ECMI Kosovo has developed a policy brief assessing the minority communities figures established by the Kosovo Population and Housing Census 2011. The policy brief compares final census data, released in September 2012, with previous population estimates made by ECMI Kosovo and the OSCE Mission in Kosovo in 2010 and 2011, as well as electoral participation data. Minority population statistics are of great significance in Kosovo, not least because a series of community rights and provisions are linked to them.