Report European Union Integration at the Local Level European Partnership Action Plan-Approximation of Kosovo with EU As the European integration remains key priority of the Government of Kosovo, European Partnership Action Plan is the key mid term planning document aimed at addressing the main short and mid term challenges and priorities identified at European Partnership 2008. Further progress of the country shall be measured against the implementation of key short and midterm priorities identified by the European Partnership through the annual Progress Report issued by the European Commission. In this context, the EPAP should be used for the planning of Government activities regarding its political agenda and priorities, the legislative agenda of the Government and Assembly, employment needs, institutional building and training of personnel, as well as for the necessary investments. EPAP should also be used for internal communication of the Government with the aim of harmonizing the objectives, actions and their timelines; for communication between the Government, business community and social partners as informing and early warning mechanism for the changes to come; for communication with civil society being a foundation for partnership building; and for communication with the public, so that the citizens are aware at any time of the Government's work in the European integration process. The Plan follows the European Partnership structure for Kosovo 2008, and complies with Copenhagen and Madrid criteria, with its three main chapters: Political Criteria, Economic Criteria and European Standards. Each Chapter, depending on the progress achieved in these fields and the needs to improve the situation, foresees actions dealing with improvement of strategic and legislation policies, namely further harmonization of legal framework with the Acquis, drafting and approval of new legislation and actions focused at the implementation of applicable legislation, institutional reform, development and building of capacities, capital investments, etc. EPAP 2011 entails around 400 actions, out of which 60 actions are foreseen for the field of political criteria, 50 actions in the field of economic criteria and 290 actions are related to European standards. With the aim for EPAP to be a measurable and more practical document, this year saw the setting of measurable indicators at the action level. As this is a 14