Youth
Youth of different communities, part of OSCE Mission in Kosovo basketball camp, play their final game of the 10 day tournament. Prishtinë/Priština, 4 July 2017. (OSCE/Yllka Fetahaj) (OSCE/Yllka Fetahaj)
The Mission focuses its support on increasing and improving young people’s participation and contribution to policy design and decision making in public life.
Working with central and local-level institutions, youth civil society organizations, young individuals and international partners, the Mission implements activities that aim to develop the capabilities and skills of youth in the areas of public leadership, volunteerism, confidence-building, critical thinking, social cohesion and justice, freedom of expression, and dialogue.
Among its wide variety of initiatives, the Mission supports a hands-on approach through an Apprenticeship Programme, mixed community sporting events, alternative ways to bridge community gaps and encourages youth structures in countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism.