Local Advocacy Partners I

NGO Name: Bethany Christian Services – BCS, Gjakova
Project Title: Participation of RAE community in implementation of “Strategy for Integration of RAE community, 2009- 2015, in Gjakova Municipality
Project Duration: 1 year
Project budget: USD 12,574.25

Project Concept:
Through this project, BSC offers assistance as a organization towards RAE communities in the form of education and their mobilization towards an overall avocation versus local and central institutions aiming to improve their situation in the locations where they live in the Municipality of Gjakova.
Our engagement in this direction will simultaneously be in line with the document of Strategy for Integration of RAE Communities 2009-2015, by influencing the actions in the eleven sectors that came out of the strategy, identified as priorities for community development.

NGO Name: FORTESA, Kamenica
Project Title: Communication between local governance and citizens through establishing the local councils
Project Duration: 9 months
Project budget: USD 10,363.79

Project Concept:
The overall concept of the organization is establishment of local councils as a necessity for building the communication between local governance and citizens, as it is foreseen by the highest charter of the municipality, the Statute.
By establishment and functionality of local councils, the relationship citizen – council – municipality and vice versa is created, and through this relationship, a better and more efficient governance is ensured.

NGO Name: Kosova association of the blind and partially sighted, Prishtina
Project Title: Right for free access
Project Duration: 7 months
Project budget: USD 11,173.25

Project Concept:
Project aims to reactivate acoustic traffic lights were out of order within one year; as a consequence of lack of maintenance from the responsible company, and this hindered the free movement of blind people.
By reactivating the existing acoustic traffic lights and installing new equipments a blind citizen would much easier move within the town, he/she would not have the need for a accompanier, as the released sound from the traffic light will ease the street crossing without any hazard for the blind people.

NGO Name: Liria-i, Istog
Project Title: Raise Your Voice
Project Duration: 1 year
Project budget: USD 11,978.09

Project Concept:
The project “Raise your Voice” aims to influence the municipal institutions in the implementation of 2 approved regulations related to protecting the environment. The influence will be reached by involving two working groups of all the relevant stakeholders for the realization of respective regulations.

NGO Name: Association of person with children paralyses, “Handicap Kosova”, Prishtina
Project Title: Monitoring the implementation of the National Action Plan for Persons with Disabilities
Project Duration: 1 year
Project budget: USD 12,125.30

Project Concept:
Handicap through this project aims to oversee the implementation of the National Plan in Prishtina Municipality that will improve the living conditions and social welfare of persons with disabilities. Additionally, this project will push forward the completion of Local Action Plan which is initiated by the Local Coalition “OKTAGON” which is consisted of eight Nongovernmental Organizations involved in Prishtina municipality, of which is also the NGO “Handicap Kosova”.
Throughout the work of compiling the Local Action Plan, apart from the representatives of Coalition “OKTAGON”, this work is also participated by the representatives of Municipal Departments and officials of Prishtina Municipality.