Kosovo

Vjollca Obërtinca is a 46-year-old woman from Fushë Kosovë who lives with her husband and three children. Being deaf, she has faced many challenges over the years, including limited access to professional training opportunities and barriers to formal employment. Despite these obstacles, Vjollca has always remained determined to support her family and build a better future for her children.

SCiK is seeking to engage a local consultant or a company or an NGO (hereafter: Service Provider) operating in Mitrovica North and Mitrovica South for the period from December 2025 to June 2026, in alignment with the academic calendar, school breaks, and public holidays.The engagement aims to support the implementation of the project “Empowerment of Kosovo Vulnerable Communities through Better and Equal Access to the Labour Market” in Mitrovica North. The Service Provider will lead and support the effective implementation of educational and mentoring activities for Roma, Ashkali, and Egyptian students, focusing on personal development, career orientation, and life skills. This includes facilitating mentoring sessions based on the Life Skills for Success (LS4S), Career Guidance, and Green Skills approaches; organizing career orientation events; monitoring student progress; and collaborating with schools, local stakeholders, and project partners to ensure the successful achievement of project goals and awareness initiatives. The overall objective is to equip Roma, Ashkali, and Egyptian children and youth in Mitrovica North with the knowledge, skills, and opportunities necessary to transition successfully into adulthood and access dignified, decent, and sustainable employment.

SCiK is seeking one local expert to develop a practical and user-friendly Guide for Teachers on Inclusive Physical and Sports Activities, with a focus on children with disabilities and children from marginalized communities. The Guide will focus on Grades 1–5, emphasizing play-based physical activities that promote participation, cooperation, and basic motor skills development through inclusive approaches. These activities will be aligned with the learning outcomes of the national core curriculum, designed to support students’ physical development, enhance social interaction, teamwork, respect for diversity, and healthy lifestyle habits, in line with curriculum objectives for physical education and personal development.

Safeguarding the well-being of children and vulnerable adults is one of the most pressing challenges facing Kosovo today. Despite progress in policy and law, too many children continue to experience risks of neglect, violence, and exploitation in their homes, schools, and communities. Strengthening safeguarding is not only a legal duty under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and Kosovo’s Child Protection Law, but also a moral responsibility shared by all sectors of society.It was against this backdrop that Save the Children Kosova/o, in collaboration with the University of Prishtina and with support from Sida, convened the Safeguarding Symposium on 17 September 2025 in Prishtina. The event brought together government representatives, academics, civil society, international experts, and most importantly the voices of children, to exchange experiences, explore solutions, and chart practical steps toward safer, more inclusive systems in Kosovo.

SCiK seeks to engage one (1) Local Expert to: support the working group of Ministry Justice for reviewing secondary legislation of the Law on Social and Family Services, particularly focusing on licensing social service providers.

In the Vocational Education and Training Centre in Prizren, Besa Shehu and Habibe Elshani are more than trainers—they are changemakers. Supported by Save the Children Kosova/o, these two women have transformed their classrooms into spaces of opportunity and inclusion.

SCiK is seeking to engage one local expert / company to design and deliver a comprehensive training program to capacitate non-formal service providers to apply user-centred service design principles and standardized case management procedures in their service delivery. The intervention will enhance the quality of provided services and provide tools for non-formal service providers (licensed NGOs) on unifying case management procedures to better address the complex needs of children and adults living in high risk of social exclusion. Engaged local expert / Company will design and deliver a training program that is context-specific and responsive to the needs of non-formal service providers. The training program should offer clear guidelines and practical frameworks for multidisciplinary teams of non-formal service providers, to collaboratively assess needs, plan interventions, engage other service providers, monitor progress, re-evaluate objectives, and close cases efficiently through a structured and holistic approach.

In Ozdrim, near Peja, Save the Children’s Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Centre, opened in January 2023, has transformed the lives of children and families. Gentiana, a working mother, shares how the centre supported her son Malti, who struggled with shyness and socialization after the pandemic. With guidance from his educator, Malti developed confidence, social skills, and learning abilities, preparing him for preschool and beyond. The centre not only benefits children but also reassures parents through education sessions, proving the vital role of early childhood programs in rural communities.

SCiK is seeking to engage one local expert / company to design and deliver a comprehensive training program to capacitate non-formal service providers to apply user-centred service design principles and standardized case management procedures in their service delivery. The intervention will enhance the quality of provided services and provide tools for non-formal service providers (licensed NGOs) on unifying case management procedures to better address the complex needs of children and adults living in high risk of social exclusion. Engaged local expert / Company will design and deliver a training program that is context-specific and responsive to the needs of non-formal service providers. The training program should offer clear guidelines and practical frameworks for multidisciplinary teams of non-formal service providers, to collaboratively assess needs, plan interventions, engage other service providers, monitor progress, re-evaluate objectives, and close cases efficiently through a structured and holistic approach.

SCiK aims to engage a local expert to develop and deliver a comprehensive training program that strengthens the capacity of formal and non-formal service providers on child-sensitive and gender-responsive social protection. The objective of this engagement is to enhance knowledge and equip service providers with practical skills to apply child-sensitive and gender-responsive principles in the delivery of social protection services. The training will support service providers to better understand and address the specific needs, vulnerabilities, and rights of girls, boys, women, and men, particularly those affected by discrimination and/or living in high risk of social exclusion. As part of this engagement, the expert will be responsible for: Developing a context-specific training module on child-sensitive and gender-responsive social protection that incorporates key concepts and practical approaches, including principles of social protection, child protection, child-sensitive approaches, gender equity and inclusion in social protection systems, intersectionality, and rights-based frameworks.Delivering one two-day training session for formal service providers and non-formal service providers.