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Property and inheritance rights are harder to exercise when ownership records are incomplete, family arrangements remain informal or reliable advice is difficult to find. ECMI Kosovo brings legal information into Serbian-speaking communities, with attention to the barriers faced by women and young people.
Bringing rights information into communities
On 5 June 2024, ECMI joined the PIAKOS workshop and contract-signing event in Prishtina. Public Information and Awareness Services for Vulnerable Communities in Kosovo was supported by the World Bank State and Peacebuilding Fund through ATRC. ECMI’s delivery phase ran from August 2024 to June 2025.
Between April and June 2025, seventeen community discussions in fifteen locations brought property and inheritance information to young people from Serbian-speaking communities. Activities included discussions in North Mitrovica, Gračanica/Graçanicë and Štrpce/Shtërpcë, alongside other localities across Kosovo.
Working through property and inheritance questions
The discussions covered property registration, legalisation of informal dwellings and inheritance procedures. Participants raised incomplete inheritance cases, outdated cadastral records, prolonged administrative procedures and difficulty finding trustworthy advice. Questions about women’s inheritance highlighted how informal family arrangements can exclude heirs.
Sessions used questions from participants’ own lives and gave them opportunities to discuss procedures with legal experts. This combined legal information with listening to the concerns and uncertainties people brought to the discussions.
Learning with future legal professionals
Three university workshops with law students from the Faculty of Law in North Mitrovica took place on 28 February, 30 April and 24 June 2025. Led by Professor Bojan Bojanić alongside guest experts, the sessions addressed property and inheritance issues and the barriers communities face in using their rights.