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On May 22, 2019, government partners and USAID, through its Local Effective Governance Activity, organized a conference on gender equality at the municipal level. Participants, including representatives from the Agency for Gender Equality, the Ministry of Local Government Administration, and 15 municipal governments, identified key interventions to promote greater inclusion of women in decision-making processes at the municipal level. Interventions include strengthening cooperation b
To support youth skills development in Kosovo, USAID launched its After School Support for Teens activity on May 23 in seven new municipalities. In partnership with municipal education and high school directors, USAID, through its activity, is supporting the implementation of Kosovo’s national core curriculum for high school students. This support includes providing modern technology, training and mentoring teachers, and establishing career and enterprise hubs to promote empl
In 2018, Kosovo became a regional leader in transparent public spending with the launch of its e-Procurement platform. To ensure that contracting authorities and municipalities know how to use this new platform, USAID, through its Transparent, Effective, and Accountable Municipalities activity, and the Public Procurement Regulatory Commission (PPRC) publicly launched a series of video tutorials on May 24.
For entrepreneurs, access to credit is a critical factor in the growth and success of their businesses. In a milestone achievement for Kosovo’s small- and medium-sized enterprises, the European Investment Fund (EIF) recently agreed to re-guarantee 50 percent of the Kosovo Credit Guarantee Fund’s (KCGF) credit portfolio.
Digital media, including social media, is an essential communication tool for political parties and their public relations teams. To help political parties more effectively use and benefit from social media, USAID and the National Democratic Institute invited young political party activists to attend the fourth edition of NDI’s New Media School (NMS), which began in October 2018 and ended in May 2019.
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