OSCE Mission in Kosovo holds third edition of Junior Basketball Tournament

The OSCE Mission in Kosovo is hosting the third edition of its Junior Basketball Tournament from 25 to 30 June 2018 at the Recreational Centre in Germia Park, Prishtinë/Priština.

This year, 45 young basketball players from the ages of 12 to 16, representing different communities and junior basketball clubs from Gjakovë/Đakovica, Prishtinë/Priština, Prizren and Štrpce/Shtërpcë, are training and exercising together, practising different basketball techniques under the supervision of accredited trainers.

Besides playing basketball, participants will also attend thematic workshops that aim at promoting dialogue, tolerance, confidence and mutual understanding among youth. The workshops cover topics of human rights, inter-cultural dialogue, gender and social inclusion. They will be delivered by experts from the Know Your Rights campaign, Pl4y International, the Peer Educators Network (PEN) and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports.

The OSCE Mission in Kosovo has organized the Junior Basketball Tournament every year since 2016 with the generous support of the Municipality of Prishtinë/Priština. More than 200 players from basketball schools from different Kosovo municipalities have so far been part of the tournament.