IDM Albania

Training Workshop - February 1st 2012, Hotel Rogner Europapark 

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Institute for Democracy and Mediation, organized on February 1^st 2012, the first meeting with the journalists from print and electronic media, in the framework of the project “Building Media Capacity to Comprehensive Understanding and Reporting on Security Sector Reform and Governance in Albania”.

Round Table, January 23rd 2012, Hotel Tirana International 

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The work of the Albanian Parliamentary Committee of European Integration (PCEI) and Committee of National Security (PCNS) in 2011 have been in the focus of an IDM monitoring initiative, aiming to contribute towards greater accountability, transparency and effectiveness of parliamentary scrutiny. The monitoring has analyzed the performance of both parliamentary committees by focusing particularly on the comprehensiveness of parliamentary review, formal procedures, cooperation with the Executive and involvement of civil society and other non-state interest groups in hearings.

Press Conference - December 19, 2011

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The Institute for Democracy and Mediation in cooperation with the Open Society Foundation in Albania presented the main findings of the monitoring of the implementation of Anti-Corruption Action Plan for four key institutions: Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Justice and the State Police.

Based on the monitoring, of a total of 73% specific actions foreseen to be addressed from these institutions, only 59% have been fulfilled. Ministry of Justice has the poorest performance with only 40% of the actions addressed, while the State Police has the best performance with 80 % of the actions fulfilled.

Seminar - December 14th 2011, Hotel Tirana International

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Embassy of the Republic of Poland and Delegation of the European Union in cooperation with Institute for Democracy and Mediation organized the seminar: “Fight against corruption in public administration – Poland’s lessons learnt, challenges for Albania”.

International Conference - December 2nd 2011 - The Clingendael Institute - Hague - Netherlands

IDM senior researcher Arian Dyrmishi, participated in the International Conference "Strengthening Intelligence Oversight in Western Balkans" organized by the Clingendael Institute in Hague. This conference aimed at contributing to cross-national learning between states as well as to the identification of good practices of intelligence oversight. The event was part of the project on strengthening intelligence governance, while the focus of this conference was on the Western Balkans. Nevertheless , this project is relevant to wider processes of security sector reform in transition and post-conflict states.

“Chatham-House” Debate - December 2nd 2011, EU Centre - Tirane

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The effects of EU conditionality on democratization, rule of law and on institution-building; models for analyzing its impact; the currents settings of this powerful instrument of EU and why it is not delivering on time; what are the differences between the conditionality experience in SAP and countries of the 2004 EU enlargement and other related issues formed the central part of a “Chatham-House” debate organized by IDM Center for European & Security Affairs (CESA) on the 2^nd December 2011 at EU Info Centre (Tirana).

Annual Conference - 25-26 November, Sofie - Bulgaria

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IDM Senior Researcher Mr. Arjan Dymishi participated in the annual conference of RiskMonitor Foundation which was devoted to the institutional response in the combat of organized crime in the Balkans. The international conference, which took place on 25-26 November in Sofia, gathered over 30 Bulgarian and international experts from the Balkan countries to discuss regional cooperation and the mechanisms needed to improve the inter-agency collaboration in the fight against organized crime.

Panel discussion -  23 November 2011, Hotel Tirana International

Regional Workshop - Tirane, 26-29 October 2011, Hotel Diplomat

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During Oct 26-29 2011, in the framework of the project “Security Transitions in the Western Balkans – From Conflict Zone to Security Community", IDM hosted this Regional Workshop. 20 participants from the Western Balkans as well as prominent speakers in the field of security sector attended the meeting. The workshop was focused mainly in the revision of all the work accomplished in the framework of this project, and in particular was devoted to the future goals and challenges in the implementation phase.

Regional Training Project, 22 - 26 Tetor 2011, Hotel Diplomat, Tirane

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During Oct 22-26 2011, in the framework of the project “Civil Society to Map and Monitor Security System Reform in the Western Balkans 2009-2011” , IDM hosted for the second time the Regional Training Workshop. 25 participants from the Western Balkans as well as prominent speakers in the field of security sector attended the meeting.