{"id":7105,"date":"2022-07-13T16:48:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T16:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germin.org\/?p=7105"},"modified":"2022-07-13T16:48:56","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T16:48:56","slug":"newsletter-april-june-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/germin.org\/sq\/newsletter-april-june-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter: April – June 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the second quarter of 2022, GERMIN organized and facilitated plenty of activities with the goal of connecting and engaging the diaspora with the countries of origin. This newsletter provides a brief summary of our main activities in April, May, and June of this year.<\/p>\n

Diaspora Business Forum 2022<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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The Diaspora Business Forum was held in Pristina on May 27 and 28. This forum gathered over 350 participants, among whom over 150 representatives of businesses from the diaspora. GERMIN organized the forum in collaboration with the European Branches of the Business Network of the Albanian Diaspora, supported by USAID Kosovo Compete Activity. This forum was attended by dozens of institutional representatives and hundreds of business representatives from Kosovo.\u00a0The second day\u00a0<\/strong>of this forum was dedicated to business visits in Kosovo. Dozens of representatives from diaspora businesses visited local businesses in Ferizaj, Gjakove, and Prizren.<\/p>\n

50 students from Kosovo completed internships in 22 diaspora-based companies and organizations<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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50 young people have completed internships in diaspora organizations\/companies that operate in the diaspora or in Kosovo as part of the project “Advancement of partnership with the diaspora for children and youth in Kosovo”. Out of 50 young people aged 16 to 24, 17 of them are already employed or have continued their apprenticeship. This project continues to be implemented by GERMIN with the support of the UNICEF program in Kosovo.<\/p>\n

Women Entrepreneurs from Kosova are being mentored by Diaspora Professionals<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Meetings between mentors and women entrepreneurs are still taking place as part of the project “Diaspora for Women Entrepreneurs”, supported by USAID Kosovo Compete Activity. More than 15 sessions have been conducted so far by 8 diaspora mentors engaged with the program. The mentoring sessions will continue until September 2022.<\/p>\n

Diaspora p\u00ebr Zhvillimin Ekonomik Lokal<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n