The Kosovo Women’s Network (KWN) has published a paper “Monitoring Financial Allocations and Expenditures for Gender-Responsive Programs in the Kosovo Budget for 2024.” It examines how public spending in Kosovo is contributing to gender equality, as required by the Law on Gender Equality. It analyses financial allocations and expenditures towards gender equality and gender-responsive programmes, identifying which sectors and programmes have received funding to address gender disparities. It also highlights challenges related to the availability and use of gender-disaggregated data, as well as structural barriers that make it difficult to track and evaluate the impact of spending on gender equality outcomes.

KWN calls on the Ministry of Finance to institutionalise gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) by amending the Law on Public Finance, the Law on Local Government Financing and the Law on Public Procurement; integrating gender analysis, objectives, indicators, baselines and targets into all budget processes and systems; strengthening public finance management system objectives, capacities and templates; and publishing Gender Budget Statements and GRB annexes. At the municipal level, KWN urges adequate and sustainable funding for gender equality, including resources and salaries for Gender Equality Officers, and their systematic involvement in all planning, budgeting, implementation, monitoring and reporting processes.

Read the report here.

This report is funded by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) and Sweden through the Gender Budget Watchdog Network.