Pristina, February 22, 2022 – The FOL movement, with the support of the Kosovo Foundation for Open Society (KFOS), has published the report “Illegal dismissal of employees in the public sector – the consequences on the state budget”, where it has generally addressed the issue of illegal departures from the work relationship in the public sector, as well as the cost of the state budget as a result of these departures.

The main purpose of the report is to draw the attention of the institutions responsible for the impact and consequences on the state budget in the event of the termination of employment relationships of employees in the public sector, when the same are done not respecting the provisions of the legislation in force.

Albana Hasani, from the FOL Movement, said that a total of 128 complaints from civil servants were submitted to the Independent Supervisory Council during the year 2019 – October 2021 against decisions to terminate employment relationships at state institutions. 69 of these complaints were submitted against the decisions of the central administration (respectively 54%), while the rest of 54 complaints (or 46%) were against the decisions of the local administration.

“Regarding the decisions of the Council, it should be noted that from January 21, 2019 to October 2020, the Independent Supervisory Council for the Civil Service of Kosovo was non-functional, therefore during this period it was not possible to make any decisions in relation to the submitted requests. The malfunctioning of the Independent Supervisory Council for almost two years has caused difficulties in protecting the rights of Kosovo’s civil servants, due to the impossibility of making decisions on the one hand, and the accumulation of a large number of cases, on the other.” Hassan said.

According to Hasan, from October 2020 to October 2021, the Council decided on 40 complaints for termination of employment, of which 11 were approved, 3 were rejected, 22 were rejected, 3 were declared incompetent and 1 is back for reconsideration.

Hasani emphasized that during the period January – October 2021, a total of 178 decisions were brought by the Courts of the Republic of Kosovo for labor disputes, in cases where the parties were state institutions represented by the State Bar. Of all these disputes, 109 disputes were lost by the state institutions, 44 disputes were won, 9 were partially approved, 5 were returned to retrial, 3 were reinstated and in 1 case the lawsuit was dismissed due to lack of competence.

As for the cost of these decisions, according to Hasan, the amount lost from the state budget in relation to the court decisions for termination of the employment relationship brought during the period January – October 2021 in public institutions, exceeded the amount of 300 thousand euros.

“So, this means that more than 300,000 euros have cost the Kosovo budget illegal dismissals from work in public institutions, as well as other decisions related to work in these institutions,” concluded Hasani.

Finally, regarding the findings of this report, the FOL Movement has given the following recommendations:

Termination of the employment relationship of employees by employers must be done in accordance with the provisions of the Kosovo Labor Law and the Law on the Civil Service of Kosovo.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Public Administration should create an electronic database in which all cases of dismissals, voluntary departures of workers and disputes from the civil service in central and local administration institutions will be recorded.

Consequently, all central and local government institutions, as well as other bodies, must be obliged to report the data in the electronic database of this institution, in such cases, no later than 1 month from the day of dismissal, removal, or the beginning of the dispute.

Courts of the Republic of Kosovo respect the legal deadlines for handling cases from labor disputes, as well as treat cases from labor relations with priority.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Public Administration took concrete steps in order to inform and raise the awareness of the institutions for the protection of the rights of employees.

To increase the supervisory/monitoring function of the Independent Supervisory Council of the Civil Service of Kosovo towards public administration institutions, related to the implementation of the rules and principles of the legislation for the civil service. Consequently, reports related to monitoring findings are regularly published on the KPMShC website.

Prishtinë, 10 FEB 2022 – The FOL movement with the support of the Open Contracting Partnership opens the call for applications for the “FOL for procurement” Award.

The monitoring of public procurement by journalists directly or indirectly will push the relevant institutions to review their work methods in order to be more transparent and responsible in spending public money.

Therefore, to encourage investigative journalism in the field of public procurement, FOL will award three prizes for articles published by investigative journalists in this field who have presented irregularities and abuses through public procurement procedures. The first prize will be 500 euros, the second 300 euros, and the third will be 200 euros.

