CESA Publications

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. 

Country case study: Community Perspectives on Preventing Violent Extremism in Albania November 2018 – This research focuses on the community as the primary unit of analysis and its main purpose is first to help reveal what factors and actors make communities resilient or vulnerable towards violent extremism (VE) and how …

Study “Violent Extremism in Albania”  November 2018 – Three years after the first assessment of the phenomenon of violent extremism (VE) in Albania (Religious radicalism and violent extremism in Albania, 2015), IDM has re-examined the state of affairs through a comprehensive assessment of drivers and other factors leading to, or …

IDM Annual Report 2017 The IDM annual report provides a comprehensive overview of the organisation’s main activities and research over the last year, as well as our focus in 2018. Download:

Country analysis ‘Bencher-(In)Effectiveness of EC Monitoring Mechanisms’ February 2018 – This country analysis will explore how effective the eight selected benchmarks are by assessing the degree to which the objectives have been achieved and the extent to which targeted problems have been solved. The analysis captures the challenges and evolution …

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 …

Policy Paper: Reintegration Difficulties and Post Mission Adjustment of Albanian Military Personnel July 2017 – The purpose of this research is to bring this issue under the spotlight by informing relevant stakeholders on the gravity of this phenomenon and by identifying some of the drivers that enable military personnel to …