Kosovo

Projects

Fostering Employment and Growth Opportunities (FEGO)

The FEGO project aims to generate employment and income for women, men, and youth, presently living in poverty and socio-economic marginalization. The project seeks to reach sustainable and scalable growth of micro/small (family) business and start-ups, in three main sectors where the project is focused: apparel, furniture and rural tourism.

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Promoting Private Sector Employment

Kosovo has grown moderately at an average rate of 4% in the last few years (pre-COVID 19) and is constantly facing growing labour force, while the labour market falls short of generating the jobs needed to absorb the new entrants (around 30,000 annually). Formal employment makes around 75% of the overall employment, with public sector accounting for 25% of formal jobs. Youth, women, and minorities (particularly the Roma, Ashkali, and Egyptian) remain the most excluded groups. The COVID-19 pandemic did not spare Kosovo’s economy from its devastating impact.

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Boost Employment: Continued efforts for labour market inclusion in Albania and Kosovo

After the successful 10-year intervention for the employability and economic integration of marginalized and youth groups - based on the “Coaching for Employment” methodology - Boost Employment Project brings Swisscontact’s support to labour market in Albania and Kosovo to another level.

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Senior Expert Contact

Promoting entrepreneurship through expertise - Imparting technical skills through volunteer work Through their services, Senior Expert Contact (SEC) experts provide hands-on, direct support to companies and institutions in their efforts to grow.
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Swiss Entrepreneurship Programme

The heart of any entrepreneurial ecosystem is the community of entrepreneurs themselves. The Swiss Entrepreneurship Program (Swiss EP) has incorporated this belief and supports building local startup communities bottom up by working with ecosystem leaders and builders since 2015. We do this by working with selected startup support organizations...

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News

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12.04.2022

How can community of peers amplify women's business ambition?

How can we encourage women and help them amplify their business ambitions? The answer is with continuous exchange, tailor-made support, and peer empowerment, just like Women Entrepreneurs Kosovo does.

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20.02.2022

A Mindset Shift is Crucial for Meaningful Social Inclusion in Development

Since 2014, my role within Swisscontact has been to work alongside the teams to ensure that social inclusion and minority support are streamlined within project interventions, whenever possible.

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10.02.2022

Kosovo’s Tourism Offer at the EMITT Fair in Turkey

On 9 – 12 February 2022, sixteen Kosovo businesses from the tourism sector present the country’s tourism offer at the EMITT fair, one of the top tourism and travel fairs in the world.

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Country Director Kosovo

Argjentina Grazhdani

Swisscontact in Kosovo

Swisscontact’s key objective in Kosovo is to strengthen the private sector, improve business conditions and create a dynamic labour market that offers job and business opportunities to all. The focus is on the unemployed youth, women, and minorities.

In Kosovo, Swisscontact works across several segments of economic life in the country, from supporting job creation in the food and natural ingredients and tourism sectors to supporting innovation and entrepreneurship. In addition, Swisscontact trains coaches, enabling them to guide young people into the world of work.

This is done in collaboration with a broad spectrum of local partners from the government institutions, private sector, education institutions and business organizations.

Swisscontact’s work in these sectors is an essential part of Switzerland’s development strategy in the country.

Our services

If there is a project, policy or programme you would like to implement in a developing market, Swisscontact – with more than 50 years’ hands-on experience – can guide and assist you every step of the way.

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