25 June 2021 The Ambassador Jens Erik Grøndahl, the Minister of Defense Armend Mehaj and the Executive Director of Balkans Policy Research Group Naim Rashiti, signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The objective of this MoU, is to enhance the role of the Ministry of Defense in the framework of elevating peace and state-building agenda, through […]
09-12 June 2021 Balkans Group organised the first edition of the 2021 executive training programme “Youth in Politics: Governance and Political Systems”. Thirty young members of all parliamentary parties participated in an intensive four-day training of learning new topics and skills. The participants came from 16 different municipalities. The opening remarks were delivered by H.E […]
06 May 2021- The training programme “Youth in Politics” aims to train and build the capacities of young people active in political parties in Kosovo in areas such as rule of law, public policy, good governance, economic development and social policies, education policies, regional cooperation, etc. By gathering the youth of all political parties, this […]
Prishtina, 28 April 2021 Balkan Policy Research Group (BPRG) continues to offer its support to the institutions of the Republic of Kosovo in the key areas of state-building, by strengthening institutions and policy-making, reforms related to the European agendas, dialogue with Serbia and political cooperation. In the spirit of these efforts, the Balkans Group has […]
Prishtina, 29 April 2021 The Ambassador Jens Erik Grøndahl, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo Albin Kurti and the Executive Director of Balkans Policy Research Group Naim Rashiti, signed a memorandum of understanding in a ceremony organized by the Prime Minister’s office. This Memorandum of Understanding aims to support the Government of Kosovo, […]
18 March 2021 The new Policy Article on gender representation: Women in Politics III: Gender Representation at Local Level presents data with respect to gender representation at the local level, in different sectors and regions where the targeted institutions and enterprises are located. The data presented in this report show that men hold higher positions […]
8 February 2021 Balkans Group launched the new project “Elevate peace & state-building agenda and advancing European agenda” financed by The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.” funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The project aims to elevate peace, state-building and the European agenda for Kosovo, through reconciliation, comprehensive policy-making, expertise, increased political and […]
The latest Balkans Group article “Kosovo’s Constitutional Court Review and Snap Elections: Legal Analysis, and Scenarios”, outlines the possible scenarios following the ruling of the Constitutional Court which found that the election of the government of Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti did not receive a majority following the invalidity of one of the 61 votes in […]
Balkans Group is pleased to announce the winners of the Essay Competition. The competition (open to members from 16-30 years old) gave students the opportunity to share their views on a variety of issues affecting the representation of women in decision making positions and the gender quota as set out by the Law on General […]
Balkans Policy Research Group is excited to announce the call for submissions! We are seeking articles based on any of these themes: The importance of women’s participation in Kosovo politics; Changing Kosovo’s current gender quota for fair and equal gender representation and; [1] Promoting women in decision-making positions in Kosovo. Join the competition for the […]
