Od samorządu do samorządności

Zbiór reportaży laureatów konkursu Krajowej Izby Gospodarczej

Krajowa Izba Gospodarcza w ramach obchodów swojego 30-lecia postanowiła wzmocnić głos polskiej samorządności, która okazała się jednym z najważniejszych zjawisk ostatnich trzech dekad. W tym celu w ramach ogólnopolskiego konkursu KIG zaprosiła reportażystów do stworzenia jej literackich obrazów. Tak powstała publikacja „Od samorządu do samorządności”, której wydanie wsparła również Fundacja Konrada Adenauera.

“Sovereignty of the EU”

External and Internal Dangers of an Unfulfillable Promise

Sovereignty – often supplemented with attributes such as “strategic” or “European” – is currently being called for by many different political actors across Europe. Those, like the German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, who take a differentiated or reserved stance towards this can expect to meet with criticism at the highest levels; for example from the French President Emmanuel Macron. At the same time, sovereignty is the key concept underpinning nationalist movements, which certainly do not see Macron as a role model. So, what is at stake here? Can we even achieve “European sovereignty” in the various policy fields? And is there a “good” (European) and “bad” (national) sovereignty?

(Un)shared property

Property ownership by political officials and spouses of political officials

Equal enjoyment of rights in Kosovo between men and women remains a persistent challenge. Although the legal framework promoting women's property rights is quite advanced, the unequal gender distribution of economic and financial resources places women at a disadvantage compared to men in their ability to participate, contribute to and benefit from further development processes.

2030 Agenda in Kosovo

Economic Development, Social Affairs, Infrastructure, Innovation, Environment, Governance and Cooperation

Sustainable development is rather important for all countries, regardless of their development stage. As a priority set in the European Treaties, sustainable development plays a special role in European policies. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development serves as a guide for all countries towards achieving sustainable socio-economic development. This agenda included 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the resolution “Transforming the world: 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. Given that Kosovo does not yet have an official report on the monitoring of SDGs, this shows that so far Kosovo has done very little to integrate these Goals and indicators into national and sectoral strategies.

A Foreign Investor's Guide to Kosovo

The second edition of the "A Foreign Investor's Guide to Kosovo", which to helps to find out more about why one should choose to invest in Kosovo. The guide covers the legal and regulatory environment that investors will face when investing in Kosovo.

COVID-19 AND THE IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY

Opportunities for economic recovery and transformation

The phrase “It is an economic tsunami” is being widely used to describe the state of the economy and international financial markets by all analysts and experts in the world economy. The Coronavirus is pushing economies towards economic recession, at a time when all parameters and trends were in positive trend.

Der Digital Service Act – Eine digitale Revolution im Internet?

Klartext.Europa

Die Coronakrise stellt bereits jetzt ein einzigartiges „Konjunkturprogramm“ für die Digitalisierung Europas dar. Der Durchbruch in Sachen Digitalisierung soll nun durch die weitreichenden Gesetzesvorschläge, den Digital Service Act und den Digital Market Act, beschleunigt werden. Ziel ist es, einheitliche Regulierung für digitale Plattformen zu schaffen und damit faire Wettbewerbsbedingungen und sowie Rechte für die Nutzerinnen und Nutzer im digitalen Binnenmarkt sicherzustellen. Der Digital Service Act konzentriert sich besonders auf die Eindämmung von illegalen Produkten und Inhalten, die Werbetransparenz und die Grundrechte der Nutzerinnen und Nutzer im digitalen Raum.

Ein Ende der Golf-Krise?

Zur Wiederannäherung zwischen Katar und seinen Nachbarn

Mehr als drei Jahre nach Beginn der Blockade gegen das Emirat Katar zeichnet sich eine Aussöhnung zwischen den Golf-Staaten, insbesondere Saudi-Arabien und Katar, ab. Das erste Mal seit 2017 nahm der katarische Emir Anfang Januar wieder beim Treffen des Golf-Kooperationsrats in der saudischen Wüstenstadt Al-Ula teil, auf welchem die Mitgliedsstaaten ein Abkommen über „Solidarität und Stabilität“ unterzeichneten. Unter Vermittlung insbesondere der USA und Kuwaits ist es gelungen, dass sich Katar und seine Nachbarn wieder annähern. Damit könnten sich Perspektiven für einen geeinten Golf-Kooperationsrat, regionale Stabilität und wirtschaftliche Prosperität ergeben.

IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS IN KOSOVO AND THE WESTERN BALKANS

This paper aims to address the impact of COVID-19 on economic indicators and FDI flows in the Western Balkan countries, possible scenarios of events and their reflections in Kosovo. This research paper comes in the wake of another paper by IETL, namely Foreign Direct Investment in Kosovo: Investment Climate, Potential and Barriers, published at the end of 2019, providing valuable information regarding the barriers to FDI flows as encountered by foreign investors in Kosovo even before COVID-19, the reforms that the Government needs to make for the overall economic growth and to attract FDIs. Additionally, this paper is supported by the desk research of secondary data (documents, local and international reports produced by the IMF, World Bank (WB), Central Bank of Kosovo (CBK), Kosovo Investment and Enterprise Support Agency (KIESA), scientific and professional magazine articles, statistical data).

Inter-ethnic Relations in Kosovo from the Perspective of RAE Communities

With an overall population of fewer than 1.8 million inhabitants, the Kosovo population is rather diverse. Thirty-three out of 38 municipalities in Kosovo are multi-ethnic, composed of several ethnic groups legally recognized as “communities”. To this day, Kosovo is lacking in regards to the full integration of minorities in the political, social, and economic life of the country and compliance with the national legal framework and the international standards on minority rights. This policy brief argues that the most under represented, discriminated-against, second-class citizens on almost all indicators are the three ethnic groups of the Roma, Ashkali, and Egyptians (hereinafter, RAE). Thus, it aims to analyze the current situation of the RAE communities as a backdrop for analyzing inter-community relations in Kosovo and provide recommendations for the relevant stakeholders and the general public.