Personnel Risk:
Moderate
Score:
56/100
Leadership Behaviour
Q34
25/100
Do the Defence Ministry, Defence Minister, Chiefs of Defence, and Single Service Chiefs publicly commit, through, for example, speeches, media interviews, or political mandates, to anti-corruption and integrity measures?
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There is no information to ascertain whether the Minister of Defence and the Commander of the Kosovo Security Forces show internal commitment to anti-corruption…
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There is no information to ascertain whether the Minister of Defence and the Commander of the Kosovo Security Forces show public commitment to anti-corruption…
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Commitment is evidenced predominantly in the Integrity Plan, however there is some committment through public statetements. Unit commanders are committed to the Integrity Plan…
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Q35
50/100
Are there effective measures in place for personnel found to have taken part in forms of bribery and corruption, and is there evidence that these measures are being carried out?
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No specific law in Kosovo how offences in the field of bribery or corruption should be addressed in the defence sector. Nonetheless, the Criminal…
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Some of Kosovo’s high profile politicians, including the acting Prime Minister [1], the former Speaker for the Kosovo Assembly [2], the Chief State Prosecutor…
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Q36
50/100
Is whistleblowing encouraged by the government, and are whistle-blowers in military and defence ministries afforded adequate protection from reprisal for reporting evidence of corruption, in both law and practice?
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In late 2018, the Kosovo Assembly adopted the Law on Protection of Whistleblowers [1]. Its purpose is to enable the whistleblowing of violations in…
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In order to prioritise and encourage whistleblowing by state institutions by not limiting scope, only superficial information is available in the 2018 Annual Report…
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Although it is still early to measure whether officials and personnel are sufficiently informed of protections guaranteed by the 2018 Law on Protections of…
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Q37
50/100
Is special attention paid to the selection, time in post, and oversight of personnel in sensitive positions, including officials and personnel in defence procurement, contracting, financial management, and commercial management?
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The Integrity Plan (2019-2022) of the Ministry of Defence recognises risks to institutional integrity on some aspects of the Ministry of Defence and Kosovo…
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The current legislation and policy documents in place, published on the website of the Ministry of Defence, do not reference sensitive positions within the…
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The Integrity Plan (2019-2022) of the Ministry of Defence introduced a new rule for digital recordings in spaces where recruitment and promotion processes are…
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Payroll, Promotions, Appointments, Rewards
Q38
67/100
Is the number of civilian and military personnel accurately known and publicly available?
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Based on the Kosovo Government’s Regulation No. 07/2019 on Internal Organisation and Settlement of Job Positions in the Ministry of Development, the Sector for…
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The Ministry of Defence publishes an Annual Report to make available the number of civilian and military personnel within the Ministry of Defence and…
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Ghost soldiers have not been an issue for the Ministry of Defence or the Kosovo Security Forces [1]. According to a senior representative of…
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Q39
25/100
Are pay rates and allowances for civilian and military personnel openly published?
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Pay rates for civilian and military personnel of the Ministry of Defence and the Kosovo Security Forces are not publicly available. The annual report…
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Pay rates for civilian and military personnel of the Ministry of Defence and the Kosovo Security Forces are not publicly available. The annual report…
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Q40
83/100
Do personnel receive the correct pay on time, and is the system of payment well-established, routine, and published?
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According to the Regulation No. 02/2018 on Salaries in the Kosovo Security Forces of the Ministry of Defence, the civilian and military personnel of…
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Personnel of the Ministry of Defence and the Kosovo Security Forces receive their correct wages or salaries on a regular basis and in due…
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Regulation No. 02/2018 on Salaries in the Kosovo Security Forces states that the salaries for civilian and military personnel are transparent and provide the…
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Q41
50/100
Is there an established, independent, transparent, and objective appointment system for the selection of military personnel at middle and top management level?
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The Regulation No. 03/2018 on Career Development for Members of the Kosovo Security Forces (KSF) states that each position in the KSF has a…
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In its Annual Audit Reports for the Ministry of Defence over the period 2015-2018, the National Audit Office (NAO) has not scrutinised in depth…
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The Ministry of Defence publishes on its website open calls and results of the internal evaluation of candidates applying for positions within the Kosovo…
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Q42
81/100
Are personnel promoted through an objective, meritocratic process? Such a process would include promotion boards outside of the command chain, strong formal appraisal processes, and independent oversight.