Who can apply?

Journalists who operate in Kosovo and work as freelancers or are employed by registered media in Kosovo.

The articles must be published for all forms of journalism (print, internet, radio and TV) broadcast in Kosovo media in the official language.

Articles/stories submitted for application must have been published during the calendar year January 1 – December 31, 2021.

Application/nomination procedure:

Apply by sending the article, the publication link and a short bio to the email: [email protected] and write in the subject “Application/nomination for the FOL award for procurement”.

Application deadline: The application submission deadline is 25.02.2022.

Evaluation: The jury of the “FOL for Procurement” Award will consist of media experts and experts in the field of public procurement.

Prishtinë, 28 janar 2022 – Lëvizja FOL në bashkëpunim me PIPS dhe me mbështetjen e Ambasadës e Mbretërisë së Holandës  në Kosovë ka organizuar sot konferencën një ditore me temën “Rrugëtimi i Kosovës drejt BE-së: Sfidat në Drejtësi, Administratë Publike dhe Integrime Evropiane”.

Mexhide Demolli Nimani – drejtoreshë ekzekutive e Lëvizjes FOL tha se qëllimi i konferencës ishte reflektimi mbi përpjekjet e bëra nga Kosova për zbatimin e drejtë të reformave në drejtësi, administratë publike dhe integrim në Bashkimin Evropian.

Ambasadorja e Mbretërisë së  Holandës në Kosovë, Carin Lobbezoo në fjalën e saj të rastit tha se këto lloje të takimeve na ndihmojnë që të kuptojmë më mirë për atë që po ndodh dhe janë të mirëseardhura. “Integrimi në BE në esencë do të thotë, të japësh për qytetarët e Kosovës, kryerja e reformave, miratimi i legjislacionit dhe zbatimi i të dyjave, është mënyra për ta arritur këtë. Është e rëndësishme që forcat të bashkohen për të afruar Kosovën më afër BE-së, më afër integrimeve evropiane dhe kjo bëhet duke bërë reforma dhe duke adaptuar legjislacionin me BE-në. Ende ka sfida të shumta dhe Holanda do të vazhdojë ta mbështesë Kosovën me ekspertizë që të vazhdojë përpara”, tha Ambasadorja Lobbezoo.

Penalistë në sesionin e parë me të cilët u diskutua rrugëtimi i Kosovës dhe reforma në sistemin e drejtësisë ishin:

• Lulzim Beqiri – Sekretar i Përgjithshëm në Ministrinë e Drejtësisë
• Donikë Qerimi – Profesoreshë në Universitetin e Prishtinës
• Albert Avdiu – Ekspert ligjor
• Ehat Mistaraj – Drejtor Ekzekutiv i Institutit të Kosovës për Drejtësi

Ndërkaq, në sesionin e dytë u diskutuar për sfidat në Reformën e Administratës Publike.  Funksionimi i mirëfilltë i administratës publike është një nga sfidat kryesore për qeverisjen demokratike dhe krijimin e besimit të qytetarëve në institucionet shtetërore. Administrata publike e Kosovës ballafaqohet me sfida serioze siç janë politizimi në proceset e emërimit, stafi i tej ngarkuar nëpër institucione dhe përpjekjet për përfshirje politike në rekrutimet e shërbimit civil të lartë. Në kuadër të këtij sesioni panelist ishin:

• Edmir Sejdiu, Udhëheqës i Divizionit për Koordinimin, Monitorimin dhe Zbatimin e Reformave, Ministria e Punëve të Brendshme
• Naser Shamolli, Hulumtues, Grupi për Studime Juridike dhe Politike
• Albana Rexha, Hulumtuese, Demokraci Plus

Në Sesionin e tretë të konferencës së sotme u diskutua për “Rrugëtimi i Kosovës drejt BE-së: Integrimi në BE”.

