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ALUMNI NETWORK HANDBOOK

“There is a

tremendous

strength that is

growing in the

world through .

. . sharing

together,

praying

together,

suffering

together and

working

together”

Mother Teresa

Table of Content

Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………. 1

Hope Fellowship Alumni Network …………………………………………………….. 2

Mission …………………………………………………………………………...

Organizational Structure/Alumni Network Leadership ………………………….

Steering Committee ………………………………………………………………

Role of the Steering Committee Members ……………………………………….

Network committees ……………………………………………………………..

Role of the Network Committee Members ………………………………………

Sample activities …………………………………………………………………

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Guidelines – Policies, Procedures, Reporting, Budget …………………………………... 5

Communications - Hope Fellowships Newsletter, Electronic communications …….… 5

Volunteer Fellow of the Year (Award) ………………………………………………… 6

Code of Commitment …………………………………………………………………… 7

Hope Fellows …………………………………………………………………………….. 8

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Hope Fellowship Program – Alumni Network Handbook

February 2013

Introduction

Pursuant to the Assistance Objectives set forth by USAID, the NAAC-HF Phase V Women’s

Leadership and Economy program goals are to:

Goal 1: Reinforce and enhance women’s positions and participation at the municipal and

national government level to positively impact the process of democracy consolidation and

economic development.

Goal 2: Empower women professionals to advocate as one voice for inclusive and

developmental policies in Kosovo’s state building process.

With the goal of empowering women professionals to advocate for inclusive and developmental

policies in Kosovo’s state building process, HF will strengthen its mechanisms by voluntarily

engaging its existing network of women professionals. The HF network consists of 170 fellows

who are graduates of the WLP and over 500 fellows who are graduates of the in-country

program.

The overall HF Phase V Women’s Leadership and Economy program goals will be reached

through the following objectives:

Objective 1: Increase women’s capacity to support Kosovo's governance and economic ability.

Objective 2: Enable professional knowledge and first hand democratic leadership experience to

women in governance and economic decision-making.

Objective 3: Create a foundation for HF women professional’s network to advocate for the

needed reforms in country.

Objective 4: Enable opportunities for fellows to practice voluntarism and induce the leadership

ambition of HF, “giving back” to the community.

In order to successfully implement explicitly Objectives 1 to 3, the HF staff will engage the HF

Network in Alumni Network activities, including creating a Steering Committee to establish

functional Network Committees.

Through this Alumni Network, NAAC-HF seeks to:

- Influence public policy-making processes;

- Support reforms towards more accountable public institutions through positive change

and well-designed outcomes.

- Create an environment for the Fellows to practice voluntarism.

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Hope Fellowships Alumni Network

Mission

As the voice of Kosovo women, the Hope Fellowship Alumni Network represents the interests of

women’s professional development and ensures that alumni have an enduring voice in state

affairs and advancement.

The HF Alumni Network objectives are:

- To improve women’s positions in the government

- To increase awareness of the importance of women's participation and leadership within

governance structures

- To empower women within political parties and their involvement in decision-making

processes.

Organizational Structure/ Alumni Network Leadership

All graduates of the Hope Fellowships Program automatically become members of the HF

Alumni Network. Membership in the HF Alumni Network is free. The HF Alumni Network is

governed by the Steering Committee, which will monitor the Network Committees.

Steering Committee

HF will identify and organize a steering committee of three prominent HF alumni. The steering

committee will collaborate to organize the structure of the three Network Committees, will

participate in the active recruitment of HF alumni volunteers, and will facilitate the democratic

selection of each committee’s leadership panel. The leaders of each committee will be elected by

peers or through self-nomination and be approved by the Steering Committee.

Selection criteria for the recruitment of fellows for Network Committees will be as follows:

1. The alumna must have implemented her individual leadership project

2. The alumna must have expertise in the specific sector

3. Managing position in the sector selected

4. The alumna must be proactive, self-starter

5. The alumna must be active in public life

6. Ability to commit volunteer time

Role of the Steering Committee Members

It is important that each alumni network function as a team, preferably with a steering committee

as its core leadership. This steering committee should consist of at least three individuals; each

steering committee member will be a Chair, of the respective Network Committee. The steering

committee members by being a Chair of the NCs will monitor the work of the three Network

Committees as well as gather information for monthly narrative and budgetary reporting.