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Current legislation stipulates that one of the general criteria for promotion is the annual performance assessment, including the recommendations for promotions over the previous…
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The Regulation No. 03/2018 on Career Development of the Kosovo Security Force Members allows for ‘acting duty’ appointments to one rank higher for a…
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The Ministry of Defence publishes military staff promotion news on its website [1-3], and when these promotions are of senior personnel (officers at rank…
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The Ministry of Defence publishes military staff promotion news on its website [1-3], and when these promotions are of senior personnel (officers at rank…
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Conscription and Recruitment
Q43
NA/100
Where compulsory conscription occurs, is there a policy of not accepting bribes for avoiding conscription? Are there appropriate procedures in place to deal with such bribery, and are they applied?
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There is no compulsory conscription within the Kosovo Security Force [1]. Article 5 of the Law No. 06/L-123 on Kosovo Security Force (KSF) states…
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There is no compulsory conscription within the Kosovo Security Force [1]. Article 5 of the Law No. 06/L-123 on Kosovo Security Force (KSF) states…
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There is no compulsory conscription within the Kosovo Security Force [1]. Article 5 of the Law No. 06/L-123 on Kosovo Security Force (KSF) states…
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Q44
67/100
is there a policy of refusing bribes to gain preferred postings? Are there appropriate procedures in place to deal with such bribery, and are they applied?
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The Ministry of Defence has a Code of Ethics for the Kosovo Security Force (KSF), adopted in 2019 following the KSF transformation. It is…
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Bribery is sanctioned and it is a criminal act that is punished by criminal prosecution. Any Kosovo Security Force (KSF) member who is convicted…
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Senior officials of the Ministry of Defence have confirmed that sanctions are regularly applied when bribery occurs [1]. That said, some Kosovo Security Members…
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Salary Chain
Within the Ministry of Defence and the Kosovo Security Forces, the command chain is separated from the payment chain [1]. The Regulation on Salaries…
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Values and Standards
Q46
58/100
Is there a Code of Conduct for all military personnel that includes, but is not limited to, guidance with respect to bribery, gifts and hospitality, conflicts of interest, and post-separation activities? Is there evidence that breaches of the Code of Conduct are effectively addressed?
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The new Code of Ethics for the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) has been in place since 2019, replacing the Code of Conduct for the…
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The Kosovo Security Force’s Code of Ethics is available and accessible to the public. It is published on the webpages of the Ministry of…
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This indicator has been scored Not Applicable. Senior officials of the Ministry of Defence and the Kosovo Security Forces have stated that violations of…
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The Kosovo Security Force’s Code of Ethics is distributed to the military personnel of the Security Forces so that they become acquainted with the…
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Q47
NEI/100
Is there a Code of Conduct for all civilian personnel that includes, but is not limited to, guidance with respect to bribery, gifts and hospitality, conflicts of interest, and post-separation activities? Is there evidence that breaches of the Code of Conduct are effectively addressed?
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Senior officials of the Kosovo Security Forces and the Ministry of Defence have stated that the there exists a Code of Conduct for all…
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Senior officials of the Kosovo Security Forces and the Ministry of Defence have stated that the there exists a Code of Conduct for all…
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There is not enough information to score this indicator. The Code of Conduct is not published and it is also difficult to establish whether…
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There is not enough information to score this indicator. The Code of Conduct is not published and it is also difficult to establish whether…
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Q48
NEI/100
Does regular anti-corruption training take place for military and civilian personnel?
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There is not enough evidence to score this indicator. According to policy documents of the Ministry of Defence, from 2016 to 2018 a large…
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There is not enough evidence to score this indicator. Apart from stating that the anti-corruption trainings are ongoing [1], no other information regarding the…
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According to the Ministry of Defence, anti-corruption trainings are being attended by Kosovo Security Force members – both civilian and military – across each…
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Q49
33/100
Is there a policy to make public outcomes of the prosecution of defence services personnel for corrupt activities, and is there evidence of effective prosecutions in recent years?
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No policy document stipulates that prosecution outcomes should be made public.
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The courts in Kosovo notify the public through announcements on their websites of upcoming hearing sessions, and provide information with regard to the charges…
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Apart from the acting Minister of Defence and the former Deputy Minister of Defence who were charged in the famous case of the “Veterans”…
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Q50
50/100
Are there effective measures in place to discourage facilitation payments (which are illegal in almost all countries)?
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The facilitation payments are not addressed by the current legal framework in Kosovo [1].
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The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that no cases of facilitation payments have occurred in the Ministry of Defence or the Kosovo Security Forces…
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The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that no cases of facilitation payments have occurred in the Ministry of Defence or the Kosovo Security Forces…
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