Various cultural and artistic events, exhibitions and discussion panels, discussion with artists, information sessions about the European Union and activities on European values have marked 12 months of 2018 in both centres, in Pristina and North Mitrovica.
The team of the Centre, together with the European Union Office in Kosovo, have taken care to bring quality, creativity and increased number of visits by public to these events, which were both educational and informative in their respective fields, making sure to establish a better communication with the public and offer more visibility to the work of European Union in Kosovo.
The first quarter of the year focused on activities to bring Kosovo citizens closer to the two centres. A great impact had the new location in North Mitrovica which was seen very positively by the public in this area who frequent the centre for various information and activities that are organised there.
Many activities were organised as one of the main tasks of the centre, while two media and outreach campaigns, implemented during this period, offered a different perspective opening up the centre much more with many outreach activities that happened in different towns in Kosovo.
May and June were dedicated to Europe Day activities and the Quality Education Campaign. Bringing a Kosovo born, world-class tenor Rame Lahaj in Pristina to hold a concert and masterclass with students on Europe Day raised a great interest and marked a very successful event at EUICC. The whole week leading up to Europe Day was full of activities for different target audiences. The Quality Education Campaign was launched in the first week of May with poster exhibition and Education Fair to continue with intensive agenda that marked many activities in different towns in Kosovo.
A discussion panel on the connection between art, culture and education was another successful event that brought together in the panel important public personalities to discuss importance of art and culture inclusion in the curricula of Kosovo Education system.
In the second half of the year, EUICC included in its regular activity’s selection of art exhibitions from various artists. From August to December the works of Yll Xhaferi, Rron Qena, Mjellma Goranci and Shqipe Kamberi were exhibited at the centre raising interest of many citizens and this way opening to new audiences, young and old. Arts and culture were present at the Information and Cultural Centre with an artistic talk with Hana Zeqa – fashion designer in Pristina and a concert by Milica Dobric Quartet in North Mitrovica. Another important activity was a 2-day music workshop held by the musician Liburn Jupolli in Pristina and a lecture held by actor Aleksandar Đinđić in North Mitrovica.
