Conferences 

Annual Conference on Disability marking the International Day of Persons with Disabilities

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3 Decem­ber 2019- Annu­al Con­fer­ence on Dis­abil­i­ty mark­ing the Inter­na­tion­al Day of Per­sons with Dis­abil­i­ties”. The event was orga­nized in co oper­a­tion with the OGG/PM Office of Koso­vo, at the premis­es of gov­ern­ment build­ing. Present in this con­fer­ence, among oth­ers, were Ms. Hillen FRANCKE — EU Office in Koso­vo / Deputy Head of Coop­er­a­tion, Mr. Ramush Harad­i­naj, Act­ing Prime Min­is­ter of Koso­vo, Mr. Hil­mi Jashari/ Ombuds­man and rep­re­sen­ta­tives of DPOs part­ner­ing in the project. Dur­ing the con­fer­ence the main points dis­cussed and agreed were; strength­en­ing coop­er­a­tion between DPOs and Pub­lic Insti­tu­tions and oth­er gov­ern­ment insti­tu­tions. Oth­er issues of impor­tance arised were also the estab­lish­ment of the mech­a­nisms such as the Nation­al Coun­cil on Dis­abil­i­ty which will enhance the agen­da and mon­i­tor the imple­men­ta­tion of stan­dards; enforc­ing the Law on Inclu­sive­ness; enhanc­ing the Strat­e­gy and Nation­al Plan agen­da; Imple­men­ta­tion of actu­al laws and com­pli­ance with inter­na­tion­al stan­dards, to name a few.

The con­fer­ence was attend­ed by 100 par­tic­i­pants, rep­re­sent­ing Hand­iKOS nation­al and local lev­el, Koso­vo Asso­ci­a­tion of the Blind from nation­al and local lev­el,  Koso­vo Asso­ci­a­tion of the Deaf from nation­al and local lev­el, Koso­vo Dis­abil­i­ty Forum, EU Office, the Prime Min­ster, Office of the Good Gov­er­nance-PM, Ombudsper­son, the Ambas­sador of the Czech Repub­lic in  Koso­vo and also rep­re­sen­ta­tives of the Min­istry of Health, Min­istry of Edu­ca­tion, Min­istry of Social Wel­fare, Min­istry of Agri­cul­ture and Rur­al Devel­op­ment, rep­re­sen­ta­tives of the Cen­tre  or Social Care,  Down Syn­drome Koso­vo and the Project Staff.

Annual Conference on Disability for marking the International Day of Persons with Disabilities

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3 Decem­ber 2020- Annu­al Con­fer­ence on Dis­abil­i­ty for mark­ing the Inter­na­tion­al Day of Per­sons with Dis­abil­i­ties”. The pur­pose of mark­ing this day was to dis­cuss and define pri­or­i­ties in pro­tect­ing and ensur­ing the rights of Per­sons with Dis­abil­i­ties, as an equal part of soci­ety in the Repub­lic of Koso­vo.
The open­ing of the Con­fer­ence and the intro­duc­to­ry speech was made by Mr. Habit Hajre­di­ni from the Office for Good Governance/Office of the Prime Min­is­ter fol­lowed by oth­er keynote speak­ers sup­port­ing this cause such as, Vice- prime min­is­ter of the Repub­lic of Koso­vo, Mr. Dri­ton Sel­manaj and Mr. Naim Celaj, Ombusperson.

This activ­i­ty was orga­nized by the Office for Good Gov­er­nance — Office of the Prime Min­is­ter, in coop­er­a­tion with the “Inclu­sive Koso­vo” project, sup­port­ed by the EU and imple­ment­ed by HANDIKOS, Koso­vo Asso­ci­a­tion of the Deaf, Koso­vo Asso­ci­a­tion of the Blind, Koso­vo Dis­abil­i­ty Forum, Thresh­old and Dis­abil­i­ty Part­ner­ship Finland.

