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The seminar entitled: Kosovo and its way towards European Integration, Political Parties and Political Communication will be organized from Konrad Adenauer Foundation in cooperation with Prishtina Institute for Political Studies. The seminar will cover four mayor topics:

1) political parties as agents of democratization in the context of transition, focusing on internal political party competition and democracy, accountability and transparency, but also on other issues (including representativeness, ideological profiling, capacities and financing);

2) political parties as leadership agents, concentrating on what role they play in promoting leadership role models, ideological profiling of public policies and networking with respective peers Europe-wide and beyond;

3) political parties, elections and parliamentarizm, focusing on their role in election system and process reforms and actual lawmaking, as well as on issues of election campaigns, districting and links with constituencies; and (4) political communication and the role of social media in transforming the functioning of political parties.

4) Political communication through social media and the transformation of political parties as a result of this impact.