Prishtina School for Political Studies held the second seminar (20-22 April) on "State as the Fundamental Framework of Governability: The Politics of Public Policies". This seminar explored the current context of the relationship between politics and public policy, especially in relation to Kosovo's development and state-building process. 

On 30th of March, PIPS Executive Director Leonora Kryeziu signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu, Head of Committee on Foreign Affairs, Diaspora and Strategic Investments. 

On Wednesday, 14 March 2018, the Executive Director of the Prishtina Institute for Political Studies, Mrs. Leonora Kryeziu gave a presentation at the meeting of the Committee for Economic Development, Infrastructure, Trade and Industry in the Assembly of Kosovo. Mrs. Kryeziu spoke about the GIZ ORF-EE project Regional Cooperation and Capacity Development of Parliamentarians of South-East Europe on Energy Efficiency and Climate Protection.

Prishtina School for Political Studies held its first seminar on the topic "State and Society: Political Identity, Governance and Political Order". The seminar was especially focused on the statebuilding process of Kosovo after the formal advancement from UN-administration to the post-supervised independence, also touching upon the role of the international actors and context in this process. 

On Wednesday, 31 January, the first meeting with the 16th Generation of the Prishtina School for Political Studies was held. The Director of the Prishtina Institute for Political Studies started the meeting by acquainting the participants with the background and a timeline of activites of the School for Political Studies. 

On 18th of December, Prishtina School for Political Studies organized the diploma ceremony for the participants, at the same time, the final event for this generation.  On the second part of the conference, the discussion “Year 2018 for Kosovo: Will it be a Year of Political Consensus” took place.