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 …

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 …

The brochure makes the case for the introduction of the structure of community liaison in the municipalities of Albania. It presents the core argument of the book “Community Liaison in Local Democracy”.

The aim of this manual is not only to offer some practical steps on how a Local Action Group (LAG) is built but also concrete examples withdrawn from the European experience showing the building process of specific LAGs in specific localities. The publication was prepared in the framework of IDM …

The study is one of the outcomes of the joint project between IDM and the European Movement in Albania (EMA) focusing on the assessment of the current cross-border cooperation context – challenges, incentives and opportunities – in the bordering areas of Shkodra and Korca with the purpose to identify advantageous …

Annual report 2011: Monitoring Decentralization in the work of the Parliamentary Commission for Legal Issues, Public Administration and Human Rights Annual report 2012: Monitoring Decentralization in the work of the Parliamentary Commission for Legal Issues, Public Administration and Human Rights  

IDM and GADC through this policy brief intend to advocate for a more powerful role entitled to the Albanian rural women. Through this policy brief, we are providing the public, the decision-making bodies and other interested parties, with recommendations and alternatives after a thorough analysis of the concrete economic and …

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 …