This report is part of the activities that are
planned for the implementation of the
Support to Social Partners (SSP) project,
funded by EU Office in Kosovo.
Specifically, the project contributes to
“developing skills and knowledge of social
partners in legislation drafting, legal
research and analysis”, “strengthen the
administrative and management capacities
of social partners”, “strengthen the
capacities of social partners in advocacy,
lobbying and negotiations”, and
“facilitating the organizational reform of
social partners”.
The report represents direct support to the
work of the Social and Economic Council
(SEC), which legally is in charge of
facilitating tripartite social dialogue in the
country. This report is the SSP project
contribution to feeding information
collected in the field to the discussions in
SEC. Active secretarial support has also
been provided to SEC, which combined
with digitalization of SEC materials, is
aimed at improving process management
within this body.
The project is streamlined with ongoing
processes, and has taken into consideration
all major events and programs taking place
during the implementation period. The
approach of harmonizing all project
activities into ongoing processes of other
actors is perceived to be the most adequate
for obtaining the most qualitative results. As
such, some of the project activities are
dependent on processes and stakeholder
cooperation, and cannot be implemented
without their participation.
The purpose of this survey with the general population is to assess the following:
- The level of public awareness and
knowledge about social policies;
- The level of public opinion and attitude
towards welfare systems and level of
protection desired by citizens;
- Public attitude towards illegal
migration;
- Expectations and attitudes of the general
public towards social and employment
policies;
- Individual savings habits and attitudes
of the general public.
The findings from this research should be
used by members of the Social Economic
Council and the Ministry of Labour and
Social Welfare as citizen feedback on
priority policies and reliable information to
be used for decision-making. Hence,
institutional representatives are the primary
audience of this report, but other
stakeholders such as social partners,
international donor organizations, Kosovo
Parliament, political parties, Civil Society
Organization (CSO’s), media, as well as the
general public, are also targeted with this
report. Given the scarcity of literature and
research in the topics covered by the report,
the information presented herein can also be
used by students and academia in their
work.
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