Closing ceremony of the project: Civil Society is watching you: demand for accountability and transparency on local level

On 24th May 2016 - 13:00h in ARDA North, Community Building Mitrovica (CBM) & Center for Resources Youth and Media (CRYM), will organize  the official closing conference of the project “Civil Society is watching you: demand for accountability and transparency on local level”, which is funded by the European Union Office in Kosovo and co-financed by the Austria Development Agency, Royal Embassy of Netherlands and Mott foundation.

The aim of the project was to contribute towards increase of responsiveness, accountability and transparency of local institutions through active participation of civil society through establishment of the ‘watchdog’ role of civil society in order to hold local institutions accountable and transparent. Target group of this project were all CSOs, from the Municipalities of Mitrovica North/South, Leposavic, Vushtri, Zubin Potok, Skenderaj and Zvecan, characterized by different ethnic background.
At the closing ceremony results achieved during the project and also the work of our ten sub-grantees realized during the two years of implementation, addressing issues of monitoring and advocacy of different local institutions will be presented. The main achievements of the project during these two years were:  Increased capacity of local CSOs on lobbying, advocacy and monitoring local institutions; Established body for monitoring local authorities - Mitrovica Region Monitoring Team (MRMT); Raised awareness of citizens for social accountability through monitoring.The final beneficiaries of the projects are inhabitants of Kosovo and especially the population of 276.288 living in Mitrovica region.

“Civil Society is watching you: demand for accountability and transparency on local level”, is an EU funded project managed by European Union Office and co-founded by Austrian Development Agency, The Netherlands Embassy in Pristina and MOTT Foundation, while implemented by Community Building Mitrovica and Center for Resources Youth and Media Coalition.