UP TO YOUTH ACTIVITY INITIAL RAPID ASSESSMENT REPORT
AUTHORS: ARSIM NIMANAJ ACTIVITY NAME: UP TO YOUTH CONTRACT NUMBER: 72016719C00003 CONTRACTOR NAME: GLOBAL COMMUNITIES USAID ACTIVITY OFFICE: OFFICE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH (EG) COR: MERITA TELIQI SUBMISSION DATE: AUGUST 26, 2019
This report is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the responsibility of Global Communities and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. CONTENTS
ACRONYMS 3 1. PROJECT OVERVIEW 4 2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 4 3. METHODOLOGY 6 4. FINDINGS 7 A. DEMOGRAPHIC DATA 7 A1. CLUSTER I 8 A2. CLUSTER II 9 A3. CLUSTER III 10 B. EDUCATIONAL DATA 11 B1. CLUSTER I 12 B2. CLUSTER II 13 B3. CLUSTER III 14 C. SOCIO – ECONOMIC DATA 14 C1. CLUSTER I 16 C2. CLUSTER II 18 C3. CLUSTER III 21 D. MUNICIPAL AGENDAS FOR YOUTH EMPOWERMENT 23 E. CIVIC ENGAGEMENT 24 F. CIVIL SOCIETY/NGOS 25 G. CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS SITES 26 5. ANNEXES 28 ANNEX II – RAPID ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE / INFORMATION SHEET 30 ANNEX III - LIST OF RESOURCES CONSULTED (KEY INFORMANT INTERVIEWS) 39 CLUSTER I 39 CLUSTER II 39 CLUSTER III 41 ANNEX IV – QUALITY ASSURANCE CHECKLIST (DATA ENTRY PROCESS) 43 ANNEX V – CONTACT LIST, UP TO YOUTH STAKEHOLDERS 44 ACRONYMS
ADA Austrian Development Agency
ASK Agency of Statistics of Kosovo
COP Chief of Party
DCYS Directorate for Culture Youth and Sports
GBV Gender-based Violence
ICT Information and Communication Technology
KII Key Informant Interview
K-Albanian Kosovo Albanian
K-Serb Kosovo Serb
K-Bosniak Kosovo Bosniak
K-Turkish Kosovo Turkish
LLC Limited Liability Company
LYAC Local Youth Action Council
MCYS Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports
MEL Monitoring Evaluation and Learning
NGO Non-governmental Organization
PEN Peer Education Network
PYD Positive Youth Development
SDC Swiss Development Cooperation
SIDA Swedish International Development Agency
SNA Social Network Analysis
USAID The United States Agency for International Development
YWD Youth with Disabilities
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1. PROJECT OVERVIEW Global Communities, in partnership with LINC LLC, Moonshot CVE, and local organizations Peer Education Network (PEN) and NGO LENS, referred to hereafter as Up to Youth, was awarded the USAID / Kosovo five-year Up to Youth activity (contract number 72016719C00003) on April 15, 2019. Through this contract, the Up to Youth activity will address youth vulnerable to social exclusion by mobilizing and engaging youth in meaningful ways to effect positive change. Up to Youth will work with youth 15 to 24 years old, targeting both in-school and out-of-school youth with age-appropriate activities. The project will emphasize working with marginalized youth, particularly those underserved by current and past youth-focused initiatives, grappling with unaddressed stress and trauma, or vulnerable to developing risky behaviors. Vulnerability characteristics include extreme poverty, exposure to gender-based violence (GBV) and other violence, lack of employment, and trouble in school. The project will also make concerted efforts to reach youth with disabilities (YWD), a group that has historically been excluded from education and community- based programming. Up to Youth will apply an evidence-based approach to youth learning, and equip youth with the skills they need to demonstrate agency in leading community asset mapping, analyzing data to identify youth- related challenges or stressors in their community, and working with other youth and local stakeholders to design and implement solutions such as advocacy campaigns, community projects, and social ventures. By empowering youth to use data and analysis, and to leverage and engage their support networks and government, youth will make informed, effective contributions to their communities and amplify and strengthen their voice and ability to positively affect policies and services that strengthen youth resilience. Up to Youth will work through the following three objectives: Objective 1: Mobilize Youth to be forces for positive change Objective 2: Develop and demonstrate life/soft skills among youth Objective 3: Develop, build, and support resilience partners in fostering an environment for youth to engage in a positive and meaningful way. The Up to Youth activity will be implemented in nine communities, consisting of three clusters of nine municipalities. The approved clusters include:
Clusters Municipalities Cluster 1 Hani i Elezit/Elez Han, Kaçanik/Kačanik, and Viti/Vitina Mitrovicë Jugore/Južna Mitrovica, Vushtrri/Vučitrn, and Cluster II Skënderaj/Srbica Cluster III Istog/k, Klinë/a, and Gjakovë/Đakovica
2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The initial rapid assessment for Up to Youth has two main goals: 1.) Providing strategic information to be used as part of the upcoming Social Network Analysis (SNA); and 2.) Providing additional geographic insights into villages in partner municipalities that could benefit from to Up to Youth activities. The assessment was completed during the period July 29th until August 6th 2019, with data collation completed August 16th, 2019. In total 66 Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) were held with
USAID.GOV UP TO YOUTH ACTIVITY – INITIAL RAPID ASSESSMENT REPORT | 4 community stakeholders, including mayors1, deputy mayors, relevant municipal directorates, civil society/NGO’s operating in each respective municipality, and a representative from the Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport (MCYS) in Pristina. Across all municipalities government officials and CSO representatives accepted the assessment team very well and confirmed their support and cooperation in the goals of Up to Youth. The mayors/deputy mayors who participated in the interviews also promised access to venues and potential financial leveraging for activities. It became clear early in the assessment process that while government actors have a lot of anecdotal knowledge about youth in their municipalities they were sometimes unable or reluctant to share information, instead referring Up to Youth staff to official sources such as the Employment Agency or the Agency of Statistics of Kosovo (ASK). On the other hand, youth-supporting organizations, as well as informal youth activists, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) clearly possess significant amounts of information about the reality of youth development processes in all nine municipalities. These civil actors were willing to freely provide information such as the ongoing youth development activities in their areas, the level of youth participation at municipal public budget hearings, and youth needs - particularly of those residing in rural areas and who are socially excluded. The CSO representatives also expressed concern about the Local Youth Action Councils (LYACs) working at the municipal level, stating that such councils are often highly politicized and become active only when there is a need to support political agendas. LYAC representatives had limited information on youth empowerment agendas in their municipalities, often adding that the annual operational budgets they receive from the municipalities are very small and insufficient. Youth centers and other CSO organizations located at the municipal level were very responsive and possessed the requested information on youth. Such youth organizations continue to operate with limited funding and face a series of other challenges such as working facilities, qualified personnel and most importantly they lack the space and influence they require within their municipalities to enable them to positively affect youth development agendas. It was also discovered that none of the nine municipalities participating in the assessment possessed youth development strategies and/or youth employment strategies or action planes. The assessment enabled the identification of rural villages in all nine municipalities with large concentration of youth who respondents identified as being socially excluded. According to the respondents, a lack of sustainable employment, skills development and adequate education for the current labor market, poor economic conditions at family level, lack of domestic and/or foreign investment and turbulent political developments in Kosovo are some of the key challenges which these youth face. Overall unemployment rates in each of the three clusters were identified as being higher than the national average, with youth unemployment rates being even higher. These different – but related – challenges are the main driving force for youth migration, where they seek economic freedom by fleeing mainly to the EU. Respondents also identified the areas within each of the municipalities that were most affected by migration. Repatriation was also identified as a source of difficulty during the assessment. The respondents stated that repatriated youth face a cultural and economic shock when repatriated and many of them have particular difficulty in reintegrating into the education and socio-economic processes in Kosovo due to a lack of local language skills. Their families receive housing and income assistance for six months upon being repatriated but after that are left to their own resources. The areas mostly affected by repatriation were likewise captured during the assessment. Respondents reported a large number of families receiving social assistance in the partner municipalities, as well as the areas where social
1 Not all the mayors or the deputy mayors were available for an interview due to schedule conflicts; 7 were interviewed during the assessment period, while an eight will be interviewed in late August.
USAID.GOV UP TO YOUTH – INITIAL RAPID ASSESSMENT REPORT | 5 assistance is most prevalent. This is yet another indicator of the poor social-economic conditions within the municipalities participating in the Up to Youth activity. The municipal directorates of youth were all unanimous in stating that they are understaffed, lack the know-how to effectively create and implement youth development strategies, lack funding, and lack youth outreach mechanisms to be able to address youth empowerment agendas. By and large, youth development mechanisms are nonexistent at the municipal level; of the nine municipalities that participated in the rapid assessment not a single one possessed a youth development strategy or action plan. The majority of CSO representatives stated that the coordination mechanisms between local authorities at the municipal level and the relevant central government authorities likewise does not exist.
