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Final Report EASTeWEST MANAGEMENT FROM -THE AMERiCAN PEOPLE INSTITUTE FINAL REPORT KOSOVO NGO ADVOCACY PROJECT Cooperative Agreement No. 167-A-00-01-00108-00 September 2001 through May 2005 Submitted to: U. S. Agency for International Development Submitted by: East -West Management Institute, Inc. August 2005 .LWARC Albanian National Training, Technical Assistance and Resourn Center .L\fPPKO Association of hlik Producers and Proeffsors of Korovo ATRC Advocacy Training and Resource Center AVOKO Iiosovo Adroeaey NGOs Setwork BCIF Balkan Community Initiative Fund BTD Balkan Trust for Democracy CEE Central and Eastern Europe CFA Call for Applications CIDh Canadian International Development Agency E\nn East-Wesl hlanagement Institute. Inc. EFC European Foundation Center EU European Union FDI Foundation for Democratic Initiatives FOIL Freedom of Information Law GMP Generally Accepted Acmunting Principles GTZ German Agency for Technical Cooperation IAS International Accounting Standards ICNL International Center for Not-for-profit Law Irn International Criminal Tribunal for ex-Yugoslavia IDEA International Institute for Democracy and Electoral .\ssistaoce IKDO Kosovar Institute for SGO Law IRC International Rescue Committee KFOS Kosovo Foundation for an Open Society KNAP Kwovo NGO Advocacy Project KTA Kosovo Transition Authority KOhT Kacovo Organization for Sew Initiatives KT1 Kosovo Transition Initiatives n\-I Kosovo \Yomen's Initiative sms htillenium Development Goals NAAC National Albanian .%merican Council NGO Non-governmental organization OCG Office for Good Governance OSCE Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe PEG provisional Institutions of Self Government SEE South Eastern Europe RBF Rockefeller Brothen Fund SRSG Special Representative of the Secretary General TOT Traiaing of Trainers UhiP United Nations Development Program LT3W United Nations hihion in Kwovo LWR United Nations Righ Commkioner for Refuges USAID United States Agency for International Development USOP United States Oflice in Prishtina YIHR Youth Initiative for Human Rights KOSOVO NGO ADVOCACY PROJECT FINAL REPORT - CAU 167-A00.01.00108 Table of Contents I. Oveniew of KNAP A. Background B. Summary of hccumplisbments n. Foundation for Democratic Initiatives (FDO A. FDI Capacity building and institutional development I. Staff development 2. Organizational policies and procedures 3. Board development 4. Advisory board 5. Sustainability 6. Public Relations 7. Key Results of Capacity buildins and institut~onaldevelopmen1 of FDI B. Grants Program Implementation 13 1. Grants Management 2. Meeting with NGOs 3. Calls for proposals 4. Grants Progam a. Description of sub-grants pro-pm b. KX.\P-funded projects and key results 5. Grant Program Monitoring m. Advocacy Training and Resource Center (ATRC) A. Capad6 Building and institutional development of ATRC 1. Staff and Board development 2. Strategic developrrent 3. Strategic pyrnerships 4. Organizational policies and procedures and financial management 5. Sustainability 6. Key resulrs of capacity building and institutional development of ATRC B. IO;hPlATRC Capacity Building Pmgram 1. Training of Trainers in .-\dvoc-acy Pro-rn a. Study \isits b. Advocacy in Practice projecls c. Key results of TOT in Advocacy Program 2. Training to other Kosovar NGOs a. Basic and medium level training b. Ad\-anced and new skills uaimng c. Technical assistance to other NGOs 3. Key Results of Kii,%PI.-\TRC Capacity Buildng Program C Information and Outreach Program 1. Conferewes and Seminars 2. Public Discussions and Lrgislat~veBriefings 3. "Meet the Donors" Pro-gam 4. Information tools a. ATRC Library KOSOVO NGO ADVOCACY PRQlECT FINAL REPORT - CAU 167.AOO01-00108 b. KNAP Data Basis s. ATUC hlonfhly Ne\vsletrsr d. ATRC Web site e. Publications and PR \fatends 5. Kosovo Advocacy NGO Network - XvoKo 6. Key Resulls of KN.4Pl.ATRC Infomrion and Outrc~ihPro-gm D. Kosovo SGO Sustainabiity Index. N. IChZ/IKDO Legal Suppori Component A. Municipal Project -Rules and Procedures for SGO/Public Pmicipat~on B. Education and Capacity Buildmg C. Legal Infrasmcture for Public Participation a1 Kosovo-wide Isvel D. Promoting NGO Participation in the Formulation of Key Regulations E. ImproWng Public image of SGOs F. Other Activities V. Gender hfdreaming VI. Ongoing Challenges for Advocacy SGOs in Kosovo Attachments Attachment 1 FDI Fundraising Effons Attachment 2 Grant Description Attachment 3 Distribution of Grants .According to Gender and EthNciQ ..