Tag: Kosovo

The workshop, delivered by Labinot Leposhtica, legal officer at KALLXO.com, focused on the state’s vision for preventing radicalism and the violent extremism that leads to terrorism, as well as reflecting this vision to the public.

Eleven representatives from the aforementioned institutions participated in the workshop, three of whom were women.

This workshop was the fifth held by BIRN Kosovo as part of the “Resilient Community Program”, which is funded by the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund, GCERF.

 

The training brought together 23 participants, 12 of whom were women and 11 of whom were from minority communities, such as Serbian, Roma, Egyptian, and Bosnian.

The participants were from the University “Haxhi Zeka” Law Faculty, media, civil society organizations and media outlets, including: Gracanica Online, Radio Gjakova, Radio Goraždevac, Peja në Fokus online platform, Roma in Action, Mladi Volonteri, and NPU.

The training was delivered by BIRN editors Kreshnik Gashi and Visar Prebreza, who have extensive experience in carrying out investigations and reporting, as well as in delivering training activities for media members and other relevant stakeholders.

Participants learn about topics such as advanced international fact-checking standards, techniques for fact-checking in gender issues and reporting on gender discrimination through traditional and online media.

The training was organized as part of the “Addressing Misinformation Through Fact-Based Journalism” project, which is implemented by BIRN Kosovo and supported by UNMIK.

The aim of the project is to help combat the spread of fake news and disinformation in Kosovo by raising the public’s awareness of these phenomena, while promoting and supporting fact-checking journalism.

 

The training brought together 23 journalists, nine of whom were women, from different communities in Kosovo who represented: Ulpiana Press, Gracanica Online, Radio Television of Gracanica, Riznica, representatives of Civil Society organisations (The Ideas Partnership, Balkan Sunflowers Kosova, and CPT), and students from Graçanica, Prishtina and Mitrovica.

Participants learned more about the techniques of fact-checking standards and how to report based on them, what reporting discrimination is, and how to promote media literacy through traditional and online media.

The training was delivered by BIRN editors Kreshnik Gashi and Visar Prebreza, who have extensive experience in carrying out investigations and reporting, as well as in providing training for media and relevant stakeholders.

“As a long-experienced journalist, it is always a pleasure to learn more about treating discrimination as a topic in news and on providing fact-checked news and information,” stated one of the participants, Jelena Mirkovic, from Radio Television of Gracanica.

The training was organised as part of the “Addressing Misinformation Through Fact-Based Journalism” project, which is implemented by BIRN Kosovo and supported by UNMIK.

The aim of the project is to help combat the spread of fake news and disinformation in Kosovo by raising the public’s awareness of these phenomena, while promoting and supporting fact-checking journalism.

 

The workshop was delivered by Kreshnik Gashi, editor-in-chief at KALLXO.com and focused on the state’s vision for preventing radicalism and the violent extremism that leads to terrorism, as well as reflecting this vision to the public.

Twelve representatives from the aforementioned institutions participated in the workshop, five of whom were women.

This workshop was the fourth held by BIRN Kosovo as part of the “Resilient Community Program”, which is funded by the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund, GCERF.

 

 

 

 

Training was delivered by BIRN editors Kreshnik Gashi and Visar Prebreza, who have extensive experience in investigating, reporting, training and advocating these issues.

Guest speakers included Hekuran Nikçi, Chief Inspector of the Labour Inspectorate and Agim Millaku, Deputy Chief Inspector of Safety at Work.

The Labour Inspectorate said it would increase the number of inspectors to up to 100 by the end of this year. This year alone, nine workers died at their workplaces. It noted healthy cooperation between the Kosovo Labour Inspectorate and international labour organizations.

Labour Inspectorate Chief Nikci added that there is still no database recording workers working without contracts, or if their overall rights are being violated.

Kreshnik Gashi, editor-in-chief of the anti-corruption platform Kallxo.com, spoke about the use of whistleblowers and about building cooperation with institutions that deal with workers’ rights. He stated that some 50,000 workers in Kosovo have no work contracts and that Kallxo.com has received more than 500 reports from workers claiming their rights have been violated.

Visar Prebreza, Managing Editor at BIRN Kosovo, spoke about the topics that journalists can cover regarding labour rights.

Of the 20 journalists participating, from different media, 13 were women and four from minority communities. All participants will be asked to send story pitches to BIRN. Ten will be selected to win a bursary of 500 euros to write stories related to such important topics.

BIRN Kosovo’s journalists and editors will provide editorial support to the winning journalists in the process of identifying their topic of interest, the drafting of their editorial work and the final publication of their media products. These will be published on BIRN’s flagship anti-disinformation platform, Kallxo.com., in a TV/online format.

The bursary and the one-day training module are organized in the framework of the EU-funded project, “Protecting and promoting labour rights of vulnerable groups in the labour market”, which is implemented by ATRC and BIRN Kosovo.

The project aims to improve the working conditions of vulnerable categories of employees, notably within the private sector, including their workplace health and safety, through the promotion of social dialogue between workers and duty bearers.