CESA Activities

Workshop: “Private Security Companies in the Western Balkans” Date: 21-23 April 2015 Venue: Sirius Hotel, Prishtina IDM researchers Mr. Arjan Dyrmishi and Ms. Ola Cami attended the third workshop in the framework of a three year project “Private Security in the Western Balkans” funded by Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), led by Geneva …

IDM Researcher Mr. Foto Duro  will be guest researcher  at Kosovar Center for Security Studies for a two-week period, starting from 16 March 2015 as part of the Security Research Forum  Belgrade-Prishtina-Tirana. Colonel (Retired) Foto Duro was graduated in 1981, at the “Skënderbeg” Military Academy in Tirana.  His education includes …

Conference on civil emergency management in Albania The Institute for Democracy and Mediation organized on March 06, 2015, in Tirana, the conference “Civil protection system in Albania and its related regional cooperation”. The event was held within the framework of a three-year joint research project with the Belgrade Centre for …

January 27th, 2015, Hotel Rogner Tirana In Albania operate seven intelligence services. Only two of them, the State Informative Service and Defence and Security Intelligence Agency have relevant organic laws. Five other intelligence services need a comprehensive legal support, whereas they continue to lack parliamentary oversight and control role. The issues …

On the 18th of December 2014, the Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM) organized a National Conference “Strengthening Integrity of State Police in Albania”. The event marks the conclusion of the project “Building Police Integrity in Albania”, supported by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the framework of Matra …

Tirana, 12 December 2014 Institute for Democracy and Mediation, with the support of Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES), organized on 12 December 2014, at the premises of EU Info Centre, the panel debate: “Albania’s EU Accession – A Pre-Crisis Déjà Vu?”. The event aimed at focusing on how to make (local) …

On 13 November 2014 at the premises of Palace of Culture, the Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM) organized the conference: “EU integration process and the perspective of Albanian – Serbian relations”. The Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM) hosted in Tirana, on 13 November 2014, the conference entitled: “EU …

On the 31st October 2014 at the premises of Hotel Rogner, the Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM) organized the roundtable: “Challenges to conflict of interest management in Albania”. The event gathered several national and international key stakeholders to present and discus the findings of a study on the legal …

It has turned to become a tradition now, the participation and contribution of IDM to the Belgrade Security Forum (BSF). It was the fourth BSF this year, which was held from 30 Sep – 2 Oct and focused mostly on specific security issues emerging from the recent developments in Ukraine …

Tirana, 23 October 2014 The Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM) in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior and the Albanian State Police organized a Consultative Forum on the new draft Code of Ethics. The event was organized within the framework of IDM project ‘Building Police Integrity in Albania’ supported …