
Established in 1998, KCSF has been a leading actor in strengthening and funding the civil society sector in Kosovo. KCSF is engaged in advancing the environment for operation of civil society in Kosovo and beyond, provides direct input to policy and law making processes, pushes for legal and practical opportunities for civil society participation in policy-making and Kosovo’s European Agenda, offers capacity building support to CSOs and other actors, and acts as a grant-making facility for the key civil society donors operating in Kosovo. KCSF work is embedded in two beliefs: 1) that a bold and effective civil society is indispensable for advancing and sustaining Kosovo’s democratic transition, and 2) that the European Integration perspective is the most powerful driver of domestic reform in Kosovo. As such, KCSF supports an active citizenry through creating an enabling environment for civil society, and supports civil society initiatives to articulate and address the needs of their constituencies and beneficiaries. Since 2006, KCSF added a strong European Integration focus to all of its activities. In its 20 years of existence, KCSF funded hundreds of CSOs and their initiatives through a variety of specific instruments and funding modalities; organized hundreds of trainings for thousands of participants from civil society and beyond; and published tens of publications, research reports and resource materials; provided hundreds of scholarships for Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian students; managed the European Integration School for more than 1,000 alumni; contributed to formal opportunities for CSOs involvement in the European Integration process and facilitated networking of Kosovar CSOs with their peers in Europe and beyond; it brought to Kosovo high level share experiences from a variety of EU Accession phases; proposed and designed mechanisms for public consultation process; led the structuring of cooperation between government and civil society; provided expertise and analysis in drafting basic NGO laws and secondary legislation; successfully defended principles of freedom of association in front of Constitutional Court; contributed to regional efforts in defining the enabling environment for civil society operation; and much more.

Main achievements
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300
Projects -
150
Basic and advanced trainings -
403
Scholarships -
1000
KCSF Alumni -
28
Publications