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The steering committee is free to decide how they would like to divide up responsibilities or

projects. The goal of the steering committee is to coordinate activities, networking opportunities,

and programs that will attract a diverse group of alumni while maintaining a meaningful

connection to Hope Fellowships Program.

Network Committees

HF jointly with the members of the Steering Committee will organize three committees known

as Network Committees (NCs). The NCs will be designed around the strengths and expertise of

our alumni and center on: Good Governance, Economic Development, and Health and

Education.

The three Network Committees have been determined based on the strength and expertise of the

majority of our fellows and most alarming sectors of Kosovo’s society that are in need of

positive change. The Network Committees’ main foci will be (1) to advocate for the creation of

policies where they are needed (2) to advocate for reforming ineffective policies and/or ensuring

good policies/laws are implemented and enforced (3) to advocate for gender related concerns and

(4) to positively act upon development whether its political, social and economic.

Role of the Network Committee Members

The decision-making, leadership, and program development will remain in the hands of the HF

alumni. Members of network committees will act to design and implement actions needed for

successful advocacy campaigns. Fellow members will lead the committees and bring their

knowledge as input to the advocacy initiatives. The professional skills of our Fellows provide

them with the ability to act as agents of change in the society without having to strengthen them

further in specific fields and/or advocacy.

Each Network Committee will have a minimum of five HF alumni voluntarily serving on the

committee’s Leadership Panel per one year period. Network Committee members in total 15

members will deliver the following:

Proposal with the budget

Work plan (timeline)

Advocacy initiative strategy

Narrative and budgetary report

One month after finalizing the initiative comprehensive final report to be submitted

The deliverables will be submitted to the respective Chair from the Steering Committee, than to

be followed to the Hope Fellowship Program for final approval.

The second year of the program new network committee members will be selected, totaling to 30

volunteers during the two years of program implementation. Each advocacy campaign initiated

by the network committee will be carried out by at least 25 members of the HF Network, totaling

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to 75 volunteers. During the two year of program implementation at least six advocacy

initiatives will be conducted. Each Network Committee will be able to implement two initiatves

per year. Each advocacy initiative will be carried out through a period of six months. As the NC

design is meant to be a lasting and sustainable network, each committee will meet on a monthly

basis—or more frequently based on the type and needs of the advocacy initiative —to address

committee needs, design and implement projects. NAAC-HF will offer the Prishtina office as a

venue for meetings, however, it will be up to each committee to determine meeting times and

locations to best accommodate our many fellows outside Prishtina.

Sample activities

Table of Network Committees and potential initiatives:

Network

Committee

Leadership

Panel

Members Potential Initiatives

Good

Governance

Committee

5 Hope

Fellowship

Alumni

15 – 25 Hope

Fellowship

Alumni

a. Advocating for participation and

representation of women in high level

positions within local and central

government and public enterprises

b. Advocating for ensuring protection

of women’s property rights

c. Advocating for enforcement of the

antidiscrimination law

Economic

Development

Committee

5 Hope

Fellowship

Alumni

15 – 25 Hope

Fellowship

Alumni

a. Advocating against informal

economy

b. Advocating for child care facilities

and/or adequate access to flexible

work arrangement

c. Advocating for a maternity leave

law to reduce women’s unemployment

d. Advocating for influencing the

misbalance of women’s labor force

participation

Health and

Education

Committee

5 Hope

Fellowship

Alumni

15 – 25 Hope

Fellowship

Alumni

a. Advocating for increasing girls

representation in educational

institution at all levels

b. Organizing public awareness

campaigns on any of the following

topics:

a. Nutrition and well being

b. Breast cancer

c. Cervical cancer

d. Anti-smoking

e. Hygiene

f. Pre-natal care

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Guidelines

Policies

- All events, whether face-to-face or online, must comply with relevant Hope Fellowships

Program policies

- All contracts need to be signed by a Chair of the Network Committee, who is also a

member of the Steering Committee.

