Kosovo Needs Assessment Report
Publisher: Technical Assistance for Civil Society Organisations (TACSO) Date: 2014 Volume: 43 pages, pdf Description There are several layers in which Civil Society capacities can be discussed. Although, as said by different CSO and donor representatives, it is hard to be exact in measuring these capacities, while analyzing relations between sectors, a number of challenges can be identified. They relate both to CSOs and institutional mechanisms, however this section deals only with Civil Society: its internal governance; profiling (expertise) and networking; constituency building and visibility. Civil Society challenges in the northern part of Kosovo, is another category of this section. This study is one of eight country assessments of civil society capacities conducted as a preliminary activity within the EC-funded project Technical Assistance to Civil Society (TACSO) in Western Balkans and Turkey (Technical Assistance to the Civil Society Organisations 2 (TACSO 2) from the IPA Beneficiaries; EuropeAid/133642/C/SER/Multi), implemented by SIPU International, during the period August 2013 – July 2017. The aim of this study is to review existing TACSO Needs Assessment conducted in 2011 and to update it according to TACSO 2 methodology. The study provides insight into strengths and weaknesses of the civil society, and its impacts to date and the challenges it faces to its further development.