3. METHODOLOGY
In line with the purpose of the initial rapid assessment, the Up to Youth assessment team utilized a largely qualitative methodology that included a literature review prior to site visits, and key informant interviews in relevant municipalities. The qualitative approach also acted as a counterbalance to the initial community selection approach, which was entirely quantitative in nature, ensuring that Up to Youth had a strong and varied mix of information on which to base decision-making. The assessment methodology included a pre-assessment literature review, followed by Key Informant Interviews, quality control to ensure data accuracy, and then an analysis of the data. Literature Review - as part of the literature review, the assessment team reviewed documents covering general background and context regarding Kosovo, Kosovar youth, positive youth development, Kosovar governmental strategic plans and priorities, reports from existing USAID and other donor projects, and general theoretical frameworks around topics such as entrepreneurship, workforce development and employment. These documents served to frame the assessment methodology as well as to provide context, supporting and comparative data for the assessment. A list of the resources consulted for the needs of this assessment are included in Annex 1 of this report. Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) were held with stakeholders in the partner municipalities, including approved mayors/deputy mayors, relevant directorate officials and youth organizations. A questionnaire for the initial rapid assessment was developed by the Objective 1 Lead, with input from other Up to Youth technical staff, and is attached as Annex 2. The list of key informants interviewed during the rapid assessment is attached to this report as Annex 3. In terms of composition, the initial rapid assessment team was comprised of almost all of Up to Youth’s technical staff, as well as youth volunteers from PEN, as described below: One Mentor (Up to Youth Chief of Party), who met with approved Mayors / Deputy Mayors to ensure program support and political by-in from the municipal leadership. The COP also provided technical backstopping guidance throughout the data collection, analysis and rapid assessment report writing process. One Assessment Team Leader (Up to Youth Objective Lead One), with overall responsibility for methodology design, implementation, team orientation and supervision, quality control, literature review, data collection data analysis, and reporting. Five Data Collection Officers (Up to Youth team members) Four youth researchers (PEN volunteers), who supported Up to Youth staff in data collection. Given the analytical, methodological, leadership and relationship-building skills required to effectively facilitate qualitative research, the data collection process represented an important opportunity to promote Positive Youth Development (PYD) principles by building youth capacity through direct training and ongoing mentoring and supervision. One Data Entry Officer (Up to Youth MEL Manager), who developed a database and assisted
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Quality Control To ensure the quality of the data collection, the Assessment Team Leader: 1.) provided orientation to all assessment team members, including PEN volunteers, 2.) developed and field tested the data collection tool; and 3.) conducted group debriefs every morning with the assessment team to identify and address data collection or logistical challenges in real time. In addition, it had been hoped that the Assessment Team Leader would provide daily observation and feedback for each data collection pair using a standard quality control checklist (Annex 4) at the end of each day. However, these formal meetings were dropped during implementation of the assessment as field interviews took longer than expected, and staff returned to Pristina after the office had closed. Instead the Assessment Team Leader provided feedback to enumerators informally in the field, as the interviews were being completed.
The Assessment Team Leader and MEL Manager also reviewed the database at the end of each day against a sample of forms to immediately identify and correct any errors while KIIs are still fresh in enumerators’ minds. Fortunately, no such errors were identified during the process.
Analysis The team identified and captured common themes and outliers based on the perceptions and impressions of the assessment team at the end of each working day. Most importantly, the data captured from literature review and the information captured during the actual assessment (as provided by KIIs) was carefully analyzed in cooperation with the team. 4. FINDINGS This section outlines findings from the literature review and KII’s and includes references to relevant literature where available and appropriate. It is broken into sub-sections covering: demographics, education, socio-economics, municipal agendas, level of civic engagement by youth, civil society presence and their level of influence on youth development agendas and final a section covering cultural and religious sites across nine municipalities.
A. DEMOGRAPHIC DATA This sub-section provides demographic data for all nine municipalities, such as overall population (including ethnic groups), villages/residential areas, youth presence (urban and rural), villages with highest concentration of youth, villages with highest concentration of youth and the areas included in the rapid assessment.
Kosovo ranks as the 150th largest country in the world based on population2. Population density across all nine municipalities3 within the three clusters4, is relatively similar, averaging 149.84 people per square kilometer. In total approximately 440,775 people reside within Clusters I, II and III. All three clusters together consist of nine municipalities with 438 villages (85 within Cluster I, 158 within Cluster II and 195 within Cluster III). The majority of people residing within the three clusters are Kosovo
2 http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/kosovo-population/ 3 Hani i Elezit/Elez Han, Kaçanik/Kačanik, and Viti/Vitina, Mitrovicë Jugore/Južna Mitrovica, Vushtrri/Vučitrn, and Skënderaj/Srbica, Istog/k, Klinë/a, and Gjakovë/Đakovica 4 Cluster I (Hani i Elezit/Elez Han, Kaçanik/Kačanik, and Viti/Vitina), Cluster II (Mitrovicë Jugore/Južna Mitrovica, Vushtrri/Vučitrn, and Skënderaj/Srbica) and Cluster III (Istog/k, Klinë/a, and Gjakovë/Đakovica)
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Albanians, however other non-majority communities (Kosovo Serbs, Kosovo Bosniak, Kosovo Turks and Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian) reside within the targeted municipalities. The most commonly spoken language is Albanian, followed by Serbian, Bosnian, Turkish and Romani. During the assessment 43 villages (16 within Cluster I, 18 within Cluster II, and 9 within Cluster III) were identified by respondents as having the largest concentration of youth (ages 15-24). Of those, 33 villages (15 within Cluster I, 9 within Cluster II, and 9 within Cluster III) were identified by municipal officials and the CSO representatives, as having a higher than average population of socially excluded youth. The fact that villages with socially excluded youth was reported the most often within Cluster I, is particularly noteworthy as one of the three municipalities within this cluster is designated as rural municipality by the Government of Kosovo. This one municipality also has smaller population which results in lower budget from the central government as well as less socio-economic opportunities for youth. The youth presence (age group 18-24) across all three clusters is very similar and in comparison to the overall population was valued at 19.59%.
Detailed information and analysis on demographics for each cluster/municipality is provided below.
A1. CLUSTER I Cluster I consists of the municipalities of Hani i Elezit/Elez Han, Kaçanik/Kačanik and Viti/Vitina, located in the southeastern region of Kosovo, bordering North Macedonia. In total 76,221 people reside within the cluster (Hani i Elezit/Elez Han - 9,403, Kaçanik/Kačanik- 33,409, and Viti/Vitina - 46,987). The number of youth aged 15-24 residing within the cluster is 17,541 (Hani i Elezit/Elez Han - 1,731 (all rural), Kaçanik/Kačanik - 6,235 (all rural), and Viti/Vitina - 9,254 (983 urban, 8,271 rural)). In total 411 non-majority residents live across Cluster I (Hani i Elezit/Elez Han - 46, Kaçanik/Kačanik - 47, and Viti/Vitina - 318).
TABLE 1: POPULATION AND YOUTH PRESENCE (CLUSTER I) Hani i Elezit/ Kaçanik/ Viti/ Description Elez Han Kačanik Vitina K-Albanian 9,357 33,362 46,669 K-Serb 0 1 113 K-Turk 0 2 4 K-Bosniak 42 20 25 Roma 0 5 12 Ashkali 0 1 14 Egyptian 0 0 0 Gorani 0 0 7 Other 4 18 143 Total population 9,403 33,409 46,987 Youth presence (15 – 18) urban 0 989 549 Youth presence (19 – 24) urban 0 987 434 Youth population urban (15-24) 0 1,976 983 Youth presence (15 – 18) rural 900 2,406 4,581 Youth presence (19 – 24) rural 831 2,174 3,690 Youth population rural (15-24) 1,731 4,580 8,271 Total youth population (rural & urban, 15-24) 1,731 6,556 9,254
Cluster I has 85 villages in total (Hani i Elezit/Elez Han 11, Kaçanik/Kačanik 31, Viti/Vitina 43). Table 2 below provides data for the villages in each municipality within Cluster I which respondents stated
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TABLE 2: VILLAGES WITH THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF YOUTH / SOCIALLY EXCLUDED YOUTH (CLUSTER I) Hani i Elezit/ Kaçanik/ Viti/ Description Elez Han Kačanik Vitina Total number of villages 11 31 43 Paldenicë/Paldenica Doganaj/Doganaj Viti/Vitina Kaçanik i Pozharan/ Gorancë/Gorance Vjetër/Stari Požaran Villages with the highest Kačanik concentration of youth Seçishtë/Sečište Ivajë/Ivaje Smirë/Smira (ages 15-24) Trevenik/Trevnik Dubravë/Dubrava Ramjan/Ramjane Korbuliq/Korbulić Zhiti/Ziti Glloboçicë/ Vërban/Verbane Globočica Pozharan/ Gorancë/Gorance Doganaj/Doganaj Požaran Trevenik/Trevnik Dubravë/Dubrava Smirë/Smira Villages with the highest Paldenicë/Paldenioca Korbuliq/Korbulić Ramjan/Ramjane Glloboçicë/ concentration of youth Seçishtë/Sečište Zhiti/Ziti (ages 15-24) Globočica Considered Socially Excluded Gjurgjidel/Đudidel Vërban/Verban Birc/Birc Rabal/Rabale
A2. CLUSTER II Cluster II is located in the northern region of Kosovo and consists of the municipalities of Mitrovicë Jugore/Južna Mitrovica, Vushtrri/Vučitrn and Skënderaj/Srbica. In total 192,503 people reside within Cluster II (Mitrovicë Jugore/Južna Mitrovica- 71,909, Vushtrri/Vučitrn - 69,800, and Skënderaj/Srbica - 50,794). The number of youth aged 15-24 residing within the cluster is 36,694 (Mitrovicë Jugore/Južna Mitrovica - 12,671 (5,306 urban, 7,365 rural), Vushtrri/Vučitrn - 13,692 (5,266 urban, 8,426 rural), and Skënderaj/Srbica - 10,500 (1,339 urban, 8,992 rural). In total 3,481 non-majority residents (Mitrovicë Jugore/Južna Mitrovica - 2,412, Vushtrri/Vučitrn - 960 and Skënderaj/Srbica - 109) live across Cluster II. TABLE 3: POPULATION AND YOUTH PRESENCE, CLUSTER II Mitrovicë Vushtrri/ Skënderaj/ Description Jugore/Južna Vučitrn Srbica Mitrovica K-Albanian 69,497 68,840 50,685 K-Serb 14 384 50 K-Turk 518 278 1 K-Bosniak 416 33 42 Roma 528 68 0 Ashkali 647 143 10 Egyptian 6 1 1 Gorani 23 3 0 Other 260 50 5
5 Social exclusion is the process in which individuals are blocked from (or denied full access to) various rights, opportunities and resources that are normally available to members of a different group, and which are fundamental to social integration and observance of human rights within that particular group
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Total population 71,909 69,800 50,794 Youth presence (15 – 18) urban 2,254 2,779 634 Youth presence (19 – 24) urban 3,052 2,487 705 Youth population urban (15-24) 5,306 5,266 1,339 Youth presence (15 – 18) rural 3,987 4,306 4,609 Youth presence (19 – 24) rural 3,378 4,120 4,383 Youth population rural (15-24) 7,365 8,426 8,992 Total youth population (rural & urban, 15-24) 12,671 13,692 10,331
Cluster II consists of 158 villages in total (Mitrovicë Jugore/Južna Mitrovica - 46, Vushtrri/Vučitrn – 64, and Skënderaj/Srbica - 48). Table 4 provides data for the villages in each municipality within Cluster II which respondents stated had 1.) the highest concentration of youth (15-24), and 2.) the highest concentration of youth who are considered to be socially excluded.