- Each alumni activity or networking opportunity must comply with the mission of the HF

Alumni Network and align with the core purposes of the group. Activities should focus

on promoting Kosovo’s citizens rights, emphasizing women’s issues

Procedures

- All invitations, publications, emails, communications, etc. bearing the Hope Fellowships

name or logos must be approved by Hope Fellowships Program

- Please notify the HF Program of any address, phone, email or employment information

updates for alumni in your area.

- Provide up-to-date lists of steering committee and network committee members.

Reporting

- All activities undertaken should be reported to the Steering Committee, then the Steering

committee reports them to the Hope Fellowships Program

- This mandatory reporting is to be submitted in the beginning of each month; reporting

will be on a monthly basis

- The reporting includes the narrative and the budgetary form

Budget

- HF will ensure that each NC will be provided with an initial budget to enable further

fundraising for undertaking advocacy initiatives.

- HF will financially support two advocacy initiatives per year. NAAC-HF for each

advocacy campaign will allocate a fixed amount of financial support and will encourage

HF Network Committees to broaden the scope of their campaigns; and they will be

invited and supported to build partnerships and additional fundraisers.

- Budget of $2000 will be allocated for each initiative, with the possibility to fundraise

from other donor organization in Kosovo or abroad

Communications

Hope Fellowships Newsletter

- The NAAC-HF newsletter will be published every month, which will play an important

role in promoting the high level and quality research of Alumni Members, engaging

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alumni, attracting donors, creating interest among prospective women and connecting HF

Alumni Network with the broader community.

Electronic communications

- Each activity undertaken by the Alumni Network will be published in the HF web site,

Facebook Page and HF Blog.

Volunteer Fellow of the Year (Award)

HF created an awarding scheme “The volunteer fellow of the year”, to the fellow that

demonstrated self-initiative and contributed as agent of change or fellow that promoted women

and practiced equal treatment of women in her workplace and society.

Fellows will be awarded in three main areas (1) Implementation of individual leadership project;

(2) Engaging in activities of HF Network Committees and (3) Engagement in advocacy

initiatives implementation and contribution in public policy reforms.

HF throughout this program implementation year will organize an award ceremony in order to

promote and publicize fellow’s volunteer contribution to the society.

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Commitment

Each HF Alumni Network Member is required to agree on fulfilling the tasks from the Code of

Commitment

I _______________________ as an active member of Alumni Network of the Hope Fellowships

Program of the National Albanian American Council’s, pledge to take full advantage of the

opportunity given to me to advance my personal leadership capacities and empowerment as a

woman of Kosovo. I pledge to utilize my skills to the fullest extent to provide guidance and

assistance to my community and to help in its development and progress. I further pledge to

actively participate in the establishment and development of an alumni network that will help

empower and enhance the leadership capabilities of other decision makers and community

leaders in Kosovo.

I will uphold the missions and ideals of the U.S. Agency for International Development and the

National Albanian American Council.

As a Hope Fellow I will:

- Increase my self-awareness and motivation to act as a leader;

- Support the leadership of my colleagues and contribute actively to the development and

effectiveness of our group of fellows;

- Be a leader and change agent on behalf of Kosovo and the people of Kosovo;

- Be open to new ideas and experiences;

- Be flexible and proactive;

- Be a role model to others

- Cooperate and participate fully in the program requirements as articulated by the Hope

Fellowship Program and USAID;

- Have realistic expectations for the fellowship and offer constructive feedback for its

continuous improvement;

- Make a full commitment to all phases of the program including creating initiatives and

implementing them successfully

- Be dedicated to a life long endeavor of service and giving back what I have learned in

order to aid in the positive development of Kosovo and its people.

In good faith, I pledge to successfully accomplish the objectives of the Hope Fellowship

program’s Alumni Network with the goal of providing my knowledge and personal experience

as a resource for the progress of my community and country.

______________________________ ______________________________

Signature Date

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Hope Fellows

RULE OF LAW

Name Current Position Current organization Project Status Impact

Alma

Lama

Member of the

Parliament

Kosovo Parliament Role of Media in

Law Enforcement

Completed Research on Media and the Law on

Access to Public Documents

resulted with public access to

public records as an essential

component for effective

governance in a democracy.

