Kosovo Human Development Report 2010 - UNDP Kosovo - United ...

er than the ad hoc system currently
in place. A clear system should be
mainstreamed into Kosovo’s legislative
process, replicated across all
sectors and for all laws. At the same
time, Kosovo’s authorities and development
partners should work
to build the willingness and capacity
of civic institutions representing
excluded groups, including
the media, to monitor government
performance and be a productive
agent for policy formulation.
• Promote anti-discrimination campaigns
at local and central levels:
extensive social mobilization should
be conducted to mobilize awareness
of human rights – particularly focusing
on women and RAE communities.
The purpose of outreach should
be to strengthen social cohesion
within the context of the civic process;
i.e., to overcome self-exclusion
as much as ostracization. This would
require providing communities with
opportunities for dialogue with each
other, as much as with authorities.
Such a complex programme would
need to be implemented locally, and
supported by civic leaders at a local
level. However, the design of the
initiative and its funding should be
centrally regulated, and developed
in consultation with Kosovo-wide
civil society groups.
• Promote political activism among
youth: special awareness building
and civic education programmes
should be designed and implemented
to target youth – within the context
of the Law on Empowerment
and Participation of Youth. Opportunities
for political dialogue and
activism within and outside the
current education system should
be explored, to enable participation
of both boys and girls – in-
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cluding rural girls. Where youth
centres are not sufficiently active
and resourced, partnerships with
higher academic and private institutions
should be leveraged to promote
them as places where young
people can meet, give and receive
feedback alongside authorities and
develop strategies to improve their
life prospects.
The government should find and
experiment with various channels of
communication to inform the youth
and the general population about
the important political process and
legislation changes.
Youth participant of a focus group
(iii) Create local linkages between excluded
groups and the political process
at the municipal level
• Strengthen political dialogue and
outreach through NGOs: NGOs representing
socially excluded groups
should be strengthened, including
through finding domestic and
secure sources of financing (perhaps
through private donations)
NGOs should also be assisted to
train communities on how to work
together so that they can more effectively
represent their common
interests before the local and regional
authorities.
• Provide targeted outreach to excluded
groups as part of the municipal
planning process: NGOs
can also provide a critical link
with excluded communities during
municipal-level developments
and budgetary planning. Municipal
plans should be designed to
promote further consultation with
excluded groups, and common