The Albanian Institute of Science (AIS), an Albanian non-governmental organization, with the financial support of NED is implementing a program for opening local government public procurement and public contracts data in Albania (Open Public Procurement Albania). This project corresponds with various regional initiatives to monitor and make the process of public procurement and public contracts more transparent. Wishing to have an overview of the contribution given by the civil society in this regard in the Balkan countries and to exchange experience with the civil society of those countries,  AIS is organizing on 29 July 2016, in Tirana, a Workshop on Civil Society Monitoring Public Procurement and Contracts – experiences from the South Eastern Europe and beyond.