Ariana

Qosaj-

Mustafa

Senior

Researcher/

Program

Coordinator

KIPRED Strengthening

Rule of Law:

Fight Against

Corruption and

Organized Crime

Completed Published research on

Strengthening Rule of Law in

Kosovo: The Fight Against

Corruption and Organized Crime

resulted with the Law on Witness

Protection; The Kosovo Judicial

Council strengthened with adequate

budgetary support and The Kosovo

Prosecutorial Council fully

operational.

Evliana

Berani

Executive

Director /

Founders

News agency “Info

Globi”

Establishment of

News Agency

Completed Since the establishment of News

Agency "Infoglobi" continuously

provides services that informs,

educates and entertains readers on

daily basis. During a day Info

Globi is visited by 25 000 readers.

The agency provides information

about politics, economy, culture,

technology, sport, science,

entertainment, health and so on.

The other important impact is that

Elviana, through InfoGlobi,

engaged the HF alumni from

different sectors, in writing and

publishing articles in this portal.

Flutër

Hoxha

Head of

Implementing and

Law Development

Division

Ministry of Local

Government

Revision of laws

in compliance

with

decentralization

law

On-going -

Merita

Behluli

President and

CEO;

Architectural

Consultant

M Studio;

MEST/ World Bank

Project; EUD In BiH

Research on

Construction Law

and Building

design norms and

standards

Completed The research on building design

norms and standards and

construction laws had direct impact

on introducing the norms and

standards for school buildings as a

coauthor of recently published

Guideline-Design Guidelines for

School facilities–Norms and

Standards for the Ministry of

Education, Science and

Technology.

The impact was also extended in co

organizing the International

Conference “step by step to better

school buildings” where the best

practices and knowledge of the

international experts on school

building norms and standards

where shared with the government

officials and professionals involved

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in the school building planning and

design.

Suzana

Krasniqi

Director of Legal

Issues, Treaties

and Human Rights

Department and

Lawyer

Ministry of Foreign

Affairs and

Constitutional Court

Research on

International

Treaties

Completed The completion of the project

supports improvement of the

situation on human rights

dimension. Kosovo as a state will

join international organizations and

mechanisms and therefore will be

obliged to report to the respect of

human rights.

EDUCATION


Arbërie

Nagavci

Consultant and

Master Learning

Facilitator

Basic Education

Program

Establish a

quality

management

system in Primary

School

Completed This project increased the quality

education in High School “Yll

Morina” in Gjakova. By installing

performance education report

amongst teachers, students and

management.

Burbuqe

Grajçevci

Human Resources

Manager

Microfinance

Institution - The Rural

Finance Project

Establishment of

Kosovo

Association for

Human Resources

Professionals

Completed The creation and establishment of

Association for Human Resources

Professionals impacted on better

work climate on organizational

performance in Kosovo; business

performance, rather than just in

terms of their immediate impact on

operating costs; HR professionals

in Kosovo are better organized as

community; they offer trainings,

researchers, conferences; published

the report on the current status of

HR development in Kosovo and so

on.

Diturie

Hoxha

Managing

Director

“Boshti” Software

Development Company Upgrading the

Kosovo Banking

Association’s

training program

Completed Kosovo Banking Association

adopted a qualification program

applicable all over Europe, in the

financial industry and recognized

by the European Countries. The

European Foundation Certificate in

Banking is a program developed by

European Bank Training Network

(EBTN – an association of the

leading bank training institutions in

Europe). The target audiences of

this certificate are mostly junior

bankers. It is a knowledge-based

training that aims to establish a

knowledge base of banking

activities recommended for all bank

employees. The program covers

three clusters: 1) The Economic

and Monetary Environment; 2)

Product – Customer Relationship

and 3) The Behavioral Aspects

Drita

Haxhaj

Education

Inspector

Ministry of Education

Science and

Technology

Increase the

quality in

teaching through

teacher trainings.

Completed Implemented project on

“Professional Development of

Teachers in order to increase the

Quality” through trainings teachers.

The project trained and monitored

370 teachers in Peja region.

