Category: News
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KOSID extends the application deadline for expert until May 11, 2021
With the support of Sweden Sverige, through Community Development Fund (CDF), KOSID is implementing the “Increasing the capacities of students in research, law enforcement and academic writing related to human rights and the environment” project. Through the project, KOSID aims to support investigative journalism and students in Kosovo in regards to sustainable development and environmental…
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‘Jeta në Kosovë’ debates hydropower controversy along the Lepenc River
During the program Jeta në Kosovë, Jeta Xharra discussed with officials of the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, the investor MATKOS Group, representatives of civil society, inhabitants and Police of Kosovo for construction of hydro power plants along the Lepenc River. In the program the investor of the hydro power plants in Lepenc River,…
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KOSID questions PM candidates during election campaign
Members of the Kosovo Civil Society Consortium for Sustainable Development, KOSID, raised their voices on key environmental issues during the campaign for the extraordinary parliamentary elections held on October 6. KOSID members Jeta Xharra, Dajana Berisha and Viktor Berishaj all appeared as part the #DebatPernime series of televised debates broadcast during the election campaign,…
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KOSID warns OPIC not to support the “Kosova e Re” power plant
On June 27, 2019, Kosovo Civil Society Consortium for Sustainable Development, KOSID, held a press conference at Europe House in front of an audience partly made up of new members of the consortium. Included on the panel were Dajana Berisha and Jeta Xharra, the co-founders of KOSID, Ellen Frank Lajçi, Executive Director of the Environmentally…
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70 new members in KOSID
70 new members in KOSID In July 2019, 70 new members joined the Kosovo Civil Society Consortium for Sustainable Development (KOSID), including both individuals and organizations that are focused on environmental issues and strongly support KOSID’s mission. The new members of the nongovernmental consortium all signed an agreement establishing a cooperative relationship between themselves and…
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Jeta and Dajana winners of “Për të mirën” prize
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KOSID sues the government challenging Kosovo’s coal investment
Kosovo watchdog NGOs sued the government in March for greenlighting the new coal plant, Kosova e Re, without the legally required environmental consultations. Last week, the Kosovo Civil Society Consortiums for Sustainable Development, KOSID, announced it is suing the Kosovo government for building a third coal power plant without giving affected communities a chance to…
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KOSID: The focus on coal, a barrier towards energy transition in Kosovo
Pristina, June 4, 2018 – In the frame of the Kosovo Sustainable Development Week, the Kosovo Civil Society Consortium for Sustainable Development organized a conference on “Energy Transition in Kosovo,” where it was discussed about the energy system in Kosovo, the goal towards a sustainable development by increasing the incorporation of renewable energy, and…
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KOSID & IEEFA: “New Kosovo” Coal-Fired Power Plant: Unnecessary, Unaffordable, Unreasonable
The government of Kosovo should cancel its plans to construct the proposed “New Kosovo” coal-fired power plant, according to a new review of the project by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). IEEFA, a U.S-based research organization which has studied the finances of numerous coal plants in the U.S. and other countries,…
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KOSID and INDEP publish the Analysis ‘Review of the Energy Strategy of the Republic of Kosovo 2017-2026’
The fact that for many years now, Kosovo has no strategic unifying document for the energy sector has impaired the development of public policies in the energy sector. The drafting of the Energy Strategy for the ten-year period 2017-2026 is a proper development in the sphere of public policy in Kosovo. However, in the analysis…