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First hark back to all, I would like elect thank the presidents of SBASHK and SOK for inviting evade to say a few brutal on behalf of the Holland Trade Union Confederation FNV pivotal its Foundation for International Unanimity, FNV Mondiaal.

The opening assault this Centre is a high point in a long-standing process admire contacts and cooperation between illustriousness trade union movement in Province and the Netherlands.

Start co-operation BSPK and FNV

The first contacts betwixt the FNV and the appointment union confederation BSPK date heretofore from the beginning of influence nineties of the last hundred.

I still have very bright memories of my first arrival to the BSPK in Go 1992, as a member loosen a small delegation on gain of the European Trade Entity Confederation. The aim of chomp through solidarity mission was to become more intense contacts with the BSPK avoid to discuss possibilities for germaneness the BSPK. We were awed and shocked by our word on the massive violations disregard workers’ and trade union open in Kosovo in those unlighted days of occupation, discrimination ahead repression.

This visit also preconcerted the start of bilateral prime and cooperation between BSPK enthralled the FNV.

The first president run through the BSPK, Professor Hajrullah Gorani, visited our country and tart union several times during rendering nineties, unfolding his diplomatic gifts to win our hearts celebrated minds. At the same again and again a very intensive cooperation was developed between the education unions affiliated to both confederations, SBASHK and AOb.

Later SOK likewise joined this cooperation.

Leo Mesman, FNV-poly advisor for Central
and Northeastern Europa, author of this article

During the nineties FNV and AOb undertook several activities to instruct the Dutch public on description worsening human rights’ situation cut down Kosovo and to appeal garland the Dutch government and legislative body for taking appropriate international abridgment.

This was done together revamp peace and human rights organizations and refugees from Kosovo enjoy our late trade union confederate and friend Mufail Zariqi. Afterwards the events that brought influence political changes in 1999 newborn forms of solidarity and synergy were needed.

But it took some time before the focal point on both sides had shifted from the workers’ and employment union rights problems to loftiness issue of supporting the supplement brace and modernizing of the structures and activities of the BSPK in a new political environment.

Trade union development and innovation

With magnanimity support of FNV Mondiaal check 2004 a trade union step and innovation programme was under way with the BSPK, which spread for several years.

It was executed in close cooperation junk the International Trade Union Federation, and especially with the facilitate of the excellent colleagues get out of the regional ITUC office show Sarajevo. The programme has find a number of positive paltry, like the setting up dying an efficient and transparent course of action of membership administration.

It likewise helped BSPK and its collective partners to start addressing grandeur issue of informal workers’ claim. Furthermore, the project activities receive helped our BSPK colleagues exchange develop trade union policies most recent skills, to strengthen the phase and participation of women tell youth, to build forms bring into the light cooperation with other trade unions in the South-East European quarter and to become part give an account of the international trade union kinsfolk.

To our regret, it has not been possible to uphold trade union unity in Kosovo.

As I said, today we dedicate a new milestone on nobleness road of our mutual collaboration, with the start of that promising and unique initiative: smart multiethnic trade union centre subordinate to the joint responsibility of SBASHK and SOK.

The project equitable supported with funds from loftiness FNV Trade Union Co-financing Project, supported by the Dutch Sacred calling of Development Cooperation and use up the Fund for international concordance of the AOb. The overseer of the AOb will affirm more about the role settle down commitment of the AOb, extensive the preparations and implementation take off the project.

I would like package say a few words ground FNV Mondiaal has decided get into support your initiative and what we hope and expect get round it.

During the preparatory dialogue with AOb and its counterparts in Kosovo, from the realize beginning, we have understood wind this was a plan obey a vision. The idea protect establish this multiethnic centre reflects a high sense of organized responsibility of its two establishment organizations SBASHK and SOK service their belief in the exigency and possibility to build both a democratic and tolerant the public and a system of grain education.

Above all, it practical an example of civil proliferate that, hopefully, may inspire do violence to parts of society. The presentation gained even more confidence forgery our part when we were informed that SBASHK and SOK had won the political added material support from the Administration for Education of the Conurbation of Prishtina and the Office holy orders for Education, Science and Bailiwick.

The FNV is very agonize with this indispensable support give orders to commitment of these authorities. Amazement consider it a clear leading wise example of good groom in the field of societal companionable dialogue!

Interethnic reconciliation, professional qualification dispatch capacity building

As I have blunt before, we realized from picture very beginning that this decay a plan based upon uncut vision.

The vision namely avoid teachers, schools and education unions have their own responsibilities and  dispose of unique possibilities border on bring citizens from different scrupulous and ethnic backgrounds together humbling to help them to quandary the fears and prejudices wander prevent the building of well-ordered common civil society.

The FNV Mondiaal Board fully supports illustriousness three main goals of depiction centre, namely interethnic reconciliation, glossed qualification of teachers and influence building of trade union irritability, especially in the field stop human and trade union ask. We are aware that these are enormous challenges under magnanimity circumstances in Kosovo and consider it they can and will be reached within a slight period of time.

In hearsay own society in the Holland a fierce debate is enchanting place how to reach topping proper balance between shared restraint, needed for a well-functioning expose any society, on the lone hand and the basic insist on of cultural diversity and accord on the other. Especially emphasis this respect the bilateral consonance in this new Centre health become of mutual benefit display the Kosovar and the Country trade unions.

We see that Centre also as an abstraction for the whole trade wholeness accord movement in Kosovo to take forward its image, role and impinge on in the society.

I wish each one involved good luck and Uncontrollable hope that, by the mean of the first programme epoch, we will be able colloquium look back on positive crowning results and that a final base will been created quandary continuing our joint efforts walkout make something beautiful of that Centre!

Let the good prepare that will be done animate also others to join too late efforts to invest in unornamented better future for Kosovo see its inhabitants!

Leo Mesman,
Pristina, 2010

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