Fadile

Dyla

Director of

Department of

Ministry of Education

Science and

Promoting best

practices of

Completed This project impacted with the

development of the School

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Infrastructure and

Technical

Services

Technology sustainability,

safety and

security,

innovative

design, evaluation

and investment to

ensure a quality

education

environment.

Mapping and Investment Planning

based on the school mapping data;

developed a Design Guidelines for

School facilities –Norms and

Standards and constructing of the

model school based on the norms

and standards of the Design

Guidelines for School facilities,

and School Mapping criteria’s.

Shpresa

Kika

Head of

Marketing Albi Group Awareness

raising campaign

on energy

efficiency.

Completed Awareness Campaign of Energy

Efficiency through ProCredit Bank

Branches throughout Kosovo

managed to advocate on energy

conservation and energy efficiency;

educate and encourage energy

consumers to consider all

economic, social and

environmental aspects of their

energy use.

Taibe

Canolli

Head of

Department for

Administration

and Personnel

Kosovo Police Introducing and

implementing a

standardized

system of

promotion in

Kosovo Police.

Completed By introducing standardized system

of promotion in Kosovo Police is

considered as an impact, since such

a system did not existed. In the

promotional process through this

project is included the creation of

standardized testing, a system

employed in such areas as

collegiate admissions, civil service,

psychological measurement, and

high school academic proficiency.

Valbonë

Kadrijaj

Human Resources

Director Distribution Unit,

Kosovo Energy

Corporation

To create

institution that

will provide

qualification and

to give

internationally

recognized

Certification on

vocational

education.

Completed KEK’s Training Center has been

transformed to Regional Training

and Certification Centre. Currently,

Training Centre of KEK issues

international certificates for

welders; for operators of heavy

machines; for electrical equipment

and safety at work. Internationally

certified employees can work also

for world wide companies. A group

of 2500 (in 2 years) workers has

already completed their training.

Vera

Rexhepi

Project

Coordinator

(EURED

supported Project)

Prishtina REA

(Regional Enterprise

Agency)

Establishment of

the

Environmental

Education Center

(EEC).

On-going -

Violeta

Zefi

Care Coordinator

for people living

with HIV/AIDS

Kosovo Association for

People Living with

HIV/AIDS

To strengthen the

services of

‘Center for Care

and Support for

People Living

with HIV/AIDS’

(PLHIV) and

their family

members

Completed Based on the recommendation as

presented on the Final Report of the

Operational Research: ‘Prevention,

care and needs of people living

with HIV/AIDS’ the following

improvements are achieved which

produced measurable impacts: 1)

more than 550 health and social

workers from seven regions of

Kosovo were trained by Violeta

Zefi (Psychologist) regarding

HIV/AIDS (ways of transmission,

stigma and discrimination toward

HIV/AIDS people etc); 2) more

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than 20 HIV/AIDS people are still

attending psycho-social counseling

at Kosovo Association for people

living with HIV/AIDS in order to

improve their behaviors-self care;

to maintain a healthy level of self-

confidence and self-esteem etc and

3) more than 30 family members of

HIV/AIDS people are still taking

treatment at the ‘Centre for Care

and Support’ at Kosovo

Association for people living with

HIV/AIDS.

Vjollca

Godanci

Resident Doctor -

Internal Medicine

Specialist

University Clinical

Centre of Kosovo and

Private Health Clinic

ASKLEPI MED

Establishing

Health Clinic

Completed The impact of the clinic results

with better examined patients with

the knowledge and expertise

brought from Washington, DC

experience.

DIPLOMACY & DEMOCRACY I


Aferdita

Rushiti

Media Manager Radio Television of

Kosova

To create a ‘base

project’ for RTK

to use as a

foundation for

future channels

Completed Created and presented a ‘base

project’ for RTK to use as a

foundation for future channels,

resulted with The Law on Radio

Television of Kosova – RTK,

(April 2012) restructures RTK to

consist of two channels: one

channel in Albanian language

(RTK) and one channel in Serbian-

language (RTK-2). The

Establishment of a Serbian-

Language Public Broadcasting

Channel in Kosovo increases the

participation of ethnic communities

in public life.

