Who we are

VISION

Institute is a vibrant part of a European Kosovo emancipated and prosperous society - home to vigorous conceptual debates and a battlefield of alternative European ideas and beliefs by challenging the paradigms of our society and moving the boundaries of our knowledge.

MISSION

Institute offers a key contribution to the European reforms in the society as an independent and not-for-profit policy think-tank, based on values of unwavering integrity and excellence in knowledge, and pursues robust empirical public policy making and resolute debate for an ever-more European Kosovo.

VALUES

At the institute we do serious work, and have even more serious fun. We are a team of very different individuals and characters, but we share unwavering belief in our 6 fundamental values that bring us together as a team.

We believe in our vision and we pursue it with courage and determination. In doing so we act with transparency, integrity and independence. In our actions we strive for perfectionism and flawless execution. And most importantly, we are always kind and humble.

01 Act with integrity and independence

Fundamentals of the institute are integrity and independence of our researchers. While we seek to assist and engage in a dialogue with national institutions and other stakeholders to implement policies of common public interest, we remain stubbornly committed to the independence of the work and opinions of our staff.

02 Believe and have courage

At the institute, we cherish ideas and courage to pursue them. The institute is a place where we don’t want our teams to be good. We want them to be remarkable. We are at the service of public interest. We believe that prudent and smart public policies can improve everyday life of our citizens. To this end, we don’t give mediocre effort. We either believe whole-heartedly and give everything we’ve got in pursuing our convictions or we don’t even try. There is no middle ground to excellence. Courage to believe is essential to our progress and key factor that moves boundaries of our excellence.

03 Be curious

Brain behaves like a muscle. In order to grow, it must be challenged. Great ideas are result of great intellectual discomfort and stubborn refusal of mediocrity. Comfort is an enemy of human progress and excellence. At the institute we push ourselves to be uncomfortable and curious. We always consider different options and build alternative ideas and scenarios. We are not afraid of failure. Failure paves the way to new avenues and uncharted territories that enrich us as individuals and widens our horizons.

04 Execution matters

We expect of all our teams to be punctual and excel at details. All great ideas will be depend upon flawless execution and detailed timing and design of our actions. We never under estimate the power of technical details and need for robust, but efficient bureaucracy. Our researchers are expected to take full ownership of their work and stand by their work and results.

05 Being kind

Before anything else we are loving and kind humans. We care about our fellow team-members. At the institute we are brought together based upon our beliefs and values. We believe that we offer a small contribution to the incremental progressive changes of our society. And we succeed in doing so only as a team. We treat with respect and empathy our partners and friends.

06 Transparency

Institute commitment to transparency means that we publish detailed informations about the implementation of our projects. That includes both: (1) information on the progress in the project implementation and (2) financial information. We detail from where every cent of the budget comes, and we report outgoings along spending lines. The financial statements clearly state what every contributor paid in any one year.