The Government’s negative reaction towards international reports is disturbing

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Panelists at the conference were Agron Demi from GAP Institute and Ramadan Ilazi from FOL Movement, who discussed about the design of international reports on Kosovo and using them to influence the improvement of the performance of state governance in Kosovo (www.koha.net )

Participants of the conference on “International Relations as an instrument of pressure” organized by the Foreign Policy Club raised their concerns about the negative reaction of the Government of Kosovo towards international reports, stressing the problem of pressure exerted to non-governmental organizations and experts of Kosovo who contribute to the drafting of these reports, reports KosovaLive.

This conference aimed to encourage the debate on the role of civil society in compiling international assessment reports on Kosovo and the use of these reports to exert pressure on state institutions for good governance.
Panelists at the conference were Agron Demi from GAP Institute and Ramadan Ilazi from FOL Movement, who discussed about the design of international reports on Kosovo and using them to influence the improvement of the performance of state governance in Kosovo.

Starting from the Progress Report of the European Commission, and also other international reports on Kosovo, the conference addressed the ability of civil society to transform them into pressure instruments and advocate on improvements in government performance, particularly in the areas most criticized by international reports.
In the conference was presented the Kosovar version of Progress Report, prepared by non-governmental organizations in Kosovo and analysis on international reports for the state of Kosovo in these last two years. The purpose of these products is to offer an alternative view of the progress and regress in Kosovo, reflecting the view and evaluating of Kosovo’s civil society organizations on essential areas of state governance.
The conference specifically addressed the following issues: Is the Kosovo’s civil society capable to use these reports as instruments of pressure” What are the civil society”s capacities to offer alternative reports assessing government performance in Kosovo” How seriously are the international reports taken by Kosovo institutions” What do the international reports in general say about Kosovo” The conference was supported by the Norwegian Embassy in Pristina, which has also enabled the compilation of the Report of Progress Made in Kosovo