Tag Archives: good governance

COVID-19 and Kosovo: a triple crisis   *This blog is published as part of the regional blogging initiative “Tales from the Region” on the experience of western Balkan countries with the COVID-19 Pandemic, published between 24 June 2020 and 6 July 2020. The initiative is coordinated by Res Publica (North …

The role of civil society in tackling corruption   Speech by IDM’s Executive Director Sotiraq Hroni at the 2020 Albanian OSCE Chairmanship Conference “Good Governance and the Fight against Corruption in the Digital Era: Strengthening the Principles of Transparency, Integrity and Accountability”. This speech was delivered as a part of …

COVID-19 in Albania: democratic governance put to the test   *This blog is published as part of the regional blogging initiative “Tales from the Region” on the experience of western Balkan countries with the COVID-19 Pandemic, published between 24 June 2020 and 6 July 2020. The initiative is coordinated by …

IDM and Res Publica announce “Tales from the region”   A regional blogging initiative on the experience with the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Western Balkans.   For several months now, the region functions in emergency circumstances caused by COVID-19. To prevent the virus from spreading, governments in the region are …

Developing tools to increase Local Government Public Integrity and Ethics March 2019 – IDM has kicked off the implementation of the project on “Increasing local government public ethics and integrity”. The aim of the project is to build institutional capacities of Albanian municipalities to put in place a coherent and …

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) …

Meaningful public consultations and external accountability are the critical challenges to PAR in Albania As shown by the regional project WeBER civil society actors, with local knowledge of an administration’s functioning, can lead domestic advocacy efforts aimed at better administration. Moreover, an independent PAR monitoring and evidence-based dialogue with the …

National PAR Monitor Albania 2017/2018 This PAR Monitor report, produced by the WeBER project, provides detailed monitoring results and recommendations for Albania, based on a comprehensive, year-long research focused on PAR. The PAR Monitor methodology is rooted in the regional approach. The design of all WeBER indicators enables comparisons between …

Evelina Azizaj is the Program Manager of Local Governance and Integrated Development (LGID) at IDM. She manages and coordinates programs in the area of local governance, decentralization, local integrated development and community empowerment, providing guidance and leadership as well as building and maintaining partnerships and communication with stakeholders. Evelina has …

Redion Qirjazi is IDM’s Security Program Manager. His research work and interests revolve around issues related to national security, defense, terrorism, conflict resolution, violent extremism, anti-corruption practices, public sector integrity and good governance. Previously, Redion served as an officer in the Albanian Army for 7 year where he held multiple …