In September 2018, WFD launched the three-year Western Balkans Democracy Initiative to strengthen political parties, parliamentary practice and democratic institutions in the region. In Kosovo, we worked with political parties on a series of internal reforms in line with European standards.
Our programme of support followed on from a 2016 project, in partnership with the British Embassy in Pristina that worked with political parties.
Like many countries in the region, democratic reform in Kosovo is motivated by the European Union integration process, however the current pace of realising reforms is slow.
Support for democracy is a central focus of international assistance, but security and stability is often prioritised. This resulted in a political scene which is highly polarised with political parties having limited connection to ideology, frequent stalemates and lack of genuine democratic processes.
Political parties are central to the governance challenges countries face and their effectiveness can make-or-break reforms. In Kosovo, we are supporting political parties to meet European standards with regards to democracy, rule of law, transparency and ideology.
We will also work with the Central Election Commission to set up a new Political Party Office. This will help increase the credibility and authority of the Commission when it comes to working with political parties. Developing criteria and guidelines for new members of staff as well as coaching for office management will help improve compliance by political parties. Currently political party compliance with the Commission’s guidance is poor.
Application deadline: 27 September, 2021 Assignments The Westminster Foundation for Democracy’s (WFD) office in Montenegro is looking for support in providing technical expertise and assistance to the State Audit Institution (SAI) in developing and implementing the Guidelines for communication practices during the audit process. This will include the development of communication plan template of the […]
Application deadline: September 15th, 2021 Context As part of its programme with the political parties, and in order to increase the quality of its interventions, WFD plans to collect more evidence on the demand side, meaning to look into citizens attitudes on the political issues and actors in Serbia. The special focus should be on the […]
Context The overall objective of the assignment is to request the services of one local expert and one home-based international expert to that will carry out the PLS report on the Law No. 93/2014 “On inclusion and accessibility of PWDs”. The local expert will be responsible for drafting the methodology of the PLS, the methodology […]
