Indpendent Agencies Report - Alb, Ser, Eng.pdf - QKSS

person, when conducting a security clearance procedure. 404 However, irrespective of this safeguard
mechanism, about which it is uncertain whether it will function in practice as foreseen by the law, KIA
might have in principle the possibility to influence the selection of the officers within the Auditor-
General institution who will then have a security clearance to access classified KIA information for the
purpose of conducting audits. It will be almost impossible to challenge the denial of a security
certificate, as the decision-making process leading to a security clearance involves many discretionary
judgments and processing of security sensitive information so that the vetting authority may almost
always find some justification to deny a security clearance. This may severely compromise the capability
of the Auditor-General to access classified information, which may be relevant for auditing purposes.
It follows from the above, that both the internal control function exercised by the Inspector-General as
the external audit function of the Auditor-General are limited in reach and impact with regard to KIA,
which renders KIA probably the institution with the weakest financial and performance control
mechanisms in place.
Kosovo Security Force
The Minister of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) is responsible for the general control and
administration of the KSF. 405 The Minister is personally responsible for approving all projects with a
value less than € 1 million whereas the Parliamentary Committee on KSF has responsibility to review
the projects that exceed € 1 million although this did not take place yet. 406 The Minister may authorize
the Permanent Secretary to approve projects valued at less than € 500,000 and the head of the
Procurement Department to approve projects with a value of less than € 200,000. 407 In addition to this,
the KSF Ministry manages the infrastructure and equipment owned by the State and allocated to the
KSF Ministry and the KSF. 408 The Ministry of the KSF is subject to the audits of the Auditor-General. The
same must apply to the KSF itself. Although the law nowhere explicitly provides that the KSF is a
budget organization, the Assembly of Kosovo adopts a budget for the KSF, separate from the budget of
404 Article 24.2
405 Law on the Kosovo Security Force, Article 8
406 KCSS participation in the Parliamentary Committee on KSF, dated 14.07.2010
407 Ibid, Article 3.9.
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