On 9 and 10  October, Udruženje Žena Povratnica “Naš Dom” (”Our Home” Society of Returned WomenOrganization, in partnership with the Women’s Center for Rural Development from Novoberda organized in Gjilan a training titled “Mobilizing communities”, in the framework of the project titled “Improving local policies from women’s perspective”. This meeting was attended by 30 Albanian, Serb and Roma women from the Municipalities of Novobërda, Gjilan and Kamenica, women directors of partner organizations, representatives of institutions of these municipalities and representatives of the Kosovo Women’s Network (KWN). 
       Considering the quite low number of women participants in the decision-making processes in these three municipalities and the interest of women in these processes, the partner organizations started to implement the activities of this project which aims at building the capacities of women, raising their awareness of their rights to decision-making processes, and improving the relationships with and communication between the right holders and those who discharge duties. 
        The purpose of this two-day training was to build the capacity of women from these three municipalities and inform them of the advocacy models and mechanisms and of participation in decision-making processes at local level. In addition, the following topics were introduced and discussed during this meeting: The rights of minority communities in Kosovo and their rights in practice; methodology of community mobilization; processes of policy- and decision-making in Kosovo; duties and responsibilities of Kosovo institutions, etc. 
          Group and practical work motivated the women attendees in this training. One of the women said: “I am very happy that the activities of this project do not include only trainings but also building our capacities through practical examples. I do look forward to advocating for the first time, after the compilation of the working document on solution of priority problems of local communities, for adopting these changes into local regulations.” 
This project was supported by the Kosovo Women’s Fund (KWF) of the Kosovo Women’s Network (KWN) and funded by the EU Office in Kosovo.