{"id":6997,"date":"2024-06-26T09:26:27","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T08:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/?p=6997"},"modified":"2024-07-23T11:39:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T10:39:47","slug":"konferenca-ndertimi-i-urave-apo-zgjerimi-i-hendekut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/aktivitete\/konferenca-ndertimi-i-urave-apo-zgjerimi-i-hendekut\/","title":{"rendered":"\"Building Bridges or Widening Gaps?\u201d Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

On June 26, Sbunker and Alternativna successfully co-organized the \u201cBuilding Bridges or Widening Gaps?\u201d Conference<\/strong>as part of the \u201cEmpowering Voices: A Media Project for Inclusive Democracy in Kosovo,\u201d supported by the U.S. Embassy in Kosovo.<\/p>\n

The event began with opening remarks by Ms. Jennifer Lawson, Public Affairs Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Kosovo. She emphasized the importance of events that encourage dialogue and bridge-building between communities in Kosovo.<\/p>\n

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The first-panel discussion, \u201cKosovo Government\u2019s Relationship with Kosovo Serbs: Navigating Between Disintegration and the Absence of Domestic Dialogue,\u201d<\/strong> featured Aleksandar Arsenijevi\u0107<\/strong>, President of the Serb Democracy Party and Visar Ymeri<\/strong>Executive Director of the Institute for Social Policy \u201cMusine Kokalari.\u201d The discussion was moderated by Visar Xhambazi,<\/strong> Project Manager at Sbunker.<\/p>\n

This discussion highlighted significant challenges in the relationship between the Kosovo government and the Kosovo Serbs, emphasizing the need for genuine dialogue, gradual integration and a liberal approach to understanding cultural differences.<\/p>\n

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  1. Mr. Arsenijevi\u0107<\/strong> criticized the Kosovo government for poor crisis management and repressive measures against Serbs, leading to their marginalization. He stressed the need for sincere dialogue with the Kosovo Serb community.<\/li>\n
  2. Mr. Ymeri<\/strong> stated that Kosovo government is focusing more on obstacles rather than solutions and stressed the need for genuine interethnic dialogue. He emphasized that Kosovo is not solely an Albanian state and that integration should be gradual and realistic, highlighting the need for a liberal mindset to foster integration in a multiethnic society.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    The conference concluded with the second panel titled \u201cKosovo Government\u2019s Approach to Civil Society: Balancing Collaboration and Disengagement.\u201d<\/strong>. This discussion featured Jovana Radosavljevi\u0107,<\/strong>, Executive Director of the New Social Initiative and Emir Abrashi<\/strong>Policy Analyst at Democracy Plus. The discussion was moderated by Ana Marija Ivkoviq<\/strong>Editor-in-Chief of Alternativna.<\/p>\n

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    1. Mr. Abrashi<\/strong> highlighted the lack of prior communication and engagement between the Kosovo government and civil society. He emphasized the government\u2019s avoidance of civil society and called for a change in the government\u2019s perception, urging them to see civil society as a partner rather than an adversary.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Ms. Radosavljevi\u0107<\/strong> noted the Kosovo government\u2019s failure to initiate dialogue with the Serb community. Regarding civil society, she stated that there is communication but no collaboration, with meetings between civil society and the Kosovo government resembling a monologue rather than a dialogue.<\/p>\n

      The discussions underscored the strained relationship between the Kosovo government and civil society, emphasizing the need for better communication, mutual understanding and greater collaboration between the government and civil society.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      M\u00eb 26 qershor, Sbunker dhe Alternativna bashkorganizuan me sukses konferenc\u00ebn \u201cNd\u00ebrtimi i urave apo zgjerimi i hendekut?\u201d, si pjes\u00eb e projektit \u201cFuqizimi i Z\u00ebrave: Nj\u00eb projekt mediatik p\u00ebr demokraci gjith\u00ebp\u00ebrfshir\u00ebse n\u00eb Kosov\u00eb\u201d, mb\u00ebshtetur nga Ambasada e ShBA-s\u00eb n\u00eb Kosov\u00eb. Ngjarja filloi me fjalimin hyr\u00ebs t\u00eb znj. Jennifer Lawson, k\u00ebshilltare p\u00ebr \u00c7\u00ebshtje Publike n\u00eb Ambasad\u00ebn e […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":432,"featured_media":7001,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1023],"tags":[10,1026,972,971],"ppma_author":[961],"class_list":["post-6997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aktivitete","tag-dialogu","tag-konferenca","tag-kosove","tag-serbi"],"authors":[{"term_id":961,"user_id":432,"is_guest":0,"slug":"sbunker","display_name":"Sbunker","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sbunker-logo.png","url2x":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sbunker-logo.png"},"user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"Sbunker","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/432"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6997"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7014,"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6997\/revisions\/7014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6997"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=6997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}