Political Dialogue – Roundtable of leaders and vice-presidents

04 July 2017 – Facilitated by the Balkans Group, leaders and vice presidents of parliamentary parties VV, LDK, PDK, AAK NISMA and PSD convened for a new round of political dialogue. The discussions were focused around the consensus for the dialogue with Serbia with two priorities, the appointment of the negotiating team and the principles for […]

Roundtable with the Friends (embassies), supporters of the political dialogue

5 April 2016 – Today, together with the Democracy for Development Institute (D4D) we hosted a Roundtable with the officials of the embassies to discuss the political situation, the dialogue that was launched by the Balkans Group and other challenges to the Kosovo state-building agenda. We presented the Work Plan and the Agenda for the […]

Roundtable with senior representatives of parliamentary parties

29 March 2016 – The second roundtable of political dialogue was facilitated today by the Balkans Group in cooperation with Democratic Institute (D4D). The Agenda included discussions on finding a minimum consensus for cooperation among political parties, as positive step to establish an inter-party dialogue. Participants suggested to create two lists of issues: a list […]

Policy Dialogue: Achieving a Political Agreement and Advance State Building through Reform-Driven Dialogue

The project promotes democratic consolidation, cooperation, reform dialogue, and thus ends the political crisis through its Policy Dialogue discussions. The Dialogue roundtables are an activity of BPRG which were successfully launched in March 2016 as a pilot that brought together senior members of political parties at a roundtable focused on finding a way out of […]

Policy Dialogue for Reform-Driven Agreement and Resolution of the On-Going Political Crisis

The project promotes democratic consolidation, cooperation, reform dialogue, and thus put the political crisis to an end through its Policy Dialogue discussions. The Dialogue roundtables are an activity of BPRG which were successfully launched in March 2016 as a pilot that brought together senior members of political parties at a roundtable focused on finding a […]

First Roundtable of Dialogue with senior representatives of political parties

11 March 2016 – Today took place the first roundtable of dialogue with senior representatives of the largest political parties. After months of preparations, representatives of LDK, PDK, AAK and NISMA agreed to sit together and launch a political dialogue between the government and the opposition. Vetëvendosje did not participate. The preparation and the roundtable […]

Inclusive Policy Making in Kosovo and Serbia: Advance Harmony and Peace Through Dialogue, Integration, and Improvement of Services, Jobs and People

The project aims at contributing to the normalisation of relations between Kosovo and Serbia, through integration of respective minorities/communities and addressing their interests and needs for better services and jobs.  The first component, to be implemented in North Kosovo, is focused on identifying mechanisms and actors that would prompt integration of local public companies vital to the life of the […]

Launch Conferece of the policy report “Serb Integration in Kosovo after the Brussels Agreement”

19 March 2015 – Balkans Group launched the policy report “Serb Integration in Kosovo after the Brussels Agreement”. The launch of the report was preceded by a roundtable discussion in the presence of the key political and internationals actors, policy makers, and journalists in Prishtina. The report examines the current state of the implementation of […]

Serb Integration in Kosovo after the Brussels Agreement – Policy Report

19 March 2015 – Kosovo and Serbia have started an immense task, the integration of the Kosovo Serbs and Belgrade’s administrative and financial infrastructure on Kosovo’s territory into the latter’s system – in short, “Serb integration”. This builds on a hard-won agreement mediated by the EU and hailed as among Brussels’s best achievements. Yet its […]

Serb Integration in Kosovo after the Brussels Agreement

19 March 2015 – Kosovo and Serbia have started an immense task, the integration of the Kosovo Serbs and Belgrade’s administrative and financial infrastructure on Kosovo’s territory into the latter’s system – in short, “Serb integration”. With the support of international partners, Kosovo and Serbia should set a goal of full integration of Serb institutions […]