Europeanizing Kosovo? : role and impact of EU-funded non-governmental and civil society organizations (NGOs/CSOs) on policies and institutions of sta…

2017

Master's thesis Public Policy and Management ME502 - University of Agder 2017 Kosovo has been present in European debates since the early 1980s, culminating with the 1999 international intervention in the country due to the Kosovo-Serbia conflict, and as a result of subsequent talks about Kosovo´s contested statehood. The EU has been described as a major influence on Kosovo policies and institutions. For the EU, cooperating with NGOs/CSOs in Kosovo complies with the Union´s role of promoting human rights and democratic principles in third countries, and making sure that Kosovo adopts EU rules, norms, and values in its process towards EU integration. Drawing from empirical evidence, the purp…