Excellent news from Brussels for all Friends of the #WesternBalkans : 🇪🇺 member states just confirmed the new Reform & Growth Facility for the region. We have long pressed for this € 6bn financial booster to support our partners’ reforms & gradual integration into the #EU .

During visit at #UniversityPrizren I had the chance to be present at kickoff round table of the grant sheme for researchers in the framework of #HEI25 , flagship project of ADC in Kosovo. Support of Higher Education Sector remains absolute priority of 🇦🇹 cooperation in 🇽🇰. 3/n

During my visit to #Prizren , I had an interesting exchange of views with Mayor Shaqir Totaj on strong ties and cooperation between 🇦🇹 and this most beautiful city in 🇽🇰and on the current political situation. ADC in Kosovo 🧵

AustrianDev work in pictures: Our partners #KosovaEducationCenter & ORCA Organizata për Rritjen e Cilësisë në Arsim are implementing activites aimed at increasing #AcademicIntegrity & increased #democracy of #HigherEducationInstitutions through #StudentActivism .

Yesterday AustrianDev #partner Caritas Switzerland signed cooperation agreement with #MarketSystemActors within our new #agriculture & #RuralDevelopment programme #erea implementing #MSD approach for #sustainable & #inclusive #IncomeGeneration .

AustrianDev work in pictures: Our partner Kosovo Women's Network organised exhibition 'Ending Violence Behind the Walls' that reached over 5500 citizens in ten municipalities across Kosovo. This event inspired & encouraged many womem to report domestic violence to police & seek assistance.

AustrianDev work in pictures: together with our partner #KosovaWomen4Women , we #empower #marginalized & #rural #women in #Prishtina & #Ferizaj regions by providing them #vocational #training & #skills needed for #employment & better position at labour market

Great discussion with Fëllanza Podrimja, Political Advisor to Prime Minister of Kosovo on support of AustrianDev related to #VET #reform in Kosovo and our work within ALLED 2 project.

Happy to #kickoff new #partnership with UNICEF Kosovo Programme funded by AustrianDev to #empower #youth & provide them with #skills to facilitate #school to #work #transition & help them become #agents for #socialchange .

In the latest #OPECFundQuarterly , HE Dr. Friedrich Stift, Managing Director of the Austrian Development Agency AustrianDev, emphasizes the importance of #partnerships to address development challenges in uncertain times. 🌐
🔗 Interview: bit.ly/3vK3YFJ
#GlobalGoals

Over three days of #UPSHIFT funded by 🇦🇹ADC in Kosovo, 50 young people identified concerning social issues & prototyped solutions:
🏥First aid for deaf & mute people,
📚Library revamp & reading club,
💻Increasing capacities on ICT,
🚭Raising awareness on drug abuse. #ADCKosovo

Here are some youth initiatives supported by ADC in Kosovo, like Ardea from the SHQIPTO team. High school students noticed challenges in children's pronunciation of certain alphabet letters & words. In response, they created an interactive platform to help children overcome this.

We are pleased to share the launch of our new project #EREA impl/by Caritas Schweiz.
The new programme is part of the partnership & support of AustrianDev, including 12 municipalities that will benefit on stimulating growth & ensuring inclusivity in Kosovo’s agricultural sector.

Our partner #KW4W has launched the #StartUpWeek2024 including 4 day trainings for 32 participants to develop business plans. Participants will pitch their ideas to the Selection Committee for wining a €2,200 grant & access to further training through Business Incubator of KW4W.

AustrianDev is #hiring #teamleader for our ALLED 2 project 'Alligning Education and Training with Labour Market Needs'.
If you are interested in #meaningfull and #dynamic work in #development #cooperation please apply: entwicklung.at/ada/karriere?j…

NEWBORN MONUMENT #KOSOVA16

Take a look as Dr. Visare emphasizes the importance of the HPV vaccine in safeguarding against cervical cancer.

Thank you RTK - Radio and Television of Kosovo

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On this International Day of Women and Girls in Science join us for a future without gender inequalities!

#WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM