European Economic
and Social Committee
Programme
Draft programme
Interpretation: EN/SQ/SR
9.45 a.m. Welcome coffee
10 a.m. Welcoming remarks from Ionut Sibian, President of the Western Balkans Follow-up Committee
- Welcoming remarks from Arbërie Nagavci, Minister of Education, Science and Technology
- Welcoming remarks from Dimitris Dimitriadis, President of the EESC's External Relations Section (REX)
- Welcoming remarks from Johannes Stenbaek Madsen, Head of the Operations (Cooperation) Section at the EU Office in Kosovo
10.15 a.m. 2023 European Year of Skills: skills, education and youth policy in Kosovo
- Siria Taurelli, Senior Human Capital Development Expert, Liaison Officer for Kosovo, European Training Foundation (ETF)
- Tatjana Babrauskienė, EESC member, Rapporteur-General, European Year of Skills 2023
- Fjolla Shaqiri, Program Manager, TOKA
- Petrit Tahiri, Executive Director, Kosovo Education Center
Statements by participants
12 p.m. The state of social dialogue in Kosovo
- Besart Myderrizi, Economist at the World Bank Office in Kosovo
- Blerim Murtezi, ILO National Project Coordinator: Promoting decent work through strengthening OSH management and social dialogue in Kosovo
- Prof. Atdhe Hykolli, Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Kosovo, trade unions' representative in the Economic and Social Council (ESC)
- Lumnije Hashani, Kosovo Chamber of Commerce, employers' representative in the Economic and Social Council (ESC)
Statements by participants
1 p.m. Lunch break
2.30 pm Enabling civic space in Kosovo
- Taulant Hoxha, Executive Director, Kosovar Civil Society Foundation (KCSF)
- Habit Hajredini, Director of the Office for Good Governance, Human Rights, Equal Opportunities and Anti-Discrimination, Office of the Prime Minister
- Milica Andrić Rakić, Program Manager, New Social Initiative
- Kreshnik Gashi, Managing Editor of Kallxo and member of Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN)
- Basri Kastrati, Deputy Ombudsperson of Kosovo
Statements by participants