Mr. Kryeziu began his civil society career in 2001, when he joined NDI’s civic forum program. Once the Civic program was concluded, Ismet in accordance with his colleagues decided on establishing a domestic NGO, today known as Kosova Democratic Institute. In 2006, Ismet was elected as KDI’s Executive Director and continues to serve as such nowadays. Ismet has extensive experience in elections, working with Kosovo Assembly, and fight against corruption, local government and gender equality.

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Edita is one of the founders and coordinator of programs at Kosova Democratic Institute – Transparency International Kosova. Before joining KDI, she worked for  international organizations in Kosovo and overseas in democratization, civic participation, elections, advocacy and procurement. Throughout her 14 year journey in civil society, she had assisted many CSOs in Kosovo in Kosovo in strengthening their watchdog, advocacy and election monitoring capacities. Her primary roles in the organization include program design, strategic planning and fundraising.

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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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Eugen Cakolli is part of KDI team since 2016. He began working on monitoring the work of Assembly of Kosovo, within the program for Democratization and Parliamentary Practices. Previously he worked for International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES).

Right now, Eugen is working as Project Officer on the project for empowering the first-time voters as part of the Political Accountability program. He also added valuable contribution to the Democracy in Action by holding a position as the Coordinator of the Election Observers.

Currently Cakolli, is enrolled in University of Pristina and undertaking a Masters Studies for European Integration and Public Administration, while conducting several research papers.

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Vjollca has an extensive experience in the field of finance and administration management. Before joining KDI in 2008, Vjollca worked since March 2000 for OSCE and NGO Resource Center in Prizren. She has managed several projects that had sub-grants as key component, including those of Democracy in Action. Vjollca has knowledge on the legislation in place that regulates the finance and tax procedures in Kosovo.

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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.

I have been Involved in civil society activities in Kosovo since 2001. Initially, by doing volunteer work in the “Save the Children” organization, namely by conducting numerous activities in promoting the rights of children. Offering specific support to abused and neglected children in the post-conflict period in Kosovo was among the reasons that drove and motivated my involvement in volunteer work, with the goal of improving children situation in Kosovo for the better. Following my volunteer work in the Save the Children organization, I remained committed to my civil engagement in Kosovo, by working with different youth organization, in various profiles, such as: assistance, charity, solidarity, and citizens’ participation. I remain committed to civil society work, whereby as of 2008 I am part of the regular staff of the Kosovo Democratic Institute (KDI), in the position of Administrative and Finance Assistant.

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Naim Cahani joined KDI in 2009 as a project manager and coordinator in ‘’Local governance and civic participation’’ program. He has graduated in the University of Prishtina – faculty of law. He’s currently an MA candidate in local governance and democratic society  in a common program of 3 different Universities – The University of Prizren, University of Peja and University of Gjilan). He’s also an Msc candidate in the South-East European University in Macedonia – faculty of law.

Mr.Cahani is very much experienced in local democracy such as: strengthening capacities of NGOs and local officials, analysing and drafting the local legislation, advocacy and civic participation, electoral processes monitoring and in gender equality issues.  He’s currenty engaged as a project manager in “Local governance and civic participation” program.

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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.

Plator Avdiu joined Kosova Democratic Institute (KDI) in 2023 as Project Manager of the EU-funded regional project “Integrity Watch in the Western Balkans and Turkey: civil society combating corruption with political integrity data” led by KDI. He is extensively experienced in the civil society sector, while from 2014 to 2023 he worked as Senior Researcher / Project Coordinator at the Kosovar Centre for Security Studies (KCSS). He is author and co-author of several publications and research analysis on security and defense topics. Furthermore, Avdiu’s professional experience implies also involvement as Consultant/Country Assessor of Transparency International Defence & Security Programme for the Government Defence Integrity Index 2020 for Kosovo.

He graduated in June 2014 at the University of Latvia in Riga holding Social Sciences Master’s Degree in European Studies as a holder of a two-year scholarship by the JoinEU-SEE III/Erasmus Mundus Action 2 Partnerships programme of the European Commission. Since 2008 he has a Bachelor degree from the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Prishtina in Political Science.

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Kushtrim has over twenty years of experience in the non-governmental sector in Kosovo and abroad. A graduate of the Faculty of Economics in Pristina, he has worked for about 20 years as director of finance and administration at the National Democratic Institute in Kosovo and its missions in Sudan and Liberia. As a civil society activist, he has participated in national and international election observation missions in Kosovo, Ukraine, Albania and Liberia. Currently, Kushtrim works with NGO Kosovo-Women 4 Women as a project coordinator dealing with the empowerment of women in the economy and labor market.

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Adrian Çollaku is editor-in-chief of online newspaper Blic since 2014. Earlier he worked as deputy editor and responsible editor in the daily newspaper Gazeta Zeri. He holds PhD in Contemporary History, while lectures in several colleges in Kosovo, in the department of Political Science and Public Administration. He holds a Masters degree in Political Science and Public Administration, while he has also completed various trainings dealing with European integration and the field of human rights and freedoms.

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