KIPRED Institute has published the report "Local Elections in Kosovo 2013: Overview and recommendations for electoral reform". This paper aims to provide a chronological description of the process of local elections 2013, including pre-election environment and the effects on the election of the dialogue for normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia.
This policy paper concludes that the establishment of numerous bodies to fight corruption have caused an overlap in mandates, inefficiency, increased lack of accountability and decreased conviction rates.
This policy paper concludes that the establishment of numerous bodies to fight corruption have caused an overlap in mandates, inefficiency, increased lack of accountability and decreased conviction rates.
More than five years after its independence, Kosovo continues to be highly ranked when it comes to the levels of corruption both in the public and private spheres. Regardless of numerous initiatives and adoption of laws Government officials continue to be reported almost on daily basis in media on corruption related affairs.
Future Voters of Kosovo is an innovative civic education project that prepares students to vote alongside their parents in simulated election balloting.
One year after the end of supervised independence, Kosovo finds itself in a deadlock. The premature end of the supervised independence, hailed with successes which were not achieved, demonstrated the substantial diminished commitment of the sponsors of Kosovo’s independence to completing successfully the once joint Kosovo-Western mission - full international legitimacy of Republic of Kosovo. The road for achieving this aim was placed on Kosovo’s dialogue with Serbia, “facilitated” by the EU.