Public Private Partnership Law and Policy in Kosovo

The institutional challenges of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in transition economies: lessons from Kosovo

“…Kosovo's relatively weak rule of law and lack of capacity to seamlessly absorb very high EU standards embedded in its legal framework has also made regulating and executing PPP/privatization processes particularly difficult. Although the concession of the Pristina International Airport was a landmark event for PPPs in Kosovo (Reis, 2017), most major infrastructure projects are still implemented through traditional procurement despite growing numbers of proposed municipal PPP projects (Muharremi, 2011).…”

“…Although no projects were implemented at the time, Kosovo's Law on Public Private Partnership (PPP), No. 04/L-045, now allows private firms to partner with public companies to carry out various services in all economic and social sectors (Muharremi, 2011). 1 One institutional PPPi.e.…”