30 October 2012 – Hotel Rogner IDM organized in the premises of Hotel Rogner Europapark the round table: Control and Oversight of Intelligence Services in Albania. In the framework of the contribution to improve Security Sector Governance in Albania, IDM presented a policy brief on intelligence accountability. This event brought together …
Read More »Panel Discussion: My Kind of NATO: Perceptions from Albania
23 October 2012 – European University of Tirana Centre for European and Security Affairs (Institute for Democracy and Mediation) and Institute for Strategic and Security Studies (European University of Tirana) organized in the premises of EUT the panel discussion “My kind of NATO: Perceptions from Albania”. The event gathered around …
Read More »Monitoring of Parliamentary Committees
Hotel Rogner – 12 October 2012 The Institute for Democracy and Mediation presented today at a Press-conference the findings of the monitoring of Parliamentary Committees of European Integration (PCEI) and of National Security (PCNS) covering January – July 2012 period. The findings of the Monitoring Brief suggest that despite certain …
Read More »Belgrade Security Forum: Security Community Building: Bridging the Theoretical-policy Divide
Belgrade: 20-22 September 2012 At the opening session of this year BSF Academic Session, academics talked about the reasons of absence of Security Community in the Western Balkans and potential steps for its formation. The panel discussion focused on the practical aspects of building the security community in the Western …
Read More »IDM attends Belgrade Security Forum 2012
Security Forum – 20-20 September 2012 – Belgrade, Serbia. The Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence, Belgrade Centre for Security Policy and European Movement in Serbia, in partnership with the UN Women, UNDP SEEAC, Balkan Trust for Democracy and Slovak Atlantic Commission, will organize the second Belgrade Security Forum on September 20-22, 2012 …
Read More »IDM Study: Foretold Insecurity – Crime Trends in Albania
Publication of findings IDM published the findings of the study “Foretold Insecurity” – Crime Trends in Albania 2008-2011. The increase of the crime rate in Albania, particularly its fatal consequences during 2012, was in fact a “warning signal” blinking at least two years ago. The analysis of IDM’s research report on …
Read More »Round Table: Improving Security Sector Governance Through Informed Debate
Albanian University – 29 June 2012 In the framework of the project “Improving Security Sector Governance Through Informed Debate”, IDM, in cooperation with Albanian University, presented to the academic milieu the last publication “Monitoring and Evaluation of the Security Sector Governance”. The event took place in the premises of “Albanian University” …
Read More »Round Table “My kind of NATO: Chicago 2012”
Elbasan & Durrës – May 2012 In the frame of the project “My Kind Of NATO : Chicago 2012, Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM) in cooperation with NATO’s Public Diplomacy Division, organized two roundtables in Elbasan and Durres, in the framework of the six roundtables foressen to take place in 6 major …
Read More »Discussing the Draft law “On Providing Physical Protection and Security Service”
16 April 2012 – Tirana International Hotel Institute for Democracy and Mediation in partnership with BiznesAlbania and in cooperation with the Albanian State Police, with the support of DCAF and under the assistance of international experts organized on 16th April 2012 in Hotel Tirana International, the workshop on discussing the …
Read More »Opportunity knocks: can the EU help Albania to help itself?
Presentation – Balkans Forum Meeting – 27 March 2012, Brussels In this Policy Brief, Corina Stratulat (European Policy Center) and Gjergji Vurmo (IDM) argue that the window of opportunity for Albania to deliver on recent positive developments is narrow in view of the upcoming general elections in June 2013. The authors contend that Albania …
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