TABLE 4: VILLAGES WITH THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF YOUTH / SOCIALLY EXCLUDED YOUTH (CLUSTER II) Mitrovicë Vushtrri/ Skënderaj/ Description Jugore/Južna Vučitrn Srbica Mitrovica Total number of villages 46 64 48 Stanovc i Banjë/Banja Selacë/Seljac Epërm/Gornji Stanovce Stanovc i Syriganë/Suhogrlo Villages with the highest Bare/Bare Poshtëm/Donji concentration of youth Stanovce (ages 15-24) Vidishiq/Vidisc Reznik/Reznik Kotorr/Kotore Zabërgje/Zabrdja Dumnicë/Dumnica Syriganë/Suhogrlo Vllahi/Vlahi Gllobotin/Globotin Padalishtë/Padaliste Kçiq/Kičić Pantinë/Pantina Likovc/Likovac Villages with the highest Selacë/Seljac Dumnicë/Bumnica Syriganë/Suhogrlo concentration of youth Kçiq/Kičić Gllobotin/Globotin Padalishtë/Padaliste (ages 15-24) Pantinë/Pantina Likovc/Likovac Bare/Bare Considered Socially Excluded
A3. CLUSTER III This cluster consists of the municipalities of Istog/k, Klinë/a and Gjakovë/Đakovica, located in eastern Kosovo. The total population within Cluster III is 172,051 (Istog/k - 39,237, Klinë/a - 38,457, and Gjakovë/Đakovica - 94,357). The number of youth aged 15-24 residing within the cluster is 35,141 (Istog/k - 7,689 (1,025 urban, 6,664 rural), Klinë/a - 8,053 (1,208 urban, 6,845 rural), and Gjakovë/Đakovica - 19,399 (7,994 urban, 11,405 rural)). In total 11,003 non-majority residents live across Cluster III, (Istog/k - 3,083, Klinë/a - 1,241, and Gjakovë/Đakovica- 6,679).
TABLE 5: POPULATION AND YOUTH PRESENCE, (CLUSTER III) Istog/k Klinë/a Gjakovë/ Description Đakovica K-Albanian 36,154 37,216 87,678 K-Serb 194 98 17 K-Turk 10 3 16 K-Bosniak 1,142 20 73 Roma 39 78 738 Ashkali 111 85 613 Egyptian 1,544 934 5,117
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Cluster III consists of 195 villages in total (Istog/k - 50, Klinë/a - 54, and Gjakovë/Đakovica - 91). Table 6 provides data for the villages in each municipality within Cluster III that respondents stated had 1.) the highest concentration of youth (15-24), and 2.) the highest concentration of youth who are considered to be socially excluded.
TABLE 6: VILLAGES WITH THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF YOUTH / SOCIALLY EXCLUDED YOUTH (CLUSTER III) Description Istog/k Klinë/a Gjakovë/Đakovica Total number of villages 50 54 91 Vrellë/Vrela Sferkë/Sferka Ponoshec/Ponosec Villages with the highest Banja e Pejës/Pećka Gllarevë/Glarevo Skivjan/Skivjane concentration of youth Banja (ages 15-24) Gjurakovc/ Zllakuqan/ Pjetershan/Pjetersane Đurakovac Zlakućane Villages with the highest Vrellë/Vrela Gllarevë/Glarevo Ponoshec/Ponosec concentration of youth Banja e Pejës/Pećka Zllakuqan/ Skivjan/Skivjane (ages 15-24) Banja Zlakućane Considered Socially Gjurakovc/Đurakovac Excluded Sferkë/Sferka Herec/Herec Vrellë/Vrela
B. EDUCATIONAL DATA This sub-section provides educational data for all nine municipalities, such as the number of primary and secondary schools, number of primary and secondary school students, number of educational staff at both primary and secondary schools, locations of the secondary schools, number of school-drop outs at both primary and secondary schools including key reasons for secondary school drop-outs and the locations, villages, residential areas mostly affected by school drop-outs at secondary level. Additionally, the number of kindergartens, number of children attending kindergarten and kindergarten staff are included on data under this section.
Kindergartens - Are present only within Cluster II and III, and considering the population sizes within both clusters only a small number of families send their children to kindergarten. This is a clear indicator that at least one of the parents does not have a job and therefore is able to look after the children at home.
Primary Education - In total 170 primary schools within Cluster I, II and III were identified (32 within Cluster I; 51 within Cluster II; and 66 within Cluster III) which accommodate 65,493 primary school children (13,058 within Cluster I; 28,280 within Cluster II; and 23,755 within Cluster III). The number of educational staff in primary schools within all three clusters is 4,769 (939 within Cluster I; 2,354 within Cluster II; and 1,476 within Cluster III). In regard to school drop-outs within primary education, 395 cases have been reported across all three clusters (51 within Cluster I; 64 within
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Cluster II; and 280 within Cluster III). According to respondents, the key reasons for school drop- outs from primary education were mainly migration within Kosovo and towards the EU. The primary school facilities within all three clusters were reported to be good. All municipalities provide free transportation for primary school students for villages which are remote and distant from the primary schools.
Secondary Education – In total 32 secondary schools within Cluster I, II and III were identified (6 within Cluster I; 13 within Cluster II; and 13 within Cluster III) which accommodate 21,838 secondary school children (4,009 within Cluster I; 10,131 within Cluster II; and 7, 698 within Cluster III). The number of educational staff in secondary schools within all three clusters is 1,433 (352 within Cluster I; 736 within Cluster II; and 345 within Cluster III). In regard to school drop-outs within secondary education, 282 cases were reported across all three clusters (134 within Cluster I; 118 within Cluster II; and 30 within Cluster III). The highest secondary education drop-outs were reported within Cluster I, due to the long travel distances between villages and schools. As Cluster I is the least populated and most rural, secondary students are often required to travel long distances to population centers (i.e. cities) that are large enough to host a secondary school. As the GOK does not provide free transportation for secondary school students, this issue is also directly related to economics as the students would need to pay for their own transportation. The other most common reasons mentioned for school drop-outs included job opportunities (either seasonal or long term), general economic conditions, migration and legal marriages of youth.
The school facilities for both primary and secondary education were reported to be in good condition, however school facilities within the cities offer better conditions as they have more up to date sports and recreational spaces; they also possess much better labs within the schools (for chemistry, biology, physics and ICT). Such opportunities within schools in rural areas are much more limited, and some villages lack not just school labs - they sometimes also lack a sports field, meaning that youth have to travel to a nearby village, simply for a football match. The lack of opportunities is even more evident amongst the young women population residing in rural areas. Traditionally patriarchal in structure both within the larger community and within the family unit, women in rural areas have minimal influence or voice in decision making regarding livelihoods for the family or decisions that affect their larger community.
