Qeveria e Kosovës Vlada Kosova - Government of Kosovo Qeveria - Vlada - Government ANNUAL REPORT ON PUBLIC FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR NON GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS IN REPUBLIC OF KOSOVO FOR YEAR 2019 Address: Tel.: E-mail: Government building +383 (0) 38 200 14 070 [email protected] Office of the Prime Minister Office for Good Governance http://zqm.rks-gov.net Floor 6 Nr. 602 APRIL 2020 1 TABEL OF CONTENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS........................................................................................................................... 3 1. INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................3 1.1 Methodology Used ....................................................................... .............................................5 2. GENERAL REPORTING DATA BY THE BUDGETARY ORGANIZATIONS ............................................ 8 2.1 Reporting by the Budgetary Organizations .................................................................................. 8 2.2 Data on the Reporting by Each Budgetary Organization ................................................................ 9 3. GENERAL DATA ON THE PUBLIC FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE NGOs AT THE MINISTRY, MUNICIPALITY AND OTHER INDEPENDENT AGENCY LEVEL ............................................................... 13 4. DATA ON THE PUBLIC FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE NGOs BY MINISTRIES, MUNICIPALITIES AND OTHER AGENCIES ........................................................................................................................ 16 4.1 General data on the Public Financing of NGOs for 2019 by budgetary organization ................... 16 4.2 Financial Support to the NGOs under the auspices of Ministries ..................................................... 18 4.2.1 The Goal of the Financial Support by the Ministries ................................................................... 19 4.2.2 The Number of NGOs that Benefitted by the Ministry Financing and Breakdown by Amount of the Financial Support .......................................................................................................................... 21 4.2.3 An Analysis of the Public Calls at Ministry Level......................................................................... 23 4.3 Support under the auspices of the MUNICIPALITIES ........................................................................ 25 4.3.1 The Goal of the Financial Support by the Municipalities ............................................................ 26 4.3.2 An Analysis of the Public Calls at Municipality Level ................................................................. 28 4.3.3 The Number of NGOs that Benefitted by Municipal Financing and Breakdown by Amount of the Financial Support ................................................................................................................................ 30 4.4 Public Financial Support by Independent Agencies and Other Public Institutions ....................... 32 5. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................ 35 6. ANNEXES: LIST OF BENEFICIARIES BY INSTITUTION AND THE AMOUNT OF PUBLIC FINANCIAL SUPPOR FOR 2018 ............................................................................................................................... 38 6.1 THE LIST OF NGOs THAT BENEFITTED BY THE PUBLIC FINANCIAL SUPPORT UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE MINISTRIES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOSOVO FOR 2019 ..... 38 6.2 LIST OF NGOs THAT BENEFITTED BY THE PUBLIC FINANCIAL SUPPORT UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE MUNICIPALITIES FOR 2019 .......................................................................................................... 60 6.3 LIST OF NGOs THAT BENEFITTED BY THE PUBLIC FINANCIAL SUPPORT UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE AGENCIES AND OTHER BUDGETARY ORGANIZATIONS FOR 2019 ............................................... 90 6.4 REPORTS RECEIVED BY THE MINISTRIES AND MUNICIPALITIES CONTAINING INFORMATION AS PER THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE REGULATION ................................................................................. 93 2 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS MPA MINISTRY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MLGA MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNANCE ADMINISTRATION MEST MINISTRY OF EDUCATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MAFRD MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE FORESTRY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT MOJ MINISTRY OF JUSTICE MOD MINISTRY OF DIASPORA MOF MINISTRY OF FINANCE MSFK MINISTRY OF THE SECURITY FORCE OF KOSOVO MOI MINISTRY OF INFRASTRUCTURE MEI MINISTRY OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION MCR MINISTRY OF COMMUNITIES AND RETURNS MCYS MINISTRY OF CULTURE YOUTH AND SPORTS MESP MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING MIA MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS MFA MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS MLSW MINISTRY OF LABOR AND SOCIAL WELFARE MOH MINISTRY OF HEALTH MTI MINISTRY OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY MED MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NGO NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION UCCK UNIVERSITY CLINICAL CENTER KOSOVO UoP UNIVERSITY OF PRISHTINA NAO NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE OPM OFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER OP OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 3 Introductory Remarks by the Director of the Office for Good Governance at the Office of the Prime Minister Dear All, We continue again this year with the successful practice of publishing the annual report on the public financial support to the non-governmental organizations in the Republic of Kosovo. undoubtedly, this is a joint success of the Government of the Republic of Kosovo and the Office for Good Governance at the Office of the Prime Minister, and of the civil society in Kosovo. In addition to publishing this Report, the launching of the platform for the public financing of the NGOs which contain all data on the public financing of the NGOs since 2015 is an outstanding success and another step towards increasing the transparency of public institutions in this area. We consider 2019 to be a successful year for the collaboration between the institutions of the Republic of Kosovo with the organizations of the civil society. This collaboration has continued with the purpose of implementing the priorities of both sectors and to achieve the governmental objectives for transparency, accountability and responsibility as defined by the Regulation MF- No. 04/2017 on the Criteria, Standards and Procedures of the Public Financing of the NGOs. The foundation for this collaboration has been laid out also in the Governmental Strategy for Cooperation with the Civil Society 2019-2023. The Office for Good Governance at the Office of the Prime Minister has given and continues to give a valuable contribution to advance transparency and accountability in the provision of public financial support for the NGOs in 2019 also. The contribution of the OPM should be viewed beyond this report, in particular as it relates to providing support to the public officials and the NGOs via training programs and raising the capacities of the public institutions to better implement the Regulation MF-No. 04/2017 on the Criteria, Standards and Procedures of the Public Financing of the NGOs. This report enables us to apprehend the progress that Kosovo has made in the sphere of the public financing of the NGOs, and the scope of collaboration between the Government and the civil society. At the same time it emphasizes the challenges that need to be addressed in the future so this area advances further. This report provides a series of recommendations and the Office for Good Governance/Office of the Prime Minister is committed to implement these in practice jointly with the public institutions. The Office for Good Governance/Office of the Prime Minister encourages all public institutions to strengthen their mechanisms for the purpose of applying the requirements of the legislation in power relating to the public financing of the NGOs. This will enable the increase of confidence in the public institutions and create a partnership with the civil society organizations. The application of the procedures, criteria and standards of transparency, accountability and competitiveness shall make it possible to achieve the objectives of the public financing of NGOs. Sincerely, Habit Hajredini, Director, Office for Good Governance – Office of the Prime Minister 4 1. INTRODUCTION The publication of the comprehensive report on the public financial support to the NGOs in the Republic of Kosovo for 2019 has become a continued practice of the Government of the Republic of Kosovo in the last four years. This report aims to increase the transparency and accountability of the public institutions, enabling at the same time the creation of a mutual trust between the public institutions and the civil society. Therefore, the continued publication of the annual reports on the public financial support to the NGOs has yielded its positive effects in improving the applicability of the legal regulations that cover the area of the public financing of the NGOs in the Republic of Kosovo. From the time of the first report for 2015-2016, when there were no unified rules with regards to the criteria, standards and procedures for the public financing of the NGOs and up until 2019, one can notice a qualitative improvement both in the aspect of establishing the legal framework and its application in practice. The Office for Good Governance at the Office of the Prime Minister is working on continuous basis with the public institutions to increase the transparency, accountability and the apply accordingly the legal framework that