\ttachrnent 1 Distribution of Grants According lo Subject Attachment 5 List of FDI Grants. Grantees and Projecrs Attachment 6 List of training activities. .Attachment 7 List of TOT Participants Attachment 8 Description of Training Workshops Attachment 9 ATRC Trai~ngDatabase .Attachrxnt 10 Description of the Training Week Program Attachment 11 Description and list of .Advanced and new shlls u;llnln_g .Attachment 12 Description and List of Conferences and Sermnars .Attachment 13 List of Public I)lscussions and Legislative Briefings. .Attachment 11 KNXP Documentary Attachment 15 W.4P Success Stories Attachment 16 \Ionitoring and Evaluation Repon KOSOVO KOADVOCACY PRQJECT FINAL REPORT - CAt 167-Awl-00108 EAST-WEST MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE. INC. A. Background The Kosovo NGO Advocacy Project (KNM)ivas launched in 2001. after more than two ym of post-war reconstruction efforts and more than a decade after Belgrade's ci\-ic exclus~onof the ethnic Albanian population. In 1989, Belgrade stripped Kosovo of its autonomous status. creating a de facto police state. In the process, ethnic Albanian Kosovm were removed from all state institutions. Ethnic Albanians responded by organizing a populx non-violent political movement that led to the creation of a parallel ad-hoc governing system. which included pn\-ate educational, health and cultural structures. For nine years this ad-hoc system maintained a stam quo between the oppressor and the oppressed. Lacking financial resources and uaining. these educational, health and cultural structures provided basic senices to the community. These panllel I organizations and institutions were often mistaken for a functioning civil society. when in fact. these un+fficial organizations were created in political defiance of the ruling authorities in Bel-mde. In March 1998, Serb paramilitary units massacred a Kosolo village. leading to the rise of the ethnic Albanian militant movement. In the process, the ad-hoc governing system collapsed and was replaced by the Kosova Liberation Amy (KLA), an armed resistance. leahng to a direct confrontation with Belpde. The failure of Bel-mde to a-rn to international attempts to resolve the conflict on a political level led to NATO's three-month campaign against Bel-mde. Bel-m& responded by sending in troops to Kosovo, resulting in the displacement of more than S00.000 Kosovm to neighboring Macedonia and .4lbania. With the cessation of hostilities and the arrival of international relief agencies and other humanitarian assistance organizations in 1999. an unprecedented gro\\-rh of SGOs \\-as seen. Many of these NGOs were formed on an ad-hoc basis to implement emergency relief pro-ms and lacked the organizational and management skills to become sustainable organizations with long-term strategies and the ability to influence policy decisions of local and L33lIK authorities. The public image of NGOs was tarnished by the perception that NGOs were created as employment and profit-making entities in response to postconflict relief funds. rather than as mission-driven civic organizations representing the interests of their communities. The limited role of h'GO activities at that time resulted from the following: (i) for ten years all activities were based on political defiance to Serb rule; and. (ii) lack of education and training opponunities. In the nine years leading up to the collapse of the ad-hoc governing system. three crucial elements of a civil society had become evident in Kosovo: ti) a broad commitment to nonviolence; (ii) a ,pss roots movement; and (iii) an active youth (70 percent of the population is under 30 years old). Throughout this time of structural uncenainty and political resistance, the Kosovar Albanian parallel society was only a makeshift substitute for genuine governing structures. Nevertheless, its existence demonstrated that Kosovars have the desire. energ)-, and ability to develop structured organizations that respond to community needs. This motivation and initiative was apparent again through the number of newly created SGOs in post-war Koso\o. With the end of the war, a new environment emerged that allowed for the existence of both political and non-governmental organ~zations.International organizations ivere faced with a KOSOVO NGO ADVOCACY PROJECT FINAL REPORT - CA* 167-A0001WlDB 1 EAST-WEST MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE. INC. unique opportunity to build on the Kosovan' enperiencs and ensrgy. Ho\\evsr. Ilke thelr predecessors before the \var, these new NGOs faced a number of problems. They were largely reactive, donor-driven organizations: The two largest sectors of Kosovar society. tvomen and youth (705 of the population). remained under-represented, not only in Kosovo's decision making bodies hut also in the KG0 sector; The majority of Kosovo's NGOs tvere concentrated in the capital, Prishtina. \v~thlittle ii any opportunity for KG0 development in other parts of Kosovo. particularly rural areas most prone to conflict; Kosovo NGOs lacked basic management and fundmsing skills: Kosovo NGOs had little if any opportunity to meet with their counterparts
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