In September 2018, RIT Kosovo A.U.K – Training and Development Institute and mayors of the municipalities of Gjilan, Hani i Elezit, Kaçanik, and Viti reached agreements of cooperation to implement the Regional Employment Development Training Program (RED-T). The training...

On September 6th, 2018, EMPOWER Private Sector Project signed a cooperation agreement with RIT Kosovo A.U.K – Training and Development Institute to implement the Regional Employment Development Training Program (RED-T). The program aims to enhance employment opportunities...

September 2018 – The third edition of the Green Festival will come this year bigger and greener than ever before. Over 40 Kosovar companies will present their products and services to promote a more sustainable environment in the future. The Green Festival will provide a...

In August 2018, the Kosovo Manufacturing Club (KMC) signed cooperation agreements with the municipalities of Gjilan, Han I Elezit, Kacanik, and Viti, to implement the On-the-Job Training Program that is financed by USAID EMPOWER Private Sector. Through these agreements, youth...

In August 2018, local-organization Help-Kosovo signed cooperation agreements with four municipalities of Kosovo to implement the Self-Employment Training Program. The program which is funded by USAID EMPOWER Private Sector in partnership with Sida, aims to foster employability...

The 3rd edition of Green Festival will take place from the 19th to the 21st of September at “1 Tetori” sports hall in Prishtina. The Green Festival is the largest networking platform in Kosovo for Green Businesses, government agencies, donors, and relevant energy stakeholders....

More and more Kosovo companies are exporting to foreign markets thanks to the support provided by USAID’s EMPOWER Private Sector project. Recently, DONI wood-processing company from Mitrovica signed a significant new contract to export 2100 kitchens to the Democratic Republic of...

On August 9th, 2018, USAID Mission Director Lisa Magno visited EMPOWER Private Sector beneficiary BINNI in Vushtrri. Binni’s co-owner walked the Mission Director around large production facility and its modern showroom and talked about the variety of products the company offers...

On August 8th, 2018, EMPOWER Private Sector project signed a grant agreement with local organization Kosovo Manufacturing Club (KMC), to implement the On-The-Job (OTJ) Training Program. The training program aims to increase the skills of vulnerable and marginalized youth in...

The Kosovo Manufacturing Club (KMC) is joining the USAID EMPOWER Private Sector project to co-organize the 3rd edition of the Green Festival. Through a signed MOU, the KMC is also set to be the successor of the implementation of the forthcoming editions of the Green Festival....

On August 6th, 2018, USAID Mission Director Lisa Magno visited EMPOWER Private Sector beneficiaries Dokufest and Jasin Metal in Prizren. She met with DokuFest Management and a group of students from a Film and factual Media workshop and learned about how the festival is...

On July 30th, 2018, the USAID EMPOWER Private Sector project signed a grant agreement with local organization Help-Kosovo to implement a training program which aims to foster employability and entrepreneurship of vulnerable and marginalized youth in Gjilan, Viti, Kacanik, and...

Preparations for the 3rd edition of the Green Festival have begun following the success of the two previous events. This edition of the Green Festival will take place at the 1 Tetori sports hall in Prishtina on September 19 – 21, 2018. The primary goal of the festival is to...

The USAID EMPOWER Private Sector project is continuing to work and partner with the Albanian Diaspora Businesses Network (ADBN) to boost the economic growth of Kosovo. On July 12th, 2018, EMPOWER Private Sector signed a memorandum of understanding with the ADBN president Nazar...

On June 29th, 2018, the USAID Empower Private Sector project signed a grant with Alstone company from Rahovec. The company produces varnishes, facades, and adhesives, and since 2016 has extensive export contracts with British manufacturer Weicker. In 2017, through the Quality...

From June 22nd to July 6th, 2018, USAID’s EMPOWER Private Sector project engaged renowned pastry chef Mahmut Boluk to provide hands-on training to sweets producers all over Kosovo. Trosha, Rolleo, LB Group, Embelsia, Embelsia DPZ, Milos and Marta, Konditoria, and Fati, learned to...

On June 21st, 2018, the USAID EMPOWER Private Sector project signed a grant with Decon, an electrical equipment manufacturer. The grant will enable the company to purchase laboratory equipment to test and control its electrical products for compliance with European standards. The...

On June 14th, 2018, USAID/Kosovo Mission Director James Hope visited EMPOWER Private Sector beneficiary Palma Mobilje in Gjilan, one of the major producers of furniture in Kosovo. Mr. Ekrem Shahini, owner and General Director of Palma, showed Mr. Hope around Palma’s modern...