Annual Conference on Disability for marking the International Day of Persons with Disabilities

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3 Decem­ber 2021- Annu­al Con­fer­ence on Dis­abil­i­ty for mark­ing the Inter­na­tion­al Day of Per­sons with Dis­abil­i­ties”. Let the mes­sage of today be a Koso­vo with equal oppor­tu­ni­ties for all, a Koso­vo that should enable and ensure full par­tic­i­pa­tion and vis­i­bil­i­ty of per­sons with dis­abil­i­ties in all aspects of social and pub­lic life, and a Koso­vo that would have to pro­vide the appro­pri­ate legal and insti­tu­tion­al infra­struc­ture for a func­tion­al sys­tem. This is part of the mes­sage that the direc­tor of HANDIKOS, Mr. Afrim Maliqi empha­sised dur­ing today’s con­fer­ence of the Des­ig­na­tion of the year 2022 — Year of Per­sons with Dis­abil­i­ties in Kosovo.

Mr. Habit Hajre­di­ni, the direc­tor of the Office for Good Gov­er­nance chaired the Con­fer­ence and high­light­ed the achieve­ments dur­ing the year 2021. Deputy Prime Min­is­ter of Koso­vo, Mrs. Emil­i­ja Rex­hepi empha­sized the com­mit­ment of the Gov­ern­ment to sup­port per­sons with dis­abil­i­ties and the deci­sion of the gov­ern­ment of Koso­vo to des­ig­nate year 2022 the Year of per­sons with dis­abil­i­ties, the act. Act­ing Head of the EU office in Koso­vo, Mrs. Annacarin Pla­ton high­light­ed the impor­tance of advanc­ing the posi­tion and respect­ing the human rights of per­sons with dis­abil­i­ties and the com­mit­ment of the EU to sup­port DPO’s and the gov­ern­ment in this process.

This activ­i­ty was orga­nized by the Office for Good Gov­er­nance — Office of the Prime Min­is­ter, in coop­er­a­tion with the “Inclu­sive Koso­vo” project, sup­port­ed by the EU and imple­ment­ed by HANDIKOS, Koso­vo Asso­ci­a­tion of the Deaf, Koso­vo Asso­ci­a­tion of the Blind, Koso­vo Dis­abil­i­ty Forum, Thresh­old and Dis­abil­i­ty Part­ner­ship Finland.

Annual Conference on Disability for marking the International Day of Persons with Disabilities

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3 Decem­ber 2022- Annu­al Con­fer­ence on Dis­abil­i­ty for mark­ing the Inter­na­tion­al Day of Per­sons with Dis­abil­i­ties”. In co-oper­a­tion with the OGG / PM Office, the con­fer­ence was orga­nized in the premis­es of the Gov­ern­ment of Koso­vo (Gov­ern­ment Build­ing) with the par­tic­i­pa­tion of the rep­re­sen­ta­tives of the min­istries, gov­ern­ment and non-gov­ern­men­tal orga­ni­za­tions and rep­re­sen­ta­tives of Orga­ni­za­tions of Per­sons with Disabilities.

Mr. Habit Hajre­di­ni, the direc­tor of the Office for Good Gov­er­nance chaired the Con­fer­ence and high­light­ed the achieve­ments dur­ing the year 2022 focus­ing on the main accom­plish­ments from the “Cal­en­dar of activ­i­ties for year 2022”. The rep­re­sen­ta­tives of each min­istry indi­vid­u­al­ly pre­sent­ed the activ­i­ties that they had imple­ment­ed while the rep­re­sen­ta­tives of the Orga­ni­za­tions of Per­sons with Dis­abil­i­ties gave their opin­ions and request­ed to fur­ther strength­en the coop­er­a­tion of all stake­hold­ers in advanc­ing the posi­tion of per­sons with dis­abil­i­ties in the soci­ety and respect­ing of their rights.

This activ­i­ty was orga­nized by the Office for Good Gov­er­nance — Office of the Prime Min­is­ter, in coop­er­a­tion with the “Inclu­sive Koso­vo” project, sup­port­ed by the EU and imple­ment­ed by HANDIKOS, Koso­vo Asso­ci­a­tion of the Deaf, Koso­vo Asso­ci­a­tion of the Blind, Koso­vo Dis­abil­i­ty Forum, Thresh­old and Dis­abil­i­ty Part­ner­ship Finland.