Xing Digital Kosovo – Integrating Kosovo into digital world

Help us identify the most influential insititutions for each country. If you are adding Internet properties (websites) please make sure they are highly ranked in Alexa and are influential. If you are not sure please feel free to contact us. We are happy to provide advice - info@digitalkosovo.org

Your Report Matters

You might be in the process of helping with integration of Kosovo, and all you need now is the community to help or guide if any similar experience occurred.

Country:

Category:

Name of the Institution/Company or Website: Example: Vienna International Airport
For internet properties please use domain name: i.e Facebook.com

Contact details of the Institution/Company: Please include Address, Telephone, Fax, Email, Website.
(Optional) Contact person.

Required Action:
Please indicate what is the problem and what should be fixed.

Reference: Please insert the URL where Kosovo is or not displayed.
An example of reference link: http://wetter.orf.at/suedosteuropa

Your Example Email

You can submit here your version of email to the institution, for other member of the website to use it. To get help you can seeexample of email sent.

Subject:
Example: Request for placing Pristina on official Brussels Airport website

Your Letter: Please find example of email sent.

Status (Optional)
If you have already contacted or received any email back from the institution, please add here the correspondence so we can track the progress. Status messages are emails received directly from responsible people inside the institution. Please include the date of correspondence. Please try to write up to 400 characters. Example.

Your Name and Your Email where we can reach you:
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Upon receiving your inquiry we will add the institution on the drop down menu where others can contribute with pushing forward the agenda for this particular institution. You will also be contacted by us to verify the record.

DigitalWe aim to place and advance Kosovo’s position in digital world.
KosovoHelp integrate Kosovo on your website.

Take Action

Send a request for online recognition to: Select Institution

Name: Xing

XING (named openBC/Open Business Club until 17 November 2006) is a social software platform for enabling a small-world network for professionals. The company claims that it is used by people from over 200 countries. Available languages include Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish and Turkish. By displaying how each member is connected to any other member, it visualizes the small-world phenomenon. The platform offers personal profiles, groups, discussion forums, event coordination, and other common social community features. Basic membership is free. But many core functions, like searching for people with specific qualifications or messaging people to whom one is not already connected, can only be accessed by the premium members. Premium membership comes at a monthly fee of 5 € (around 7.50 USD). The platform uses https and has a rigid privacy and no-spam policy. XING provides its paying members very easy email access to any members.

Required Action

- Kosovo is not listed as a country in Xing.com.
- Kosovo need to be added as a country to their database.

We suggest changing the email subject above according to your preference.

Dear XING Management, I am a citizen of Kosovo and regular user of XING Social Network. I am extremely disappointed to find that I am unable to select Kosovo as a country in the drop-down menu of my profile (contact details) while using XING. I would profoundly appreciate if you could kindly address my request and list Kosovo in XING database. As you might be aware, Kosovo has declared independence and so far has been recognized as a country by 100+ UN member states, including Germany, United States, UK and the vast majority of EU countries. In attempt to clarify further the Kosovo’s declaration of independence, in response to Serbia’s question on legality of this act, the International Court of Justice on 22 of July 2010 concluded on its decision “that the adoption of the declaration of independence of 17 February 2008 did not violate general international law, Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) or the Constitutional Framework. Consequently the adoption of that declaration did not violate any applicable rule of international law.” (see para. 122 of the Court’s decision: http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/141/15987.pdf). This unambiguous wording of the World Court, a principle organ of the United Nations, should be seen as a primary reference when considering any issue with regard to Kosovo’s statehood and its place in international relations. Your supportive response would be of invaluable help to overcome a technological barrier that affects online users from Kosovo attempting to utilize XING experience as they seek to connect and browse information about Kosovo. On behalf of myself and Digital Kosovo initiative, I would like to thank you in advance for taking this issue into consideration. Yours Sincerely,

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I want my name to be published in the list of contributors!

After clicking the send button, you will receive an email with the link. Please click on the link to verify that you are the owner of the email that is sending the request. We do this to protect spam and abuse. Only if you confirm the email the letter will be sent.

Status:In Progress

Emails sent: 188

Points: 1

Status

18 September 2013
Message from XING via Twitter:
“Thank you very much for the hint. I will pass on your feedback to our product organization for discussion.” ^[1]

17 September 2013
Xing.com case is open for public.
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You can also use the social network plugins to publicly request Kosovo inclusion in particular institution’s website.

Contact Details

Xing HQ
Hamburg, Germany
Website: www.xing.com
Twitter: @XING_com
Category: Social Network
Founded: 2003

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Last Updates: 30 September 2013

References

https://twitter.com/xing_com/status/380353394860249088

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