Participation in the "Forum Alpbach", opportunities for further education of youth from Kosovo

27.03.2017

Deputy Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Rexhep Hoti met with Eva Elizabeth Michlits, First Secretary and Consul of the Embassy of Austria in Kosovo and Shkumbin Asllani, office coordinator of Initiative Group Alpbach Kosovo.

Meeting’s topic of discussion was coordination between the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports with Alpbach Kosovo to support youth of Kosovo with scholarships in order to send them to participate in the "Forum Alpbach" which will be held this year from 16 August to 1 September. The organization of this forum is done in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Austria.

Representative of the Embassy of Austria, Michlits, informed Deputy Hoti that ther forum, which will be held in Tiroll Austria, for the main topic will have "Conflict and Cooperation" and its program will include symposia on health, higher education, technology, law, politics, economics, financial market, construction and environment symposium on culture.

Initially, Deputy Minister Hoti, on behalf of the Minister Kujtim Shala, through the representative of the Embassy, expressed his gratitude for the assistance provided by the Republic of Austria to build democracy in Kosovo, specifically in the areas covered by MCYS.

Hoti said that this forum will be of interest to young people and is a very good chance for the selected from Kosovo to take part in Austria. He said that MCYS will provide full support in this regard, which is regarded as an opportunity to educate young people in Kosovo even further and get new experiences in the areas that are of interest to them.

Among other topics discussed were the possibilities of cooperation in concrete joint projects and exchange of experiences in the fields of culture, youth, sport and heritage between the Republic of Kosovo and Austria.

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