Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina: Policy makers and senior officials this week praised a UNV programme designed to foster regional integration, social cohesion and poverty reduction in the Balkans. Read

Peja, Kosovo: As a spatial planner I love cities. They always develop plans but are never finished. Read

Pristina, Kosovo: An environmental awareness campaign in Kosovo, led by UNV volunteers, focused on children. In groups, the children were inspired to examine environment issues, making use of the opportunity to exchange ideas and opinions about the Millennium Development Goals and means of harnessing volunteerism to achieve them. Read

Pristina, Kosovo: Five members of the UNV programme in Kosovo are among 20 people recently honoured for their work in a Missing Persons and Forensics Project (OMPF). The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Kosovo, Joachim Rücker, handed UN 21 awards to international UNV volunteers Adidja Asman (Burundi), Klaire Kasibayo (Uganda), James Nicholls (UK), Olajide Sunday Animasaun (Nigeria), and Omololu Owolabi (Nigeria) on March 16. Read

Pristina, Kosovo: UNV volunteers and others are helping spread the word in Kosovo that International Women’s Day is an important event to celebrate the economic, political and social achievements of women around the globe – and an opportunity to end violence. Read