Detailed information and analysis on education for each cluster/municipality is provided below:
B1. CLUSTER I There are 38 school facilities (32 primary, 6 secondary) located within Cluster I, (Hani i Elezit/Elez Han - 3 primary, 1secondary; Kaçanik/Kačanik - 12 primary, 2 secondary; Viti/Vitina – 17 primary, 3 secondary). In total 17,075 students (13,076 primary, 4,009 secondary) attend public schools in the cluster (Hani i Elezit/Elez Han - 1,374 primary, 297 secondary; Kaçanik/Kačanik- 5,082 primary, 1,562 secondary; Viti/Vitina - 6,620 primary, 2,150 secondary). In terms of educational staff, there are 1,291 teachers and other technical personnel engaged within Cluster I, (Hani i Elezit/Elez Han – 86 primary, 19 secondary; Kaçanik/Kačanik – 417 primary, 108 secondary; Viti/Vitina – 436 primary, 225 secondary).
The overall number of students who dropped out of school within Cluster I is 185 (85 primary, 100 secondary): Hani i Elezit/Elez Han – 15 primary, 30 secondary; Kaçanik/Kačanik – 23 primary, 70 secondary; Viti/Vitina – 13 primary, 34 secondary. The following are the key reasons for school dropouts according to the municipal directorates of education within Cluster I:
Migration (for both primary and secondary students);
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TABLE 7: EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, NUMBER OF STUDENTS, EDUCATIONAL STAFF AND SCHOOL DROP-OUTS (CLUSTER I) Hani i Elezit/ Kaçanik/ Viti/ Description Elez Han Kačanik Vitina Primary schools 3 12 17 Primary school students 1,374 5,082 6,602 Primary school staff (teachers and technical personnel) 86 417 436 Secondary schools 1 2 3 Secondary school students 297 1562 2150 Secondary school staff (teachers and technical 19 108 225 personnel) School drop outs – primary education 15 23 13 School drop-outs – secondary education 30 70 34 Kindergartens 0 0 0 Children attending kindergarten 0 0 0 Kindergarten staff 0 0 0
B2. CLUSTER II There are 93 school facilities (82 primary, 11 secondary) located within Cluster I1 (Mitrovicë Jugore/Južna Mitrovica - 27 primary, 5 secondary; Vushtrri/Vučitrn – 32 primary, 3 secondary; and Skënderaj/Srbica - 23 primary, 3 secondary). In total there are 38,811 students (28,680 primary, 10,130 secondary) who attend public schools in the cluster (Mitrovicë Jugore/Južna Mitrovica - 10,800 primary, 4,243 secondary; Vushtrri/Vučitrn - 9,930 primary, 3,370 secondary; and Skënderaj/Srbica - 7,950 primary, 2,518 secondary). In terms of educational staff, there are 3,090 teachers and other technical personnel engaged within Cluster II, (Mitrovicë Jugore/Južna Mitrovica- 1,243; Vushtrri/Vučitrn- 1,079; and Skënderaj/Srbica - 768).
The overall number of students who dropped out of school within Cluster II is 182 (64 primary, 118 secondary): Mitrovicë Jugore/Južna Mitrovica- 9 primary, 27 secondary; Vushtrri/Vučitrn - 24 primary, 38 secondary; and Skënderaj/Srbica - 31 primary, 53 secondary. The following are the key reasons for school dropouts according to the municipal directorates of education within Cluster II:
Economic (for secondary school students); Part time or long-term employment to support the family (secondary students); and Migration to EU (mainly primary school students).
TABLE 8: EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, NUMBER OF STUDENTS, EDUCATIONAL STAFF AND SCHOOL DROP-OUTS (CLUSTER II) Mitrovicë Vushtrri/ Skënderaj/ Description Jugore/ Južna Vučitrn Srbica Mitrovica Primary schools 27 32 23 Primary school students 10,800 9,930 7,950 Primary school staff (teachers and technical personnel) 927 856 571 Secondary schools 5 3 3 Secondary school students 4,243 3,370 2,518 Secondary school staff (teachers and technical 316 223 197 personnel) School drop outs – primary education 9 24 31
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School drop-outs – secondary education 27 38 53 Kindergartens 1 1 1 Children attending kindergarten 1,020 1,098 695 Kindergarten staff 43 51 34
B3. CLUSTER III There are 79 school facilities (66 primary, 13 secondary) located within Cluster III (Istog/k – 11 primary, 2 secondary; Klinë/a – 17 primary, 3 secondary; and Gjakovë/Đakovica – 38 primary, 8 secondary). In total there are 31,453 students (23,755 primary, 7,698 secondary) who attend public schools in the cluster (Istog/k – 5,639 primary, 1,557 secondary; Klinë/a – 6,279 primary, 1,800 secondary; and Gjakovë/Đakovica – 11,837 primary, 4,341 secondary). In terms of educational staff, there are 1,820 teachers and other technical personnel engaged within Cluster III, (Istog/k - 511, Klinë/a - 510, and Gjakovë/Đakovica - 800).
The overall number of students who dropped out of school within Cluster III is 453 (214 primary, 239 secondary): Istog/k 67 primary, 26 secondary; Klinë/a 71 primary, 40 secondary; and Gjakovë/Đakovica 76 primary, 173 secondary. The following are the key reasons for school dropouts according to the municipal directorates of education within Cluster III:
Migration; Only few moved to other cities in Kosovo (mainly to capital Pristina); Part time and long-term jobs (secondary school students); and Economic.
TABLE 9: EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, NUMBER OF STUDENTS, EDUCATIONAL STAFF AND SCHOOL DROP-OUTS (CLUSTER III) Istog/k Klinë/a Gjakovë/ Description Đakovica Primary schools 11 17 38 Primary school students 5,639 6,279 11,837 Primary school staff (teachers and technical personnel) 404 398 674 Secondary schools 2 3 8 Secondary school students 1,557 1,800 4,341 Secondary school staff (teachers and technical 107 112 126 personnel) School drop outs – primary education 67 71 76 School drop-outs – secondary education 26 40 173 Kindergartens 3 2 1 Children attending kindergarten 428 52 907 Kindergarten staff 41 14 52
Usage of school facilities for project based/in school activities – all nine municipalities have confirmed that the project can use the school facilities, as long as they don’t interfere with the ongoing school program.
C. SOCIO – ECONOMIC DATA This sub-section provides economic data such as the total number of families and family members receiving social assistance for each municipality, total number of persons with disabilities, families receiving social assistance who are also in need of housing and the residential areas mostly affected by this, the number of people who migrated to the EU and the areas mostly affected by migration as well
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The relatively high average unemployment rates across all three clusters (36% in Cluster I; 38%% in Cluster II; and 36% in Cluster III) is a clear indicator that there is a significant need for social assistance. Families who qualify for the social assistance scheme receive approximately € 65 (EUROs) a month; however, other individuals/families that do not fall within the criteria set forth by the GoK have to find alternative sources of income for themselves and their families. This is the main reason that drives the families to migrate, mainly to the EU. However, there are a few other noteworthy drivers for migration besides the lack of job opportunities. According to a recent Analysis of the Public Pulse – Challenges and Perspectives of youth in Kosovo, published by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Kosovo some of those are:
Unfavorable economic situation in the family Dissatisfaction with the current political situation in the country Low quality of education in Kosovo
Social Assistance & Social Housing: The municipal directorates for social welfare across all three clusters reported that the total number of families who receive social assistance is 9,979 (1,416 within Cluster I, 4,546 within Cluster II and 4,017 within Cluster III). The total number of families (9,797) who receive social assistance have 33,888 family members. The total number of families who receive social assistance and are also is need of housing across all three clusters is 2, 883. These families are located within 33 villages within Cluster I, II and III. The highest number of families who receive social assistance (4,546) and housing (2,581) is within Cluster II.
Economic Migration: In total 4,486 people have been reported to have migrated within all three clusters (936 within Cluster I, 1,985 within Cluster II and 1,565 within Cluster III) between January, 2018 and June, 2019 according to the ASK. In total 29 locations mostly affected by migration have been identified during the assessment (11 within Cluster I, 9 each for Cluster II and III). The information captured is of a significant importance to Up to Youth as we further explore the opportunities to work in these locations. Considering the fact that the higher number of people have migrated from these locations it is an indicator that there are fewer socio-economic opportunities and thus more socially excluded youth. As part of the desk research, worrying facts were captured from the UNDP Kosovo, Public Pulse Analysis report 2018, Challenges and Perspectives of Youth in Kosovo, where 58.1% of youth respondents would either definitely consider (27%) migration or they would likely consider (31.1%) migration.
Repatriation: From January, 2018 through June, 2019, 1,819 individuals repatriated from the EU to their places of origin in the three clusters (551 within Cluster I, 557 within Cluster II and 711 within Cluster III). In total 26 locations mostly affected by repatriation have been identified during the assessment (9 each within Cluster I and II, 8 within Cluster III). The respondents stated that repatriated youth face a cultural and economic shock when repatriated and that a majority of them hardly speak local languages, leading to significant difficulties in their ability to reintegrate into the education and socio-economic processes in Kosovo. Those being repatriated receive some basic financial support from the government for six months upon being repatriated.
Unemployment: Statistics provided by relevant municipalities were slightly different from those officially obtained from ASK. In both cases, however Cluster II has the highest youth unemployment
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Main sources of income: Across all three clusters the main sources of income were relatively similar: Agriculture, public sector employment, trade activities and remittances. In terms of the private sector, 26 large companies were identified across three clusters (8 within Cluster I and 9 each within Cluster II and III). The key businesses sectors that these companies operate include: construction, oil distribution, manufacturing, trade and international transportation of goods.
