European Union Integration at the Local Level Report contribution in creation of preconditions for a competitive market through strengthening of regulatory mechanisms and boosting of human capital. When it comes to European standards, including sector policies, Kosovo continued its further approximation with EU through harmonization of policies and legal framework with EU standards. It is critical to mention that Kosovo marked a considerable progress in the field of justice, human rights and freedoms and security. With the focus on criteria implementation for EU visa liberalization process, the legal framework and institutional reforms on visa, border, asylum and migration issues have been completed, including the legal, policy and institutional framework on readmission and reintegration of repatriated persons, which is a priority field. The improvement of legal framework, institutional building and reform in policing also saw progress. This is aimed at fighting of all forms of crime, but also at the protection of personal data. Nevertheless, Kosovo still continues to face numerous challenges in the above fields, and this Plan provides for concrete actions aimed at overcoming them. To this end, the priorities of the Government of Kosovo, which are also the priorities of the European Union, are the following: 1) Strengthening of public administration reform, 2) Strengthening the fight against corruption, 3) Fight against organized crime and money laundering, 4) Efficient management of public money – improvement of public procurement system, strengthening of mechanisms for budget revenues collection, efficient budget spending, 5) Strengthening of judicial reform, 6) Implementation of Visa Liberalization Strategy, 7) Negotiating trade agreement with EU and development of legislation, internal market policies and development of competition in concordance with the Acquis, 8) Maintaining good neighborly relations and constructive participation to regional meetings, 9) Infrastructure – energy and transportation, 10) Development of agriculture sector. 13