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KOSOVO* COUNTRY FACT SHEET 2020 * References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of Security Council Resolution 1244/1999 PUBLISHER TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION (IOM) GERMANY Charlottenstraße 68 10117 Berlin Germany 1. HEALTH CARE T. +49 911 43 000 F. +49 911 43 00 260 2. LABOUR MARKET [email protected] www.germany.iom.int 3. HOUSING 4. SOCIAL WELFARE 5. EDUCATION This project is funded by the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF). 6. CHILDREN 7. CONTACTS The information contained in this Country Fact Sheet was researched with best intentions and care. However, IOM Germany assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions. Furthermore, IOM Germany cannot be held accountable for conclusions or deci- sions drawn from the information provided in this Country Fact Sheet. For further information on voluntary return and reintegration, please visit the information portal www.ReturningfromGermany.de, or contact your local return and reintegration office. 1 HEALTH CARE 1 HEALTH CARE General information on health care For patients, private institutions do not The health care is provided through the free of charge in every public health care require referrals from Family Medicine Health Care System in Kosovo is orga- organization and implementation of me- center, but it happens often that they are Centers, and thus patients may move dical activities by the health institutions out of supplies and not available in public nized in three sectors including primary, directly to specialty care. secondary, and tertiary health care. of public, private and mixed sector. The clinics. Independent pharmacies may be Primary Health Care (PHC) in Prishtina medical activity is organized in order able to import drugs needed, but they is organized in thirteen Family Medicine to ensure appropriate and successful are likely to be expensive. Centers and fifteen Ambulatory Care Availability of medical facilities and health care for citizens in normal and Units. These Family Medicine Centers doctors extraordinary circumstances. The types of medical insurances for citizens and all offer basic primary care services. In Kosovo, the public and private systems communities in Kosovo are: Access for returnees Secondary Health Care is decentra- are supposed to function separately lized in seven regional hospitals which and independently. By law, doctors are • Basic medical insurance- is a manda- Eligibility and requirements: Similarly, each has up to 500 beds. The regions forbidden to refer patients from the tory insurance for all citizens, who like all residents in Kosovo, returnees of Ferizaj, Gjakova, Gjilan, Peja, and public sector to the private sector. In are in formal work relationship, and are eligible to benefit from the free Prizren, each have one regional hospital practice, such referrals happen regu- for natural and legal persons, in ac- services. In case of vulnerability, they while the region of Mitrovica has two: also fall under the categories which are larly. It is common for doctors to work cordance with the law. exempted from payments. one in North Mitrovic and the other in both sectors at the same time. Even • Private medical insurance- is a vo- in the South Mitrovica. Prishtina does though the public health insurance is luntary insurance of citizens where Registration procedure: No not have a regional hospital, instead, it a right for all citizens, in Kosovo this the insurance is provided by the registration is required, except for uses the University Clinical Center of has still not become a reality. Without citizens and/or by the employers proving the respective status such as Kosovo (UCCK) for health care ser- public health insurance in place, some in the organizations founded in unemployed, children, war veterans and social assistance beneficiaries. vices. There are also home services companies have begun to offer private accordance with the law. The par- These cathegories are exempted from provided for vulnerable groups that health insurance. However, these are ticipation costs in private companies payments and participation. can hardly reach health care premises. not enough affordable for the wider are 35 EUR. The patients may Tertiary Health Care is provided by the population in Kosovo. choose the company they want to Required documents: When receiving University Clinical Center of Kosovo lo- register for medical insurance. medical services in the public sector, cated in Prishtina. UCCK is the main patients have to present their documents public health establishment including 15 each time they get medical services, this is Admission to medical facilities Availability and costs of medication to prove that they belong to one of these clinics under its supervision. categories. Such documentation may Persons must first contact institutions on Kosovo pharmacies and healthcare Alongside the public health institutions, the primary level of the health system, include a certificate of unemployment, there are numerous private clinics and facilities rely heavily on imported me- social assistance document, or any other Family Health Centers, or Main Family dical equipment and pharmaceuticals. hospitals throughout Kosovo. Private Health Centers. If follow-ups are needed, document that proves their vulnerability. hospitals are better equipped to offer Regarding the costs, the patients must regional hospitals located in the main re- pay for the services as follow: in the personalized care, shorter wait times gions of the country should be visited. If than in a public hospital such as short- primary sector, if the patients do not services are not available at institutions of possess any exemption, they have to term hospitalization, emergency room the secondary level, patients will receive services, general and specialty surgical pay the basic service fee up to 2 EUR. a written recommendation to enter the While for the secondary and tertiary services. Private institutions have conti- tertiary level- Clinical Center of Kosovo nued to remain a popular alternative sectors service fees depend on the type in Prishtina. Vulnerable people also fall of treatment and the medical institution. to the public health institutions for a under the categories which are exemp- variety of reasons. For health care per- Different institutions charge different ted from payments. These categories service fees. The health insurance system sonnel, private institutions are a way to include war veterans, social assistance supplement their public sector incomes. has not been implemented yet. Essential beneficiaries, and children. medicines are supposed to be available 2 LABOUR MARKET 2 LABOUR MARKET General information on labour market a legal age as well in general and the organizations provide the job seekers Prishtina, Mitrovica, Prizren, Gjakova, pension age is 65. Kosovo’s economy with assistance to find work through Gilan, Ferizaj, and Skenderaj. In the Kosovo is the youngest country in has shown progress in transitioning active labor market measures and context of vocational education and Europe with the youngest population. to a market-based system and main- different programs on paid vocational training reforms in Kosovo, there are Kosovo’s Gross Domestic Product taining macroeconomic stability, but it internships. Through these programs, some competence centers that provi- per capita is the lowest in the region. is still highly dependent on the inter- they can get a very modest salary of de expertise for different projects or Based on a preliminary estimate from national community and the diaspora 150 EUR. program support in multiple business the World Bank, Kosovo’s GDP grew (Remittances) for financial and technical areas. Two centers of competences are 4.17% year-on-year in 2019. However, assistance. With international assistance, functional in Malisheva and Skenderaj. in its previous report in April, the Kosovo has been able to privatize most Unemployment assistance In the long term, this should increase bank warned that a prolongation of of its state-owned enterprises. Most of the competitiveness of businesses and the COVID-19 related containment Kosovo’s population lives in rural towns The way to have access to job announ- reduce unemployment, particularly measures beyond the second quarter outside of the capital, Pristina. Inefficient, cement is through the websites and for among young people. Available voca- requires careful macro-prudential ma- near-subsistence farming is common public sector in the national newspapers tional training includes accounting, arc nagement as it could further slowdown due to small plots, limited mechaniza- but also in the information boards of and gas welding, hairdressing, electri- growth in 2020. In recent years, the tion, and a lack of technical expertise. the institutions or the agencies publi- cians, tailoring, IT training, construction, economy has been driven by public in- The promising economic sectors that shing the vacancies. Some of the most hydraulic.Doro. vestment in infrastructure and private continue to employ more people are: common websites for job seekers are: consumption. Remittances from the trade by 17.0%; construction by 11.9%; diaspora – located mainly in Germany, • Employment Agency of the Republic education by 11.3%; and manufacturing of Kosovo: https://aprk.rks-gov.net/ Switzerland, and the Nordic countries - by 10.3%. Meanwhile, other sectors are estimated to account for about 17% en-US/Home/Index Access for returnees participate