Main goal of the project is enhancing implementation of the relevant legal framework on national minorities, in line with European standards.

By doing this, it will raise awareness on the rights of national minorities and foster reconciliation and societal cohesion at different levels of society, enabling minority rights-holders to better exercise their rights.

The project will work at different levels, with activities addressed at central and local institutions, civil society organisations, youth and religious leadership, and the media.

This will include, among others: assisting the Technical Working Group in charge of the Co-ordination of the Implementation of the Recommendations for the Framework Convention; training law enforcement officials to address hate crimes based on ethnic or religious grounds; supporting the development of training modules based on Council of Europe minority standards and their rolling in the higher education sector; enhancing the use of official languages in municipalities; local initiatives addressing youth, civil society and local authorities to raise awareness on the daily impact of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities on their lives; micro-grants to minority media.

Working with institutions in charge of minority issues at national and local level, the project will integrate the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) standards in their daily work.

By cooperating with public administration and the higher education sectors, the project will enhance the use of minority languages in these two domains, in line with European standards, in particular the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.

Through a series of targeted initiatives, the project will raise institutional and societal awareness on the rights of national minorities and relevant European standards.

*All reference to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions or population, shall be understood in full compliance with United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.