Fostering Cooperation and Shared Values: A View from Six Community Roundtables in Kosovo

From November 2024 to July 2025, the Kosovar Centre for Security Studies (KCSS), supported by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), conducted six community roundtables in the municipalities of Kamenica, Gracanica, Vitia, Lipjan, Strpce, and Gjakova. These forums brought together local officials, youth, civil society, law enforcement, and community members to discuss interethnic relations, shared challenges, the role of disinformation, and social trust at the municipal level among different communities in Kosovo. In the absence of progress on cooperation at the political level, the roundtables were therefore designed to amplify local voices and provide insight into institutional reform and interethnic inclusion in Kosovo.

This publication is part of the project Promoting Government Transparency and Accountability in Interethnic Dialogue, generously supported by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). The views and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of NED.