Even though the legislation does not explicitly restrict it, Kosovo institutions and legislation do not provide for any specific funding for civil society. The Law on Public Finances makes no special mention of the conditions or methods of channeling public funds to non-governmental organizations, while it is on the competence of the National Assembly or specific minister to decide to deliver any grant, donation or subsidy to any person or undertaking. There are rare cases of grant-making by the ministries in this regard, mostly by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports who provides small grants to NGOs across the country. Some exemptions were noticed in cases when government has contracted NGOs to provide expert services and assist in policy design and implementation, but these were only occasional cases and mostly based on specific relations government-NGO, rather than any official mechanism or policy. Due to the almost non-existence of the public funding for NGOs, there are no exact data of the amount of public funds for NGOs in Kosovo. The surveys show that only 8.84 % of the funding for NGOs comes from the state/public funds.
Similarly, there are no institutions that would coordinate the distribution of state funding. Each ministry/municipality which occasionally may deliver any grant, decides on itself the way and beneficiaries of the granting. No specific transparency or accountability provisions exist for this specific field, except the general public funding rules and procedures.
Even though there are no official data, the general perception is that the local level is slightly more sensitive towards funding NGOs, especially in regards to cultural, sports and youth activities.