Riinvest Institute 2014

7 World Bank: WB Environmental Externalities Study
8 A Modern Tale - http://kfos.org/a-modern-tale-kosova-c-2100/
ARTICLE II
Luan Shllaku 
TRANSPARENCY
AND ACCOUNTABILITY
IN ENERGY
A short summary that sheds light on transparency and 
accountability in the processes that are related with 
energy in the country

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Furthermore, parliamentary procedures were violat-
ed because the parliament’s decision taken to build 
new energy generators was ignored
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.
From the current practices it can be concluded that 
larger deficiencies are expressed through: (1) not 
respecting the decisions of the Parliament
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, (2) 
keeping in confidence the process of development 
of international tenders for the construction of new 
generators, which were entirely elaborated by inter-
national institutions, without sufficient consultation 
with national experts and institutions, (3) not dis-
cussing publicly the different development options 
of this sector by communicating rarely and with in-
complete information with citizens, civil society and 
institutions with expertise in this area, and (4) the 
smuggling of development options without strate-
gic documents drawn up beforehand like VSSM
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and without communicating and discussing the re-
sults of these studies with the general public.
The lack of a long-term development vision in this 
sector creates room for quick decision-making, not 
well controlled: Kosovo has never drafted a long-
term development plan in this sector. If we do not 
have a vision for the sector for at least the next 40 
years, then we are not responsible for the “ad hoc” 
measures that we are constantly taking. The lack 
of a long-term development vision of this sector 
undermines decisions that were taken, and shows 
a blurry picture of where we want to go and how 
we want to arrive there. EU energy policies already 
require concrete actions from member states and 
those who want to join the EU by 2040. Besides, 
new generators are placed with an operational term 
9 The strategy was first approved by the Government and was 
then sent for approval in the Assembly. MPs received on August 
18, 2005 Strategy and the Strategy was
approved in the Assem-
bly session beginning on September 28, 2005 02 and ended 
October 5, 2005.