The Kosovo Foundation for Open Society (KFOS) works to strengthen government institutions and to further develop an open society within Kosovo. Its programs have focused on issues surrounding minorities, arts and culture, public administration, legislation, and education.

Among the activities supported by KFOS are the following:

• training civil servants;
• advancing education reform, including increasing access to programs for teachers and administrators;
• establishing access to electronic resources such as the Internet and libraries;
• organizing conferences for Kosovo’s ethnic communities;
• helping to distribute guidelines for standard judicial practices as well as international human rights documents;
• emphasizing the rights of children, women, and minorities; and
• helping increase cooperation among civil society organizations and regional NGOs.