Publications

This report assesses whether the relevant international human rights standards regarding the protection of immovable tangible cultural heritage are complied with by the Kosovo legal framework and to what extent the central- and local-level institutions apply these standards and thus respect, protect and fulfil everyone’s right to access and benefit from cultural heritage.

The report reassesses progress by relevant institutions towards sustainable reintegration of repatriated persons. While there have been significant improvements since 2011, full implementation of the new legal and policy framework is crucial.

This handbook is meant to be used as a tool to take concrete steps towards building and maintaining well-functioning councils by incoming or newer local youth action council (LYAC) members. It has been drafted with significant input from LYACs themselves on issues such as municipal youth action plans, youth strategies, and volunteerism.

This report assesses the progress made by municipalities in Kosovo towards realizing the right to adequate housing through the provision of social housing and identifies some of the main shortcomings in their efforts.

A three-month long campaign titled “Your Language is Your Right” is aimed at raising public awareness of available language protection and complaints mechanisms, as well as of the Language Commissioner`s role. Posters, leaflets and radio spots produced during the campaign in the Albanian, Romani, Serbian and Turkish languages have been distributed and aired across Kosovo. A poster in English is not available.

This report assesses the 2013 municipal budget development process and analyses the degree of compliance of municipal institutions with the legal framework compared to the previous fiscal year.

The OSCE Mission in Kosovo promotes human rights, good governance and the safety of all people living in Kosovo by monitoring and supporting the work of local institutions. The Mission, established in 1999, is the OSCE's largest field operation.

This report reviews the progress made by the Assembly of Kosovo in developing its relations with civil society. It analyses participation of civil society in the work of the Assembly in a comprehensive manner. It gathers best practices from parliaments in the Western Balkans region and the rest of Europe on three aspects of public participation: the provision by the legislature of actionable information to the public, the existence of institutional mechanisms for facilitating civil society participation, and the application of sound practices of public consultation. The report proceeds to assess the Assembly’s performance against these practices, acknowledging important achievements and identifying key challenges.

This report assesses the status of civil service reform in Kosovo by providing an overview of the secondary legislation; assessing the status of establishment of the implementing structures in the civil service, and the implementation of the legal provisions regarding the Independent Oversight Board for Civil Service of Kosovo.