Detailed information and analysis on socio-economics for each cluster/municipality is provided below:
C1. CLUSTER I C1.1 Social Assistance In total 1,416 families with 4,814 family members within Cluster I are under the social assistance scheme provided by the Government of Kosovo (GoK): Hani i Elezit/Elez Han – 127 families, 432 family members; Kaçanik/Kačanik– 800 families, 2,720 family members; and Viti/Vitina – 489 families, 1,662 family members. The overall number of families within Cluster I who receive social assistance and are also in need of housing is 82: Hani i Elezit/Elez Han – 7 families; Kaçanik/Kačanik – 50 families; and Viti/Vitina – 25 families.
TABLE 10: SOCIAL ASSISTANCE DATA (CLUSTER I) Hani i Elezit/ Kaçanik/ Viti/ Description Elez Han Kačanik Vitina Number of families receiving 127 800 489 social assistance Number of family members who 432 2,720 1,662 receive social assistance Number of families in need of 7 50 25 housing Gorancë/Gorance Xhurxhedal/Đurdjedal Zhiti/Ziti Locations/villages in need of Seqishtë/Sečište Korbuliq/Korbulić Birc/Birc housing assistance Paldenicë/Paldenica Stagovë/Stagova Vërban/Verbane
C1.2 Economic Migration The total number of people within Cluster I who migrated outside Kosovo from January 2018, through July, 2019 is 936: Hani i Elezit/Elez Han – 122; Kaçanik/Kačanik – 245; and Viti/Vitina – 569.
TABLE 11: MIGRATION DATA (CLUSTER I) Municipalities (Cluster I) # of People Migrated Hani i Elezit/Elez Han 122 Kaçanik/Kačanik 245 Viti/Vitina 569
The areas mostly affected by migration are shown on the table below:
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C1.3 Repatriation (mainly from the EU)
In terms of repatriation, 551 people were reported to have been repatriated to Kosovo during the period January 2018 until June 2019. Of those, 98 returned to Hani i Elezit/Elez Han, 75 to Kaçanik/Kaćanik and 378 to Viti/Vitina. Repatriation was reported as mainly coming from the EU, although an exact breakdown is not available.
TABLE 13: REPATRIATION DATA (CLUSTER I) Municipalities (Cluster I) # of People Repatriated Hani i Elezit/Elez Han 98 Kaçanik/Kaćanik 75 Viti/Vitina 378
The areas mostly affected by migration are shown on the table below. The majority of repatriated people originate from Viti/Vitina’s city area including two of its villages.
TABLE 14: AREAS MOSTLY AFFECTED BY REPATRIATION (CLUSTER I) Area Municipalities (Cluster I) (Village/Neighborhood/Settlement) Hani i Elezit/Elez Han Hani i Elezit/Elez Han Gorancë/Goranca Pustenik/Pustenik Kaçanik/Kačanik Kaçanik/Kačanik Doganaj/Doganaj Kaçanik i Vjetër/Stari Kačanik Viti/Vitina Viti/Vitina Stubëll/Stubla Debëllde/Debelde
C1.4 Unemployment The unemployment rates provided by respondents for Cluster I, including youth unemployment rates, is presented in the table below. However, it is worth noting that in some cases the data provided by municipal staff was noticeably different than that provided by the ASK; the unemployment rates for youth were particularly inaccurate.
TABLE 15: UNEMPLOYMENT RATES (CLUSTER I) Municipalities Hani i Elezit/ Kaçanik/ Viti/
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(Cluster I) Elez Han Kačanik Vitina Overall Unemployment Rate % 30% 35% 40% as provided by municipal officials Youth Unemployment Rate % 30% 22% 40% as provided by municipal officials Overall Unemployment Rate % 32% 40% 37% as provided by by ASK Youth Unemployment Rate % 39% as provided by by ASK 49% 48%
C1.5 Main sources of income The main sources of income reported within Cluster I were: Agriculture; Public sector employment; Small scale trade; and Remittances from diaspora.
C1.6 Largest Private Companies Within Cluster one, the following are the largest private-sector companies that operate within the three municipalities:
TABLE 16: THREE LARGEST PRIVATE BUSINESS COMPANIES (CLUSTER I) Municipalities (Cluster I) Companies 1 SharrCem (Cement Factory) Alba Group (Oil Distribution, Hydro 2 Hani i Elezit/Elez Han power plant, Construction) Luri (Construction & International 3 Transportation of Goods) 1 KIVO (Production of plastic packaging) Kaçanik/Kačanik 2 Sigma (Asphalt Manufacturing Plant) Vinex (Production of bolts, screws and 1 nuts) Elektrostublla (Electrical engineering, Viti/Vitina 2 design and production) Daka Therm (Heating Systems 3 Manufacturer)
C2. CLUSTER II C2.1 Social Assistance In total 4,546 families with 15,461 family members within Cluster II receive the social assistance scheme provided by the GoK: Mitrovicë Jugore/Južna Mitrovica – 2,324 families, 7,901 family members; Vushtrri/Vučitrn – 1,400 families, 4,760 family members; and Skënderaj/Srbica – 822 families, 2,800 family members. The overall number of families within cluster one who receive social assistance and are also in need of housing is 2,581: Mitrovicë Jugore/Južna Mitrovica – 346 families; Vushtrri/Vučitrn – 1,800 families; and Skënderaj/Srbica – 435 families.
Mitrovicë Jugore/ Vushtrri/ Skënderaj/ Description Južna Mitrovica Vučitrn Srbica
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TABLE 17: SOCIAL ASSISTANCE DATA (CLUSTER II)
C2.2 Economic Migration The overall number of people within Cluster II who migrated outside from January 2018, through July, 2019 is 1,985: Mitrovicë Jugore/Južna Mitrovica – 716; Vushtrri/Vučitrn – 1,365; and Skënderaj/Srbica – 549.
TABLE 18: MIGRATION DATA (CLUSTER II) Municipalities (Cluster II) # of people who migrated Mitrovicë Jugore/Južna Mitrovica 71 Vushtrri/Vučitrn 1365 Skënderaj/Srbica 549
The areas mostly affected by migration are shown on the table below:
TABLE 19: MIGRATION DATA (CLUSTER II) Area Municipalities (Cluster II) (Village/Neighborhood/Settlement) Kçiq/Kičić MitrovicëJugore/Južna Mitrovica Shipol/Siploje Vaganicë/Vaganica Smadrexhë/Samadredza Vushtrri/Vučitrn Dumnicë/Dumnica Gllobotin/Globotin Syriganë/Suhogrlo Skënderaj/Srbica Padalishtë/Padaliste Likovc/Likovac
C2.3 Repatriation (mainly from the EU)
In terms of repatriation, 557 people were reported to have been repatriated to Kosovo during the period January, 2018 to June, 2019. Of those, 146 returned to Mitrovicë Jugore/Južna Mitrovica, 198
6 The number of 71 for Mitrovicë Jugore/Južna Mitrovica is surprisingly small. Staff followed up with the ASK to determine if the number is incorrect; however, the ASK has not responded to neither phone calls nor emails.
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TABLE 209: REPATRIATION DATA (CLUSTER II) Municipalities (Cluster II) # of people repatriated Mitrovicë Jugore/ Južna Mitrovica 146 Vushtrri/Vučitrn 198 Skënderaj/Srbica 213
The areas mostly affected by repatriation are shown on the table below:
TABLE 21: AREAS MOSTLY AFFECTED BY REPATRIATION (CLUSTER II) Area Municipalities (Cluster II) (Village/Neighborhood/Settlement) Shipolje Mitrovicë Jugore/Južna Mitrovica Zhabar/Zabare City City Vushtrri/Vučitrn Dumnicë/Dumnica Pantinë/Pantina Leçinë/Leočina Skënderaj/Srbica Çitak/Čitak Ticë/Tica
C2.4 Unemployment The unemployment rates within Cluster II, including youth unemployment rates, are shown on the table below:
TABLE 22: UNEMPLOYMENT RATES (CLUSTER II) Municipalities Mitrovicë Vushtrri/ Skënderaj/ (Cluster II) Jugore//Južna Vučitrn Srbica Mitrovica Overall Unemployment Rate % 40 33 40 as provided by municipal officials Youth Unemployment Rate % 47 48 49 as provided by municipal officials Overall Unemployment Rate % 43 33 37 as provided by by ASK Youth Unemployment Rate % 52 36 42 as provided by by ASK
C2.5 Main sources of income The main sources of income reported within Cluster II were: Agriculture, Public sector employment, Trade Small family businesses
C2.6 Largest Private Companies Within Cluster II, the following are the largest companies that operate within the three municipalities:
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TABLE 23: THREE LARGEST COMPANIES (CLUSTER II) Municipalities (Cluster II) Companies 1 Hirano Mushroom (Agriculture) Bunjamini (Construction Colors 2 Mitrovicë Jugore/Južna Mitrovica Manufacturing) 3 Feis-Com (Construction) 1 Ciao Berto (Furniture Manufacturing) 2 Binni (Furniture Manufacturing) Vushtrri/Vučitrn Vipa Chips (Potato Chips 3 Manufacturing) 1 Arjeta (Construction and Trade) Skënderaj/Srbica 2 Rukolli Construction (Construction) 3 Drena (Dairy Industry)
C3. CLUSTER III C3.1 Social Assistance In total 4,017 families with 13,658 family members within Cluster III are under the social assistance scheme provided by the GoK: Istog/k – 420 families, 1,428 family members; Klinë/a – 834 families, 2,836 family members; and Gjakovë/Đakovica – 2,763 families, 9,394 family members. The overall number of families within Cluster III who receive social assistance and are also in need of housing is 220: Istog/k – 8 families; Klinë/a – 48 families; and Gjakovë/Đakovica – 164 families.
