Exchange of experience between Ukraine and Kosovo on post-conflict reconstruction

After large-scale hostilities that caused significant damage to both Ukrainian society and state institutions, the issues of recovery, reintegration, and ensuring sustainable peace are becoming particularly relevant. Kosovo, which has its own experience of emerging from conflict, forming peaceful institutions, and building effective post-war governance, can serve as an important example for Ukraine. It was precisely the need to use practical cases of post-conflict development and institutional transformation that formed the basis for organizing the workshop “Conflict, Settlement, and Recovery: Kosovo’s Experience and Ukraine’s Prospects,” initiated by the Center for Security Studies “CENSS” in cooperation with the Kosovo Center for Security Studies (KCSS).

The aim of the event was to study Kosovo’s experience in post-war recovery processes and adapt effective practices to the Ukrainian context. The workshop contributed to the development of new approaches to disarmament and reintegration in Ukraine.

The presentations and key topics of the workshop can be found at:

Kosovo and Ukraine: what do we have in common and what can Ukraine learn from the Balkan experience?

Kosovo’s Lessons for Ukraine: A Workshop Explores Post-Conflict Recovery

The peacebuilding process in Ukraine and punishment for war crimes: how can Kosovo’s experience help us?

The rule of law and post-war governance: what challenges did Kosovo face after the war?