Fostering Inter-Ethnic Cooperation and Reconciliation

Fostering Inter-Ethnic Cooperation and Reconciliation is a project funded Stability Pact Fund of the German Federal Foreign Office and implemented in partnership with the Kosovar Centre for Security Studies.

The overall objective of the project is to foster inter-ethnic cooperation in Kosovo by opening space for mutual trust-building interactions, creating opportunities to jointly identify/address common challenges, and collaborate for community solutions.

The project will do so through three components:

• research and analysis is to provide a thorough understanding of how citizens and   community   leaders   perceive   inter-ethnic   relations   in   their   community   and   which opportunities and obstacles are identified in the field of cooperation
• capacity building development and trainings for necessary skills and know-how among non-government organizations, public institutions, community leaders, private sector and business community
• direct support to inter-ethnic cooperation through engagement at the community level

Duration of the project: 18 months (August 2022 – February 2024)