On October 24th, 2024, New Social Initiative (NSI), in collaboration with the Institute for Social Policy Musine Kokalari, hosted an informal discussion in Pristina on the positions of Kosovo and Serbia in future negotiations. This gathering offered a platform for participants to share their insights,...
New Social Initiative monitors media and social media in cooperation with Pikasa Analytics INC, a data analytics company specializing in developing and implementing tools, software, and machine learning algorithms. The tool allows monitors to count the nominal number of articles on particular topics and see...
This paper examines barriers encountered on establishingAssociation/Community of Serb-majority Municipalities in Kosovo. This issuelies at the heart of ongoing tensions between Kosovo and Serbia, followingthe 2013 Brussels Agreement. The establishment of the ASM, designed togrant limited self-governance to Serb-majority municipalities, has been afocal point of...
Kosovo and Serbia have gone through different periods of conflict that havedeeply affected the relations between the two peoples. Reconciliation andnormalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia continues to remain acomplex and multidimensional challenge for many decades, which requiresthe intervention of various local and international...
Youth migration has emerged as one of the most pressing challenges facing Kosovo today, with far-reaching implications for the country's economic development, socialstability, and political future. As young Kosovars increasingly seek better opportunities abroad, the nation faces a potential crisis of human capital loss, oftenreferred...
In the middle of the Balkans, where the shadows of past conflicts stilllinger, the power of art emerges as a hope for reconciliation. Art festivalsbetween Kosovo and Serbia have become vital platforms for fosteringdialogue, understanding, and artist exchange. Those festivals bringtogether participants from both Kosovo...
Kosovo The policy paper aims to address the ongoing challenges in interethnic relations between Kosovo Albanians and Kosovo Serbs youth. It proposes a focused approach to reconciliation and coexistence, emphasizing educational strategies and reforms as a means of promoting healthy inter-ethnic relations between the two...
The recent ban on the use of the Serbian dinar in Kosovo has created new tensionswithin the country, highlighting the complex socio-political dynamics in the region.This measure, announced by the Kosovo government, has met with resistance fromthe local Serbian community, therefore creating ongoing ethnic and...
New Social Initiative (NSI) held a discussion on May 29th, 2024, which brought together Kosovo Albanian and Serb CSO activists and analysts, in Brezovica. The main focus of the discussion was on the elections that will be held in US, EU and Kosovo, and this...
After the success of the first and second edition of the Kosovo Peace andDemocracy Summit (KPDS) held in Pristina in 2022 and 2023, we are proud toannounce that the third edition of KPDS will take place between 25th and 26th ofSeptember 2024 at Hotel Emerald...