Kamenice NGOs Offer Citizens’ Perspective
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| Sadulla Ahmeti (left), Kamenice/a Youth Center, shares insights with USAID Chief of Mission Phil Goldberg (right) |
Eleven representatives of youth, women's and ethnic NGOs gathered on January 19 to meet with USAID/Kosovo Chief of Mission Phil Goldberg during his visit to the Kamenice/Kamenica municipality. The NGOs, which have joined together in the Triorg NGO alliance, are advocating for a Committee on Peace to be established by the Kamenice municipality to help prevent outbreaks of interethnic violence. Triorg is one of many NGOs to receive a grant from the Foundation for Democratic Initiatives, funded by the USAID Kosovo NGO Advocacy Project.
Goldberg complimented the participants, saying, "Real democratic societies also are based on a strong, active civil society…Don't give up if people are not always listening."
Some of the participants offered concrete suggestions - such as representation of Roma Kosovars on the municipal assembly - and some general comments about the desire of youth to be heard, the need for economic improvement, and the need for Kamenice officials to do more to keep inhabitants in the municipality through improvement of social and economic conditions.
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