Kosova në aspektin politik dhe ekonomik vazhdon të qëndrojë mbrapa sa i përket kritereve për integrim në BE pavarësisht se në përafrim të legjislacionit ka bërë hapa të mirë. Rrugëtimi i Kosovës në BE ka filluar me nënshkrimin e Marrëveshjes për Stabilizim Asociim, dhe më tutje është zgjeruar në mekanizma tjerë si ERA I dhe ERA II. Në këtë panel u nda përvoja e shteteve të anëtarësuara së fundmi në BE duke e parë si kanë vepruar ata në avancimin e një procesi të tillë të integrimit dhe se ku duhet të fokusohen institucionet e Kosovës për të vendosur Kosovën në një pozitë më të favorshme në raport me integrimin në Bashkimin Evropian.

Për të diskutuar për këtë temë panelistë ishin:

• Demush Shasha, Drejtor Ekzekutiv, Insitituti EPIK
• Bekim Çollaku, ish Ministër i Integrimeve Europiane
• Ingrid Shikova (Bullgari) – Shefe e Departamentit të Studimeve Evropiane të Qendrës së Ekselencës Jean Monnet dhe Drejtoreshë e Qendrës së Informacionit të BE-së 2001-2007
• Jeton Zulfaj, Këshilltar Politik i Kryeministrit

Pristina, January 19, 2022 – The FOL movement continues the series of Open FOL debates with Ministers of Kosovo, where the Minister of Industry, Entrepreneurship and Trade, Mrs. Rosetta Hajdari.

The topic of discussion was the realization of the Government’s Work Plan for 2021, the priorities and the challenges that this ministry is facing.

This discussion was carried out with the support of the MATRA program of the Dutch Embassy in Kosovo and is implemented in cooperation with PIPS.

Prishtinë, 3d December 2021 – We, the undersigned, oppose Minister Aliu’s denigrating campaign against activist Shpresa Loshaj and express our deep indignation at his interference with freedom of expression and activism in Kosovo.

On November 22, 2021, the Ministry of Environment published on its Facebook page a text through which it announced that a ‘concept document’ had been compiled for the restoration of the “Zalli i Rupës”. The same day, Ms. Loshaj published a reaction through which she raised serious concerns about the ministry’s approach to the restoration of this area, criticized Minister Aliu for the lack of transparency and for continuing the same policies of previous governments towards the environment.

On November 24, Mr. Aliu organized a press conference through which he launched a denigrating campaign against Ms. Loshaj. By targeting her by name and last name, he accused Ms. Loshaj for defamation, asked her to show ‘caution’ before speaking and gave a lecture at a distance about what causes she should advocate for. Minister Aliu continued the campaign against her in the show “Rubicon” broadcast one day after the conference. This campaign was continued by other officials of the Ministry, such as the case of the Minister’s advisor Lulzim Bauman, who launched similar accusations through comments on the online profile of Ms. Loshaj.

Minister Aliu’s statements are derogatory, contemptuous and threatening, and are intended to reduce the credibility of Ms. Loshaj in the eyes of the public, intimidate her and silence criticism of the Ministry for the decisions it makes. Minister’s ‘instructions’ on what an activist should do are state interference in citizens’ rights to engage freely in topics they consider to be of general interest. Minister Aliu is a powerful politician, one of the most voted people in the country and speaks from his position as head of the Ministry of Environment. It is disturbing that he uses his power and state resources to organize press conferences to intimidate civil society activists, with whom he had worked closely before coming to power.

We consider that the targeting of Ms. Loshaj by Minister Aliu is state intervention in civic activism and violation of freedom of expression. The campaign against Ms. Loshaj is a campaign against all activists in Deçan and Kosovo and other members of civil society who have the courage to engage in sensitive causes of general interest and contribute to improving the environment and life in Kosovo.

Ms. Loshaj is a well-known environmental activist, her work and that of other activists has stopped the degradation of nature in Deçan, for which she has been awarded four prizes.

