The Green Horizons project aims to tackle youth and civil society actors and engage them in environmental protection, circular economy, and green transition programming and activism, by raising citizen awareness of environmental preservation and effective strategies, and cooperate with local policymakers to increasingly priorities green transition in local development, with a heightened focus on amplifying the voices of youth and women in decision-making processes, thus a sustainable transformation in the local policy landscape will occur, enhancing resilience and fostering participatory democracy in Kosovo.
During its first year of implementation, the project delivered key foundational results.
Output 1 results: A Participatory Research on Environmental Challenges was conducted, resulting in a development of the Research Report and Policy Brief that are used to guide the development of Local Action Plans and other project activities (A1.1. A1.2. and A1.3.)
Output 2 results: Awareness and educational activities reached to 726 secondary school students through info sessions across 17 schools, and 566 secondary school students through workshops in 12 schools (A 2.1.) in target municipalities. Significant progress was made toward establishing the Green innovation Lab in partnership with the University “Ukshin Hoti” in Prizren (A 2.2.)
While 20 CSOs strengthened their capacities, with eight organisations awarded sub-grants to implement local circular economy and green transition initiatives (A 2.3: A 2.3.1 and A 2.3.2).
Output 3 results: A community exchange event was organised in cooperation with Anibar in Peja/Pec (A 3.2.).
These achievements have strengthened youth and CSO engagement, fostered inter-community cooperation, and advanced mechanisms for inclusive participation in local policymaking.
