Local Self-Governance Reform in Kosovo

Kosovo local institutions was established since 2000, until that time was a many debate in political and international level according to establish process of decentralization, Kosovo now is country decentralized, and now is period trying to think about local government reform step by step, it was during of this road many interesting developments according to this level of function local democracy. Some international councils, NGO have being active starting from UNMIK and the Council of Europe who have proposed how to consolidate local government and to make operative and desirable for accomplish interest of citizens of different nationalities in Kosovo. The local elections were organized for the first time in Kosovo in 2000, and those at the national level in 2001. The organization of the first local elections was aimed at starting the functioning of local government. After the war, the Provisional Government of Kosovo had appointed the mayors of the municipals, then current municipalities up to the organization of local elections so that there would be no stagnation in governance at the local level and that the citizens would have representatives in the local governance.