Publications
Communities Committees (CC's) 2020
Publishing date: 5 October 2021
Collections: Mechanisms for the Protection and Promotion of Communities’ Rights - Information Sheets
Content type: Factsheet
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This document outlines what Communities Committees (CC’s) are and provides information regarding CC’s in 2020.
An Assessment of the Establishment, Functioning, and Performance of Municipal Community Participation and Representation Mechanisms
Publishing date: 6 October 2021
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The report provides insight into the legal and policy frameworks, as well as the establishment, functioning and composition of municipal mechanisms tasked with protecting and promoting the rights and interests of non-majority communities in Kosovo. The report observes that these mechanisms, the communities committee (CC), municipal office for communities and returns (MOCR), deputy mayor for communities (DMC), and deputy chairperson of the municipal assembly for communities (DCMAC), have demonstrated that they can be important advocates for the municipalities where they are operational and have produced clear substantive outputs with benefits to the communities they serve. This report therefore serves as an update to assess the development of these mechanisms since 2014 and provides a set of recommendations for improving the compliance and performance of these mechanisms in promoting and protecting communities’ rights in Kosovo.
Call for Applications- Dialogue Academy for Young Women 2021
Publishing date: 5 August 2021
Content type: Poster
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The OSCE invites you to apply for the OSCE Dialogue Academy for Young Women, which will take place from 6 to 16 October 2021 in Mavrovo, North Macedonia. Twenty-four successful applicants from Prishtinë/Priština and Belgrade who meet the qualification criteria will be selected to participate in the Academy. Please send your application by midnight, 29 August 2021.
Community Rights Assessment Report- 5th Edition
Publishing date: 27 July 2021
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Community Rights Assessment Report assesses the situation of community rights and progress made by Kosovo institutions in respect to the 2017 Opinion of Council of Europe’s Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) Advisory Committee, in the areas of inter-community dialogue, security and justice, language, education, returns, socio-economic rights, culture and media. Significant developments since June 2015, when the fourth reporting period ended, are included in the current edition. Finally, the report provides a set of conclusions on the progress in promoting and protecting the rights of communities’ members in Kosovo, in line with the FCNM obligations.
Property Rights Monitor
Publishing date: 6 May 2021
Content type: Factsheet
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Property Rights Monitor is a bi-annual publication of the observations of OSCE field monitoring Kosovo wide and aims to provide an overview of the situation in the field of property and housing rights of non-majority community members and displaced persons.
Municipal Community Safety Councils (MCSCs) 2020
Publishing date: 23 March 2021
Collections: Mechanisms for the Protection and Promotion of Communities’ Rights - Information Sheets
Content type: Factsheet
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This info sheet includes information about the Municipal Community Safety Councils (MCSCs)
OSCE Mission in Kosovo and Kosovo Academy for Public Safety
Publishing date: 17 December 2020
Content type: Brochure
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
In line with one of its main tasks in 1999, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo (Mission) was mandated with training the new police service to uphold human rights and democratic policing principles. To do so, the Mission established the Kosovo Police Service School (KPSS) and took the lead in recruiting and training the officers of the newly created Kosovo Police Service (KPS), now Kosovo Police (KP). In 2006, the Kosovo Police Service School evolved into the Kosovo Centre for Public Safety Education and Development (KCPSED), and in 2011 into the Kosovo Academy for Public Safety (KAPS), whereby it became a centre for training of all public safety agencies operating in Kosovo: KP, Kosovo Correctional Service (KCS), Kosovo Probation Service (KPS), Customs, Emergency Management Agency (EMA) and Police Inspectorate of Kosovo (PIK). Today, KAPS is an accredited institution responsible for delivering basic, specialized, advanced and accredited bachelor programmes in security and public safety for all named institutions. This booklet presents the Mission’s contribution in the establishment, development through different phases, and the main achievements of the Academy. Findings from annual reports, assessments and internal reports, produced by local and international institutions/organizations, alongside open sources and institutional memory, were used during the development of this booklet.
Communities Committees (CC's) 2019
Publishing date: 7 October 2020
Collections: Mechanisms for the Protection and Promotion of Communities’ Rights - Information Sheets
Content type: Factsheet
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This document outlines what Communities Committees (CC’s) are and provides information regarding CC’s in 2019.
Deputy Mayor for Communities (DMC’s) 2019
Publishing date: 7 October 2020
Collections: Mechanisms for the Protection and Promotion of Communities’ Rights - Information Sheets
Content type: Factsheet
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This document explains the mandate of the Deputy Mayor for Communities (DMC’s) and outlines statistics relating to DMC’s in 2019.
Municipal Offices for Communities and Return (MOCRs) 2019
Publishing date: 7 October 2020
Collections: Mechanisms for the Protection and Promotion of Communities’ Rights - Information Sheets
Content type: Factsheet
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe