CESA Activities

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” …

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 …

Roundtable Discussion: Rule of law – EU accession’s Achilles heel On March 29 at EU House in Tirana, Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM) organized a roundtable discussion on the topic “Rule of law – EU accession’s Achilles heel”. The focus of this event was to discuss the findings of …

Roundtable Discussion: Assessment of the internal and external control mechanisms in the State Police Tirana, December 12th, 2017 – In the framework of the regional project ” Western Balkan Pulse for Police Integrity and Trust (POINTPULSE)”, IDM organised the Roundtable Discussion: “Assessment of Internal and External Control Mechanisms in the State Police” …

Presentation of Public Opinion survey on State Police 2017 In the framework of the POINTPULSE regional network, IDM shared the findings of the public opinion survey for Albania on 14 September 2017. This survey addressed these key aspects: perception and trust on police, widespread of corruption in police and way to tackle …

Center for European and Security Affairs Call for Papers European and Security Affairs Journal VOL. 34, May 2017 IDM is pleased to announce the opening of the “Call for Papers” Vol. 34 of the European and Security Affairs Journal. With the purpose of promoting comprehensive research and policy options in the …

IDM, in framework of the regional project ‘Private security companies in the Western Balkans’ supported by DCAF, organized on May 17th 2017, in Tirana, a roundtable analyzing the trends in the Albanian private security market since the adoption of the Law 75/2014 on ‘Private Security Services and Impact on Private …

The Southeast Europe Coalition on Whistleblowing Protection is a coalition aimed at protecting the rights of whistleblowers, fighting corruption and promoting freedom of speech, created on 9-10 November 2015 by 12 organizations from South-East Europe. The Coalition has 28 members and partners in 12 countries (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the …

Në kuadër të projektit “Indeksi i Integritetit të Policisë në Shqipëri”, mbështetur nga Ministria e Jashtme e Mbretërisë së Holandës si dhe projektit “ Për rritjen e efektivitetit të policimit në komunitet në Shqipëri” mbështetur nga Qëndra e Gjenevës për Kontrollin Demokratik të Forcave të Armatosura (DCAF), Instituti për Demokraci dhe Ndërmjetësim (IDM) …

IDM joined the regional network of civil society organizations POINTPULSE. In an advocacy workshop 7-9 March 2016 in Belgrade the network organizations reiterated the importance of strengthening public confidence in law enforcement agencies in the Western Balkans through fighting police corruption and promoting police integrity of outmost importance for the Western …