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 …
Read More »Empowering Albanian Rural Women: Economic and Social Perspectives
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 …
Read More »Re-Conceptualizing Community Liaison Structure
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 …
Read More »Community Magazine: Empowering Civil Society in Rural & Remote Areas
“Community Magazine” is published by Institute for Democracy and Mediation ( IDM ), in the frame of the project “Empowering Civil Society in Rural & Remote Areas”, supported by UNDP. This periodical is published every 3 months as per the duration of the project and in addition to the activities …
Read More »Civil Society in Rural and Remote Areas in Albania
Through a combination of qualitative and quantitative techniques, this assessment report provides a historic view of the rural CS development in Albania and the region and analyzes and presents the current situation of the rural civil society organizations.
Read More »Empowering women through economic clusters development
Empowering women through economic clusters development In an effort to encourage support for women’s empowering through economic cluster development, the Institute for Democracy and Mediation, in collaboration with the local organization Agritra Vision and with support from UN Women undertook the implementation of the Empowering Women through Economic Clusters Development …
Read More »Relations of Albania with the EU
Paper prepared in the framework of the project: “Integration Perspectives and Synergic Effects of European Transformation in the Countries Targeted by EU Enlargement and Neighborhood Policies”. Albania’s EU integration process represents perhaps one of the most debated matters in the national public and political discourse. Being considered as the strongest …
Read More »Security Sector Reform in Albania: A gender approach
Gender is a crucial component of our identity. However, gender interacts with and is influenced by many other factors such as class, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, age etc. These sharp (to various degrees) gender differences are present in all areas of life, including security.
Read More »Backgrounder on Human Security in Albania
Analyzing the main strategic documents and reflecting on the current situation regarding security issues in Albania, we can come into the conclusion that overwhelmingly the aspects of human security are poorly handled either in the strategic documents or in the public discourse.This backgrounder is conceptualized in the frame of a …
Read More »Albania: Developing a National Security Concept
The periodical review of the fundamental security document of the Republic of Albania, known as “National Security Strategy” is necessary, nay legally obligatory, for the main political and institutional actors of the country. This policy brief raises a lot of concerns mainly due to the dynamics of the security environment …
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