Working with Kosovo’s communities and institutions on minority rights since 2001.
Since 2001, ECMI Kosovo has helped write the protections for Kosovo’s communities and worked to make them real in people’s lives.
From Prishtina to Mitrovica North, we work with communities and institutions across Kosovo, combining practical programmes with original research, legal expertise and policy dialogue.
86 publications in our research catalogue. Explore original research, legal and political analysis, handbooks and practical guides from more than two decades of work. Browse the catalogue ↗
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From legal foundations to everyday access.
ECMI helped prepare Kosovo’s positions on community rights during the Ahtisaari process, contributed to the Constitution’s community-rights provisions, prepared the draft community-rights law and helped draft the Law on the Use of Languages. Read our story ↗
Examples from our record
diplomas verified since 2016
Independent Commission decisions
laws reviewed for linguistic consistency
By April 2021
Serbian-language schools visited
2018 education study
municipalities in education-retention work
2022–2024
Our work
We identify barriers with the people affected and work with institutions to resolve them.
ECMI Kosovo designed the legal route for verifying diplomas from Serbian-language institutions in Kosovo and has supported the mechanism since 2016. The Independent Commission makes the verification decisions. More than 2,400 diplomas have been verified since the mechanism began. Our cooperation with IOM, supported by the British Embassy, continues through March 2027. Graduates can apply through e-Kosova for university and secondary-school diploma verification.
Property and inheritance information through community discussions and university workshops, with particular attention to women and Serbian-speaking communities.
A local recycling model connecting informal waste collectors, municipal services and private operators in Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje. ECMI Kosovo’s contribution combines research, processing equipment, training, a Green Fund Facility and provision of 943 waste containers.
Our work on migration governance and migrant workers’ rights, developed with GIZ, covers fair recruitment, employment conditions and guidance.
Language learning, translation and inclusive education help people navigate institutions and exercise their rights.
Legal protection and safety, a voice in public decisions, reproductive health and practical support for women to earn a living — with dedicated gender expertise and work with men and boys.
News and analysis
Latest News
ECMI Kosovo’s cooperation with IOM, supported by the British Embassy, has been extended through March 2027, sustaining support for diploma verification and applicants.
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Research report
A study of Serbian-language education across secondary schools, the Academy for Applied Studies and the University of Mitrovica North. The report brings secondary and higher education into the same institutional picture.
Policy report
Students and graduates from Kosovo and abroad contribute to our work and learn through practical experience. Our offices in Prishtina and Mitrovica North are places to exchange knowledge and develop cooperation on minority issues.
Activity announcements
ECMI Kosovo announced a GIZ-supported scheme for civil society projects addressing migrant workers’ rights, labour protection and gender equality.
Through the EU-funded Cross-border Green Deal, ECMI Kosovo supplied equipment worth €84,740 to public cleaning companies serving Peja, Gjakova, Klina, Istog and Deçan.
ECMI met Kamenica’s mayor on 15 November to advance the municipality’s draft dropout-prevention plan, building on work with school and municipal prevention teams through the UNICEF partnership.
ECMI Kosovo joined the 5 June workshop and signing ceremony for the World Bank-supported campaign through ATRC, preparing property-information work with vulnerable communities, particularly Serbian-speaking communities.
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