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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

4 p.m. Conclusion of the hearing by Ionut Sibian, President of the Western Balkans Follow-up Committee

4.15 p.m.  End of the meeting

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