CESA Publications

The status of (preventing and countering) violent extremism in Albania January 2021 – More than five years have passed since 1353 men, women, and children travelled from the Western Balkans to Syria and Iraq. Since then, western Balkan governments have taken substantial measures to prosecute those that travelled to join a …

The Albanian Geopolitical Factor in the Western Balkans IDM, 2020 – Over the past few years, there has been increasing talk about the idea of “Greater nations” such as Greater Albania or Greater Serbia, hindering good neighbourly relations and regional development in the Western Balkans. Indeed, to foster regional cooperation …

Working conditions and corruption tolerance among Police Officers in Albania December 2020 -This paper focuses on the preventative approach to corruption in the police force, paying particular attention to measures that target the factors which have been proven to increase the incentives and opportunities for police corruption. The main goal …

Together or alone? The need for increased Albanian-Dutch cooperation to fight transnational organised crime   Authors: Alban Dafa, Researcher governance and security at IDM and Wouter Zweers, Research Fellow at Clingendael   In recent years the Netherlands has voiced security-related concerns about the involvement of Albanian nationals in organised crime …

Monitoring Report on the Police Vetting Process 2020 IDM is monitoring the implementation of the transitional evaluation of employees of the State Police (SP), Republican Guard (RG) and the Service for Internal Affairs and Complaints (SIAC). This monitoring report comprises information and data from official documents and administrative reports, input …

Report | Human Right Defenders in Albania November 2019 – Over the last two decades, Albania has made significant progress in promoting and enforcing human rights and fundamental freedoms. Although human rights defenders have played an instrumental role in these achievements and the advancement of human rights, democracy and the …

Assessment Report on State Police Ethics and Integrity June 2019 – This assessment report on police ethics and integrity examines the integrity in the State Police (SP) in Albania and the need to enhance the police organization’s integrity as a tool to prevent and curb corruption. The purpose of this …

Analysis: The uncertainty of EU enlargement June 2019 – In his “Brief history of time” Stephen Hawking argues that Heisenberg’s “uncertainty principle is a fundamental feature of the universe we live in”. In Hawking’s words – we can tell how the universe will develop if we know its state at …

IDM Annual Report 2018 The annual report provides an overview of IDM’s main activities, research and finances and takes stock of the institutes’achievements and impact during 2018. In 2018, IDM expanded its work towards assisting state institutions at central and local level in order to improve governance, accountability and integrity. Furthermore, …

Analysis: Curbing Political Influence on Anti-Corruption Agencies: The case of Albania |2018 This paper was a contribution to the Aspen Conference proceedings on “Curbing political Curbing Political Influence on Independent Institutions in the Western Balkans“ on September 3-6, 2018 in Skopje. Click to download the Albanian and English version.