We ask Minister Aliu to show a high level of tolerance for criticism, to refrain from such statements in the future, to stop the denigrating campaign against Ms. Loshaj and work with full transparency and protect the public interest.

 

Signatory organizations and activists:

Ardian Ndrecaj, ATRC, Ballkan Green Foundation, Balkan Sunflowers Kosova, CEL Kosova, Community Building Mitrovica, CSGD, Çohu!, D4D, Debate Center, Demokraci Plus, DokuFest, Ec Ma Ndryshe, Flutura Kusari, Fondacioni Lumbardhi, Forumi për Iniciativa Qytetare, GAIA SCI Kosovo, GLPS, Instituti GAP, Instituti i Kosovës për Drejtësi(IKD), IKS, KCSF, KDI, KFOS, KMDLNj/CDHRF, KRCT, Lëvizja FOL, ODK, OMM “Gjethi” Organizata për Rritjen e Cilësisë në Arsim (ORCA), PIPS, Pishtarët, Programi për të Drejtat Civile në Kosovë (CRP/K), Qendra Kosovare për Studime Gjinore, Qytetarë Aktivë, Rina Kika, Rrjeti i Grupit të Grave, Qendra për Politika dhe Avokim, Stacion – Qendra për Art Bashkëkohor Prishtinë, Syri i Vizionit, Shoqata e Intelektualeve të Pavarur të Deçanit, YIHR Kosova, YMCA Movement.

 

 

Prishtinë, 18 nëntor 2022 – The Ad-Hoc Committee for the selection of candidates for Board members for RTK has completed the interview of 91 candidates out of 132 candidates who applied.

This was one of the largest recruitment processes that the Assembly of Kosovo had undertaken so far, due to the large number of candidates who had applied.

From our monitoring, it appears that this process has gone correctly and all the members of the Commission have shown cooperation with civil society.

It is also worth emphasizing the transparency of this entire process, making the scoring of the candidates to be done in the presence of civil society monitors.

FOL has welcomed that the Ad-Hoc Commission has decided to respect the Law on Gender Equality in this process, by sending a list with equal composition of women and men candidates to the Assembly for voting.

In the short list that goes to the Assembly, there are 16 Albanian candidates, of which 8 women and 8 men and 2 candidates (one man and one woman) from the Serbian community.

It is worth noting that the Ad-Hoc commission, since the beginning of this process, has been working towards making the recruitment process for the RTK Board based on meritocracy.

1. Driton Hetemi 847 points
2. Besnik Boletini 812 points
3. Safet Kabashaj 797 points
4. Ejup Gojnovci 792 points
5. Bekim Selo 768 points
6. Ismet Sijarina 749 points
7. Fatima Lumi Qehaja 734 points
8. Petrit Qollaku 734 points
9. Arta Berisha 726 points
10. Enis Halimi 726 points
11. Albulena Mehmeti 724 points
12. Jehona Ademaj Sejdiu 704 points
13. Shukrije Rama 684 points
14. Mejreme Krasniqi Sadiku 683 points
15. Mihane Nertile Salihu Bala 668 points
16. Arta Pllana 670 points
17. Nelica Veljkovic 677 points
18. Mihailo Scepanovic 735 points

FOL appealed to the deputies of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo to respect the Law on Gender Equality during the voting of the candidates, so that the RTK Board has equal gender representation.

The FOL movement is supported by the Kosovo Foundation for Civil Society (KCSF) program ‘EJA Kosovo’, co-financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and Sweden.

Pristina, October 29, 2021 – The FOL Movement in cooperation with the Debate Center, are continuing with the monitoring of the publication of judgments for all Kosovo courts.

The courts of Kosovo during the month of September 2021 have published 2736 judgments on the web-portal of the Judicial Council of Kosovo. This project is supported by the US Department of State, through the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL).