TABLE 24: SOCIAL ASSISTANCE DATA (CLUSTER III) Gjakovë/ Description Istog/k Klinë/a Đakovica Number of families receiving 834 2,763 420 social assistance Number of family members who 1,428 2,836 9,394 receive social assistance Number of families in need of 48 164 8 housing Gurakoc/Đurakoc Grabanicë/Grabanica Ponoshec/Ponosec Locations Vrellë/Vrela Gllarevë/Glareva Piskota/Piskota (urban/village/settlement) with Ujmir/Dobrovode SkivjanSkivjane highest need of housing Rakosh/Rakos Herec/Herec assistance Sperk/Sperk Plançr/Plancore
C3.2 Economic Migration The overall number of people within Cluster III who migrated outside Kosovo from January 2018, through July, 2019 is 1,565: Istog/k – 275; Klinë/a – 221; and Gjakovë/Đakovica – 1,069.
TABLE 25: MIGRATION DATA (CLUSTER III) Municipalities (Cluster III) # of People Migrated Istog/k 275 Klinë/a 221 Gjakovë/Đakovica 1,069
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The areas mostly affected by migration are shown on the table below:
TABLE 26: AREAS MOSTLY AFFECTED BY MIGRATION (CLUSTER III) Area Municipalities (Cluster III) (Village/Neighborhood/Settlement) Gllarevë/Glareva Istog/k Ujmir/Dobrovode Sperk/Sperk Gllarevë/Glareva Klinë/a Ujmir/Dobrovode Sperk/Sperk, Grabanicë/Grabavica Piskota/Piskota Gjakovë/Đakovica Skivjan/Skivjane Plançor/Plancor
C3.3 Repatriation (mainly from the EU)
In terms of repatriation, 711 people were reported to have been repatriated to Kosovo during the period January 2018 until June 2019. Of those, 157 returned to Istog/k, 172 to Klinë/a, and 382 to Gjakovë/Đakovica. Repatriation was reported as mainly coming from the EU, although an exact breakdown is not available.
TABLE 27: REPATRIATION DATA (CLUSTER III) Municipalities (Cluster III) # of People Repatriated Istog/k 157 Klinë/a 172 Gjakovë/Đakovica 382
The areas mostly affected by repatriation are listed on the table below:
TABLE 28: AREAS MOSTLY AFFECTED BY REPATRIATION (CLUSTER III) Area Municipalities (Cluster III) (Village/Neighborhood/Settlement) Mainly within the city Istog/k Rakosh/Rakos Gurakoc/Đurakoc Shtupel/Stupel Klinë/a Mainly city Herec/Herec Gjakovë/Đakovica Mainly city Skivjan/Skivjane
C3.4 Unemployment The unemployment rates within Cluster III, including youth unemployment rates, are shown on the table below:
TABLE 29: UNEMPLOYMENT RATES (CLUSTER III) Municipalities Istog/k Klinë/a Gjakovë/
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C3.5 Main sources of income The main sources of income reported within Cluster III were:
Agriculture Public sector employment Trade
C3.6 Largest Private Companies
Within Cluster III, the following are the largest companies that operate within the three municipalities:
TABLE 30: THREE LARGEST PRIVATE COMPANIES (CLUSTER III) Municipalities (Cluster III) Companies 1 Devolli (Food Production & Trade) Istog/k 2 Trofta (Fish Manufacturing & Hotel) 3 Agroprodukti (Fruit Production) 1 Nora (Hotels & Trade) Klinë/a Benita Company (Oil Distribution, 2 Construction) 3 Mirusha Company (Hotel & Restaurant) 1 V.Morina Beton (Construction) Gjakovë/Đakovica 2 Jupa (Hotels and Restaurant) 3 Deva Holding (Construction)
D. MUNICIPAL AGENDAS FOR YOUTH EMPOWERMENT This sub-section provides information about the involvement of relevant municipalities in youth development processes as well as their level of capacity to address youth needs and youth empowerment processes.
Out of all nine of Up to Youth’s partner municipalities the municipality of Gjakovë/Đakovica is the only municipality that has allocated funding specifically for youth activities, even though it can be considered a symbolic amount – € 10,000 – when compared to the overall 2019 municipal budget of € 24.8 million. The Directorates for Culture, Youth and Sports (DCYSs) all reported understaffing, as well as a lack of resources and know-how to address and influence the youth development agendas. By and large, youth development mechanisms are nonexistent at municipal level; of the nine municipalities that participated in the rapid assessment not a single one possessed a youth development strategy or action plan. The majority of CSO representatives stated that the coordination mechanisms between local authorities at the municipal level and the relevant central government authorities likewise does not exist.
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All nine of the municipal-level DCYSs stated they faced the following challenges in addressing the needs of youth at municipal level: a) they are understaffed, b) lack the know-how, c) do not possess the youth development strategies, d) lack funding and e) lack youth outreach mechanisms to be able to address youth empowerment agendas. In two municipalities within Cluster I, the DCYS don’t have designated directors; instead youth needs are addressed by the directorates of education. One youth officer in each municipality is engaged to address youth needs.
The DCYS representatives also stated that youth from rural areas never attend public budget hearings at the municipal level and are not proactive. But on the other hand the CSO representatives stated widely that youth both rural and urban are very proactive if opportunities are provided to them.
TABLE 31: CHALLENGES FACED BY MUNICIPAL DIRECTORATES OF CULTURE, YOUTH AND SPORTS (ALL CLUSTERS) Lack of Lack of Lack of Lack of youth funding by youth # Municipality Understaffed know-how development the central outreach strategies government mechanisms 1 Hani i Elezit/Elez Han 2 Kaçanik/Kačanik 3 Viti/Vitina Mitrovicë 4 Jugore/Južna Mitrovica 5 Vushtrri/Vučitrn 6 Skënderaj/Srbica 7 Istog/k 8 Klinë/a 9 Gjakovë/Đakovica
E. CIVIC ENGAGEMENT This section provides information as how proactive youth within each municipality are, their level of attendance in public debate, public budget hearings, youth activities and other youth related events.
Across all three clusters, it was reported that youth are very proactive when given the opportunity to participate in the processes. However, their trust in municipal authorities was reported to be very low, resulting in low participation rates and a generally negative viewpoint of government institutions. Only a very small number of youth participate in public hearings or public budget hearings at municipal level; although no respondent could give exact figures, in all cases they talked about youth interaction in the low single digits. Most respondents believed that youth lack the knowledge and expertise to address and advocate for their needs.
Some of the activities that youth had been reported as having participated in over the past six months, and which were actually organized by the DCYSs are presented on the table below.
TABLE 32: ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED BY MUNICIPALITIES FOR YOUTH, JANUARY – JUNE 2019 Municipality Activities 1 Hani Elezit/Elez Han Cultural and sport events 2 Kaçanik/Kačanik International Youth Day, sport tournaments 3 Viti/Vitina Earth Day, sports events, Independence Day activities 4 Mitrovicë Jugore/Južna Science fair, Young Poets Day, Table-Tennis Day, Greenfest, Mitrovica Charity Football Day
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The DCYSs also stated that the majority of the above stated activities are organized during April and May, which is the time when the members of diaspora start arriving. For example, in a two-month period earlier this summer, the Youth Center in Skënderaj/Srbica worked with the municipality to organize 60 youth activities over 60 consecutive days. Youth center in Skënderaj/Srbica are led by a very experienced management according to other CSO representatives working in the area, and an important fact about them is also that they always kept themselves away from politics and therefore have managed to receive funding continuously by various government and non-government actors providing such funding in the area.
F. CIVIL SOCIETY/NGOS This sub-section provides information about civil society actors (domestic and foreign organizations/donors) who have recently implemented youth related programs, those who continue to work with youth, or those that have upcoming programming in Up to Youth’s nine partner municipalities.
Various domestic youth-led entities and other organizations working with youth operate across all three clusters. The list of organizations that are active and who participated in this rapid assessment it is included in Annex 3 (List of Key Informant Interviews). In addition, a contact list of some of the key stakeholders operating across all three clusters it is attached to this report as Annex 5
The majority of youth led organizations face significant challenges during their work; the key challenges mentioned by respondents include:
Lack of funding for their youth development ideas; Lack of experienced staff; Lack of office facilities; and Their relatively low level of influence on the youth development agendas at both the municipal and central government level.