Anamari

Repic

Deputy Director

General

Radio Television of

Kosova

The establishment

of a new TV

channel

On-going -

Arjeta

Emra

Director British Council Kosovo Strategic and

Coordinated

Public Diplomacy

Completed “Communicating with Europe

through Diplomacy” project

resulted with: 267 individual visits

organized from countries such as

Slovakia, Spain, Romania, Cyprus,

Greece, Egypt, Alger, Russia,

China, including 8 present and

former foreign ministers and Prime

Ministers, dozens of university

professors, study trips with media

such as NY Times, El Mundo, El

Pais, FT; Many specialized and

targeted publications launched

including special supplements on

Kosovo in magazines The

Diplomat and Le Lettre

Diplomatique, as well as books on

Kosovo written by eminent authors

and publicists such as UK’s former

Europe Minister Dennis

MacShane.

Brikenda Assistant Editor in Koha Ditore Media in On-going -

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Rexhepi Chief promoting

Freedom of

Expression

Iliriana

Kacaniku

Program

Coordinator

Kosovo Foundation for

Open Society

To open

communication

channels between

Kosovo society

and those in

Romania and

Slovakia

Completed This project impacted with better

informed audience in Romania and

Slovakia about Kosovo.

Participants attending the meetings

were opinion makers, publicists,

politicians, academics and civil

society members, the visits were

reciprocal with visitors from

Romania and Slovakia visiting

Kosovo.

Jetmira

Berdynaj

Director of the

Department for

Consular Affairs

Ministry of Foreign

Affairs

Standard

Operation

Procedures on

Legalizing Public

Documents

On-going -

Merita

Maliqi

Professors'

Assistant, Foreign

Policy and

Diplomacy

University College

'Victory'

Political

participation of

students

Completed Hope Fellow organized few

meeting for students with all

relevant factors in political life, in

Kosovo and Albania and this

project resulted with better

informed students about political

processes and their active

involvement in political life.

Shqipe

Hajredini

National

Community

Policy Advisor

OSCE Database on

legislation and

policy

communities

Completed The database for legislation and

policies for communities increased

the inter-institutional cooperation

on issues affecting communities in

Kosovo. Through searching options

offered in three languages

(Albanian, Serbian, English) the

civil servants at the central and

local level have the possibility to

easily access public information on

specific provisions of laws or

policy documents. The database

enhances the efficiency of civil

servants while performing daily

activities, in particular non-

majorities communities employed

within the public institutions.

Teuta

Hyseni

Senior Officer for

Immunities and

Privileges

Ministry of Foreign

Affairs

Establishing

Diplomatic

Academy within

the Ministry of

Foreign Affairs

Completed Established academy impacted in

modernizing and installing the

standards of the diplomatic corps of

Kosovo.

Ulpiana

Lama

TV Presenter and

Analyst

Top-Channel

Television

Strategic

Dialogue

Completed Communicated to the public the

importance, dynamics and the

expected outcome of the strategic

dialogue. Communication to the

public was conducted through

published articles, fellow’s

involvement in electronic media

and in educational institutions,

sharing information with students

about strategic dialogue. Thus, the

impact is more knowledgeable

citizens on dialogue and increased

capacity to engage cohesively and

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strategically in the process.

Vjosa

Berisha

Chief Executive

Officer / Co-

owner

B2 – PR & Media

Solutions (PR and

advertising agency)

Nation branding

for Kosovo

On-going -

HEALTH & SOCIAL WELFARE


Adelina

Nura

Psychologist American Hospital Improving

Psychological

Service for

Victims

On-going -

Arbenita

Pajaziti

Head of Supply

Unit

Ministry of Health,

Pharmaceutical

Department

Improving Drug

Supply in Public

Sector

On-going -

Blerta

Sulhasi

Psychology

teacher

Gymnasium "Hajdar

Dushi"

Establish School

Based Mental

Health Service

Completed The School-based Psychological

Services Program pilot project

started as planned in January 2012.

Activities that were part of this

pilot project, and that have been

completed as of July 2012, include:

Meetings with Hajdar Dushi's

school principal, psychologists,

Children for Tomorrow's director

and staff (SBPSP’s partner NGO);

20 individual sessions; 56 weekly

group meetings with students; The

creation and maintenance of

SBPSP's web page and the

development and commencement

of a weekly SBPSP radio show.

