CLOSED* Nominations for the 2025 Volunteerism of the Year Awards are open!

Kosovo is full of changemakers who see community improvement as a personal responsibility, so we believe that everyone’s contribution should be honored and rewarded – especially when that dedication comes in the form of volunteer work.

That’s why, after an extraordinary success in the first edition where 100 people were nominated and the campaign had the support of 50 partners – including the Office of the Prime Minister and the Office of the President, we are opening the call for the second time this year. Our goal remains the same: to recognize, promote and expand participation in volunteerism through the Volunteer of the Year Awards.

This campaign includes all young people, individuals, municipalities, schools, businesses, diaspora representatives and public figures, who contribute to the community in various ways, with a special focus on contribution through volunteer work.

The Volunteer of the Year Awards are divided into 3 categories:

Category A: YOUTH

Category B: VOLUNTEERING SUPPORTERS

Category C: SERVICE-LEARNING

Each category includes several awards.

Category A: YOUTH, has the following awards for 4 young people:

1. Volunteer of the Year
2. Courageous Volunteer of the Year
3. Most Creative Volunteer of the Year
4. Rising Volunteer of the Year

The deadline for nominations for these Category A awards is September 30, 2025. To see in more detail what these awards include as well as the terms and conditions of nomination procedures, click on this link.

Category B: SUPPORTERS OF VOLUNTEERISM, has the following awards for these stakeholders:

• Most Supportive Business of the Year
• Most Supportive Municipality of the Year
• Most Supportive Diaspora Representative of the Year
• Most Supportive Public Figure of the Year
• Volunteer with Lifelong Contribution of the Year

The deadline for nominations for these Category B Awards is September 30, 2025.

Category C: Service Learning

Who can apply?

This year, the Regional Service Learning Award is open to two categories:

• Schools and universities
• Organizations or informal groups working with young people
  

How to apply?
To apply, please follow these steps:

1. Before completing the Application Form, make sure you read the Terms and Conditions for the category you wish to apply to. For the schools category, you can find the Terms and Conditions here, while for the organizations or informal groups category, you can find the Terms and Conditions here.
2. Complete the application form for the category you wish to apply to. For the schools category, you can find the Application Form here, while for the organizations or informal groups category, you can find the Application Form here.

For additional information, contact [email protected] or +383 38 704 560.

The Volunteerism of the Year Awards are supported by the European Union Office in Kosovo; the Kosovo Civil Society Foundation (KCSF) programme ‘EJA Kosovo’, co-financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and Sweden, “SMART Balkans – Civil Society for Shared Values ​​in the Western Balkans” implemented by the Centre for the Promotion of Civil Society (CPCD), the Centre for Research and Policy Making (CRPM) and the Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM) through a regional and institutional grant, financially supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (NMFA) and the Erasmus+ Programme project SLIPSTREAM (2023-1-SK02-KA220-YOU-000159836).

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