Tag Archives: good governance

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 the Manager of the Security Program. 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 …

Leonie is a researcher and project coordinator working predominantly on topics such as good governance, institutional accountability, EU accession and (preventing and countering) violent extremism. Leonie has authored several articles on counter-narratives to violent extremism, reflective journalism and public accountability in Albania. Her current work focuses on community resilience and …

Armela Xhaho is a researcher and project manager and her main interests are gender, migration, social inclusion, organised crime and good governance. Before joining IDM, Armela worked as a PhD Research fellow at the UNYT research centre, coordinating all research activities and the ongoing field work with labour migrants and policy stakeholders …

Gjergji Vurmo is IDM’s Programme Director and a senior researcher on good governance, civil society, security and western Balkan’s EU accession. His work focuses on governance, the European Union, and a number of security-related issues, including radicalism and violent extremism. He is author of several IDM studies and reports related …

The Spinning Funding Mechanism: Civic Space and Good-Governance in Local Milieus in Albania *This article was firstly published at BCSDN portal on March 2018. Author: Dalina Jashari The role of the civil society in Albania in consolidating democracy and sustainable development has been a widespread statement among government actors and the donors’ community. …