Besar Gërgi has joined GLPS since May 2024 as a Research Fellow. His work focuses on the Kosova-Serbia dialogue process and the European integration of Kosova and the Western Balkans region at large. Besar has studied Public Policy & Economics in Rochester Institute of Technology’s Kosova campus. He also has a master’s degree in European Studies from KU Leuven as a Young Cell Scheme fellow. His master’s thesis focused on the role of the European Union as a mediator in Kosova-Serbia dialogue.
Prior to joining GLPS, Besar has worked in the Office of the Prime Minister as a senior policy officer for policy coordination, in the European integration departments, where he gained first-hand professional insight into EU integration. He has also experience as a senior policy officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, also working on European affairs.
About GLPS
The Group for Legal and Political Studies is an independent, non-partisan and non-profit public policy organization based in Prishtina, Kosovo. Our mission is to conduct credible policy research in the fields of politics, law and economics and to push forward policy solutions that address the failures and/or tackle the problems in the said policy fields. Through advocating the policy solutions derived from our policy research, we aim to support four fundamental policy developments:
To support the democratization of the polity with regard to institutional and substantive policy reform; b. to strengthen the rule-of-law capacity and performance via informed policy solutions and practical advocating strategies; c. to enhance the economic growth and development by promoting market strategies that increase the rate of growth and stability, and d. to help improve regional cooperation and Kosovo’s presence at the international level.
We are dedicated to provide high-quality public policy research through prominent scholars drawn from international and European centres of excellence in research, while aiming to be globally competitive for our quality research and impact in the fields of political science, law and economics.