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 …
Read More »Transparency and Accountability at Local Self-Government Level | Monitoring report
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 …
Read More »Knowledge Hub|Police Integrity and Corruption
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 …
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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 …
Read More »Newsletter: Integrity-Accountability-Partnership | January 2021
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 …
Read More »Does the Albanian political leadership value a professional and competent military? | September 2020
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, …
Read More »The National Theatre and the need for social organisation | May 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.
Read More »Not a good start for “good luck” platform | April 2019
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 …
Read More »WeBER infographics
WeBER infographics Click to download the infographic on Strategic Framework of Public Administration Reform and the implementation of freedom of information (FOI) laws in the WB countries was produced by the WeBER project. The Western Balkans Enabling Project for Civil Society Monitoring of Public Administration Reform – WeBER – is …
Read More »IDM recommends the establishment of an efficient and legitimate National Anti-corruption authority | 14 December 2018
IDM recommends the establishment of an efficient and legitimate National Anti-corruption authority Tirana, 14 December 2018 – IDM jointly with the Supreme State Audit (SAI) organized the conference “Towards an efficient and legitimate National Anti-corruption authority”. This activity was based on the performance audit report on the “Anti-Corruption Strategy” (SAI) …
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