A policy proposal from its original publication period, part of ECMI Kosovo’s record of political and legal analysis.
This report develops a practical model for the proposed Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities through inter-municipal cooperation. It examines how service coordination, municipal accountability and community safeguards could meet community needs while preserving Kosovo's institutional functionality. Combining legal and comparative analysis with interviews conducted in March-April 2016, it offers recommendations for the framework and establishment process.
This 2016 policy proposal is part of ECMI Kosovo's research record. Read it in its original publication context; it does not describe the current status of negotiations.
Research basis
Legal and comparative policy analysis of the 2013 and 2015 agreements, the 2015 Constitutional Court decision and Kosovo's municipal framework, informed by sustained monitoring of debate and semi-structured interviews with relevant community specialists and institutions in March-April 2016.
Publication record
Authors: Adrian Zeqiri, Pieter Troch and Trim Kabashi. Contributing authors: Aleksandar Arsic, Arben Osmani and Michael James Warren. Published by ECMI Kosovo, produced with the support of PAX. The report was jointly presented by ECMI Kosovo and PAX in Prishtina and Brussels.
Suggested citation
Zeqiri, Adrian; Troch, Pieter; and Kabashi, Trim. The Association/Community of Serb-Majority Municipalities: Breaking the Impasse. ECMI Kosovo, June 2016.
Published June 2016
The English report is available below. The publisher’s page also provides Albanian and Serbian editions.