Publications

The OSCE Mission in Kosovo provides capacity-building for the Kosovo Police and community safety forums, along with monitoring and advocacy for the implementation of the Community Safety Strategy and Action Plan. To raise awareness about community safety forums, the Mission has prepared the new edition of a community safety brochure as a development tool. The new brochure comes with a new and illustrated content, stories on best practices and community project initiatives taken between 2013 and 2017, updated contact information, stats and motivating words from community safety stakeholders from all police regions. It aims to strengthen the police-public partnership in municipalities and raise awareness on community safety forums and community policing concept Kosovo-wide

The OSCE Mission in Kosovo published in December 2017 a report assessing the performance and impact of the Consultative Council for Communities, a key community protection body in Kosovo functioning under the Office of the President. The report notes that the Council, established in 2008, has consolidated well in the institutional system, holding regular meetings and engaging in communication with a wide spectrum of institutions in follow up to different community issues in policy and legislation. However, its overall impact on communities’ rights and well-being remains limited, as the Council faces uneven and insufficient response from the wider institutional spectrum and its outreach capacities to non-majority communities are still inadequate. The report assesses the composition, performance and impact of the Council during the period 1 January 2015 until 31 December 2016.

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 among the largest OSCE field operations.

This follow-up report provides an overview of the level of representation of communities in a numerical minority in the civil service at the central and local level. It provides an assessment of progress made by selected Kosovo institutions in implementing the relevant legislative obligations that guarantee fair and proportional representation of communities in the civil service since the OSCE’s previous assessment report in 2013. Additionally, the report identifies gaps in implementation and provides specific recommendations to key institutions in order to facilitate improvements regarding the employment of communities in the civil service.

The infosheet includes information about the establishment and functioning of the Deputy Mayors for Communities (DMCs) and Deputy Chairpersons of the Municipal Assembly for Communities (DCMACs) in 2016.

The infosheet includes information about the membership and functioning of the Communities Committees (CCs) in 2016.

The infosheet includes information about the membership and functioning of the Municipal Offices for Communities and Return (MOCRs) in 2016.

The Justice Monitor is a publication of the observations of OSCE monitors in the first instance courts in Kosovo. The Justice Monitor aims to provide policymakers and justice sector actors with indicators not otherwise available to assist in the identification of compliance gaps in the administration of justice and the tracking of progress achieved in closing those gaps.

The OSCE Mission in Kosovo provides capacity-building for the Kosovo Police and community safety forums, along with monitoring and advocacy for the implementation of the Community Safety Strategy 2017-2021. Municipal Community Safety Councils (MCSCs) are essential consultative community policing mechanisms at the municipal level. Chaired by the mayor, with active participation of the police station commander, the MCSCs engage bi-monthly in their proactive advisory role, discussing security concerns and initiatives, while instilling pluralism in community safety provisioning and wide representation of communities' interest groups, women and civil society. The public awareness poster launched in December 2016 promotes the roles and mandates of common members of each MCSC throughout Kosovo, including the North where their establishment is expected in the nearest future.

This safety guide provides handy information for journalists and other media professionals on know-hows to protect themselves in volatile situations, riots, protests and demonstrations to help them avoid injuries and damage to their equipment. The guide advises media professionals to use protective gear and visible insignia so that they distinguish from protesters and avoid getting hurt by the police or protesters. Advice includes improvisations that help media professionals neutralize effects of teargas when reporting during violent situations. It also provides the media professionals with available telephone numbers to seek legal advice.