Democratic Society Promotion (DSP)

CSOs, unregistered citizen initiatives and individuals that demonstrate commitment to the goal of the program. Reflecting the overall aim for building constituency, primary beneficiaries will be membership-based organizations, grassroots organizations, issue based organizations and CSOs committed to invest in developing inclusive practices and consistent advocacy.

While indirectly citizens as whole will benefit from the intervention, particular attention will go to supporting initiatives that address the rights and needs of marginalized groups, such as warnen, people with disabilities, minorities, LBGTI and youth.

Outcome 1: Civil society uses offered and - where necessary- claims spaces for participation, exercising its participatory advocacy functions in shaping public affairs.

Outcome 2: CSOs have strengthened their constituency relations, transparency and accountability towards their constituency.

Resultados previstos:  

1.1 A diverse range of civil society initiatives and actors has been supported to address relevant challenges facing the citizens of Kosovo.

1.2 Citizens and civil society actors serve as and/or are inspired from role models to contribute to democracy advancement.

2.1 . Capacity of funded CSOs in participatory advocacy, community mobilization and constituency relations strengthened.

2.2 Supported CSOs have improved their internal governance and financial management.

Resultados de las fases anteriores:   DSP phase 2 awarded 89 grants (64 project and 24 institutional grants) from over 500 applications to CSOs working in the fields of democratisation and good governance. More than 26'000 citizens (43% women) participated in activities of supported CSOs. Some illustrative examples of supported initiatives include: i) GWYA, a youth organization, through systemic advocacy work achieved that the municipal budget of Gjakova has a dedicated budgetary line allocated to youth activities, ii) Let's Do it Peja, a local CSO, organized a tireless awareness raising campaign for the integration of the non-majority Serb community households in the Waste Management Enterprise of the municipality of Peja resulting in more than 30 percent of Serb households signing collection contracts and iii) ORCA, a watchdog organization focused in the education sector, initiated a national debate on the quality of higher education by exposing ways professors at the University of Prishtina use to obtain academic credentials by publishing in fake and predatory journals. As a result, the advancement of 70 candidates for academic positions was stopped.

Fase 3 01.10.2019 - 31.12.2023   (Completed)