Lead Applicant’s Name: Advocacy Training and Resource Center – ATRC
Co-applicants: Balkan Investigative Reporting Network – BIRN Kosovo & Jahjaga Foundation
Donor: European Union Office in Kosovo
Short Summary:
Considering the emerging situation regarding the labor rights and the partner’s large impact on the field of labor rights, the project aims to enhance the role of the Labor Rights Consortium’s (LRC) to be a collective voice of the workers. The proposed action will strive to influence key sectors/cross-sectoral reforms, raise capacities of media literacy and improved access to information for all with a special emphasis on vulnerable groups, strengthen civil society participation and activism through LRC’s capacity building, advocacy campaigns and investigative reporting through the Kallxo.com platform and a sub-granting scheme.
Project goal:
The main objective of the project is to increase institutional responses and compliance regarding labor rights violations through strengthening the Labor Rights Consortium as a sustainable all-inclusive initiative, educating citizens and promoting the reporting of labor rights violations through investigative journalism based on citizen reporting.
Moreover, the action will progress the potential, effectiveness of the Labor Rights Consortium and promote its collective approach to increase advocacy and influencing key policy and legislative changes, therefore building direct collaboration with stakeholders such as the Labor Inspectorate.
Target Group(s):
Workers, women, and marginalized communities aiming to increase workers’ voices, educate public about their labor rights and enhance media literacy and journalistic reporting through which public institutions will be kept accountable.
Expected Results:
- 1: Strengthened capacities of the Labor Rights Consortium and private sector workers through a comprehensive program, fostering increased activism and policy reforms.
- 2: Increased tangible policy and legislative changes addressing labor rights violations through joint advocacy efforts of the Labor Rights Consortium through specific actions.
- 3: Improved performance and response of institutions through up to Periodical research and analyses which will provide valuable insights and recommendations into labor rights, modern slavery, workplace security, and conditions on public projects.
- 4: Increased visibility and citizen engagement of the Labor law updates and public education through social networks promoted through a comprehensive campaign.
Main Activities:
- (30) investigative journalistic TV reports about practices at businesses that were reported to have violated the Labour Law on BIRN’s Kallxo.com platform will be broadcast.
- (5) TV Programs based on citizens’ reports about criminal offenses related to the workplace will be broadcasted.
- (3) documentaries will be produced on stories about labour rights violations
- BIRN will publish 2 annual reports that will monitor the activities of institutions related to labour rights,
- (15) educational materials (VIDEOS)
- (6) TV Programs “Prosecution” in which selected prosecutors will appear to investigate the reported cases, each last for 10 to 30 minutes.
- (5) educational campaigns (short videos)
- (5) TV debates on labour rights violations
- (6) In-depth investigative TV reports
- (2) annual reports that will monitor the activities of institutions related to labour rights, including auditing the criminal cases handled by the Labour Inspectorate, Kosovo Police, State Prosecution’s Office, and Courts.