and needs of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) targeted with this research, namely grassroots and local organisations. Given there is no universal understanding on the definition of grassroots organisations many definitions were analyzed before adopting the one provided by The European Union (EU) Civil Society Online Helpdesk, which uses “self-organisation, common interests, volunteer-based, non-profit organisation” as the key words used to define such organisations. Similarly, due to the difficulties in translating the words “constituents” and ”constituencies” into Albanian, when interviewing the organisations the word “community” and several other expressions have been adopted as it was the best way to explain the concept. 

LEXONI RAPORTIN- Mapping of Local and Community Based CSOs

In a country where losing a job is acceptable, it is still very difficult to find workers who confess their challenges, or even those of their families and colleagues. Among many reasons, the potential danger that comes from identification, makes violations or even fatalities in the workplace to still be a public secret.

Read the report To be Silent and Patient, or be Fired for more details.

Tregu i punës në Kosovë mbetet ende sfidues për pjesëmarrësit në të. Derisa marrëdhënia e Punës në Kosovë rregullohet nga Ligji i Punës, kjo nuk reflektohet edhe në aplikueshmërinë e tij në praktikë. Problemet janë të shumëfishta duke filluar nga kontrata të parregullta, shkelje të kontratës e deri tek mungesa e sigurisë dhe rrezikim i shëndetit në vendin e punës. Pasoja mbetet drejtëpërdrejtë në kualitetin dhe trajtimin e denjë të punëtorëve, duke u rënduar shumë herë edhe veprimtaria e bizneseve.

Ky raport është përgatitur nga stafi i IKS dhe përmbajtja e tij pasqyron kontributin e IKS. Pikëpamjet e shprehura në raport nuk pasqyrojnë domosdoshmërisht pikëpamjet e UNOPS si Organizata Kryesore Zbatuese e projektit.

“Monitorimi i zbatimit të Ligjit të Punës në Kosovë” është përgatitur nga projekti i IKS “Mbështetje për Koalicionin e Drejtësisë Sociale”. Ky hulumtim publikohet brenda kornizës së projektit “Promovimi i punës sëdenjë përmes forcimit të menaxhimit të sigurisë dhe shëndetit në punë, si dhe dialogut social në Kosovë” i cili implementohet nga UNOPS dhe financohet nga Agjencia Suedeze e Bashkëpunimit Ndërkombëtar për Zhvillim (Sida) përmes Ambasadës së Suedisë në Prishtinë”.

Për të lexuar raportin, klikoni këtu Raporti Monitorimit te Zbatimit te Ligjit

“Analizë rreth strukturës së anëtarësisë në BSPK ” është përgatitur nga projekti i IKS “Mbështetje për Koalicionin e Drejtësisë Sociale”. Ky hulumtim publikohet brenda kornizës së projektit “Promovimi i punës së denjë përmes forcimit të menaxhimit të sigurisë dhe shëndetit në punë, si dhe dialogut social në Kosovë” i cili implementohet nga UNOPS dhe financohet nga Agjencia Suedeze e Bashkëpunimit Ndërkombëtar për Zhvillim (Sida) përmes Ambasadës së Suedisë në Prishtinë”.

Për të lexuar raportin, klikoni këtu Raport Hulumtues Rreth Anëtaresisë së BSPK .

200 respondents, men and women in the Prishtina region, completed the survey generating data for this report. Its intended use is to generate public discussion on the topics covered, and inform decision-makers and government on key social and welfare policies. The survey and this report have been carried out as part of the “Support to Social Justice Coalition” project, which is within the framework of the UNOPS project “Promoting Decent Work through Strengthening OSH Management and Social Dialogue in Kosovo", funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), represented by the Embassy of Sweden in Prishtina. The exercise aims to highlight the importance of social dialogue, fuel discussion within the newly elected government and inform the operationalization of the Government Program 2021 – 2025, which includes objectives related to poverty eradication, intended to be achieved through reform of social schemes and activating the labor force. These are a cornerstone of social dialogue process and a fundamental aim of the Trade Union existence in the first place. 

To read the full report, click here: The Citizen Perceptions and Attitudes in the Prishtina Region

This report represents the final result of an in-depth analysis of the situation of women in the labor market and the implications that Covid-19 had in the employment of women. The report aims to be a fact-based contribution to the debate on women employment and obtain information about the quality of jobs for women in Kosovo as well as feed information on the working conditions of women at the country level. This will be used by IKS and QPA as the basis for a policy/work strategy and a wider program of support to women participation in the labor market in Kosovo.

To read the full report, click: Being a Women in the Labor Market

Since March 2020, when the first confirmed cases of Covid-19 occurred in Kosovo and the lockdown took place, the main societal concern has been the ability of a developing country to manage an unraveling, unprecedented crisis. It quickly became clear that the virus does not discriminate in its impact, leaving us to understand that it does not select victims and that its consequences can be unimaginable. This is best shown by the extremely frightening statistics of this virus, where the number of positive cases worldwide to date is about 93.2 million, with over 2 million deaths, including Kosovo, which so far counts over 55,000 positive cases, with a total of over 1,400 dead - statistics that are growing day by day. However, what is even more dramatic is that the Covid-19 crisis is not only a health crisis, but also a widespread socioeconomic crisis affecting vulnerable members of the society the most.

To read the full report:

Program & Stimulus Packages After The Economic Crisis & Workers Rights In Kosovo

This report is the final result from the activity aimed at measuring the application of labor law legislation in the private sector in Kosovo. The report makes an overview of labor legislation and laws related to health and safety at work, as well as, the institutional framework for implementing them. It further makes an overview of expected/initiated changes in labor-related legislation before discussing the findings from the field research with private sector companies, before presenting the findings from the survey with businesses.

To read the full report, click here:

Raporti Final i Monitorimeve