IDM activities

Consultation Forums: Human Resource Management and Financial Management in the State Police Better police force planning to renew the “old” police force in Albania Tirana, 27 December 2018 – Although the implementation of the police vetting process that has not yet started, it will affect the human resources of the police personnel. …

IDM recommends the establishment of an efficient and legitimate National Anti-corruption authority Tirana, 14 December 2018 – IDM jointly with the Supreme State Audit (SAI) organized the conference “Towards an efficient and legitimate National Anti-corruption authority”.  This activity was based on the performance audit report on the “Anti-Corruption Strategy” (SAI) …

Meaningful public consultations and external accountability are the critical challenges to PAR in Albania As shown by the regional project WeBER civil society actors, with local knowledge of an administration’s functioning, can lead domestic advocacy efforts aimed at better administration. Moreover, an independent PAR monitoring and evidence-based dialogue with the …

Consultation Forums: Internal control and external oversight mechanisms in the State Police Effective internal control mechanisms remain hostage to fragile independence Critical amendments to the law on Service on Internal Affairs and Complaints will contribute to strengthen the independence of the internal control of State Police in Albania Tirana, 11 December …

Deadline for proposals: 20 January 2019 Deadline for full papers: 25 March 2019 The conference on Religion in Society is organised by the Institute for Democracy and Mediation, Belgrade Open School, Analitika Center for Social Research and the Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities, with the support of the Dutch …

Community Perspectives on Preventing Violent Extremism in Albania IDM in the framework of the regional  project “Opportunities for Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE) in the Western Balkan” in co-operation with Berghof Foundation and with funding from the German Federal Foreign Office, conducted the study: “Community Perspectives on Preventing Violent Extremism in Albania” …

Presentation of the CSOSI 2017 Report for Albania IDM has partnered with USAID and FHI 360 to produce the CSOSI 2017 for Albania, examining the overall sustainability of the CSO sector, by looking at seven specific dimensions of sustainability: legal environment, organizational capacity, financial viability, advocacy, service provision, sectoral infrastructure, and …

Trust in Police is Still Borderline Positive TIRANA, November 6, 2018—Albanian police still deserve the trust of majority citizens despite an 11 percent decrease compared to the last year’s results. Trust in Albanian institutions has been a “roller coaster” – a predominant distrust in 2016 following with major increase in 2017 and …

CIVILISC Project – Sharing good governance practices in Albania and Bulgaria Tirana, September 14, 2018 – Over the past 3 years,  IDM in partnership with RiskMonitor Foundation (Bulgaria) has implemented the project CIVILISC – Civil society Instruments against Corruption, funded by the EU Delegation to Albania aiming to improve the …

Highlights from the presentations of the civic project “Engaging Communities in Civic Education in Albania” This project is working with religiously-affiliated and public high schools in the following communities: Tirana, Shkodra, Durrës, Elbasan, Kavaja, Korça, Librazhd, Pogradec, Prrenjas and Rrogozhina. The students are given ample opportunities to engage in a …