LGID Publications

This document will serve to the ongoing efforts to intensify development in rural areas through a multi- dimensional approach. It provides a comprehensive approach to the current situation in rural areas in Albania, takes into consideration existing opportunities, suggests actions to address the problems, identifies priorities where possible and recommends …

This manual presents the steps and actions involved in the implementation of Results Based Management (RBM) as a new approach to public management, a practice that IDM strives to introduce to local government units in Albania. Also, the manual presents some of the best practices of Western countries and at …

This publication is a summary of the work and functions of the community liaison structure in Albania, and in the same time represents an overview of the main challenges and obstacles that this initiative is facing. A particular attention is directed to the legal framework and in the same time …

This study is a product of a one-year research work carried out by the Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM) and the Institute for Development Research and Alternatives (IDRA) under the joint project “Monitoring the interactions between the local government and the central institutions at local level in their joint …

Citizens’ participation in decision-making is one of the main components of a democracy. The basis for the development of mechanisms aimed at increasing citizens’ participation is the local level decision making. To encourage participation, IDM has developed a Manual on the Establishment and Functioning of the Citizens’ Observatory in the …

In the framework of strengthening local democracy in the Municipality of Shijak through setting up and functioning of the Citizens' Observatory, monitoring was conducted by the working groups of the observatory with the assistance of IDM staff to promote public transparency, improving accountability and responsiveness of local government. This assessment …

Application form to become a member of the Albanian Network for Gender Agenda Empowrement in Rural Development, AL-GARD NET. www.gardproject.org  

Drafting of this policy document runs parallel with the process of acquiring the status of the candidate country and with the immediate need for the review, as soon as possible, of the decentralization reform for the component of the Qarks. It also needs the bipartisan commitment of policymakers, as long …

This paper elaborates on the process of policy-making and focuses on how citizens fit into the whole picture (or process). References are made to key actors and institutions as responsible for the effective enforcement of mechanisms and tools designed for meaningful citizen participation in policy-making via information and/or citizen consultations …

Institute for Democracy and Mediation has been for a long time working closely with local government and civic structures throughout Albania struggling to promote participatory governance at the local level. Following the preparation of a particular theoretical and operational foundation for the elaboration of specific schemes of community mobilization through …