The office has been covering the Western Balkans region, and was established as a local office for Norwegian Church Aid work in Kosovo in 1996. Later it became an office for the Western Balkan region, and has covered Kosovo, Serbia, Macedonia and Albania. During 2007 Norwegian Church Aid decided to close the office in 2009, due to the fact that the funds for work in Western Balkan was gradually diminishing.
Norwegian Church Aid will continue to work with partners in Western Balkan through direct follow up from our Head Office in Oslo. Part of the operational work implemented by Norwegian Churvh Aid in Kosovo the last years, will be followed up by a local organization, KAAD, which was established in January 2009 by previous local staff and others.
We sincerely thank each member of the staff in Kosovo, since October 2007 lead by Area Representative Ragnar Hansen, for all their work and their efforts during these years ! Some of our staff from the region and from Kosovo has worked for Norwegian Church Aid for more than ten years and we are particularly grateful for their input and contribution to Norwegian Church Aids work in the Balkans.