Good Governance in the Security Sector - The Role of Civil Society

Kosovar Centre for Security Studies has organized a two days’ workshop on the role of civil society in building integrity in the security sector. This workshop brought together representatives of Kosovo security institutions to discuss about “Good Governance in the Security Sector - The Role of Civil Society”.

This event has been organized in the framework of the KCSS program on Integrity in the security sector, supported by the Democratic Society Promotion (DSP) - financed by Swiss Cooperation Office in Kosovo (SCO-K) and managed by Kosovar Civil Society Foundation (KCSF).

Participants in the workshop were 25 representatives from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Kosovo Security Force, the Security Council of Kosovo, the Kosovo Police, the Police Inspectorate of Kosovo, Anti-Corruption Agency, ICITAP, OSCE and civil society organizations.

The data obtained from the sessions of this workshop will be used by KCSS to draft guidelines on the role of civil society in building integrity in the security sector in Kosovo. This marks the first step taken by a local organization to draft such a document that is focused on security institutions in Kosovo.

Topics of discussion to focused on these areas:

• Financial Management

• Public Procurement

• Internal Control

• Human Resource Management

• Integrity and Reliability

Three different panels were organized, and followed by group work and presentations.

Panel I: The role of Civil Society in the development of good governance in the security sector - institutional perspective

Florian Qehaja Executive Director, Kosovar Centre for Security Studies (moderation)

Nuredin Ibishi Member of the Parliament – Republic of Kosovo

Valdet Hoxha Deputy Minister of the Internal Affairs (MIA)

Faruk Geci Director of Policy and Planning at the Ministry for Kosovo Security Force (MKSF)

Panel II: Good governance in the security sector - The role of the international community, and to increase the role of civil society in this field

Mentor Vrajolli Senior Researcher, Kosovar Centre for Security Studies  (Moderator)

Plator Avdiu Researcher, Kosovar Centre for Security Studies

Drita Perezic Senior Advisor at the Ministry of Internal Affairs

Mark Theobald Deputy Director, Liaison and Advisory Team of NATO

Panel III: Strengthening of internal control mechanisms in the security institutions in Kosovo

Arife Muji Researcher, Kosovar Centre for Security Studies (Moderator)

Arbër Beka Spokesperson of Police Inspectorate of Kosovo

Frashër Murtezaj Head of the division for the prevention of conflicts of interest (ACA)

Visar Sutaj Consultant - Construction of integrity and anti-corruption mechanisms

Identifying areas and strengthen cooperation between security institutions and civil society in order to increase the good governance of the security sector (Group Work)