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Instituti GAP @institutiGAP

GAP Institute: Prishtina based think tank. RTs do not necessarily reflect support.

Joined September 2012
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📊 Municipal revenues from property tax increased by 19% in 2025 compared to 2024, reaching €39.1 million! 💶 🤝@KCSFoundationprogram ‘EJA Kosovo’, co -financed by SDC &Sweden.
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Kosovo's municipalities paid €126.6M in court & enforcement decisions in 2025 — a 47% jump from 2024! 💸 📈 Biggest increases: 🔴 Pristina: €10.6M → €45.7M ( 332%) 🔴 Leposaviq: 319% 🔴 Mamusha: 249% 🤝@KCSFoundationprogram ‘EJA Kosovo’, co -financed by SDC &Sweden.
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Kosovo's municipalities entered 2026 with €45.6 million in unspent funds carried over from previous years, categorized as "carried forward own-source revenues."💶 🤝@KCSFoundationprogram ‘EJA Kosovo’, co-financed by SDC &Sweden.
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How are salaries in municipal assemblies in Kosovo regulated under the Law on Salaries (2023)? 📖bit.ly/3NYepi7 📖bit.ly/4s8uAHN 🤝@KCSFoundationprogram ‘EJA Kosovo’, co-financed by SDC &Sweden.
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📊 Higher salaries ≠ better performance? Findings show that increased remuneration has not led to sustained improvements in municipal assembly performance. 📖bit.ly/3NYepi7 📖bit.ly/4s8uAHN @KCSFoundationprogram ‘EJA Kosovo’, co-financed by SDC &Sweden.
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📊 Kosovo leads the region with 32 points on public participation in the budget process #OBS2025, mainly due to municipal hearings. At central level and in the Assembly, citizen and CSO participation is still lacking. 📌 bit.ly/4v0z5qo @OpenBudgets @EU_Commission
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📊 Budget Transparency in Kosovo #OBS2025 Kosovo scored 57/100, above the regional average (52). Main challenges: 🔸 Delays in publishing the Citizens Budget 🔸 No Mid-Year Budget Review published 📌 Full results: bit.ly/4v0z5qo @OpenBudgets 🤝@EU_Commission
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Results of the #OBS2025 for the Western Balkans & Türkiye by @OpenBudgets 🔎 Kosovo results (out of 100): • Transparency: 57 • Public participation: 32 • Oversight: 61 Full results 👉bit.ly/4sFo6kO #OpenBudgets #Transparency #Kosovo Supported by @EU_Commission
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📊Despite frequent campaign promises by many municipal mayors to increase women’s role in decision-making, data shows that women remain underrepresented in senior municipal leadership. 🤝@KCSFoundationprogram ‘EJA Kosovo’, co-financed by SDC dhe Sweden.
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🚨 NEW REPORT: #OBS2025 results for the Western Balkans & Türkiye are now live. Governments in the region are moving forward on transparency — but accountability has not kept pace. Read the full findings: internationalbudget.org/open… This project is supported by the @EU_Commission
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In 2025, foreign direct investment in Kosovo reached over €1 billion, increasing by €238.2 million, or 30%, compared to 2024. 💭Which countries contributed the most to these investments? 🏢Which sector receives the largest share of foreign direct investment?
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📈During 2025, remittances in Kosovo reached 1.4 billion euros, marking an increase of 59 million euros ( 4%) compared to 2024.
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📊Kosovo’s overall trade balance in goods and services remains negative at approximately €3.8 billion, marking a deterioration of about 8.6% compared to 2024. 📉 This reflects a faster increase in the value of goods imports relative to the growth in services exports.
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Kosovo’s ICT sector has generated over €1 billion in exports in just the past three years. 💶📈
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In 2025, Kosovo’s service exports were dominated by: ✈️ Travel services - €2.8B ( 16%) 💻 ICT services – €398.2M ( 14%) 📊 Other business services - €272.5M ( 4%) 🚚 Transport services – €191.3M ( 30%)
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📊 2025: Kosovo exported €3.9bn in services and imported €1.7bn, resulting in a positive trade balance of €2.2bn. For every €1 exported, only €0.44 was imported—one of the strongest ratios in the region.
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🔹 Buxheti për vitin 2026 pritet të arrijë rreth 4 miliardë euro, me një rritje prej 10% krahasuar me vitin 2025. 📌 Raporti dhe komunikata e plotë: 👉:bit.ly/4rSrgAK
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Strengthening the capacities of municipalities for diaspora engagement in Kosovo 🇽🇰 Together with GIZ, we organized a discussion and presented the report on enhancing municipal capacities for effective diaspora engagement. 🤝 📖bit.ly/3MrdJ4f 📖bit.ly/46NFxXl
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📊 Revised CBK data show bank overdrafts reached €655M at end-2025 ( 11.4% vs. 2024)
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Who is affected by the minimum wage increase in 2026?” 📊💶🇽🇰 🔸Over 130,000 full-time workers will benefit 🔸 More than €85 mill. in additional costs for businesses. Read👉 bit.ly/3NTSUyB 👉bit.ly/49Wg2Ux
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