Chapter 4 – Kosovo
Chapter 4 – Kosovo

Author(s): Florian Qehaja, Mentor Vrajolli
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Constitutional Law, Governance, Government/Political systems, Security and defense
Published by: BCBP Beogradski centar za bezbednosnu politiku
Keywords: Kosovo; Security Sector Reform (SSR); Civilian Oversight; Institution Building; Kosovo Independence; International Support
Summary/Abstract: The security sector reform and development in Kosovo is in its early, formative stages. As this chapter will show, an entirely new security sector was built up from scratch and with direct support from the international community within a relatively short period of time. Because Kosovo security institutions have only been set up recently they have not been able to fully take up all their functions. Considering the circumstances in which the Kosovo security sector developed, any concrete assessment of local capacities to implement public policies should not start until after the 2008 Declaration of Independence. Only after this was the Kosovo security sector handed to locals. As a result, for the first time in Kosovo’s history preconditions were created for establishing civilian and democratic control of the security sector (KCSS, 2011).

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