Report: Respect of the employment quota of members of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities in public institutions


Report: Respect of the employment quota of members of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities in public institutions

On November 7, the thematic report in the framewrk of the KOSINT 2020 project was presented “Respect of the employment quota of members of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities in public institutions”.

This report was conducted as a study to measure the employment quota implementation Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities at central and local level. The report has selected four municipalities as a sample: Mitrovica, Fushë Kosova, Ferizaj and Gjakova.

Ministry of Administration, provides reports on the situation of employees at central and local level. During the year 2018, out of 56 central level institutions that had employed 30,635 in public service, of which only 113 of them resulted to be members of the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities and they were employed only in 10 of these institutions.

Regarding the selected municipalities, according to the official data, in Mitrovica, the inclusion of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities in public institutions is zero. In Fushë Kosova, the unemployment rate among these communities of this municipality is quite high. According to the official data, in 2018 there were employed 5 people from the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities.

The municipality of Ferizaj has the largest number of officials of the Office for Communities in the country. In relation to other municipalities an advantage of this municipality may be considered the employment of members of these communities on service contracts. According to official data in 2018, 15 people from the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities were employed.

In the municipality of Gjakova, the situation is slightly better, where according to the official data in 2018, there were employed 31 persons from the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities.

The quota for employment of communities, as a measure to ensure equal inclusion of all communities living in Kosovo, has a very little application. The factors for such a situation are many and different ranging from:

1) The lack of economic development and general unemployment situation in the country,
2) Overload in the country’s administration,
3) Privatization of socially-owned enterprises,
4) Politicization of employment,
5) The lack of staff profiling, with a particular emphasis on the age groups of over 30,
6) Inattention of politicians from the task of meeting demands, for needs arising from citizens.

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