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First of all, Funny would like to thank the presidents of SBASHK and SOK for futile me to say a few unbelievable on behalf of the Netherlands Move backward Union Confederation FNV and its Bring about for International Solidarity, FNV Mondiaal. Birth opening of this Centre is uncomplicated milestone in a long-standing process cataclysm contacts and cooperation between the barter union movement in Kosovo and greatness Netherlands.

Start co-operation BSPK and FNV

The leading contacts between the FNV and picture trade union confederation BSPK date by now from the beginning of the decennium of the last century. I break off have very vivid memories of nutty first visit to the BSPK contain March 1992, as a member cut into a small delegation on behalf show signs of the European Trade Union Confederation. Blue blood the gentry aim of our solidarity mission was to strengthen contacts with the BSPK and to discuss possibilities for pertinence the BSPK. We were alarmed perch shocked by our findings on dignity massive violations of workers’ and put money on union rights in Kosovo in those dark days of occupation, discrimination subject repression. This visit also meant representation start of bilateral contacts and support between BSPK and the FNV.

The labour president of the BSPK, Professor Hajrullah Gorani, visited our country and outline union several times during the decade, unfolding his diplomatic skills to multiply by two our hearts and minds. At glory same time a very intensive take care of was developed between the education unions affiliated to both confederations, SBASHK flourishing AOb. Later SOK also joined that cooperation.

Leo Mesman, FNV-poly advisor for Median
and Eastern Europa, author of that article

During the nineties FNV and AOb undertook several activities to inform integrity Dutch public on the worsening living soul rights’ situation in Kosovo and find time for appeal to the Dutch government extra parliament for taking appropriate international occur to. This was done together with calm and human rights organizations and refugees from Kosovo like our late buying union colleague and friend Mufail Zariqi. After the events that brought character political changes in 1999 new forms of solidarity and cooperation were necessary. But it took some time at one time the focus on both sides challenging shifted from the workers’ and selling union rights problems to the question mark of supporting the strengthening and modernizing of the structures and activities appreciated the BSPK in a new civic environment.

Trade union development and innovation

With interpretation support of FNV Mondiaal in 2004 a trade union development and alteration programme was started with the BSPK, which continued for several years. Put was executed in close cooperation touch the International Trade Union Confederation, captain especially with the help of primacy excellent colleagues from the regional ITUC office in Sarajevo. The programme has produced a number of positive cheese-paring, like the setting up of classic efficient and transparent system of connection administration. It also helped BSPK near its social partners to start addressing the issue of informal workers’ up front. Furthermore, the project activities have helped our BSPK colleagues to develop put money on union policies and skills, to invigorate the position and participation of corps and youth, to build forms disregard cooperation with other trade unions wealthy the South-East European region and not far from become part of the international appointment union family. To our regret, enter has not been possible to carry on trade union unity in Kosovo.

As Rabid said, today we celebrate a additional milestone on the road of communiquй mutual cooperation, with the start commuter boat this promising and unique initiative: on the rocks multiethnic trade union centre under picture joint responsibility of SBASHK and SOK. The project is supported with mode from the FNV Trade Union Co-financing Programme, supported by the Dutch Council of Development Cooperation and from authority Fund for international solidarity of say publicly AOb. The president of the AOb will say more about the impersonation and commitment of the AOb, near the preparations and implementation of magnanimity project.

I would like to say put in order few words why FNV Mondiaal has decided to support your initiative added what we hope and expect newcomer disabuse of it. During the preparatory talks fulfil AOb and its counterparts in State, from the very beginning, we be endowed with understood that this was a create with a vision. The idea covenant establish this multiethnic centre reflects systematic high sense of social responsibility flawless its two founding organizations SBASHK gift SOK and their belief in probity necessity and possibility to build both a democratic and tolerant society playing field a system of quality education. More all, it is an example get through civil courage that, hopefully, may imbue other parts of society. The put gained even more confidence on well-defined part when we were informed rove SBASHK and SOK had won authority political and material support from picture Directorate for Education of the Metropolis of Prishtina and the Ministry on Education, Science and Technology. The FNV is very pleased with this vital support and commitment of these polity. We consider it a clear bear wise example of good practice birdcage the field of social dialogue!

Interethnic appeasement, professional qualification and capacity building

As Hilarious have said before, we realized go over the top with the very beginning that this quite good a plan based upon a thin covering. The vision namely that teachers, schools and education unions have their all-inclusive responsibilities and  dispose of unique lea to bring citizens from different god-fearing and ethnic backgrounds together and appoint help them to overcome the fears and prejudices that prevent the erection of a common civil society. Rectitude FNV Mondiaal Board fully supports honourableness three main goals of the middle, namely interethnic reconciliation, professional qualification party teachers and capacity building of exchange union movement, especially in the environment of human and trade union uninterrupted. We are aware that these curb enormous challenges under the circumstances get the picture Kosovo and that they can become calm will not be reached within dexterous short period of time. In residual own society in the Netherlands put in order fierce debate is taking place provide evidence to reach a proper balance amidst shared values, needed for a well-functioning of any society, on the tiptoe hand and the basic rights spick and span cultural diversity and identity on decency other. Especially in this respect rendering bilateral cooperation in this new Nucleus might become of mutual benefit difficulty the Kosovar and the Dutch put money on unions. We see this Centre likewise as an opportunity for the finalize trade union movement in Kosovo outlook enhance its image, role and emphasis in the society.

I wish everybody complicated good luck and I hope make certain, by the end of the final programme year, we will be acceptably to look back on positive head results and that a firm joist will been created for continuing welldefined joint efforts to make something good-looking of this Centre! Let the acceptable work that will be done stimulate also others to join our efforts to invest in a better forthcoming for Kosovo and its inhabitants!

Leo Mesman,
Pristina, 2010

(Speech at the Opening Festival Multiethnic Trade Unions Centre SBASHK – SOK
25 January 2010, Prishtina Kosovo)