Friends of IKS
Besa Shahini
28.07.2010Besa Shahini (founder and former executive director). Besa is a Senior Analyst with the European Stability Initiative (ESI) in Berlin and is in charge of ESI's Georgia project.
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Flutura Kusari
10.01.2010Joined IKS in mid November 2008 as a Researcher. Prior to joining IKS Flutura has been engaged in a variety of projects, such as EAR Projects: “Impact Evaluation of EAR Support to Institutional Capacity Building in the UN Administration in Kosovo” and "The Establishment of a Comprehensive Legal Aid System in Kosovo."
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David Jackson (Intern)
01.09.2009Joined the IKS staff as an intern on 02 june 2009. David graduated from Oxford University in Modern History and Politics.
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Beqir Lahu
11.05.2009Is one of the chosen interns, who joined IKS in February 2009. Currently a student of Political Science and Management/Informatics at University of Prishtina.
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Dardan Koçani
11.05.2009Currently a student of Management, Economics and Statistics at the American University in Kosovo, Dardan Koçani joined IKS in February 2009 as an intern.
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Xhemajl Gashi
24.12.2008An economist by profession, worked for several years as an accountant, later moving into the Central Fiscal Authority where he worked for 2 years.
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Thibaud Kurtz
24.12.2008Joined IKS as a short term intern during summer 2006. Thibaud was mainly involved in researching rural development in the municipalities of Rahovec and Suhareke.
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Garentina Kraja
23.12.2008Worked for ten years as a journalist in Kosovo. She part of the first generation of journalists with the founding of the Kosovar daily Koha Ditore, where she initially covered cultural issues, part of the paralell life that Kosovars were living at the time and later.
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James Evans
22.12.2008Joined IKS in the summer of 2008 for a short internship and is currently applying for a degree in politics, philosophy and economics in the UK.
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Hil Ndrecaj
18.12.2008Supported IKS research from the very beginning. He focused mostly on Prishtina's industrial development and the construction sector. Hil had a lot of research experience due to his previous involvement with the European Stability Initiative since 2003.
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Heleen Baartmans
18.12.2008Joined IKS as an intern in January 2005, while doing her M.A. in International Relations and Diplomacy at the University of Leiden and the Dutch Institute for International Relations Clingendael.
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Artan Venhari
18.12.2008Joined IKS in spring 2005. Artan brought to the IKS team his experience in civil society, dialogue and conflict resolution. Artan completed his post-graduate studies at SOAS, the School of Oriental and African Studies in London on a UK Chevening scholarship.
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Era Gjurgjeala
18.12.2008Joined IKS as an analyst and researcher in April 2006. She brought to IKS her understanding of Kosovo’s local government and administration structures, as well as her research experience of the socio-economic setting of the municipalities of Viti and Gjilan.
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Giorgia Dimarchi
18.12.2008Joined IKS as an intern in July 2007, and will reinforce our representation abroad when she goes back to England to do a M.Phil at Oxford University, starting in September.
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Arbër Koci
18.12.2008Joined IKS as a short term intern in the summer of 2008. Arbër was mainly involved in researching the problems and reform of the Kosovo judiciary for the IKS Image project.
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Jeta Teliqi
18.12.2008Joined IKS as an intern in the autumn 2005, later to be hired as a full time researcher working on all of IKS projects. Jeta has a BA in Psychology from the University of Prishtina and is currently following lectures for an MA degree in Psychology Research and Counseling.
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