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‘Civil Society Monitoring Public Procurement and Contracts’ Workshop Tirana, 29 July 2016

30/06/2016 in Events, Homeposts /by admin

AIS organized on 29 July 2016, in Tirana, a Workshop on Civil Society Monitoring Public Procurement and Contracts.

Roundtables – Promotion of Transparency over Local Government Budgets

25/06/2016 in Events, Homeposts, Press Releases /by admin

The USAID Planning and Local Governance Project (PLGP) in cooperation with the Albanian Institute of Science (AIS) have designed and finalized a platform with several ICT instruments for transparency over the budgets and expenditures of the local government units. During November 2015 – March 2016, work was focused on programing and implementing Money Mapping and […]

Open Local Government Procurement Albania at Data for Development Conference

11/06/2016 in Events, Homeposts /by admin

AIS Program, Open Procurement Albania (OpenLGP) was presented at a regional conference for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Data for Development Results 2016, held in Istanbul, Turkey, on 8 and 9 June. The project and its database designed as part of efforts made for ensuring that citizens are informed about public procurement and public contracts […]

Open Contracting Standard, Government of Albania holds Consultations for Commitment

06/06/2016 in Events, Homeposts /by admin

Albania is a country with a significant lack of transparency when it comes to public contracts, be it through donations, concessions, PPPs, public works, or rents. AIS, as a member of the Albanian Coalition for OGP has asked the Government to commit to using Open Contracting Standards. The proposal was integrated in the plan of […]

TransparencyCamp finally in Europe, something Albania could not miss

05/06/2016 in Events, Homeposts /by admin

An important unconference took place for the first time in Europe on June 1st, the Transparency Camp Europe. The event took place in Amsterdam in the context of the Netherlands EU Presidency 2016. The participants in this TCampEU included representatives from the civil society in Albania, who became part of European experiences on open data, […]

Electoral Room for Electoral Reform – a lobbying project, an initiative of the civil society

04/06/2016 in Homeposts, Past Projects, Press Releases, Projects /by admin

AIS is now engaged in a new lobbying project in favor of as fair Electoral Code as possible. The name of the project is ‘The Electoral Room for Reform’, and it is an initiative of five organizations, supported by the Open Society Foundation for Albania OSFA.

Money Government & Politics

18/05/2016 in Homeposts, Past Projects /by admin

Money, Government and Politics project and its activities address issues of abuse, corruption, and conflict of interest in the context of governance and politics in Albania. The program opens up and well-structures data about the wealth of high state officials, and expenditures of state institutions, concessionary corporates, and electoral spending.This process enables to track cases of nepotism, embezzlement, and conflict of interest. Access to such data increases transparency, accountability and public pressure in cases of favoritism, and embezzlement of public funds or assets.

CEC considers civil society proposals for the Electoral Reform regarding Election Donors

12/05/2016 in Homeposts, Press Releases /by admin

The Albanian Institute of Science (AIS), a non-governmental organization advocating transparency, good governance, and accountability, is engaged in opening data regarding electoral expenditures and financing. In addition to publishing data from the Financial Tables of Election Subjects in an Open Data format, AIS, through its Electoral Room for Electoral Reform, Money Government and Politics and Za’Lart […]

Using Open Data against Corruption. The Albanian Constitutional Court removes an MP mandate.

09/05/2016 in Homeposts, Press Releases /by admin

It is the first time that a civil society project in Albania provided the public with detailed information about every transaction of the State Treasure, including the transaction date, purpose, number of invoice, and the beneficiary. Through its Open Spending Albania portal, the Treasury Transactions, the Albanian citizens had the opportunity to understand how taxpayers’ […]

Watch Dog Process avoids abusive and clientelist tenders

28/04/2016 in Homeposts, Press Releases /by admin

The Albanian Institute of Science (AIS), an organization that promotes open data in Albania, has the pleasure of sharing with you a positive experience of the role of the civil society and media in the watch dog process of civic monitoring and control over how public property is used in the country. On 19 April, Open […]

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