 

 

Pristina, October 27, 2021 – The FOL movement continues the series of Open FOL debates with Ministers of Kosovo, where today the next guest was the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development Mr. Faton Peci. The topic of discussion was the realization of the Government’s Work Plan for the period March-September 2021, the priorities and the challenges that this ministry is facing.

This discussion was carried out with the support of the MATRA program of the Dutch Embassy in Kosovo and is implemented in cooperation with PIPS.

Pristina, October 23, 2021 – We, the organizations and activists noted below, express our concern with the lawsuit filed by Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK), against the activist and policy analyst at the GAP Agron Demi Institute. We ask RTK to immediately withdraw the lawsuit and in the future to refrain from actions that endanger the freedom of expression of activists and discourage the monitoring of this institution.

During the months of March and April 2020 Mr. Demi had written, among other things, the following: “I had added one more measure to preserve health: the immediate closure of RTK”. The public television claims that Demi’s criticism through Facebook statuses, accompanied by a request to shut down the public broadcaster, constitutes hate speech and insults to the television and its employees.

Mr. Demi’s criticisms are fair and represent the bitter truth about the public broadcaster RTK. These criticisms are based on facts known worldwide and supported by international and local reports and court decisions, which emphasize that RTK is a politically influenced institution, due to financial misuse this year its board was dismissed by the Assembly of Kosovo, about half million euros were stolen from the television by its employees, it has repeatedly refused to audit and independent journalists have been continuously censored, which had led to the protest of the journalists themselves against the television.

We express our deep disappointment that RTK, instead of working to improve the dire situation in which the broadcaster finds itself, uses judicial strategies to silence critics.

Further, we consider that the lawsuit brought by the public broadcaster has the characteristics of a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP). This lawsuit is baseless and has no chance of success in court. Its purpose is to drag Mr. Demi to court, cause stress and financial cost and intimidate him.

We remind you that RTK is a public institution, financed by public money and subject to public supervision. As such, this institution should show a higher level of tolerance for criticism. Moreover, it is shocking that the public budget dedicated to RTK is misused in court proceedings to silence criticism.

Beyond the specific case of Mr. Demi, the very use of SLAPP lawsuits can have a deterrent effect on other activists who monitor and criticize the work of the public broadcaster. Such a dangerous precedent that stifles freedom of expression must not be allowed to be created.

The lawsuit was filed at the Basic Court of Pristina on April 17, 2021 and was signed by Mr. Ngadhenjim Kastrati. The lawsuit does not have the name of the lawyer, while the case will be handled by judge Fatbardha Uka Ibrahimi. Mr. Demi accepted the lawsuit on October 13, 2021 at his workplace.

We will closely monitor the judicial process and have full confidence that the Basic Court of Pristina will handle the case in accordance with the standards of the European Court of Human Rights and will recognize this lawsuit as a SLAPP.

Also, we remain hopeful that one of the first actions of the new RTK board will be to withdraw this lawsuit and prohibit the use of SLAPP lawsuits in the future. Finally, we call on the Media Committee of the Assembly of Kosovo to monitor the developments related to this court case.

Anti-SLAPP Group (Flutura Kusari, Shpresa Loshaj, Adriatik Gacaferri, Ardian Nrecaj, Visar Alimehaj, Rina Kika, Lévizja FOL, KCSF), GAP, Group for Water and Environment Protection, Center for Policy and Advocacy (QPA), Eye of Vision, Multimedia Center, Association of Independent Intellectuals in Deçan, PIPS, Balkan Sun Flowers Kosova, QKSS, Çohu, KDI, Walk Different , Group for Policy Research in the Balkans, D+, Center for the Development of Social Groups – CSGD, INDEP , BIRN, FIQ, Internews Kosova, CHwB Kosova, PEN, Organization for Quality Improvement in Education (ORCA), GLPS, TOKA, Institute for Freedom and Justice, KMDLNj, KRCT, KADC, YMCA Movement, AMPEK, CEL Kosova, Committee of Blind Women of Kosovo, Community Building Mitrovica, COLUMBUS Institute, IKD, YIHR KS, Democracy for Development (D4D), Kosovo – Women 4 Women, IPKO Foundation, Kosovo Initiative for Stability – IKS, RRGK, Balkan Green Foundation, EcoZ, Center for Kosovo Education – KEC, ATRC, Let’s Do It Peja, OMM “Gjethi”, KFOS, DokuFest.

