RDC Publications

Handbook: On civic monitoring of transparency and accountability of local self-government units March 2021 – The main purpose of this Handbook is to provide practical knowledge on how to monitor the level of transparency and accountability of self-government units, through using the Transparency and Accountability (TA) measurement tool. The TA …

Deconstructing State Capture in Albania: An Examination of Grand Corruption Cases and Tailor-Made Laws from 2008 to 2020   March 2021 – The existence of state capture in Albania has long been denied despite strong calls by civil society and independent media to examine what many perceived as clear signs …

The status of violent extremism in Albania: A national assessment of drivers, forms and threats   March 2021 – Six years have passed since the first assessment of violent extremism in Albania ‘Religious radicalism and violent extremism in Albania’ was conducted and three years after, IDM conducted the national assessment …

Training module on the Right to Information at the local self-governance level January 2021 – The training module provides a comprehensive and thorough overview on the right to information at the local level. The target audience of the module are CSOs, civil society activists, local officials, media, and other local …

Anti-corruption instruments for Central and Local Government Units In order to contribute to the strengthening of public institutions integrity, IDM has developed the Integrity Risk Assessment Methodology for the Central Government[1] approved by MoJ Order no. 333 dated 07.10.2020. This is a mandatory anti-corruption instrument which is implemented by central institutions …

Survey Findings of Political Engagement in Albania 2020 December 2020 – The Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) office in Albania, carried out for the second time the Survey of Political Engagement in Albania. This study was successfully piloted by IDM in 2016 and …

Guarding the Guardians: Parliamentary Oversight of Independent Institutions in Albania December 2020 – In this policy paper, we argue that the Parliament of Albania, in its capacity as the overseer of both the executive and the independent institutions, should play a more active role in pressuring the executive to respond …

CSO Sustainability Index (CSOSI) for Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia IDM has been entrusted by USAID and FHI 360 the task to prepare the CSOSI annual Report for Albania. Click to download the reports. CSOSI 2019: Albanian/English  FactSheet-CSO Index2019_English FactSheet-CSO Index2019_shqip CSOSI 2018: Albanian/English  CSOSI 2017: Albanian / English CSOSI 2016 CSOSI …

Results from PAR Monitor 2019/2020 Public perceptions of service delivery in the Western Balkans are on the rise October 2020- Results from the public perception survey on service delivery suggest that governments in the Western Balkans are striving towards digitalisation and citizen-oriented services.[1] This year’s surveys show that all of …

Public Opinion Poll: Trust in Governance 2019 The Opinion Poll “Trust in Governance” is an annual exercise to measure citizens’ trust in public institutions. It explores public perceptions regarding trust in institutions, transparency and accountability, corruption, citizen engagement in policy and decision-making, satisfaction with public service delivery, and enforcement of …