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Public Opinion Poll: Trust in Governance 2020 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 …

National Security vs. Accountability: Striking the Right Balance April 2021 – Information classification is an important mechanism that governments use to keep citizens safe and protect national interests. However, when classification regimes produce excessive secrecy, they can both interfere with democratic governance and counterproductively jeopardize national security. As such, on …

(Un) Democratic Control of the Albanian Armed Forces:  Centralisation of Defence Policy and Ineffective Oversight   May 2021 – The democratic control of the armed forces is a fundamental principle to ensure not only that the military does not interfere in domestic politics but also to prevent its misuse by …

Democracy Decline and Shrinking Civic Space – How to reverse the trends? Shrinking civic space has been a symptomatic manifestation of democratization backslide in Albania during 2015-2020, culminating in 2018-2020. The policy paper builds on the assumption that a strong civic space contributes to the consolidation of democracy and if …

Partitë politike po kërcënojnë sigurinë kombëtare dhe duhet të reformohen tërësisht Autor: Alban Dafa, Publikuar për herë të parë në www.reporter.al 26 Prill 2021- Fushata për zgjedhjet parlamentare të 25 prillit u zhvillua në mënyrë të turpshme. Blerja e votës, shantazhi dhe vrasjet elektorale duhet të dënohen fuqimisht e kurdoherë. …

Annual report 2020 This is the annual report of the Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM) for 2020! This annual report presents the IDM achievements and our contribution to the advancement of the democratic processes in Albania. Although it was a difficult pandemic year, IDM successfully accomplished its undertakings, which …

Public media challenges on reporting on the security sector in Albania Author: Redion Qirjazi April 2021 – Media plays a critical role in informing the public and building trust in the democratic institutions of a country. Similarly, the security sector is an important institutional domain encompassing a wide range of …

Next generation Turkey and its foreign policy in the Western Balkans Author: Romario Shehu *This blog was originally published on www.eastern-focus.eu  on 25 March 2021. The end of the Cold War, the dissolution of Yugoslavia and the fall of the one-party system in Albania were turning points in Turkey’s engagement …

Mapping civil society responses in confronting organized crime in the Western Balkans March 2021- Organised crime is a problem of such magnitude that it has limited the potential for democratisation and development of the Western Balkans as a whole. Despite its significance for regional policy agendas and the fact that …

Falling short of commitments: how Western Balkan governments fight organized crime Fight against organised crime has been, at least at least according to officials’ statements, on top of the agendas of Western Balkan governments for almost a decade now. This commitment was often just a declaratory one, brought on by …