The majority of local youth organizations such as Local Youth Action Councils (LYACs) and Youth Centers receive a very small amount of funds from most municipalities (usually an average of € 2,500 annually), as well as free utilities for their facilities. The majority of CSO representatives stated that LYAC are entirely dependent on municipal funding and therefore their activities are designed to support the political agendas of the current mayor’s political party. In some municipalities like Skënderaj/Srbica for example an LYAC doesn’t exist. It was established and operational for a few months but due to a lack of funding and experienced leadership they closed. The youth center in Skënderaj/Srbica now fills the role the LYAC would usually fill, although it has retained a reputation for non-partisanship.
A small minority of local organizations receive their funding from domestic organizations who are financed by foreign organizations such as the United States Embassy in Kosovo, the United States
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Agency for International Development (USAID), the European Union (EU), Austrian Development Agency (ADA), Sweden International Development Agency (SIDA), Swiss Development and Cooperation Agency (SDC) as well as Foreign Embassies present in Kosovo.
When asked what they consider to be the top priorities of youth at their respective municipalities civil society organizations responded as per the below:
TABLE 33: YOUTH PRIORITIES ACROSS ALL MUNICIPALITIES Youth Priorities 1 Capacity building, life skills & entrepreneurship 2 Linkages of youth with relevant Vocational Education Centers 3 Employment 4 Proactive and supportive mechanisms for youth at municipal level 5 Adequate youth development strategies and action plans 6 Support by local and central government institutions 7 Regional and/or international engagement
These priorities track closely with the key challenges youth face across the country, as per the recent findings of the UNDP Kosovo (Public Pulse Analysis Report – August 2018), which identified the following challenges:
Low quality education Lack of job opportunities Lack of recreational youth spaces Poverty/Poor Economic situation Nepotism/Corruption General political situation Radical ideologies Freedom of movement/personal safety
G. CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS SITES A number of cultural and religious sites were identified during the rapid assessment and those through the desk research process. Those are included on the table below.
TABLE 34: CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS SITES ACROSS ALL NINE MUNICIPALITIES Cultural Hani i Mitrovicë Kaçanik/ Viti/ Vushtrri/ Skënderaj/ Gjakovë/ & Elezit/ Jugore/Južna Istog/k Klinë/a Kačanik Vitina Vučitrn Srbica Đjakovica Religious Sites Elez Han Mitrovica Mosque 9 16 30 15 42 18 14 7 33 Catholic 0 0 6 2 0 0 1 0 24 Church Protestant Evangelic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Church Serbian Orthodox 1 1 6 1 6 1 6 5 4 Church
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5. ANNEXES ANNEX 1 – LIST OF RESOURCES / LITERATURE CONSULTED
ANNEX II – RAPID ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE / INFORMATION SHEET
ANNEX III – LIST OF RESOURCES CONSULTED (KEY INFORMANT INTERVIEWS)
ANNEX IV – QUALITY ASSURANCE CHECKLIST
ANNEX V – CONTACT LIST, UP TO YOUTH STAKEHOLDERS
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1. USAID Kosovo Country Development and Cooperation Strategy (2014-2018, extended until June 2nd 2020), https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1863/CDCS_Kosovo.pdf 2. Kosovo Agency of Statistics (KAS), ESTIMATION of Kosovo population 2011, http://ask.rks- gov.net/media/2129/estimation-of-kosovo-population-2011.pdf 3. Kosovo Education and Employment Networks (KEEN), Evaluation Report IMPLEMENTATION OF KOSOVO EDUCATION STRATEGIC PLAN IN 2017 - http://www.keen- ks.net/site/assets/files/1345/raporti_i_vleresimit_psak_eng-1.pdf 4. Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST), Kosovo Education Strategic Plan 2017 – 2021 - http://www.kryeministriks.net/repository/docs/KOSOVO_EDUCATION_STRATEGIC_PLAN.pdf 5. MEST, OpenEMIS, Need and Gap Assessment Report, https://kosovo.savethechildren.net/sites/kosovo.savethechildren.net/files/library/OpenEMIS%20Kosovo% 20Scoping%20mission%20report%20-%20Summary.pdf 6. Equal Rights for All Coalition - Promoting Inclusive Education and Diversity in all Schools in Kosovo - http://www.ecmikosovo.org/uploads/00001.%20Enhancing_Access_to_Education_ENG.pdf 7. CEIC, Kosovo Agency of Statistics, online data https://www.ceicdata.com/en/indicator/kosovo/unemployment-rate 8. The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, https://wiiw.ac.at/kosovo-overview-ce-23.html 9. Kosovo Agency of Statistics, Social Assistance Scheme, http://askdata.rks- gov.net/PXWeb/pxweb/sq/askdata/askdata__16%20Welfare%20and%20health__01%20Welfare/tab01.p x/?rxid=3117d666-f6ac-4e3d-ab03-76d4f12cf601 10. Kosovo Agency of Statistics, Migration Data, http://askdata.rks- gov.net/PXWeb/pxweb/sq/askdata/askdata__09%20Population__Population%20estimate/tab02.px/?rxid =9f6b37bf-b1bd-4caa-8840-31d391a1e6a2 11. Kosovo Agency of Statistics, Youth Unemployment Data, http://askdata.rks- gov.net/PXWeb/pxweb/sq/askdata/askdata__Labour%20market__01%20Quarterly%20labour%20marke t__Papun%C3%ABsia/tab2.4.px/?rxid=6925b489-5a3a-4ead-bd6b-98b6bc1bc2bf 12. Kosovo Agency of Statistics, NEET Data, http://askdata.rks- gov.net/PXWeb/pxweb/sq/askdata/askdata__Labour%20market__01%20Quarterly%20labour%20marke t__NEET/tab4.px/?rxid=a4788d5d-e592-491d-bd50-eb42fdd9452d 13. MCYS, Youth Development Strategy (2014-2017), https://www.mkrs- ks.org/repository/docs/KOSOVO_STRATEGY_FOR_YOUTH.pdf 14. Municipal Profile, OSCE, Hani i Elezit/Elez Han, https://www.osce.org/kosovo/31420?download=true 15. Municipal Profile, OSCE, Kaçanik/Kačanik https://www.osce.org/kosovo/13116?download=true 16. Municipal Profile, OSCE, Viti/Vitina, https://www.osce.org/kosovo/13133?download=true 17. Municipal Profile, OSCE, Mitrovicë South, https://www.osce.org/mission-in- kosovo/122118?download=true 18. Municipal Profile, OSCE, Vushtrri/Vučitrn, https://www.osce.org/kosovo/13134?download=true 19. Municipal Profile, OSCE, Skënderaj/Srbica, https://www.osce.org/kosovo/13273?download=true 20. Municipal Profile, OSCE, Istog/g, https://www.osce.org/kosovo/13115?download=true 21. Municipal Profile, OSCE, Klinë/a, https://www.osce.org/kosovo/13117?download=true 22. Municipal Profile, OSCE, Gjakovë/Đakovica https://www.osce.org/kosovo/13111?download=true 23. GAP Institute, Municipal ID’s - http://www.komunat.institutigap.org/Statistics/index/8/223/Y2010,Y2011,Y2012,Y2013,Y2014,Y2015,Y2 016,Y2017,Y2018,Y2019 24. GAP Institute, State Budget - https://www.institutigap.org/spendingsEng/#/~/budget-of-kosovo--- planning
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25. http://www.ks.undp.org/content/kosovo/en/home/library/democratic_governance/public-pulse- analysis.html
ANNEX II – RAPID ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE / INFORMATION SHEET
Contract No. 72016719C00003
UP TO YOUTH ACTIVITY INITIAL RAPID ASSESSMENT INFORMATION SHEET
1. General Information (Mayor, Deputy Mayor or Director of Administration) Municipality:
How many villages does the municipality have?
Which are the three top villages within your Villages: municipality that have the largest numer of youth ages 15-24? 1.______2.______3.______
Which village (from these three listed) would you consider that possesses youth (15-24) who are subject to social exclusion7? Definition
Do you possess the list of the village representative/s (including youth & women representative/s) and their contact details (phone, email)?
If Yes, could you please share that with us?
7 Social exclusion - is the process in which individuals are blocked from (or denied full access to) various rights, opportunities and resources that are normally available to members of a different group, and which are fundamental to social integration and observance of human rights within that particular group (e.g., housing, employment, healthcare, civic engagement, democratic participation, and due process).
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What is the overall municipal budget for 2019?
What is the budget amount allocated to the Directorate of Culture Youth and Sports?
What is the budget amount allocated specifically to youth?
What is the overall unemployment rate (%) at the municipality ?
What is the youth unemployment rate (%) in the municipality?
How many persons have been repatriated # of persons repatriated:______from the EU, to this municipality from 2018 to 2019? Main locations (urban area or village) affected by repatriation:
If the response is “We don’t Source possessing the information know”, ask the following question: about repatriated persons:
Who do you think would have this information?
1.______
2.______
3.______
How many persons have (economically) # of persons migrated:_____# of youth (15-24):______migrated from 2018 to 2019?
Which are the areas (urban State at least three top urban area and three top area/villages/settlements) most affected by village/settlement are, mostly affected: migration? Urban Area(s): Village/Settlement
1.______1.______
2.______2.______
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3.______3. ______
What are the main sources of income for people in this municipality (public services, private owned businesses, private sector employment, agriculture or other)?