This pilot project, has served more

than 100 students from Gjakova

and Obliq, Kosovo. Additionally,

various magazines, newspapers and

national TV have run stories about

the program and its importance to

young people.

Merita

Emini-

Sadiku

Assistant in

Internal Medicine

Medical Faculty,

University of Prishtina

Establishment of

Professional

Association for

Diabetes Mellitus

On-going -

Mimoza

Ahmetaj

Ambassador Kosovo Embassy in

Slovenia

Designing Policy

on Health

Insurance in

Kosovo

On-going -

Nezahat

Salihu

National Director SOS Children's Villages

Kosovo

SOS Family

Community

Integration

Program

Completed The SOS Family Community

Integration Programme impacted in

offering family based childcare for

orphaned children and children

deprived of parental care, outside

the SOS Village, throughout the

neighborhood.

Nora

Binishi-

Dushi

Chief of

Construction

Sector

Ministry of Public

Administration

Conducting an

effective hygienic

maintenance in

University

Clinical Center of

Kosovo

Completed Finalized and published the

research on “Procedures of

Hygienic Services in Hospital

Facilities – Protection of its

Internal Environment” which

alarmed the situation as urgent

about hygiene in health institutions.

Zarife

Miftari

Coordinator for

Reproductive

United Nations

Population Fund

Increasing

Community

On-going -

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Health (UNFPA) Awareness on

Genital Cancer

Screening

ENERGY & ECONOMY


Albina

Berisha

Fundraising

Manager

Enhancing Youth

Employability Project,

financed by SDC,

implemented by

Helvetas

Intercooperation and

MDA

Combating

informal

economy through

raising awareness

amongst citizens

in collecting

fiscal coupons

and develop an

environment of

citizen-state

participation

On-going -

Arijeta

Pajaziti-

Qerimi

SCADA

(supervisory

control and data

acquisition)

Developer

System Operator

Department in KOSTT

(Electricity

Transmission System

and Market Operator of

Republic of Kosovo)

Renewable

energy and its

integration in

existing system in

Kosovo

On-going -

Dhurata

Prokshi

Head Of Regional

Office

Caritas Kosovo Creating job

opportunities for

women by

establishing a co-

op for producing

patisseries

Completed Implemented her project by

training 30 women, mainly

Albanian and Roma women. The

training consisted of Creation of

the Business Plan and preparing

and producing patisseries. The

training was held in a Village,

Dubrava near Ferizaj. Caritas

Kosovo was the implementer

whereas the donor was Kosovo

Foundation for Open Society -

KFOS. A kitchen has been

established for the women to start

producing and selling patisseries.

Therefore Dhurata's project in

Creating job opportunities for

women by Establishing a co-op for

producing patisseries to create job

opportunities has been fully

implemented.

Eglantina

Hoxha

Kastrati

Stakeholder and

event Manager

KEK/Media and

Communication

Department

Restructuring of

Customer Care

Service

Department

On-going -

Gentina

Jusufi

Head of Division

for National

Strategy of

Development

Ministry of Economic

Development

Increase

awareness

amongst youth on

economic

development

issue, specifically

on Tax System

On-going -

Ilire

Rizvanolli

Manager/Owner Restaurant “Te

Komiteti”

To support

registered

unemployed

women of

working age (18-

55) by giving

them needed

skills to find jobs

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in a food industry

or start up their

own micro

businesses in

food production.

Ilirjana

Mejzini

Architect (self-

employed)

Urban Design

Consultant

Protection and

sustainable

development of

the heritages in

economical,

social and

environmental

aspects.

On-going -

Lejla

Sadiku

Project Manager

per Social Media

for Innovative

Local

Empowerment

and Project

Officer per

Support to Anti-

Corruption Effort

in Kosovo.

