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Study on regulation of political advertising made available for beneficiaries in Pristina

To help beneficiaries and key actors in Kosovo* better understand and address the issues surrounding the political advertising , the Study on Political Advertising: A comparative Study with Reflection on the situation in South-East Europe was translated  with the support of the EU and Council of Europe Regional action "Freedom of expression and freedom of the media in South-East Europe. This study derived as a follow-up of the online regional roundtable dedicated to media regulatory authorities “Election, pandemics and disinformation” organised in July 2020.

 

It constitutes an important and useful document providing the media regulatory authorities with valuable and practical references of political advertising during the electoral campaign. It also offers guidelines on the matter, in line with European standards and best practices in this field.

 

The EU and Council of Europe joint action on “Freedom of Expression and Freedom of the media in Kosovo* (JUFREX) ensured that the document is proofread, and the language and other technical terminology used in the document is in line with the Media Regulatory Authority standards and terminology.

 

The original study can be found in English as well as translated in Albanian and Serbian language.

 

The Action “Freedom of expression and freedom of the media” is part of the “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey II”, a co-operation initiative co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe, which aims at assisting Beneficiaries in the Western Balkans region and Turkey to comply with the Council of Europe standards and European Union acquis in the framework of the enlargement process, where relevant.

 

 

This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSC 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.

 

Pristina 8 March 2021
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Fifty practitioners to enhance skills in provision of occupational therapy

Following the adoption of the Guidelines for Occupational Therapy (OT), as well as the Training of Trainers (ToT) on OT that took place in January 2024, three 2-day cascade training sessions were organised in the course of February and March 2024.  Fifty professionals, mainly from the Prison Health Department, along with representatives from the Correctional Services, Institute for Forensic Psychiatry, and the Special Institute for Persons with Mental and Physical Disabilities, were trained on this important form of therapy.

To complement the theoretical aspects and provide the trainees with practical knowledge, some of the sessions were conducted in the Dubrava Prison, in a section which houses prisoners with both mental and somatic problems. This on-site training allowed the participants to observe and understand the application of OT principles in a real-life setting, thus enhancing their learning experience by connecting theory and practice.

These cascade training sessions allowed the participants to further improve their skills in applying the OT Guidelines and tools in prisons and other closed institutions, a concept which was thus far not utilised in a structured manner. Furthermore, training healthcare and correctional professionals together helps them further strengthen the inter-institutional cooperation in the treatment and rehabilitation of some of the most vulnerable members of the society.

Each of these sessions were facilitated by two trainers who had participated in the ToT in January and were supervised and mentored by a Council of Europe consultant who has been involved in the process since the very beginning, thus further strengthening institutional capacity to provide training.

The activity was conducted under the auspices of the Council of Europe project “Improvement of the treatment of persons deprived of liberty”.

 

 

*All references to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions, or population, in this text shall be understood in full compliance with United National Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.

Istog/ Istok 26 March 2024
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