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Mid-term Steering Committee Meeting of CoE project “Reinforcing the Fight against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence in Kosovo*- Phase II

On 17 July 2020, the mid-term Steering Committee meeting of the project “Reinforcing the Fight against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence in Kosovo*- Phase II”, too place in Pristina. The meeting featured introductory remarks from Frank Power, Head of the Council of Europe Office in Pristina and Jenny Stenberg Sørvol, the Deputy Ambassador of the Embassy of Norway in Kosovo*. In addition, Marta Becerra, the Head of Unit at Gender Equality Division of Council of Europe and Merita Limani, the local Project Manager presented on the project progress, achieved results and the work plan for the upcoming activities.

The meeting was attended by the Steering Committee members, which include key authorities and project partners in the sector of combating violence against women and domestic violence, such as Florian Dushi, the Deputy Minister of Justice/National Coordinator on Domestic Violence (attended partially), Edi Gucia, Head of the Agency for Gender Equality, Enver Fejzullahu, Head of Justice Academy, Mentor Morina, Director at Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Basri Kastrati, Director of the Victims Advocacy and Assistance Office and Merita Syla from the Ombudspersons Office.

The members of the Steering Committee acknowledged the project results achieved in all its components, and appreciated the ongoing efforts to enhance capacities of the legal professionals to prevent and combat violence against women and domestic violence (VAW/DV) V and raise awareness against it, and the support to enhance the standards for social services for victims of VAW/DV including the research on perpetrator programmes. The participants also offered suggestions for further alignment of actions as their efforts on coordination with the sector and the focus on enhancing laws increases, and re-stated their commitment to work closely with the project for stronger impact.  The final project Steering Committee meeting will take place in June 2021.

 

The project ‘’Reinforcing the Fight against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence in Kosovo*- Phase II “ is co-financed by Norway and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe.

 

 

 

 

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

Pristina 17 July 2020
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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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