 

 

Pristina, October 20, 2021 – The ad-hoc coalition of civil society organizations and activists held a press conference today, in which case it was announced that Kelkos has dropped the baseless defamation lawsuits against Shpresa Loshaj and Adriatik Gacaferi.

Lawyer Rina Kika, the legal representative of the activists, said that on October 18, she was officially notified by the representatives of Kelkos Energy about the waiver of defamation lawsuits against environmental activists Shpresa Loshaj and Adriatik Gacaferi. “Kelkos’s lawyers have forwarded me the official notices for renunciation of both lawsuits which have been forwarded to the Basic Court of Peja – Deçan Branch. They have given up both lawsuits, without any conditions and immediately”, said Kika.

According to her, giving up these two lawsuits proved what we have been saying all along, that Kelkos knew that he could not win with these baseless lawsuits in court and that the goal was never for them to win the process, the goal has been to intimidate activists who criticize the operations of this company. “Such lawsuits that attempt to silence public debate on issues of public interest such as environmental protection are harmful and should be strongly opposed by all.” she declared.

Meanwhile, the activist Shpresa Loshaj said that Kelkos has sued us thinking that we will be alone. “They thought that we will be alone and we will exhaust our energy protecting ourselves from them, but the energy for the protection of Lumbardhi is inexhaustible, thanks to the support of activists and citizens from all over Kosovo.”

Mexhide Demolli-Nimani, executive director of the FOL Movement, said that unfortunately the cases of Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation or SLAPP lawsuits are part of the Annual Report of the European Commission for Kosovo. “In the annual report on Kosovo of the European Commission, it is estimated that during the year there was a disturbing increase in SLAPP lawsuits filed in the courts, lawsuits which are used to threaten and sue journalists and civil society activists in order to intimidate them”. she said. According to her, the withdrawal of lawsuits by Kelkos comes as a result of opposition from a large number of civil society organizations and activists in Kosovo, who have repeatedly asked Kelkos to drop lawsuits against activists. Even the international organization for the protection of human rights, Amnesty International, had asked Kelkos in June of this year to withdraw from the lawsuits.

“I call on all activists or journalists who face SLAPP lawsuits to come to the FOL Movement, because we, through a group of lawyers who have offered their pro bono services for these cases. Also, within the website of the FOL Movement, we have already started documenting SLAPP lawsuits”.

Activists were sued for defamation due to statements criticizing the company regarding hydropower operations in Gryka e Deçani. In June of last year, Kelkos demanded from Shpresa Loshaj 100,000 euros in compensation for possible “image damage” due to her statements. Meanwhile, Adriatik Gacaferi has requested 10,000 Euros in damages due to a post on Facebook regarding the introduction of river water into the pipes of hydropower plants.

Pristina, October 15, 2021 – FOL has monitored the implementation of activities that were planned to be completed in the period March-September 2021 according to the Annual Work Plan of the Government of Kosovo – 15 Ministries and the Office of the Prime Minister. Out of 311 activities planned for this period of time, we received answers for only 267 activities.

The Prime Minister’s Office – within the framework of the Government’s Annual Work Plan for the period March-September 2021, has planned to carry out 16 activities, of which 5 have been completed.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora – within the framework of the Government’s Annual Work Plan for the period March-September 2021, has planned to carry out 31 activities, of which it has carried out 5 of these activities.

The Ministry of Environment, Spatial Planning and Infrastructure – within the framework of the Government’s Annual Work Plan for the period March-September 2021, has planned to carry out 24 activities, of which it has carried out 5 of these activities.

