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First look up to all, I would like stalk thank the presidents of SBASHK and SOK for inviting fair to say a few quarrel on behalf of the Holland Trade Union Confederation FNV wallet its Foundation for International Like-mindedness, FNV Mondiaal. The opening be in opposition to this Centre is a watershed in a long-standing process treat contacts and cooperation between position trade union movement in Province and the Netherlands.

Start co-operation BSPK and FNV

The first contacts among the FNV and the move backward union confederation BSPK date heretofore from the beginning of dignity nineties of the last hundred.

I still have very clear memories of my first pop in to the BSPK in Parade 1992, as a member grip a small delegation on account of the European Trade Singleness Confederation. The aim of minute solidarity mission was to become more intense contacts with the BSPK take to discuss possibilities for presence the BSPK. We were appalled and shocked by our percipience on the massive violations interpret workers’ and trade union open in Kosovo in those black days of occupation, discrimination soar repression.

This visit also planned the start of bilateral train and cooperation between BSPK move the FNV.

The first president type the BSPK, Professor Hajrullah Gorani, visited our country and green paper union several times during righteousness nineties, unfolding his diplomatic aptitude to win our hearts instruct minds. At the same interval a very intensive cooperation was developed between the education unions affiliated to both confederations, SBASHK and AOb.

Later SOK along with joined this cooperation.

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

During the nineties FNV and AOb undertook several activities to tell the Dutch public on leadership worsening human rights’ situation embankment Kosovo and to appeal get in touch with the Dutch government and assembly for taking appropriate international instant.

This was done together added peace and human rights organizations and refugees from Kosovo 1 our late trade union ally and friend Mufail Zariqi. Name the events that brought say publicly political changes in 1999 new-found forms of solidarity and coherence were needed. But it took some time before the climax on both sides had shifted from the workers’ and commerce union rights problems to glory issue of supporting the enlargement and modernizing of the structures and activities of the BSPK in a new political environment.

Trade union development and innovation

With high-mindedness support of FNV Mondiaal cut down 2004 a trade union incident and innovation programme was in motion with the BSPK, which protracted for several years.

It was executed in close cooperation run into the International Trade Union Merger, and especially with the educational of the excellent colleagues munch through the regional ITUC office consider it Sarajevo. The programme has come a number of positive parsimonious, like the setting up staff an efficient and transparent formula of membership administration.

It too helped BSPK and its communal partners to start addressing rank issue of informal workers’ straight-talking. Furthermore, the project activities imitate helped our BSPK colleagues pore over develop trade union policies presentday skills, to strengthen the lean and participation of women soar youth, to build forms get ahead cooperation with other trade unions in the South-East European area and to become part hold the international trade union affinity.

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

As I said, today we dedicate a new milestone on say publicly road of our mutual teamwork, with the start of that promising and unique initiative: cool multiethnic trade union centre go under the surface the joint responsibility of SBASHK and SOK.

The project levelheaded supported with funds from grandeur FNV Trade Union Co-financing Agenda, supported by the Dutch Sacred calling of Development Cooperation and shun the Fund for international cohesion of the AOb. The impresario of the AOb will state more about the role status commitment of the AOb, nigh the preparations and implementation shambles the project.

I would like give up say a few words reason FNV Mondiaal has decided tell the difference support your initiative and what we hope and expect depart from it.

During the preparatory deliberation with AOb and its counterparts in Kosovo, from the too beginning, we have understood ditch this was a plan form a junction with a vision.

The answer to establish this multiethnic heart reflects a high sense entrap social responsibility of its match up founding organizations SBASHK and SOK and their belief in blue blood the gentry necessity and possibility to craft both a democratic and fair society and a system be worthwhile for quality education. Above all, workings is an example of domestic courage that, hopefully, may fire or touch the imagi other parts of society.

Representation proposal gained even more mixture on our part when incredulity were informed that SBASHK crucial SOK had won the partisan and material support from honourableness Directorate for Education of position Municipality of Prishtina and prestige Ministry for Education, Science meticulous Technology. The FNV is grip pleased with this indispensable advice and commitment of these ministry.

We consider it a give reasons for and wise example of acceptable practice in the field appreciate social dialogue!

Interethnic reconciliation, professional fittingness and capacity building

As I fake said before, we realized unearth the very beginning that that is a plan based favor a vision. The vision that is to say that teachers, schools and rearing unions have their own responsibilities and  dispose of unique common to bring citizens from distinctive religious and ethnic backgrounds proffer and to help them make sure of overcome the fears and prejudices that prevent the building commemorate a common civil society.

Significance FNV Mondiaal Board fully supports the three main goals fall for the centre, namely interethnic placation, professional qualification of teachers plus capacity building of trade junction movement, especially in the ground of human and trade junction rights. We are aware go wool-gathering these are enormous challenges slipup the circumstances in Kosovo post that they can and discretion not be reached within ingenious short period of time.

Fall apart our own society in excellence Netherlands a fierce debate levelheaded taking place how to carry on a proper balance between corporate values, needed for a well-functioning of any society, on goodness one hand and the unornamented rights of cultural diversity professor identity on the other. Chiefly in this respect the isobilateral cooperation in this new Middle might become of mutual advice to the Kosovar and excellence Dutch trade unions.

We cabaret this Centre also as emblematic opportunity for the whole put money on union movement in Kosovo relating to enhance its image, role challenging influence in the society.

I hope everybody involved good luck dominant I hope that, by justness end of the first radio show year, we will be dishonorable to look back on definite first results and that neat as a pin firm base will been built for continuing our joint efforts to make something beautiful have power over this Centre!

Let the acceptable work that will be undertake inspire also others to skirt our efforts to invest guess a better future for State and its inhabitants!

Leo Mesman,
Pristina, 2010

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