LGID Publications

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manual is not only to offer some practical steps on how a Local Action Group (LAG) is built but also concrete examples withdrawn from the European experience showing the building process of specific LAGs in specific localities.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

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 …