Since 2006, NDI’s Rinor Beka, senior program manager, of Kosovo has been at the center of his country’s democratic transition.
Together with his NDI colleagues, Beka has built bridges between different players in Kosovo’s political arena, including members of parliament, political parties and citizen groups, to ensure that their priorities “focus on people” and continue to lay the foundations of democracy.
In an interview with NDI, Beka talks about working with elected officials to advance transparency and accountability in Kosovo’s national parliament, getting more women and youth involved in the political process and the progress that has been made to overcome a history of inter-ethnic conflict in the region.
“Basically, people who had been looking at each other through the barrel of a gun are now sitting around a table and are discussing about how to build a platform where they can all live together and they can build a future for their children,” says Beka.
NDI’s programs in Kosovo are supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the National Endowment for Democracy.
