A concessionary register by the civil society versus the Government register. It is 222 business companies involved in concessionary agreements or PPPs with the Albanian Government, which anyone may monitor on our database OpenCorporates.al, under the ‘Concessionary Companies’ category . It contains information for each company regarding their structure, ownership, history of ownership transfer, annual […]
https://ais.al/new/wp-content/uploads/corporates-logo.jpg266266adminhttp://ais.al/new/wp-content/uploads/aislogo1.pngadmin2018-06-15 14:00:012018-07-04 14:02:10Database of Concessionary Companies – Information on their Contracts and Performance
Everything about taxpayers’ money. Treasury Transaction is a well-structured database, which anyone may access for information about money paid by the state institutions from 2012 up to the present. The database contains data about all payments made by more than 1600 state budget institutions in the country. Using search filters, users may find information about […]
https://ais.al/new/wp-content/uploads/mgplogo3-300x3001-e1483524365443.jpg266266adminhttp://ais.al/new/wp-content/uploads/aislogo1.pngadmin2018-06-10 13:26:342018-07-04 13:57:03Treasury Transactions. Weekly Payments made by State Budget Institutions
In the framework of its Monitoring Conflict of Interest for Donors of 2017 Electoral Campaign Project, AIS organized a launching event on 25 May at Tirana Times Library presenting the monitoring results. The event included also discussions on: Influence and conflict of interest beyond the law and proposals for more effective regulation of conflicts of […]
https://ais.al/new/wp-content/uploads/3-3.jpg540960adminhttp://ais.al/new/wp-content/uploads/aislogo1.pngadmin2018-05-25 10:51:212018-06-28 10:56:30AIS organized a roundtable to present monitoring findings within the Project of Electoral Entity Donor Conflict Monitoring Project.
It is now a tradition for AIS to participate in POINT Conference (Political Accountability and New Technologies). POINT is a regional conference that takes place in Sarajevo and welcomes NGOs from several countries of the Eastern Europe, that promote open technology and open data. Two representatives from AIS, Besjana Hysa and Viola Civici in their […]
https://ais.al/new/wp-content/uploads/IMG-20180518-WA0073.jpg1280723adminhttp://ais.al/new/wp-content/uploads/aislogo1.pngadmin2018-05-23 13:08:242018-08-30 08:32:36OPENING DATA FOR A MORE TRANSPARENT SOCIETY – AIS is represented for the sixth year at Political Accountability and New Technologies Conference, POINT 7.0, Sarajevo.
In the framework of its Monitoring Conflict of Interest for Electoral Donors Project, AIS has processed data for 66 donors of the electoral subjects running in the 2017 elections. The number of declared donors is much smaller than perceived by the public. The financing of electoral subjects remains an issue with indications and facts making […]
https://ais.al/new/wp-content/uploads/opendatathu1.jpg200200adminhttp://ais.al/new/wp-content/uploads/aislogo1.pngadmin2018-05-20 10:47:332018-07-04 10:48:41Findings about Conflicts of Interest of Electoral Donors
Monitoring assets, influence, and economic interests is a process that increases the integrity of high-level public officials. The Money and Power Section under the Spending Data Albania portal enables the public to learn about asset declaration. Such data are not yet accessible through official databases. Considering public monitoring equally important to institutional monitoring, AIS published […]
https://ais.al/new/wp-content/uploads/mp-bannerr.jpg300300adminhttp://ais.al/new/wp-content/uploads/aislogo1.pngadmin2018-05-10 10:44:012018-07-04 10:45:25Money and Power, assets of members of the Council of Ministers declared for 2017
Albanian Institute of Science (AIS) is a non-Governmental organization advocating for transparency, good governance, and accountability. The organization is recognized as a promoter of open and transparent data (Open Data Albania). In addition to having published electoral spending and incomes using an open data format, AIS, through its Money Government and Politics and Za’Lart programs […]
https://ais.al/new/wp-content/uploads/aislogo2.jpg9672093adminhttp://ais.al/new/wp-content/uploads/aislogo1.pngadmin2018-05-03 12:46:452018-05-03 12:46:45Hearing session With the Ad Hoc Parliamentary Committee for Electoral Reform The Assembly of the Republic of Albania
Ten per cent of the public tenders and public procurement processes carried out by municipalities in the country from July 2015 are marked as potentially involving incompliance with legal procedures, corrupt practices, unequal competition, or clientelism. Such evaluation is made by using an automatic scanning system based on an algorithm that identifies suspicious cases of […]
https://ais.al/new/wp-content/uploads/redflagsnl5-1.bmp556800adminhttp://ais.al/new/wp-content/uploads/aislogo1.pngadmin2018-04-28 14:20:572018-07-03 14:21:54RedFlag – Number of tenders identified as problematic goes up to 10% of the total
In the framework of its Monitoring Conflict of Interest of Donors for the 2017 Electoral Campaign Project, AIS has identified the donors of the electoral contestants for the 2017 general elections. Identification was made taking into consideration their economic interests, benefits from public procurement, and incomes from payments received from the state budget (treasury transactions). […]
https://ais.al/new/wp-content/uploads/aislogo2.jpg9672093adminhttp://ais.al/new/wp-content/uploads/aislogo1.pngadmin2018-04-28 11:04:062018-06-28 12:37:47On the implementation of the Project: Monitoring Conflict of Interest of Donors for the 2017 Electoral Campaign
