Leonie is a researcher and project coordinator working on 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 Albania’s progress to EU …
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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 …
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Gjergji Vurmo is IDM’s Programme Director and a senior researcher on governance, EU enlargement and security. He is author of several IDM studies and reports related to civil society development, governance and anti-corruption, EU accession process, regional cooperation in the WBs and security issues such as radicalism and violent extremism. …
Read More »The Spinning Funding Mechanism: Civic Space and Good-Governance in Local Milieus in Albania
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. …
Read More »CIVILISC Project: Sharing good governance practices in Albania and Bulgaria | September 14, 2018
CIVILISC Project – Sharing good governance practices in Albania and Bulgaria Tirana, September 14, 2018 – Over the past 3 years, IDM in partnership with RiskMonitor Foundation (Bulgaria) has implemented the project CIVILISC – Civil society Instruments against Corruption, funded by the EU Delegation to Albania aiming to improve the …
Read More »Findings of Opinion Poll “Trust in Governance” 2017 presented in Tirana | March 16, 2018
Findings of Opinion Poll “Trust in Governance” 2017 presented in Tirana March 16, 2018 – The Institute for Democracy and Mediation and United Nations Development Programme presented the findings of the Opinion Poll “Trust in Governance 2017” conducted in November 2017. Findings reveal that public institutions that enjoy the highest …
Read More »Strengthening CSOs’ capacities and impact in good governance and fight against corruption at local level | January 29, 2016
Strengthening CSOs’ capacities and impact in good governance and fight against corruption at local level Tirana, 29th January, 2016 – Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM) and Albanian National Training and Technical Assistance Resource Center (ANTTARC) organized on 29th January, 2016 in Tirana the Info-session presenting two projects funded by …
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