Mandate
The Kosovo Corruption Prevention Agency is charged with the implementation of several key laws for
prevention of corruption, including:
- Law on the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption
- Law on Prevention of Conflict of Interest,
- The law on the declaration of wealth, which also regulates the acceptance of gifts by officials, and
- Law on the protection of whistleblowers.
In accordance with its own legislation, the Agency:
- Exercises full control over the declarations of wealth by officials and the accuracy of the declarations;
- Exercises inspection and audits the registers of gifts received by public officials;
- Works to prevent cases of conflict of interest by providing opinions and conducts administrative investigations into claims of conflict of interest;
- Handles cases of external alerts, i.e. conducts administrative investigations and processes the reports it receives; AND
Fulfilling its mandate, the Agency also:
- Reviews laws to ensure they include all necessary safeguards against corruption;
- Monitors the implementation of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy;
- Assists public institutions in drafting and monitors the implementation of their integrity plans;
- Assesses the risk of corruption in different sectors; AND
- Increase public awareness for prevention and identification of corruption through awareness campaigns.
The agency also imposes fines, initiates criminal proceedings but also submits criminal charges to the prosecutor’s office for officials who do not respect their legal obligations.
Structure
The organizational structure of the Agency consists of the Office of the Director of the Agency, Departments, and Divisions/Units.
The Office of the Director of the Agency is led by the Director of the Agency and consists of:
- Division for Budget and Finance
- Division for Whistleblowing;
- Division for Representation, Standardization and International Relations;
- Human Resources Management Unit;
Senior Officer for Communication and Education; - Senior Procurement Officer;
- Internal auditor;
- Senior Certifying Officer; AND
- Executive Officer; and
- Driver.
The departments and divisions of the Agency are:
Department for Evaluation, Monitoring and Analysis which consists of:
- Division for Integrity and Strategy;
- Anti-Corruption Analysis and Evaluation Division.
The Department for the Prevention of Conflict of Interest, which consists of:
- Division for Conflict of Interest Resolution; AND
- Advisory and Reporting Division.
The Department for the Control of Assets and Gifts which consists of:
- Division for Control and Verification of Assets; AND
- Gift Inspection and Audit Division;
Department for Administration and General Services which consists of:
- Division for E-Services and Systems
- Division for General Services;
Management
Director of the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption: Yll Buleshkaj
Yll Buleshkaj was born in Istog on February 17, 1979. He completed his primary and secondary education in his hometown. He completed his undergraduate studies at the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pristina, while his master’s studies in Democratization and Human Rights at the University of Bologna and the University of Sarajevo, where he specialized in State Building Processes in Southeast Europe. He is currently a candidate for a doctorate in the field of Government and Public Administration at the University of Southeast Europe.
Yll Buleshkaj is a professional with about 20 years of experience in good governance, democratization, elections, public participation in policy-making, and human rights.
Before joining APK, he served as the Executive Director of the Office for Registration of Political Parties and Certification in the Central Election Commission. In Kosovo, he served as a manager at Helvetas, deputy director at the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) in Kosovo, earlier in various tasks as part of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, as well as as part of local NGOs. He has also worked in the field of self-regulation of the media, with the formal and informal structures of youth representation, with minority community groups in Kosovo, parliamentary development and especially the development of women’s and youth groups in the assembly and in a number of initiatives of public policies.
Yll Buleshkaj has also served abroad as part of the UN, IOM and UNDP in Jordan, Afghanistan and Sweden, mainly in the field of elections and democratization.
Yll Buleshkaj has joined the Anti-Corruption Agency on December 24, 2021, for a five-year term.
Contact
Phone: +383 (0) 38 518-980
E-mail: yll.buleshkaj@rks-gov.net
Staff
Afrim Atashi
Blerim Kelmendi
Liridon Nika
Esad Ejupi
Agron Behrami
Frasher Murtezaj
Besnik Dragusha
Dafina Hasanmetaj
Driton Shala
Florije Retkoceri
Lindita Ademi
Milot Shala
Qendresa Berisha
