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received positive answers,
whereas other requests
were refused or access was limited. On the other
hand, independent organizations report a much
lower rate of granting access to public documents.
According to findings reported
by the Center for Pol-
icies and Advocacy (CPA, 2012) between Decem-
ber 2011 and February 2012 out of 128 sent re-
quests at central and local
institutions only around
41% have received positive answers.66 Moreover,
BIRN (2013) research indicates that only around
33% of requests sent to Kosovo Government insti-
66 See http://www.qpa-ks.org/index.php?option=com_co
ntent&view=article&id=147%3Azbatimi-i-ligjit-
per-qasje-ne-dokumente-publike-ka-permiresime-
sidoqofte-ende-jo-ne-nivelin-e-deshiruar&catid=45%3A-
publikime&Itemid=82&lang=sq
tutions between January 2012 and May 2013 have
received positive responses.
67
In general, Kosovo institutions
should improve the
process of granting access to public documents.
Nevertheless, using public (citizens’) money to fi-
nance public projects obliges Kosovo institutions
to be transparent and
accountable towards its cit-
izens. Granting access to public documents should
not be a matter of institutional or public official’s
discretion, but it is a constitutional right granted to
Kosovo citizens and
should be respected by each
public institution.
67 BIRN, 2013. The State: Accessible to citizens. Balkan
Investigative Reporting Network – BIRN Kosova.
