OPENNESS OF INSTITUTIONS OF EXECUTIVE POWER IN KOSOVO AND IN THE REGION

Pristina, 29 November 2018 – Open Data Kosovo has presented the analysis “Open Governance of Executive Power in the Region and Kosovo” which analyzed institutional openness of the Prime Minister’s Office, Ministries and Agencies within the Prime Minister’s Office. The Analysis i based on the Annual Regional Openness Index where part of the measurement are all public institutions.

The measurement for the Executive Power ranked Montenegro in the first place scoring 50% of the indicators, Serbia was ranked third scoring 47% of the indicators, where Kosovo scored 33% of the indicators, thus, being ranked third in the Western Balkans.

Opening speech was held from the representative of the EU Office in Kosovo, Z. Libor Chlad, Minister of the Ministry of Ministry of Public Administration, Z. Mahir Yagcilar, and the Executive Director of Open Data Kosovo, Blerta Thaci, whereas the finding of the analysis were presented by Blerina Ramaj.

After the publication of the analysis, a panel discussion was held which was composed of: Besa Luci, Editor in-chief at Kosovo 2.0, Bardhyl Jashari, Executive Director at Metamorphosis Foundation, Nora Latifi-Jashari, Executive Director at GAP Institute. The panel was moderated by Fitim Mulolli from Westminster Foundation for Democracy.

*This roadmap is part of the project ‘Accountability, Technology and Institutional Openness Network in SEE’ – ActionSEE, which is implemented in the Western Balkans and is financed by the European Union.

Date: 29 November 2018