CESA Publications

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 …

Blueprint|Strengthening Albanian State Police Integrity and Accountability January 2021- The Blueprint is based on the analysis of the trends of the three studies conducted by IDM in 2014, 2014 and 2020 of the public and police employees’ perception on police integrity in Albania.  The analysis of this data and particularly, …

Police integrity and corruption in Albania 3.0 January 2021 – A comparison of the public and police perception on corruption in the State Police consistently shows a gap between what is perceived by the general public and what police officers perceive themselves. Over time the perception of corruption, as measured …

Defence policy oversight: Challenges and needs of the Albanian Assembly   January, 2021 – The military is a key instrument of national power. Their critical importance for defence and the potentially devastating effects from their misuse or lack of readiness require that defence policy is formulated through careful and professional …

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 …