UNDP Measuring socio

economic cost of

different energy

alternatives

On-going -

Leonita

Shabani

Chief of Cabinet Ministry of Economy Public – Private

Dialogue for

Economic

Development of

Kosovo

Completed The establishment of the National

Council for Economic

Development, within the Ministry

of Economic Development (MED)

contributed to the improvement of

communication with the private

sector. Business Corner (BC) is

designed to help the business

community to facilitate their work

and to eliminate unnecessary

barriers. BC will be run by a

professional staff that will be

available to business needs. BC

will focus on real problems for

businesses to address their concerns

that may face them in developing

their business. All suggestions from

the side of the Ministry will be

treated with the highest reliability

and commitment by their

professional staff in order to

improve the business environment.

Leonora

Hysenaj

Manager of the

Project

Implementation

Department

Kosovo Energy

Corporation, Network

Division

Introducing

Computerized

Project

Management

through best

practices on

project

management

procedure in

energy sector and

integrating

management

system that

involves different

departments

Completed Through this project Hope Fellow

identified tasks; set technical

criteria and complemented

procurement producers and

finalized it with contract signed.

The full implementation of the

project was completed by KEK’s

staff which was trained with new

Software package.

Shqipe Project Manager Advancing Gender Kosovo’s On-going -

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February 2013

Neziri Justice (AGJ) Project,

UNDP

candidacy for the

Millennium

Challenge

Corporation

Assistance

Zana

Sulhasi-

Zherka

New product

development

coordinator

PTK-Telecom unit Advocating for

Kosovo be listed

among optional

countries in the

websites of credit

cards, banking

system and

buying online

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DIPLOMACY & DEMOCRACY II


Ardita

Metaj

Resident Advisor SIPU International

AB/TACSO

Strengthening the

voice of citizens

and learning ways

in building true

democracy

On-going -

Arjeta

Sahiti

Social Policy

Desk, Prime

Minister Office

Social Policy Desk,

Prime Minister Office

Strengthening the

accountability of

the line ministries

of Kosovo and

increasing

effectives of the

government

operations and

establishing a

monitoring

system for the

implementation

of the

Governments’

decisions.

On-going -

Arlinda

Likaj

Coordinator for

European

Integration

Prime Minister Office Establishment of

the Office for

Coordination of

European

Integration

Agenda and

Donor Assistance

to the Office of

the Prime

Minister.

On-going -

Eliza

Hoxha

Assistant

Professor

University of Prishtina /

Department of

Urbanism and Spatial

Planning

Utilizing

inclusiveness as a

tool for planning

to produce places

that fulfills the

community needs

along a process

that is seen as an

instrument for

reshaping urban

mentality and

sense of

belonging

amongst citizens.

On-going -

Kaltrina

Ademi

Senior Officer for

Treaties and

Ministry of Foreign

Affairs /Legal and

1) research on the

role of a Consular

On-going -

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February 2013

International

Agreements

Treaty Department Department and

Consular

Missions abroad

in contributing to

the process and

activities in

Public Diplomacy

and 2)

establishing Visa

regime and

creating

application

system.

Lirie

Lokaj

Project

Coordinator

Foundation Together

Kosova

Through psycho-

education

programs

approach in the

field of gender, to

empower women

and reduce

gender

inequalities,

through

transforming

gender roles and

promoting more

gender-equitable

relationships

between man and

women.

Completed he findings of this study

contributed to current literature by

shedding light on the Kosovo

adolescents‟ attitudes toward

women and gender equality. Based

on the findings of this study it can

be suggested that male adolescents

display higher level of stereotypical

attitudes and gender inequitable

attitudes. Furthermore, based on the

findings of the current study it can

tentatively be inferred that a

portion of Kosovo adolescents

believe that there are times when a

women deserves to be beaten,

along with number of adolescents

that do now have the information

that there are laws in Kosovo that

forbid/punish domestic violence

and a law that protects gender

equality.

Mimoza

Gojani

EU Officer British Embassy

Prishtina

Empowering

citizens to

contribute to the

Kosovo’s foreign

policy goals.

Project aims to

contribute

towards forming

a Public

diplomacy Task

Force that would

identify key

messages to be

communicated

abroad.

On-going -

Valbona

Fazliu-

Rrecaj

Counselor Kosovo Embassy in

Austria, based in

Vienna

Producing a

research project

aiming to identify

a way forward for

Kosovo that will

help support

democracy,

security and

diplomacy in the

region.

On-going -