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A collection of short articles
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Financed by: 
European Commission and
Kosovo Foundation for Open Society (KFOS)
Disclaimer: 
Views presented on this report
do not necessarily represent
the views of supporters. 
Contributors:
Lumir Abdixhiku, Luan Shllaku,
Alban Hashani, Diellza Gashi,
Agon Nixha, Premton Hyseni,
Saxhide Mustafa, and Fisnik Reçica
Published by:
RIINVEST INSTITUTE
Lidhja e Prizrenit 24
10 000 Prishtina
Republic of Kosovo
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
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BUDGET TRANSPARENCY 
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TRANSPARANCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN ENERGY 
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TRANSPARENCY IN THE PRIVATIZATION PROCESS
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TRANSPARENCY IN THE JUDICIARY SYSTEM 
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FINANCING OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN KOSOVO 
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PUBLIC PROCUREMENT 
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND TRANSPARENCY IN PUBLIC ENTERPRISES 
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ACCESS TO PUBLIC DOCUMENTS
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INTRODUCTION
Demand for transparency is an issue which many 
authorities, institutions, businesses across the world 
have to deal with. It is one of the essential principles 
for achieving a healthy democracy and a well-func-
tioning state or society in general. It is of a particular 
importance for countries who are aiming to join inter-
national bodies such as the European Union (EU) or 
Open Government Partnership (OGP) as they have 
certain disclosure requirements. Considering the im-
portance of transparency, many countries on an in-
ternational level, especially the developing ones, are 
taking different initiatives, such as new government 
websites, open data platforms, and other initiatives 
that contribute to the involvement of the public in 
government decision-making processes.
Kosovo, as many other countries, is struggling to build 
transparent and accountable institutions. Judicia-
ry system, government institutions, publicly-owned 
companies – to name a few – suffer a lot from the 
absence of transparency. In order to take an insight 
look on the issues related with (lack of) transparency 
in Kosovo, Riinvest Institute provides a collection of 
short articles. These short articles, more specifically, 
analyse different sectors in Kosovo and reveal what 
went wrong in terms of transparency. The articles are 
meant to help Kosovo become more transparent as 
well as contribute to the advancement of the OGP 
agenda.
The rest of this piece of work is organized as follows. 
Article I gives a summary of transparency problems 
that portray the expenditures of public money in 
Kosovo. Article II provides a short summary that 
sheds light on transparency and accountability in the 
processes that are related with energy in the coun-
try. Article III introduces some of the problems that 
have characterized and continue to characterize the 
process of privatization in Kosovo. Article IV provides 
some insights on transparency-related problems 
in the judiciary system. Article V gives a summary 
that sheds light on the non-transparent financing of 
political parties in Kosovo. Article VI provides some 
deficiencies concerning transparency in Kosovo’s 
public procurement. Article VII tackles corporate gov-
ernance in publicly-owned enterprises in Kosovo. Fi-
nally, Article VIII provides a few problems linked with 
accessing public documents.

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he linkage between good governance practices 
and economic and social welfare is widely accepted
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In this regard, transparency - or openness about in-
tentions, formulations and implementations - is a key 
element in policy making. The state budget, on the 
other hand, is one of the most important documents 
that the government and parliament produce. Thus, 
transparency about a document – that is considered 
the most important one - is a precondition for the 
realization of linkage between good governance and 
economic and social prosperity.
In Kosovo budget transparency concludes far from 
any international standardized rate, and rounds up 
international analysis and reports that address the 
topic in question
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. In this section, I will try to review 
some of the most important deficiencies linked to 
budget transparency.
The first problem, and the most important one at the 
same time, relates to the lack of intention in – initially 
- budget planning and - consequently - the sharing of 
information about this planning to the general pub-
lic; notably the taxpayers. Indeed, the Kosovo budget 
turned out to be an ad-hoc document in the last four 
years and without any linkage to other more long-
term documents; without any linkage to the Action