You can access the full document here. 

*This document has been prepared as part of the Institutional Grant, granted by the Kosovo Foundation for Civil Society (KCSF) through the program ‘EJA Kosova’, co-financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Sweden, and the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

We believe that data disclosure is essential in establishing a good, transparent and accountable governance. Open data is a fundamental way of citizen participation in decision making. Therefore, data provided by government institutions should be public, easily accessible, as well as in open formats.

The Open Businesses platform contains information about 229052 businesses. Within the platform, you can search businesses by name and/or add filters such as municipality, activity etc., to get more specific results. You can also find different forms of visualizations showing the status of businesses in Kosovo. Find out who are the top ten biggest capital businesses. Learn what industry or business activities operate the most in your city. Divide by gender, age, or type of business.

The platform is available in three languages: Albanian, English and Serbian. The data about businesses is extracted from the KBRA’s official site using the method called Web Scraping; the last update has been done on 06/06/2023. Documents with data about businesses can be downloaded freely and easily, in two formats: CSV and JSON.

This platform helps make the data provided by government institutions public, easily accessible, and available in open formats.

You can access the full report here. 

*This report has been prepared as part of the Institutional Grant, granted by the Kosovo Foundation for Civil Society (KCSF) through the program ‘EJA Kosova’, co-financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Sweden and the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Open Data Kosovo has a 10-year-long experience working with digital innovation, Openness Index Measurement (OIM), and measuring the openness of various central-level institutions in Kosovo. ODK has included the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI) as part of the assessment, as another governing institution that will benefit from incorporating open data practices. The respective platform of the Openness Index was used to conduct the measurement following the set of indicators that comply with the principles already adopted on the Regional Openness Index 2016, developed by ODK through the ActionSEE project.  The policy paper is a result of extensive research based on scientific methodology conducted by Open Data Kosovo in the past few months. This paper also aims to strengthen the principles of good governance and help institutions implement them more effectively in their daily work.

Access the policy papers in English, Albanian, and Serbian.

Although we are aware that the problem of transparency and accountability of automated decision making is much broader than just governments – citizens relations, we have decided to limit ourselves only to those examples of ADM (Automated Decision Making) in which this technology influences the citizens’ well-being. 

This report is focusing on the use of automated systems which aid decision-making in government – citizen relations in the targeted countries: Czechia, Hungary, Kosovo, and Poland.

Although there are new examples of ADMs being used in the public sector, we have not seen a spike in the last two years. The situation is similar with the regulation of transparency of technological tools and the implementation of policies and strategies. The EU governments included in this study seem to be waiting for the final AI regulation, while neglecting to create a transparent framework for simpler algorithmic tools. The situation is similar in Kosovo, where, despite being highlighted in the last report in 2021, work on regulating the transparency of ADMs has not begun.

Again – as in 2019 – we single out those systems that work in the judiciary. These are extremely important, precisely because the systems we have identified for allocating judges to cases have an impact on the right to a fair trial.

While there are no examples of such systems to assist judges in sentencing, there are case-assignment systems that require appropriate procedures to ensure a fair trial. In Poland, access to the common courts’ Random Case Allocation System algorithm was gained after years of litigation, but the Ministry of Justice resists releasing the source code. In Hungary, a similar tool exists but is only partially applied by the Metropolitan Court of Budapest. In Kosovo, the Informative System for Case Management is used in all judiciary cases, and there is a systemic and independent control of its implementation. The Norwegian Judicial Administration monitors the implementation of the project and offers qualified expertise related to its implementation. 

The report suggests the need to introduce mechanisms to ensure greater transparency and the possibility for competent, independent auditors to monitor the use of these tools in Poland and Hungary, given the problems with the rule of law in those countries.

We also present other examples of the use of ADMs. Interestingly, most of the systems we have identified are aimed at improving state control over citizens. Whether it be a question of speed control, the use of facial recognition systems, or, finally, tools to control citizens’ bank accounts.

For more please read the full report in English, Albanian and Serbian. 

Read the respective recommendations on its own English, Albanian and Serbian. 

This project is co-financed by the Governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from International Visegrad Fund, as well the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe.

The goal of USAID Private Sector-Led Workforce Development Activity is to create a private sector-led workforce development ecosystem that equips youth with the skills necessary to contribute to growth industries driving Kosovo’s economic development.

The Activity has been mapping primary and secondary data sources related to workforce development in the Agribusiness, ICT, and Wood sectors. Following an extensive research of data sources, three Data Swap workshops with Sector Workforce Councils and other stakeholders were organized that validated data presented on employment, turnover, and exports across the three sectors.

Please find the main findings for ICT sector here in English and Albanian.

Please find the main findings for Wood Processing sector here in English and Albanian.

Please find the main findings for Agribusiness sector here in English and Albanian.

IREX is leading a consortium of partners including Crimson Capital Corp., Open Data Kosovo, Germin, and Development Gateway, to implement the USAID-funded Private Sector Led Workforce Development (PSWD) Activity.

We believe that data disclosure is essential in establishing good, transparent, and accountable governance. Open data is a fundamental way of citizen participation in decision-making. Therefore, data provided by government institutions should be public, easily accessible, as well as in open formats.

The Open Businesses platform contains information about 229052 businesses. Within the platform, you can search businesses by name and/or add filters such as municipality, activity, etc., to get more specific results. You can also find different forms of visualizations showing the status of businesses in Kosovo. Find out who are the top ten biggest capital businesses. Learn what industry or business activities operate the most in your city. Divide by gender, age, or type of business.

The platform is available in three languages: Albanian, English and Serbian. The data about businesses is extracted from the KBRA’s official site using the method called Web Scraping; the last update was done on 06/06/2023. Documents with data about businesses can be downloaded freely and easily, in two formats: CSV and JSON.

This platform helps make the data provided by government institutions public, easily accessible, and available in open formats.

You can access the full report here. 

*This report has been prepared as part of the Institutional Grant, granted by the Kosovo Foundation for Civil Society (KCSF) through the program ‘EJA Kosova’, co-financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Sweden, and the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

From the summary of the report:

The Internet has become an integral part of our daily lives. Living in the digital age has enabled a number of opportunities that would not have been possible otherwise. The Covid-19 epidemic increased the prevalence of technology in most people’s lives – leading to inevitable changes within the workplace, education, communication, health sector and much more. But there are also many drawbacks to living in a digital environment, and as the online world expands daily, awareness should be raised of the possible risks of technology. Having the potential to accelerate sustainable growth and empower citizens, digital technologies have proven to simultaneously pave the way for abuse, exclusion, and inequality if left unmonitored, unregulated and when necessary – unsanctioned.

Please find the report here.