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Workshop on Participatory Strategic Planning organised in Kosovo*

On 26 November, a workshop on “Participatory Strategic Planning” was organised in Pristina and targeted the Community Action groups (CAG) and Institutional Working Groups (IWG) from the two new municipalities, Prizren and Kamenica. The event was organised within the joint EU-CoE ROMACTED II Programme on “Promoting good governance and Roma empowerment at local level”, in close cooperation with the Forum for Development and Multiethnic Collaboration (FDMC). 

The workshop aimed to build the capacities of the local authorities and Roma Ashkali Egyptian communities to develop and implement plans and projects with a view to promoting inclusion at the local level. The workshop focused on ROMACTED II methodological steps, and 12 Principles of inclusive good governance applied to the Roma communities and adopted by the Council of Europe. 

The workshop presented the opportunity for municipal authorities and Roma communities to exchange and learn from each other’s experiences and develop a network.  The work in groups identified challenges but presented possibilities for improved inclusive strategic planning. We look forward to working with both mechanisms (IWG and CAG) during ROMACTED II. 

*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.

Pristina 26 November 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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