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In congruence with its programs, IDM
has continually developed surveys of public opinion and
of focused groups. |
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• IDM in July-August
2002 conducted a survey of public opinion about
citizen’s participation in governance and
decision-making and public perceptions about the local
government. Questionnaires were distributed to
structured samples of citizens in five cities of the
country. The conclusions of the survey were published in
a book, “For an active community in governance”, which
was distributed to units of local government, NGOs,
academic institutions and international organizations
working in Albania. |
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• In 2002 IDM was
part of the team commissioned by the Albanian office of
UNDP to conduct a national survey about the civil
sector. The results of the survey were published by UNDP
office as Civil Society Partnership Statement 2002,
containing practical information on civil society
organizations, their functions, contributions and
shortcomings. |
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• In 2005 IDM was
commissioned by South Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for
the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC)/
Saferworld / International Alert to conduct a survey on
the situation of the private security companies in
Albania, in the framework of a comparative study “Small
Arms and Light Weapons and Private Security Companies in
South Eastern Europe: A Cause or Effect of Insecurity?”
(www.seesac.org/reports/psc.pdf). |
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• In 2006 IDM, as a
local partner of Geneva Center for Democratic Control of
the Armed Forces undertook a survey about the governance
of the Armed Forces, State Police, Border Police and
Intelligence Service in Albania, in the framework of a
comparative study in SEE. |
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• In May-June 2005,
IDM in cooperation with the Police Academy in Tirana and
students of Social Sciences, University of Tirana,
conducted a survey on “Community Policing – Realities
and Challenges”. This survey was focused in 4 Tirana
police commissariats and other 5 Municipalities. It had
4 focus groups namely: police officers, community,
business community and high school pupils and teachers.
The scope of this pilot survey was to make an evaluation
of the real situation as far as the impact of community
policing oriented projects has had in the public and
police. This survey was presented and discussed in IV
National Conference “Public Trust a Challenge to the
Police”, published and distributed in all police
commissariats all over the country. (the
survey) |
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• During July-August
2006, IDM worked with students of Police Academy carried
out a national survey on “Citizen’s perception and
satisfaction on police services”. The survey took place
in 10 out of 12 country Prefectures, respectively in
Tirana, Durres, Shkoder, Lezhe, Elbasan, Korca, Fier (Lushja),
Berat, Vlore, Gjirokaster, Close to 900 questionnaires
were applied. The detailed processed results of the
survey were sent to the Minister of Interior and General
Police Director and other central and local structures
of State Police. The results of this survey were
presented publicly at a press conference and were also
discussed separately with officials and police officers
of Tirana Police Directorate.(the
survey) |
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