IDM activities

Albanian Network for Rural Development (ANRD) in partnership with the Agricultural University of Tirana (AUT) aim to coordinate advocacy efforts and academic experience in influencing rural development policies so that they can be more effective, closely related to the real needs of the local communities and bring concrete results in …

The overall aim of the project “Western Balkan CSOs for Global Development” for Albania is to strengthen Albanian’ civil society, their understanding of global development agenda and their involvement in efforts towards global poverty eradication and global justice. On December 15th and 16th 2016, the advocacy training of the 5 …

Seminar for CSOs in Albania on SIGMA Principles of Public Administration The Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM) organized on February 8th 2017 in Tirana a national seminar for CSOs on SIGMA principles of public administration. Representatives from 35 civil society organizations and local journalists attended the full day event …

On February 7th 2017, IDM presented the findings of the Opinion Poll “Trust in Governance 2016” conducted during 12- 24 December 2016 across 61 municipalities of Albania. The Public Opinion Poll explores levels of public trust towards government institutions as well as citizens’ attitudes towards the performance of public institutions …

Enforcement of labour standards in Albania through the lenses of social partners Over the past years, Albania has made continuous efforts to comply with international labour standards, at least at the legislative and policy level. However, prima facie evidence suggests that labour rights’ breaches remain problematic in practice and they …

The role and engagement of civil society remains crucial not only for the country’s path towards EU but more broadly for all development processes in the Albanian society. In December 2013 a priority Agenda for actions to improve the enabling environment for civil society was agreed between the Government and …

On 14th of October 2016, in Durres, the Institute for Democracy and Mediation organized a consultative forum in the framework of the project “Support Anti-Corruption measures in Albania” supported by the Presence of OSCE in Albania. The forum hosted actors from civil societies, business community and the contact point of …

On 7th of October 2016, in Korce, IDM organized a consultative forum in the framework of the project “Support Anti-Corruption measures in Albania” supported by the OSCE Presence in Albania. The forum hosted actors from civil societies, business community and the contact point of the National Coordinator against Corruption (NCAC), aiming …

The adoption of universal Sustainable Development Goals at the September UN summit in New York by all member states gave a great worldwide push to developing strategic plans to achieve these objectives. EU policy agenda is also pursuing these issues among the EU Member States and the accession countries. Albania as …

Presentation of the assessment report CIVILISC Project – Shijak Municipality Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM) presented in Shijak the findings of the report “Challenges of Local Government Units in the Fight Against Corruption”, which has been prepared in framework of the project “CIVILISC- Civil Society Instruments against Corruption”, funded …