Armies and NGOs Roles in Postconflict Reconstruction. the Kosovo Case

The wide cooperation kept between the Armed Forces and NGOs in reconstruction and development post-conflict scenarios has brought up many questions on the nature of the relationships and the impact of those actors in such scenarios. The current research gives accounts on how collaboration, coordination and cooperation between militaries and NGOs could have a positive impact for local populations. Taking into account the Kosovo case, in which we developed an empirical research with fieldwork, we highlight the following key issues: (i) Formal and informal networks of collaboration, coordination and cooperation were developed between actors (ii) trust between those actor increased due to changes in interests, identities and norms; (iii) this in turn implied a benefit for local populations and those actors due to the many different projects developed to increase life conditions of local actors (iv) it will be extract theoretical issues in the area of social constructivism and implications for others scenarios will be extracted.