Pejë, Prizren, 4, 9 December – with the aim of sharing experiences, identifying safety issues and inclusion of the community in improving safety conditions, Saferworld dhe FIQ, in cooperation with Syri i Vizionit and PHRC organized roundtables with representatives from tens of villages and areas of  Pejë dhe Prizrenit, in two separate meetings.
During 2008/2009, FIQ and Saferworld in cooperation with Syri Vizionit and PHRC worked with the Councils of village of Raushiq/Pejë and Lubinje/Prizren in improving safety conditions in the community, with roundtables being a continuance of support for these villages.

Pejë: around 30 representatives of 9 villages of Peja (Raushiq, Bellopojë, Lybeniq, Levoshë, Zahaq, Zllopek, Leshan, Çungur), composed from the community of Albanians, Bosnians, Serbs, Roma, Egyptians, also including municipality officers for security and police officers, discussed on general security concerns, and attempted to present an action plan to raise their level of inclusion in solving problems through cooperation and search for supporters.

Municipal officers were required to raise the level of coordination between all stakeholders included in security projects in the community. They asked every village to send their request at the directorate. Among problems mentioned at this roundtable were also the violence and incidents at schools, forest cutting, traffic insecurity, lack of walking paths, deaths caused by car accidents, dangers from floods etc.

 The representative from Raushiq, Ismet Zekaj (a village where Saferworld and FIQ last year had similar activities) shared experiences with the participants, encouraging them to become more active in pushing the institutions to act towards solving their concerns.
Prizren: 26 participants from 6 villages with minority community from Zhupë region (Lubinje Epërme, Reçan, Planjane, Gornja Sello, Lubinje Poshtme, Llokvicë) spoke about their problems and ignorance of concerns and requests by responsible authorities.
Abaz Ademi, representative from village of Lubinje Epërme spoke about community experience from the project implemented by FIQ, Saferworld and PHRC in enhancing safety in their village.
Whereas, Bersim Shaipi, the village Council secretary informed the participants on practices in treating security issues. Representatives from these villages have mentioned problems with energy and the KEK negligence towards renewing the network, regardless of the village participation in funding. They also mentioned problems with waste and pollution as a consequence of a high flow of people at the Prevalla resort, the lack of emergency protection such as firemen, danger due to mountain configuration of the roads etc. They stressed that this was the first meeting of the Zhupë region’s villages, and they made a commitment to gather once more within a month to establish a representational council for Zhupë villages, that will coordinate and engage in solving the above-mentioned problems.