In the framework of the activity Youth Taking Over Day within the project Balkan Regional Platform for Youth Participation and Dialogue, the Local Democracy Agency and the lead partner Ass. Trentino con i Balcani, organized in cooperation with the Humanitarian Law Centre of Kosovo based on their project of the non formal education on dealing with the past, this useful workshop and presentation of Transional Justice and the importance of it in our society, especially in the countries of the former Yugoslavia.
HLC Kosovo (Humanitarian Law Centre in Kosovo) organisation, is working since 2011 throughout Kosovo to reach out high school and university students in order to provide them with the information about Transitional Justice mechanisms. The overall goal of the project is to include the TJ education as a part of the official high school curricula. Beside official educational institutions, HLC Kosovo continues reaching NGOs who are dealing with the past and youth organizations.
It is important to keep the Kosovo’s public, especially secondary school students aware and active on understanding transitional justice principles, and in addition, promoting the importance of the implementation of transitional justice mechanisms such as: criminal prosecutions, reparations, institutional reforms and truth commissions.
Based on the activity on transitional justice and dealing with the past, that LDA Kosovo organized and the Humanitarian Law Centre in Kosovo held in the Youth Centre of Peja, in Stand Hub!, one of an important objective of the Youth Platform was adopted as well, the so called: Regional Skype panels, that includes all 8 Local Youth Advisory Groups (LYAG), with more than 80 participants.
The aim of this activity is to enable more structures and more frequent direct exchanges of opinions and contacts between youngsters from the region, with more prominent role given to eight Local Youth Advisory Groups. Furthermore, the implementation of this activity will increase opportunities for additional inclusion of youngsters with fewer opportunities in regional activities since it will be open for participation to all interested young people from each participating community.
These panels will enable discussion, exchange of practices and comparative cross-cultural view on selected common topics relevant for youth in the region. Particular attention will be put on the topics related to most vulnerable youth, while one of the topics will be connected with the theme of a European Year 2016. Each panel was filmed and will be uploaded on the regional website of the platform in order to inform the wider public as well.