Category: News

Prishtina, March 30, 2017 – KOSID has sent an official letter to the Energy Regulatory Office (ERO) Board of Directors, in which it outlined its views on the proposal of the new tariff structure. In the letter it was explained that based on calculations made by KOSID, it turns out that electricity bills for the…

Prishtina – March 27,  2017 – Kosovo Civil Society Consortium for Sustainable Development (KOSID) and the Institute for  Institute for Development Policy (INDEP) organized a roundtable with citizens and businesses to discuss the new tariff structure proposed by the Energy Regulatory Office (ERO). The roundtable elaborated on the impact that will have the amendments proposed by…

Prishtina, 10 February, 2017 – Kosovo Civil Society Consortium for Sustainable Development (KOSID) organized a press conference announcing the requests sent to the State Prosecutor’s and EULEX Office in Kosovo, to initiate investigations on the development of the Power plant project, ‘Kosova e Re.’ Given the numerous violations deriving from the process, in violation of the…

KOSID and Sierra Club have started a campaign calling out the support of activists to tell ContourGlobal to support clean energy development in Kosovo instead of building a new coal plant. Studies have shown that there is significant potential for energy efficiency improvements and cost-competitive clean energy development in Kosovo. In spite of this, the…

Prishtina – 15 December 2016 – Kosovo Civil Society Consortium for Sustainable Development (KOSID) organized a press conference to announce the findings of the Investigation Report of World Bank’s Inspection Panel for the forcible dislocation of residents of Hade village in Obilic. The report assesses and confirms that considerable and un-repairable damages were caused to the…

Kosovo Civil Society Consortium for Sustainable Development (KOSID) supports the citizen and civil servant, Mr. Murat Mehmeti, in his fair fight against corruption. On “Life in Kosovo (Jeta ne Kosove) show, we all heard the confession of Mr. Mehmeti and his efforts in fighting corruption within the Tax Administration of Kosovo. Through this reaction, we…

Prishtina, November 23, 2016 – Air quality in Kosovo is identified to be far from global criteria and to surpass all allowed standards. That the level of air pollution in the country is at an alarming value, was confirmed by the recent monitoring of the United States Agency for Environmental Protection through “Air Quality Index“. According…

November 10, 2016 – Promises for new jobs in south-east Europe’s coal sector are exaggerated, a new Bankwatch report reveals. Hardly any coal operations across the region are economically viable, and as a result many coal workers, especially in the mines, are set to lose their jobs, even if the plans for countless new power plants materialise.…

During our formal meetings with World Bank officials during this week, KOSID has come to realize a number of legal and procedural violations of Kosovo’s Government, World Bank, and Contour Global, for the construction of the new coal based electric capacities. The tendering process for the power plant “Kosova e Re” has overlooked Kosovo’s laws,…

Prishtina – 26 September, 2016 – The Kosovo Civil Society Consortium for Sustainable Development (KOSID), organized a roundtable discussion on the topic: “The public interest on the exploration of lignite in Kosovo,” where it was discussed on potential investments in lignite sector in Kosovo, arguing the legal and economic principles, as well as the viability of…