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services. The chapter examines specific
institutional, policy and attitudinal
drivers of economic exclusion – with a
particular focus on examining access
to employment, social protection systems
and public utilities.
Chapter 3 - Access to education
and exclusion: literacy and an education
focused on “life readiness” are
strongly connected to life opportunity
and social inclusion. Chapter 3 presents
a concept of inclusive education
and describes how reforms of the education
system in Kosovo have impacted
social inclusion. The chapter identifies
a number of groups excluded from
education and analyses the mechanisms
of their exclusion – presenting
specific recommendations to address
the barriers.
Chapter 4 - Health care services
and exclusion: equal access to quality
healthcare helps improve health outcomes
for socially excluded groups.
Chapter 4 presents key demographic
and health indicators of the Kosovo
population. It identifies challenges and
successes in the field of healthcare reforms
and how they have affected the
processes of exclusion/inclusion. The
chapter identifies socially excluded
groups and mechanisms of their exclusion
from the healthcare system,
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including poverty and other social factors.
It concludes with recommendations
for addressing health inequalities
and furthering social inclusion.
Chapter 5 - Political participation
and exclusion: inclusion is impossible
if people cannot equally and fully participate
in decision-making processes.
The chapter examines the concept
of social exclusion through a political
lens. Patterns and trends of political
participation in Kosovo are examined,
followed by a more detailed analysis
of socially excluded groups and the
mechanisms of their exclusion. The
chapter concludes by identifying challenges
to promoting inclusion in political
processes and providing specific
recommendations as to how the barriers
to social inclusion can be tackled
and eliminated.
Chapter 6 - Findings and recommendations:
this chapter summarizes
key drivers of social inclusion and lists
Kosovo’s primary socially excluded
groups. Strategic and sector-specific
recommendations towards realization
of social inclusion are provided and
elaborated.