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Bashkim Rrahmani
 
 
 
Bashkim Rrahmani is an expert on Kosovo and a lecturer of EU, International Law, Constitutional Law, etc. Now he is working as the Prof.Ass. for the Coellege AAB in Prishtina. Prior to this he has worked as the lecturer at the Haxhi Zeka University and Universum College (both Kosovo). Before this he was an Executive Director of the Foundation for Democratic Initiative (2001-2011), one of the most active civil society organizations in Kosovo. During 1994-2000, he acted as an Education as well as a Labour Inspector. Around this period he also regularly visited Washington as well as Kosovo, Macedonia and Albania in the position of Field Representative. Where he reported the political, economic and social situation of the three countries for the Krieble Institute of the Free Congress Foundation. He is an author of a number of scientific publications, and he has participated in dozens of international scientific conferences. Since 2008, he is a national trainer of trainers in Acquis Communautaire and from 2011, a national certified & licensed mediator.
 
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Journal of Liberty and International Affairs | Vol. 4, No. 1 | June 2018
 
 
 
CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY DEVELOPMENT IN KOSOVO
Bashkim Rrahmani
 
 
 
 
Abstract
 
The paper analyses the most fundamental aspects of civil society development in Kosovo and its impact in the overall democracy development. Author aims to develop after presenting a short history of development of this important sector, to develop a discussion from the praxis perspectives, to combine the discussion from the practice in the field, explaining how the sector evolved in post war Kosovo, which were the phases of its development and the role the donors played in its creation. This will be done by using combined methodology: method of systemic analysis, method of historical analysis, method of comparison, method of legal analysis, etc. Finally, paper will come out with the conclusions and the recommendations that are expected to be useful for both academia and the civil society sector.
 
 
Keywords
 
democracy, civil society, development, donor, sector, mission
 
 
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