Social Policy

The first issue of the Social Monitor is published: The minimum wage as an effective instrument of social protection
The Institute for Social Policies ‘Musine Kokalari’ calls on the Government of the Republic of Kosovo to consider the effect of social protection when deciding on the new minimum wage level. This would make the minimum wage a tool for

The second issue of Social Monitor is published: Inadequate support for unemployed new mothers
Although useful, the Institute for Social Policies “Musine Kokalari” considers the decision of the Government of the Republic of Kosovo to assist unemployed new mothers with 7 million euros, referring to Measure 3.5 – Payments for New Mothers and Child

The third report of the Social Monitor is published: Support for the Employment of Women and Youth
These are the findings of our latest report as the Institut për Politika Sociale Musine Kokalari: ‘Support for the Employment of Women and Youth: Between the Uncertainty of the Amount Paid and the Effect to Be Achieved’. According to the

The report “Social Oversight: Engagement of Institutions in Social Policies” is published
Members of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo raised social policy issues only 177 times throughout 2021. While social dialogue and worker inclusion were the most frequently mentioned topics, issues concerning persons with disabilities were mentioned the least. Meanwhile,

Roundtable: To Energize the Discussion on the Social State Model in Kosovo
The Musine Kokalari Institute for Social Policies held today in Prishtina the roundtable “Social Policies in Institutions – Social Oversight: MPs’ Engagement with Social Policies.” The roundtable, which discussed social policies and the importance of the Welfare State for the

Institutions’ approach to the Draft Civil Code reveals discrimination against the LGBTQI+ community
The failure to pass the Civil Code yesterday in the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo is bad news for our society. Despite the fact that this Code includes very important regulations of social relations and should have contained advancements

Issue number five published: Social Supervisor – Institutional Engagement for Social Policies
The Musine Kokalari Institute for Social Policies has published the new quarterly research report “Social Supervisor – Institutional Engagement for Social Policies.” Our researchers have monitored the engagement of members of parliament in plenary sessions and in meetings of five

Issue number six published: Social Supervisor – Institutional Engagement in Social Policies
The Musine Kokalari Institute for Social Policies has published the new report for the second quarter of 2022 titled “Social Supervisor – Institutional Engagement in Social Policies”. Our researchers have monitored nine (9) parliamentary sessions and thirty (30) parliamentary committee

Who Cares? – Care Work as Unpaid Labor in Kosovo
In the Republic of Kosovo, women spend an average of 6.2 hours and men 3.5 hours per day on unpaid care work. This is one of the key findings of the research report “Who Cares – Care Work as Unpaid

From the discussion: Kosovo-Serbia: Workers’ Rights
The lack of trade unions in certain sectors, weak union organization overall, failure to enforce labor laws, and political arbitrariness remain some of the main challenges to workers’ rights in the region. This was the joint conclusion of the public