About the program

Mentoring our Future is a mentoring program for Kosovar students at the University of Prishtina, who are in their penultimate or last year of studies (Bachelor’s or Master’s). The main aim of this program is to facilitate the transfer of professional knowledge and experience between established professionals and Kosovar students who are interested in developing their careers in their respective fields. This program’s goal is to allow each student to receive individual attention and guidance related to their professional development goals, career aspirations, and networking needs. Moreover, this program will work to help students in identifying and pursuing opportunities for internships or possible employment directly related to their degrees, using the mentors’ network.

On the other side, MoF will give mentors the opportunity to contribute to their society. Kosovo has a lot of professionally successful people working in different institutions worldwide. In this regard, the program aims on connecting them with their homeland and so the volunteering mentors will act as coaches and role models to support students with their personal and professional growth. After all, the idea is to show the community different and attractive approaches of educational and professional development.

Mentoring our Future Program 2021-2022 is implemented in cooperation with Kosovo United States Alumni (KUSA) and it’s funded by the U.S. Embassy Prishtina.

Who are the mentors?

Mentors are established albanian-speaking professionals who live in Kosovo, Region, and Diaspora.

Who is eligible to become a mentee?

Students of the University of Prishtina in Kosovo, who are in their penultimate and last year of Bachelor studies and those who are doing their Masters’s degree.

How does the program work?

• The call for applications for mentees will open in the third week of August and will end in mid-September;
• During this application period, students will apply through the registration form on the website, and will have the chance to choose up to three mentoring fields/ topics;
• After the application phase, selected students will go through individual interviews;
• During September/October 2021, MoF team will pair the mentors and mentees compatible with their fields of interest;
• During October, information sessions will be organized for the selected students. Detailed instructions on how the program will work will be provided.
• In October, mentoring sessions will begin. One mentoring session will be held per month, lasting 1 to 2 hours. The total number of mentoring sessions is 8, until May of the following year.