This report explores the challenges and opportunities for integrating Kosovo’s Serb community across key sectors such as education, healthcare, cultural heritage, and the economy. The findings are based on primary data collected through two focus group discussions with the Kosovo Serb community in North Mitrovica in August’24 and with the Kosovo Albanian community in September’24, alongside an analysis of secondary sources, including legal documents, reports, and expert analyses.
Our analysis indicates that meaningful integration of the Kosovo Serbs is closely tied to the broader political normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia. Without significant progress in this area, efforts to integrate Kosovo Serbs will most likely face resistance from this community. The Kosovo government’s approach toward the Kosovo Serb community should shift toward a discourse that promotes existing rights granted by Kosovo’s Constitution and the Ahtisaari Plan.
