Summary report on Kosovo’s public administration reform

The functioning of public administration in Kosovo faces serious long-standing challenges. Weak internal-ministerial coordination, politicization in the process of appointment, the overstaffed institutions, and attempts of political involvement in senior civil service recruitments, are some of the key problems that have been identified in various local and international reports.

This summary report aims to reflect and discuss on the situation of the public administration reforms in Kosovo in the recent years, through focusing on the documents and strategies that have been approved during this period. Furthermore, the report will analyze the key achievements and implementation level of PAR thus far and suggest recommendations for the new Government of Kosovo to implement, based on the main challenges that need to be addressed.