Who are the three largest private sector companies in this municipality?
Recent, Ongoing and Planned - Youth Empowerment Programs in your municipality
(Domestic and foreign):
Program Duration Value in Program (give as many Donor Euro) details as possible) (start/end)
II. Directorate for Youth, Culture and Sports
What is the structure of your Director of Directorate directorate/Number of staff? Head of Units (Culture/Youth/Sports):______
Officers:______
Assistants:______
What are the key activities that your directorate has implemented with youth over the past six months?
Which of these activities were implemeted in rural areas?
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What are the three key challenges your directorate faces in providing services to rural youth?
What is the number of youth (ages 15-24) reside at the municipality, this icludes urban and rural youth.
How many youth (15-24) from the non- majority communities reside at the municipality (urban and rural)?
Does your municipality have an existing Strategy for Youth Empowerment /Development?
In your experience who would you consider to be the most pro-active?
Do you have a list of active youth organizations within your municipality? If, YES, can you please share it with us?
What are the key challenges that your directorate faces, in order to address the needs of youth.
Is your directorate responsible to coordinate with youth and youth activists in regards to attending public meetings organized at the municipality.
III. Directorate of Labor and Social Welfare
What is the total number of families and family members receiving social assistance # of families:______#of family members:______
What is the total number of persons with disabilities? Total #:______Total (ages15-24):______
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Which municipal directorate is resonsible for supporting Persons with Disabilities/Youth with disabilities?
How many families who receive social assistance are also in need of housing (either individual housing or collective # of families:______#of family members:______housing) Locations (urban/village/settlement) with the highest need of housing assistance:
Urban Area(s): Village/Settlement
1.______1.______
2.______2.______
3.______3.______
4.______4.______
5.______5.______
IV. Employment Office
What is the overall unemployment rate at the municipality?
What is the youth unemployment rate
Does the municipality have a Strategy or Action Plan for youth employment?
Are there youth employment programs being implemented in this municipality?
If Yes, can you please list them?
What is the avarage slaray in private sector?
V. Directorate of Education
Education - (Kosovo curricula) Education – (Other curriculas)
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# of Secondary Schools: ______# of Secondary Schools: ______
# of students, ______# of students, ______
# of staff ______# of staff ______
Where are the secondary schools located? Please state Where are the secondary schools located? Please location: state location:
Urban Area Village/Settlement Urban Area Village/Settlement
1.______1.______1.______1.______
2.______2.______2.______2.______
3.______3.______3.______3.______
4.______4.______4.______4.______
5.______5.______5.______5.______
# of Drop outs at municipal level: ______# of Drop outs at municipal level:______
What are the key reasons for drop-outs: What are the key reasons for drop-outs: (migration, economic status, other) (migration, economic status, other) 1.______1.______2.______2.______3.______3.______4.______4.______5.______5.______
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Which are the secondary schools with the highest Which are the secondary schools with the number of drop-outs: highest number of drop-outs:
Urban Area Village/Settlement Urban Area Village/Settlement
1.______1.______1.______1.______
2.______2.______2.______2.______
3.______3.______3.______3.______
4.______4.______4.______4.______
5.______5.______5.______5.______
Primary School Primary School
# of students, ______# of students, ______
# of staff ______# of staff ______
# of Droup outs at municipal level______# of Droup outs at municipal level ______
What are the key reasons for drop-outs: What are the key reasosn for drop-outs:
(migration, economic status, other) (migration, economic status, other)
1.______1.______
2.______2.______
3.______3.______
4.______4.______
5.______5.______
# of Kindergarden(s) ______# of Kindergarden (s) ______
# of Chidrens ______# of Chidrens ______
# of staff ______# of staff ______
# of Youth (15-24) - Neither in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) at municipal level:
Can we use the school facilities for project based/in-school-youth related activities (traininigs, events, etc)?
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VI. Local Youth Action Council/Youth Led Organization/Informal Youth Empowerment Group/Other Civil Soceity Organizations working with youth: Name Year of establishment Number of staff Total number of members, if applicable
Total number of active volunteers, if applicable Main source(s) of funding ☐ Government Funding ☐ Municipality Funding ☐ Domestic Organizations ☐ Foreign Organizations ☐ Private Business Sector Support ☐ Social Enterprise ☐ Other______Budget Annual turnover (2018) Funding forecast 2019 (amount) How would you rate the level of influece and impact that your entity has in youth empowerment / development ☐ Low ☐Medium ☐ High processess in the municipality? (low, medium, high) What are the three key challenges that your entity faces List top three: to address the needs of youth? 1. 2. 3. What do you consider to be the five top priorities of List top five: youthat your municipality to improve their socio- 1. economic conditions? 2. Those amongst others can be: Capacity 3. building/professional development, employment 4. opportunities, civic engagement, public finance planning, 5. seed funding for their activities/organizations, living conditions, improved public services, etc. In your experience working with youth, which do you think List top five: are the locations (villages) with the highest number of youth (ages 15-24) – that you think are the most Socially 1. Excluded8? 2.
3.
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5. How pro-active are urban youth in your municipality? Please provide examples.
8 Social exclusion - is the process in which individuals are blocked from (or denied full access to) various rights, opportunities and resources that are normally available to members of a different group, and which are fundamental to social integration and observance of human rights within that particular group (e.g., housing, employment, healthcare, civic engagement, democratic participation, and due process).
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How pro-active are rural youth in your municipality? Pleas provide examples. Has your entity, your members or your volunteers ☐YES ☐NO attended the last public budget hearing organized by the mmunicipality? If YES, how many youth members were present at the meeting, if you remember?
# of youth members present:______
Are you aware of existing strategies/action plans at municipal level related to youth empowerment/development?
Is there anything else that you would like to add?
Any other relevant information Enter any other information you received but is not directly connected with above issues. That could be anything that relates to youth.
Source of information: Information collected by: Date:
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CLUSTER I
HANI I ELEZIT/ELEZ HAN
Directorates NAME AND SURNAME TELEPHONE EMAIL
Mayor
D. Youth & Education
D. Health & Soc. Welfare
LYAC
KAÇANIK/KAČANIK
DIRECTORATES NAME AND SURNAME TELEPHONE EMAIL
D.Mayor
D. Education – Youth
D. Economy
D. Health & Soc. Welfare
LYAC
Handikos
Community Development
VITI/VITINA
DIRECTORATES NAME AND SURNAME TELEPHONE EMAIL
Mayor
D. Youth
D. Education
D. Health & Soc. Welfare
LYAC
Handikos
CLUSTER II
MITROVICË JUGORE/JUŽNA MITROVICA
DIRECTORATES NAME AND SURNAME TELEPHONE EMAIL
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Mayor
D. Youth
D. Education
D. Health
Y. Center
D. Education – Sector Lead
LYAC, Acting Officer
NGO "Rinas"
CBM
7 Arte
Education Inovators Kosova
VUSHTRRI/VUČITRN
DIRECTORATES NAME AND SURNAME TELEPHONE EMAIL
Chief of Mayor Cabinet
D. Youth
D. Education – Education Official and Quality Coordinator
D. Economy
D. Health & Soc. Welfare
LYAC
Handikos
Qendra e gruas “ATO”
NGO "Our Light"
NGO "Stand Out"
SKËNDERAJ/SRBICA
DIRECTORATES NAME AND SURNAME TELEPHONE EMAIL
Mayor
D. Youth
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Y. Center
Handikos
NGO Drugza
Iniciativa Qytetare
Iniciativa Qytetare(dr)
CLUSTER III
ISTOG/K
DIRECTORATES NAME AND SURNAME TELEPHONE EMAIL
D. Youth
D. Education
D. Health & Soc. Welfare
STIKK
Vizioni 02, Gurrakoc
LYAC
YC RAE ‘Liria”
KLINË/A
DIRECTORATES NAME AND SURNAME TELEPHONE EMAIL
Mayor/D.Mayor
D. Youth
D. Education
D. Health & Soc. Welfare
YC Ardhmëria, Coordinator
LYAC
NGO "Koha"
GJAKOVË/ĐAKOVICA
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DIRECTORATES NAME AND SURNAME TELEPHONE EMAIL
D. Youth- Official
D. Education
Youth Center
LYAC
Handikos
PRISHTINË/PRISTINA
ORGANIZATION NAME AND SURNAME TELEPHONE EMAIL
Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports
Community Development Fund
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Contract No. 72016719C00003
UP TO YOUTH ACTIVITY Initial Rappid Assessment Quality Assurance Check List
QA Topic Verified Comments (Yes-No-N/A) Questionnaire Content Is technically correct, consistent, completed and is easily understood Questionnaire Format and Style Consistent within the document and with similar documentation All requested and required information is contained within the document
Acronyms, Glossary and Definition (if filled out in the questionnaire by the interviewer) are spelled out and understood Annexes (if stated on the questionanire) are attached.
Contact information Correct name, address, telephone, cell, email and tax.
Cross Reference Item referenced correctly with appropriate content
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ANNEX V – CONTACT LIST, UP TO YOUTH STAKEHOLDERS Please see attached contact list of Up to Youth stakeholders. Note that this annex is a general contact list and not representative of participants of KIIs performed as part of the initial rapid assessment. A list of the KIIs can be found as part of Annex III.
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