CESA Publications

National Security vs. Accountability: Striking the Right Balance April 2021 – Information classification is an important mechanism that governments use to keep citizens safe and protect national interests. However, when classification regimes produce excessive secrecy, they can both interfere with democratic governance and counterproductively jeopardize national security. As such, on …

(Un) Democratic Control of the Albanian Armed Forces:  Centralisation of Defence Policy and Ineffective Oversight   May 2021 – The democratic control of the armed forces is a fundamental principle to ensure not only that the military does not interfere in domestic politics but also to prevent its misuse by …

Annual report 2020 This is the annual report of the Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM) for 2020! This annual report presents the IDM achievements and our contribution to the advancement of the democratic processes in Albania. Although it was a difficult pandemic year, IDM successfully accomplished its undertakings, which …

Mapping civil society responses in confronting organized crime in the Western Balkans March 2021- Organised crime is a problem of such magnitude that it has limited the potential for democratisation and development of the Western Balkans as a whole. Despite its significance for regional policy agendas and the fact that …

Falling short of commitments: how Western Balkan governments fight organized crime Fight against organised crime has been, at least at least according to officials’ statements, on top of the agendas of Western Balkan governments for almost a decade now. This commitment was often just a declaratory one, brought on by …

Monitoring report “Transparency and Accountability at Local Self-Government Level” A comparative assessment of Transparency Programs in 12 municipalities in Albania   March 2021 – The main purpose of this report is to assess the proactive transparency of 12 municipalities (Shkodra, Lezha, Kukes, Dibra, Durres, Tirana, Elbasan, Fier, Berat, Vlora, Korca and …

The status of violent extremism in Albania: A national assessment of drivers, forms and threats   March 2021 – Six years have passed since the first assessment of violent extremism in Albania ‘Religious radicalism and violent extremism in Albania’ was conducted and three years after, IDM conducted the national assessment …

Integrity building both as a means to increasing the overall performance of the public administration and fighting corruption has been in the focus of research and advocacy activities of IDM. Here are the latest publications related to the integrity building of the State Police. Police Officers Recommend (2021)  English | Albanian …

POLICE OFFICERS RECOMMEND January 2021 – This brief provides a set of recommendations to support the findings of the “Building Integrity to Improve Performance and Sustainability of Anti-Corruption in the Albanian State Police” Project supported by the Embassy of The Netherlands in Albania. The document is the result of several …

Newsletter “Integrity-Accountability-Partnership”  This newsletter aims to inform on the experiences and to raise awareness, promote debate and influence the policy makers for more effective policies to strengthen integrity and fight against corruption in the State Police. Our, experience so far shows that the local institutions, namely the police, the municipality …