Three years after adopting the National Development Strategy 2030, the Kosovo government itself has recorded deadlocks and non-realising targets in some of the most important sectors of the state.
The medium-term assessment, drawn up by the Office for Strategic Planning under the Office of the Prime Minister, reveals delays in reforms, problems in public administration and lack of expected results in justice, education and health.
According to the document, a significant portion of the measures and previous activities in the National Development Plan have not been completed within the set deadline.
The average wave of completion of activities was between 25% and 50%, at minimum 18% and at a maximum of around 58%, it is said.
As some of the factors that have influenced this outcome are cited as the long – term failure of institutions after the 2025 elections, changes in support of development partners, the suspension of U’s programmes. USAID and European Union measures imposed in 2023.
Another calculated problem is the lack of harmonisation of strategic plans with the budget. According to the document, this rate has dropped from 75% to only 38.5% during 2024.
The assessment also highlights slowing economic growth and increasing inflation.
Bruto Local Production’s real growth dropped from 4.6% in 2024 to 3.6% in 2025. Meanwhile, average inflation, following the decline of 1.6% in 2024, rose to 3.9% in 2025, while by September 2026 it reached 6.7%.
The criticism also has for public administration, with the quality of policy drafting and administrative reform lagging behind targets. Also, public enterprise reform has marked little progress.
Problems have also been recorded in foreign policy, where, although activities are generally well implemented, results have been difficult to measure because of lack of basic indicators and clear goals.
In education, health and social protection have been found to be mired, while in justice no visible improvement has been noted. On the contrary, the document provides for increased number of outstanding subjects in civil and administrative issues.
On the other hand, defence and security sectors are best represented in terms of budgetary allocations, which have achieved defined goals.
The medium-term assessment thus presents a review of the implementation of the National Development Strategy 2030, recounting the gap between the targets set by institutions themselves and the results achieved so far.
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