Back home – and now? Sustainable reintegration of returnees and vulnerable families in Kosovo



Contract partner: Caritas Österreich Country: Kosovo Funding amount: € 360.000,00 Project start: 01.12.2015 End: 30.11.2017

Short Description:

Overall goal


The project´s overall goal is to contribute to a reduced migration pressure in Kosovo and to foster the (re)integration of Kosovan population by establishing sustainable economic activities and increasing the well-being of 100 returnees and 20 socially deprived households. Targeted areas are those, which were highly affected by the wave of emigration in late 2014/early 2015 (areas around Mitrovica, Ferizaj and Pristhina).


Expected results


(1) 120 families have developed individual development plans for the next two years regarding their socio-economic situation.

(2) The capacities (skills and resources) of the 120 beneficiary families for successful implementation of economic activities are strengthened.


Target group / Beneficiaries


An integrated approach, bridging the gap between humanitarian type of assistance and development oriented support, will be applied through a community-based reintegration approach, targeting returnees and non-returnees simultaneously (emphasizing on women-headed households and minorities).


Activities


Based upon solid assessments, an integrated needs and opportunity-based bottom-up methodology will be developed. The project offers a perspective to future employees and self-employers, based on their participative elaborated future planning. It combines multi-faceted activities from tailored trainings, enhancement on financial literacy and life skills, and short-term subsidies to encourage employment of beneficiaries, in addition to productive assets transfer and lasting follow up visits and consultations throughout the project cycle.


Context


Among the main reasons for a steady outflow of migrants from Kosovo since 2000 are the high unemployment and the lack of economic opportunities in Kosovo. Surveys indicate that about half of the Kosovars between 18-36 years do plan emigration from their country. The rate of asylum seekers from Kosovo is among the highest in Europe, however, their rejection rate is 93%.

project number 8318-00/2016
source of funding OEZA
sector Andere soziale Infrastruktur und Leistungen
tied 32722
modality Project-type interventions
marker Gender: 1, Poverty: 2
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    • 1= policy is a significant objective of the activity
    • 2= policy is the principal objective of the activity
  • Donor/ source of funding: The ADA is not only implementing projects and programmes of the Austrian Development Cooperation , but also projects funded from other sources and donors such as
    • AKF - Foreign Disaster Fund of the Austrian federal government
    • BMLFUW - Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water
    • EU - Funds of the European Commission
    • Others - various other donors are listed in ADA’s annual business report.
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  • Tied/Untied: Untied aid is defined as loans and grants whose proceeds are fully and freely available to finance procurement from all OECD countries and substantially all developing countries. Transactions are considered tied unless the donor has, at the time of the aid offer, clearly specified a range of countries eligible for procurement which meets the tests for “untied” aid.
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