She is a senior advocate and project manager for transparency and accountability in public procurement. Diana holds a degree in Economy, with a major in Management and Information Systems. She has over fifteen years of procurement experience, of which over six years with KBR Inc., and DynCorp LLC., providing services for the US Department of Defense, and the rest in various local and international organizations and institutions in Kosovo. In 2011, she presented at the Heavy Europe 2011 conference in Rotterdam, organized by Hanson Wade, where she lectured on global market procurement and the importance of contract terms and conditions. Diana has a proven experience with a high analytical approach that provides “from cradle to grave” knowledge and expertise (both government and private sector) in acquisition planning, procurement development, and contract management.

In 2015, Diana joined KDI’s Transparency and Anti-Corruption Team. Since then, she has published several analytical and monitoring reports, and various public procurement studies. She has also provided capacity building services in training NGO’s and other interested parties in monitoring the public procurement in Kosovo. Diana was also a volunteer in the coalition of Democracy in Action organizations in the 2017 central and local elections where she has served in various capacities. Her areas of interest are public policy analysis and advocacy with a focus on the management of public money expenditures through public procurement, increased transparency and accountability of central and local government levels, and citizen awareness in holding Institutions to account on how they spend the taxpayers money.

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Kenan Beqiri graduated from IBCM in Mitrovica for Public Administration. He is known as a civil society activist with a focus on building peace and reconciliation. With several years of experience in international and local organizations and involved in various projects aimed at promoting inter-ethnic cooperation, building peace and transforming conflicts.

Throughout his career, Kenan has worked closely with youth, community representatives, religious groups and municipal officials, particularly in empowering non-majority communities in the Mitrovica region. Since 1999, he has actively contributed to numerous projects that promote social progress and increase the capacities of communities without distinction.

Leader of a series of initiatives with a primary focus on empowering young people and women in society. Communication, knowledge of foreign languages ??and friendly behavior make him an effective communicator, enabling him to adapt to different environments, both in the work sphere and in social life.

Beyond his professional commitments, Kenan is passionate about nature and enjoys his time walking in nature. He is also known as a volunteer in some of the activities aimed at raising the awareness of citizens and awareness of environmental protection.

Vullnet has joined the KDI team as a senior researcher, since June 2022. He completed his bachelor’s and master’s studies at the University of Pristina in the Faculty of Law, Constitutional-Administrative department.
Before joining KDI, Vullnet worked in the organization Group for Legal and Political Studies in the judicial and prosecutorial system monitoring project.

Tringa has joined the KDI team from July 2022 in the position of Researcher. She completed her bachelor’s studies at the University of Pristina in the direction of Political Sciences. She completed his master’s studies at the Ankara University of Social Sciences in Turkey, majoring in Peace and Conflict as a beneficiary of the Turkish Government scholarship. She continued with various specializations where she completed part of his studies at the Universities of Linköping and Gothenburg in Sweden. In addition to the academic development, Tringa has also continued with the professional development. Before joining KDI, Tringa worked as a research assistant at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Social Sciences of Ankara and as a Project Coordinator at BIRN-Kosova. The fields of interest for research for Tringa are mainly in the field of security, media and sustainable development of public institutions, not overlooking academic research