Following amendments to Law “On the declaration and control of assets and financial obligations of some elected officials and civil servants”, (Law No. 42/2017), Albania is expected to see a very important reforming moment in the process of high officials’ asset declaration and control. This law enables the public to access such declarations online. AIS […]
https://ais.al/new/wp-content/uploads/2aislogo2.jpg300300adminhttp://ais.al/new/wp-content/uploads/aislogo1.pngadmin2018-04-25 14:14:042018-07-03 14:15:26Online publication soon to come. International expert ‘wanted’ to assist with overcoming the challenge of public oversight of asset declarations
Database of Concessionary Companies – Information on their Contracts and Performance
/in Events, Homeposts, Media Coverage @en, Press Releases /by adminA concessionary register by the civil society versus the Government register. It is 222 business companies involved in concessionary agreements or PPPs with the Albanian Government, which anyone may monitor on our database OpenCorporates.al, under the ‘Concessionary Companies’ category . It contains information for each company regarding their structure, ownership, history of ownership transfer, annual […]
Treasury Transactions. Weekly Payments made by State Budget Institutions
/in Events, Homeposts, Press Releases /by adminEverything about taxpayers’ money. Treasury Transaction is a well-structured database, which anyone may access for information about money paid by the state institutions from 2012 up to the present. The database contains data about all payments made by more than 1600 state budget institutions in the country. Using search filters, users may find information about […]
AIS organized a roundtable to present monitoring findings within the Project of Electoral Entity Donor Conflict Monitoring Project.
/in Events, Homeposts /by adminIn the framework of its Monitoring Conflict of Interest for Donors of 2017 Electoral Campaign Project, AIS organized a launching event on 25 May at Tirana Times Library presenting the monitoring results. The event included also discussions on: Influence and conflict of interest beyond the law and proposals for more effective regulation of conflicts of […]
OPENING DATA FOR A MORE TRANSPARENT SOCIETY – AIS is represented for the sixth year at Political Accountability and New Technologies Conference, POINT 7.0, Sarajevo.
/in Events, Homeposts /by adminIt is now a tradition for AIS to participate in POINT Conference (Political Accountability and New Technologies). POINT is a regional conference that takes place in Sarajevo and welcomes NGOs from several countries of the Eastern Europe, that promote open technology and open data. Two representatives from AIS, Besjana Hysa and Viola Civici in their […]
Findings about Conflicts of Interest of Electoral Donors
/in Events, Homeposts, Homeposts, Press Releases /by adminIn the framework of its Monitoring Conflict of Interest for Electoral Donors Project, AIS has processed data for 66 donors of the electoral subjects running in the 2017 elections. The number of declared donors is much smaller than perceived by the public. The financing of electoral subjects remains an issue with indications and facts making […]
Money and Power, assets of members of the Council of Ministers declared for 2017
/in Events, Homeposts, Press Releases /by adminMonitoring assets, influence, and economic interests is a process that increases the integrity of high-level public officials. The Money and Power Section under the Spending Data Albania portal enables the public to learn about asset declaration. Such data are not yet accessible through official databases. Considering public monitoring equally important to institutional monitoring, AIS published […]
Hearing session With the Ad Hoc Parliamentary Committee for Electoral Reform The Assembly of the Republic of Albania
/in Events, Homeposts, Press Releases /by adminAlbanian Institute of Science (AIS) is a non-Governmental organization advocating for transparency, good governance, and accountability. The organization is recognized as a promoter of open and transparent data (Open Data Albania). In addition to having published electoral spending and incomes using an open data format, AIS, through its Money Government and Politics and Za’Lart programs […]
RedFlag – Number of tenders identified as problematic goes up to 10% of the total
/in Events, Homeposts, Homeposts, Press Releases /by adminTen per cent of the public tenders and public procurement processes carried out by municipalities in the country from July 2015 are marked as potentially involving incompliance with legal procedures, corrupt practices, unequal competition, or clientelism. Such evaluation is made by using an automatic scanning system based on an algorithm that identifies suspicious cases of […]
On the implementation of the Project: Monitoring Conflict of Interest of Donors for the 2017 Electoral Campaign
/in Events, Homeposts, Press Releases, Publications /by adminIn the framework of its Monitoring Conflict of Interest of Donors for the 2017 Electoral Campaign Project, AIS has identified the donors of the electoral contestants for the 2017 general elections. Identification was made taking into consideration their economic interests, benefits from public procurement, and incomes from payments received from the state budget (treasury transactions). […]
Online publication soon to come. International expert ‘wanted’ to assist with overcoming the challenge of public oversight of asset declarations
/in Events, Homeposts, Homeposts, Press Releases /by adminFollowing amendments to Law “On the declaration and control of assets and financial obligations of some elected officials and civil servants”, (Law No. 42/2017), Albania is expected to see a very important reforming moment in the process of high officials’ asset declaration and control. This law enables the public to access such declarations online. AIS […]