Tag Archives: accountability

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 …

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 …

Monitoring report “Transparency and Accountability at Local Self-Government Level” A comparative assessment of Transparency Programs in 12 municipalities in Albania   March 2021 – The main purpose of this report is to assess the proactive transparency of 12 municipalities (Shkodra, Lezha, Kukes, Dibra, Durres, Tirana, Elbasan, Fier, Berat, Vlora, Korca and …

Integrity building both as a means to increasing the overall performance of the public administration and fighting corruption has been in the focus of research and advocacy activities of IDM. Here are the latest publications related to the integrity building of the State Police. Police Officers Recommend (2021)  English | Albanian …

POLICE OFFICERS RECOMMEND January 2021 – This brief provides a set of recommendations to support the findings of the “Building Integrity to Improve Performance and Sustainability of Anti-Corruption in the Albanian State Police” Project supported by the Embassy of The Netherlands in Albania. The document is the result of several …

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 …

Does the Albanian political leadership value a professional and competent military?   By Alban Dafa, researcher on governance and security   There is a worrying trend in the Albanian defence establishment whereby professional competency is becoming increasingly irrelevant for top leadership positions in the Albanian military. On 29 July 2020, …

May 17, the day on which the city of Tirana was to be filled with the rainbow colours of the International LGBTQA Day, was filled with the ashes and the smoke as democratic governance was destroyed through the demolition of the National Theatre.

Not a good start for “good luck” platform Author: Rovena Sulstarova The students’ protests of last December brought significant attention to some of the pressing issues with Albania’s education system, effectively putting concerns over the quality of higher education and employment prospects of recent graduates on the political agenda. The …