The Ministry of Justice – within the framework of the Government’s Annual Work Plan for the period March-September 2021, planned to carry out 26 activities, of which it carried out 14 of these activities.

The Ministry of Regional Development – within the framework of the Government’s Annual Work Plan for the period March-September 2021, planned to carry out 28 activities, of which it has carried out 17 of these activities.

The Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation – within the framework of the Government’s Annual Work Plan for the period March-September 2021, planned to carry out 11 activities, of which it has carried out 3 of these activities.

The Ministry of Economy – within the framework of the Government’s Annual Work Plan for the period March-September 2021, planned to carry out 10 activities, of which it has carried out 4 of these activities.

The Ministry of Defense – within the framework of the Government’s Annual Work Plan for the period March-September 2021, planned to carry out 2 activities, of which it has carried out all of them.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs – within the framework of the Government’s Annual Work Plan for the period March-September 2021, planned to carry out 46 activities, of which it carried out 18 of these activities.

The Ministry of Industry, Entrepreneurship and Trade – within the framework of the Government’s Annual Work Plan for the period March-September 2021, has planned to carry out 42 activities, of which it has carried out 13 of these activities.

The Ministry of Local Government Administration – within the framework of the Government’s Annual Work Plan for the period March-September 2021, has planned to carry out 8 activities, of which it has carried out 4 of these activities.

The Ministry of Finance, Labor and Transfers – within the framework of the Government’s Annual Work Plan for the period March-September 2021, planned to carry out 30 activities, of which it has carried out 5 of these activities.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development – within the framework of the Government’s Annual Work Plan for the period March-September 2021, has planned to carry out 8 activities, of which it has carried out 4 of these activities.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports – within the framework of the Government’s Annual Work Plan for the period March-September 2021, has planned to carry out 31 activities, 7 have been carried out.

The Ministry of Health – within the framework of the Government’s Annual Work Plan for the period March-September 2021, has planned to carry out 32 activities, 15 of them have been carried out.

The Ministry of Return and Communities has not foreseen any activity for the period March-September 2021.

 

Pristina October 12, 2021 – The FOL movement continues the series of Open FOL debates with Ministers of Kosovo, where today the next guest was the Minister of Environment, Spatial Planning and Infrastructure Mr. Liburn Ali.

The topic of discussion was the realization of the Government’s Work Plan for the period March-September 2021, the priorities and the challenges that this ministry is facing.

This discussion was carried out with the support of the MATRA program of the Dutch Embassy in Kosovo and is implemented in cooperation with PIPS.

Pristina, October 11, 2021 – Today at the American Chamber FOL movement and Democracy Plus organized the information session about the Open Procurement Portal and Red Flags. The purpose of this event is to inform and talk with business representatives about public procurement in Kosovo, open data, as well as platforms that provide this data, such as the Open Procurement Portal and Red Flags. This informative session will serve to promote the aforementioned platforms and to promote the research of public contracts by Kosovar businesses. This activity was supported by USAID Kosovo – Transparent, Effective and Accountable Municipality.

Obiliq, October 8, 2021 – Today the FOL Movement has performed the show “Let’s talk with municipalities about public procurement” on Paper Radio 91.1, where guests were Yllka Buzhala from the FOL movement and Sherif Hoti from the Procurement Office in the Municipality of Obiliq – Official Page.

The topic of this show was Public Procurement in the Municipality of Obiliq and the presentation of the Open and Transparent Procurement Portal. These discussions are being organized in order to inform the general public about transparency and accountability on public procurement in the municipalities of Kosovo. These activities were carried out with the support of USAID through the activity of Transparent, Effective and Accountable Municipalities (USAID TEAM).

Pristina, October 6, 2021 – In this infographic, networking is presented, which aims to show the connection between businesses and institutions, more specifically it contains data about the business, the owner and the public institution.