Prishtina, 7 December 2023
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, welcomed the director of the National Democratic Institute (NDI), Nancy Soderberg.
In this next meeting, they discussed current topics, the end of 2023 and joint plans and preparations for the next year.
In the framework of the current topics, there was talk about the Government’s actions with a focus on non-majority communities. It was emphasized that with the 2024 budget, the Ministry for Communities and Return will be the ministry with the largest increase in the budget, after the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, which due to the organization of the 2030 Mediterranean Games has a larger allocation large budget.
This year, for the first time, the government allocated a special fund, worth three million euros, for non-majority communities, with which 259 grants were financed for farmers, start-ups and NGOs, with the aim of promoting employment in these communities. In addition, a budget of two million euros was allocated for the renovation and construction of houses of non-majority communities in the municipalities, which as a program is expected to continue in the next year.
Prime Minister Kurti expressed his thanks for the good and close cooperation with NDI during the year and throughout all these years, appreciating its active role and continuous contribution to the democratization of political parties and the increase of transparency and institutional accountability.
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