The institutional and legal framework of the water sector in Kosovo throughout different periods

Water resources have been and continue to be of vital significance to every nation and country. They have been the focus of institutional management and legal regulation for centuries. The purpose of this paper is to provide the local and international community with a summary of the institutional and legal framework of the water sector in the Republic of Kosovo. An institutional and legal framework is required for good administration, water rights division and other functions related to water preservation and rational use. Water administration is organised at two levels in the Republic of Kosovo, central and local, with jurisdiction based on the Constitution of Kosovo as the highest legal act and acts derived from the Constitution for the regulation of specific areas, including the water sector. As a result, the paper is divided into two major sections that examine the regulation and its impact on well administration and the use of national water resources in Kosovo.