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The status of (preventing and countering) violent extremism in Albania January 2021 – More than five years have passed since 1353 men, women, and children travelled from the Western Balkans to Syria and Iraq. Since then, western Balkan governments have taken substantial measures to prosecute those that travelled to join a …

The Albanian Geopolitical Factor in the Western Balkans IDM, 2020 – Over the past few years, there has been increasing talk about the idea of “Greater nations” such as Greater Albania or Greater Serbia, hindering good neighbourly relations and regional development in the Western Balkans. Indeed, to foster regional cooperation …

PODCAST| The spiral cycle of the “triangle” cooperation – a policy innovation to fight against crime at the local level January 2021- In this podcast, Sotiraq Hroni, IDM’s Executive Director, discusses for an innovative initiative in Albania, which aims to promote the cooperation of local authorities and provide a sustainable …

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 …

Working conditions and corruption tolerance among Police Officers in Albania December 2020 -This paper focuses on the preventative approach to corruption in the police force, paying particular attention to measures that target the factors which have been proven to increase the incentives and opportunities for police corruption. The main goal …

Newsletter “Integrity-Accountability-Partnership”  This newsletter aims to inform on the experiences and to raise awareness, promote debate and influence the policy makers for more effective policies to strengthen integrity and fight against corruption in the State Police. Our, experience so far shows that the local institutions, namely the police, the municipality …

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 …

Albania: “high” risk of corruption in security and defense institutions Author: Redion Qirjazi December 2020 – On the international day against corruption, on 9 December 2020, Transparency International published its report on Government Defense Integrity Index (GDI), for Central and Eastern Europe, in which Albania is also included.   The …

The bad habits of a hybrid regime – When everything else fails, blame the EU! Author: Gjergji Vurmo *This Op-Ed that was originally published in www.europeanwesternbalkans.com on 10 December 2020. The EU summit will likely skip the topic of enlargement in the German Presidency’s Conclusions later this week. As North …

Call for Expression of Interest TERMS OF REFERENCE Local Focal Points for the coordination of project activities in Albania              BACKGROUND INFORMATION/OBJECTIVES The Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM), in partnership with the Albanian Helsinki Committee (AHC), are implementing the project “Widening the Democratic Space in Albania through Citizens Engagement in …