KOSOVO

TRANSPARENCY AND ANTI-CORRUPTION
EDUCATION (LAW AND PRACTICE)
SCORE 2011 75 2015 50
To what extent does the KACA engage in
public education on fighting corruption?
The 2011 NIS assessment noted that the KACA held several
campaigns, debates and seminars to increase awareness
regarding corruption prevention. These events, mostly
sponsored by international organisations were organised
both at the central and local levels. This trend appears to
have significantly decreased since 2011. The latest dated
activity on the KACA’s Education/Public Participation webpage
is a campaign in Kosovo’s municipalities in 2009. 52
According to the KACA “there were many campaigns since
2007.” 53 A public information campaign was organised together
with EULEX in 2014. The KACA’s annual reports do
not show any significant engagement for enhancing public
awareness across the country. This shows that the KACA is
overly-reliant on external support regarding the educational
part of its mandate, and with decreased support its public
education engagement has declined.
As noted in 2011, however, the KACA continues to receive
a lot of publicity when it publishes the register of declared
of assets, and when it publishes the annual report which
features prominently in the Assembly’s agenda. The KACA
director and other officials participate in a lot of debates and
talk-shows and these also serve to promote the KACA and
educate the public regarding the fight against corruption.
The level of cooperation between the KACA and civil society
is very low. Only one joint meeting between civil society and
the KACA was held on 12 September 2014, with support
from the UNDP, 54 which is not enough for the purpose of
reaching better cooperation.
INVESTIGATION
(LAW AND PRACTICE)
SCORE 2011 75 2015 50
To what extent does the KACA engage in
investigations pertinent to corruption
suspected cases?
The 2011 NIS assessment observed that the KACA has
competences to investigate corruption according to the
Law on KACA. 55 It also assessed that there is ambiguity
in laws and provisions with regards to its competences
in addition to the multiple institutions fighting corruption.
These competencies have not changed and this situation
has not improved.
There are multiple institutions that deal with corruption
investigations, including the KACA, the Anti-Corruption
Task force in the Special Prosecution’s Office, networks
of prosecutors coordinating corruption cases in six Basic
Prosecution Offices and in the Pristina Office, and the
EULEX. The EU funded Project against Economic Crime
in Kosovo (PECK) implemented by Council of Europe concluded
that “the limited co-operation and coordination by
the various authorities responsible for detecting, investigating
and prosecuting corruption offences and the lack of
a proactive approach in investigating corruption offences
appear to be some of major obstacles to effectiveness and
the main reasons for a very low number of convictions for
corruption.” 56
According to KACA officials the cooperation with other
law enforcement agencies currently “is at an appropriate
level and very functional.” 57 In April 2014, several ministries
and agencies signed a Memorandum of Understanding
to establish a National Coordinator to Combat Economic
Crime, 58 with the aim to address the serious shortcomings
in coordination between different agencies. The fruits of this
cooperation are yet to materialise. In a follow-up report by
PECK, their assessment team “observed an improvement
in communication and co-ordination between KACA and
Prosecutor’s office,” but they also state that, “the number of
cases followed up by the prosecution remains below 10%
and only very few cases result in a processed indictment.” 59
In 2011 the KACA forwarded 39 cases to the prosecution
and police for further processing. In 2012 52 cases were
sent to prosecution and police and in 2013 this indicator
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