Every year, the European Commission publishes the progress report for EU candidate states and potential candidate states. The report summarises the achievements and respective challenges for each state, and its main findings are used as a highly important mechanism to measure and evaluate developments within the countries.

Last year, prior to the publication of the European Commission Progress Report on Kosovo, a few civil society organisations drafted the first Kosovo version of the progress report that reflected the local assessment and take on progress in Kosovo. The goal of this product – a unique product among countries that are recipients of the European Commission Progress Report – was to offer an alternative view to progress (including stagnation and regress) in Kosovo, thus reflecting the point of view and evaluation of Kosovo civil society organisations on essential areas of state governance.

A number of civil society organizations have drafted a similar report this year as well. This report evaluates the time period from October 2010 to October 2011 and covers the following areas:
- The relations of Kosovo – region – EU
- Political and institutional progress (consolidation of institutions, elections, rule of law, local governance, the fight against corruption, human rights and minority protection), and
- Economic progress (economic policies, foreign trade, financial sector).

Considering that the involved organisations specialise in certain fields, this report reflects their monitoring, research, analytical and reporting work conducted throughout the past year. Furthermore, assessments are based on many primary and secondary sources and on consultations conducted with experts of relevant fields.

The organizations that drafted the Progress Report Made in Kosova 2011 are: Initiative for Progress (INPO), Kosovo Democratic Institute (KDI), Institute for Development Research (RIINVEST), Foreign Policy Club (FPC), FOL Movement, Kosovo Center for Security Studies (QKSS), and Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR).

Download the report HERE.