This policy paper analyses attitudes of the Serbian population in Kosovo towards the Association of Serbian Municipalities and formulates policy recommendations on the future functioning of the Association. Media monitoring in North Kosovo, interviews with key officials, and focus groups and a survey were the main tools used to collect the data. The survey was […]
Balkans Policy Research Group (BPRG)facilitates the Mediation Dialogue between leaders of the government and the opposition in Kosovo since march 2016. BPRG became the first and only local organisation to succeed in bringing senior political leadership of the five key parliamentary parties to the negotiating table. As an independent and impartial think tank, BPRG was able […]
Drejtori ekzekutiv i organizatës joqeveritare “Ballkans Group” në Prishtinë, Naim Rashiti, thotë për EkonomiaOnline se VV-ja dhe LDK-ja i fituan zgjedhjet për të ndryshuar mënyrën e qeverisjes, por jo me agjendën e dialogut. Lexo më shumë: https://bit.ly/2PMRJ47
3 November 2019 – Balkans Group organised the second round of training, part of the education program for the “Youth in Politics”. This training on new policy areas and skills was organised as a follow-up to the first round of the training which was held in June 2019. The first cohort of participants had a […]
Mr Grenell is coming to “test if the parties are ready and if a deal is possible,” said Naim Rashiti, director of the Pristina-based Balkans Policy Research Group think-tank. “But there are few signs that Kosovo and Serbia are ready for this intense process and the big compromise the US expects both sides to make.” […]
I am a Prosecutor at the Basic Court of Mitrovica. I live in North Mitrovica together with my family. Since 1994, I have worked for the Serbian judiciary as a trainee, then an expert associate, and later on as a prosecutor. Since 2017, we integrated and became part of the judicial system of Kosovo. At […]
The agreements resulting from the Brussels Dialogue managed to positively affect the lives of people in Kosovo, despite the fact that the public was aggravated when the “final deal” was promoted as being closer than ever. Being a civil society activist, for a long time my focus was on the flaws of the agreements and their […]
There were times when it was very difficult for citizens of Kosovo to go to Serbia. Today, this movement has been made easier, and it is a joyful feeling to be able to travel to Serbia by private car. License plates agreement, achieved in 2011 between Kosovo and Serbia as a result of the Brussels […]
The EU-facilitated dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia that was initiated in 2011 aims to promote cooperation between the governments, support their EU path and improve people’s lives on both sides i.e. the agreements reached during the dialogue affects the life of young people. The implementation of these agreements provide the youth, primarily those living in […]
The Agreement on Freedom of Movement, between Prishtina and Belgrade, signed in July 2011 within the scope of EU facilitated technical dialogue, aims to solve the problems of freedom of movement, or more specifically, answers the question how citizens can travel within Kosovo, as well as, how they can travel between Kosovo and Serbia and […]