55th Western Balkans Follow-up Committee meeting

This years' meeting of the EESC's Western Balkans Follow-up Committee outside of Brussels took place on 29 March 2023 in Pristina, Kosovo, and it included a hearing with the local civil society organisations (CSOs).

The goal of the hearing was to listen to the views on the role of civil society in Kosovo as well as to hear their concerns, and to convey these messages to the political authorities of Kosovo and of the EU.

The following topics were discussed at the hearing:

• 2023 European Year of Skills: skills, education and youth policy in Kosovo
• State of social dialogue in Kosovo
• Enabling civic space in Kosovo

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