2017 On 27 November, under the PPS Project “Advancing the
role of CSOs, young women and men future leaders in decision making and public
life” PPS organised the Civil Society Forum 2017 in Prishtinë/Priština. The
closing event of the Civil Society Portfolio of PPS gathered 70 participants
from the civil society sector, donors and other relevant actors in Kosovo.
During the forum, the OSCE “Digital Platform for Public Participation” was
analysed in terms of results, utilisation and challenges throughout 2017. The
citizen platform ndreqe.com developed by NGO Democracy Plus was presented and
cooperation and integration with DPPP was presented at the event. The Forum has
also launched the Kosovo Funding Portal developed by PPS. Moreover the Forum
gave an opportunity to the developers of the “My Day – Dita ime” mobile
application for people with disabilities to present their project to the
audience. The application won the European Youth Award(EYA) in the Active
Citizenship category. The EYA 2016 was supported by the Mission in
collaboration with other partner organisations. The audience was also informed
on the plans of the Section for 2018 for the Portfolio. The Forum constitutes
an integral part of the CSO portfolio whereby opinions collected from the
public provide a basis for further Mission engagement with the CSOs.