Media release: “Is clientelism endangering the building of good governance in municipalities?!”

Media release:
“Is clientelism endangering the building of good governance in municipalities?!”

The Kosovo Local Government Institute, in partnership with the Norwegian Embassy and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, will tomorrow (Thursday), 6 February 2014, starting at 11:00, in the “Artana” conference hall of the Swiss Diamond Hotel (Mother Teresa Square), hold the international conference entitled: “Is clientelism endangering the building of good governance in municipalities?!”.

On this occasion, a study/research led by David Jackson, a doctoral candidate at the University of Berlin, will be published. Over the course of a year, this study analysed local governance from a different dimension, that of the influence of clientelism, providing a broader governance picture of the role of formal and informal institutions in shaping political behaviour at the local level.

In addition to Mr David Jackson, the speakers at the conference will be the Norwegian Ambassador Mr Jan Braathu, the Deputy Minister of Local Government Mr Basri Musmurati, the Director of the Kosovo Local Government Institute Mr Besnik Tahiri and Mr Arian Galdini, lecturer at Luarasi University – Tirana.

The conference will be attended by mayors, representatives of international organisations and other local governance actors.

For more information, find us on the web: klgi-ks.com; e-mail: info@klgi-ks.com or by phone: 044/606-983;.

AGENDA
CONFERENCE AND PRESENTATION OF THE PUBLICATION:
“CLIENTELISM: AN ALTERNATIVE DIMENSION OF GOVERNANCE IN KOSOVO”
DATE: THURSDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2014
TIME: 11:00–13:00
VENUE: SWISS DIAMOND HOTEL – “ARTANA” CONFERENCE HALL

THURSDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2014
10:30-11:00 Registration of participants
11:00-11:10 Opening of the conference

• Besnik Tahiri, Executive Director – Kosovo Local Government Institute

11:10-11:45 Opening remarks

• Besnik Tahiri, Executive Director – Kosovo Local Government Institute
• Jan Braathu, Ambassador of Norway to Kosovo
• Basri Musmurati, Deputy Minister – MLGA
• Besa Luzha, Programme Coordinator – FES

11:45-12:45 Moderator / Besa Luzha – FES

Presentation of the Publication: “Clientelism: An alternative dimension of governance in Kosovo”
• David Jackson, Researcher – Kosovo Local Government Institute
• Prof Arian Galdini, PhD, Lecturer at Luarasi University in Tirana

12:45-13:00 Open Debate
13:00 Coffee