Open Local Government Procurement and Red Flag Index
Following Open Local Government Procurement Program OpenLGP, that started its implementation in November 2015, this project is opening data for each procedure of public procurement of the 61 municipalities for one more year (in total, the database will be enriched with data for the two first years of the 61 municipalities, i.e. 2015 – 2017) and update procurement data already registered.
Public Health Sector Procurements
This Project has enabled the creation, promotion, and use of a well-structured database, which serves as an instrument (tool) for transparency, information, citizens’ monitoring about procurement processes of the Public Health Sector for 2016. The database contains well-structured data, updated in real time and filters for ensuring user friendly information. It serves as an instrument for anti-corruption.
Money, Government & Politics
This 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.
Open Data Albania
Promoting Transparency through Data
Since its beginning and continuing in the present year, AIS has successfully executed its most prominent project on transparency through Open Data usability. It has published hundreds of datasets in open data formats, deliver more than 300 analyses and studies on socio-economic topics, and launch numerous activities with the goal of creating an Open Data Movement.
Open Spending Albania
Where does our Money go?
This project provides the public with the Open Spending Albania platform, novel tools and a set of activities that aim to improve the access to transparency data and knowledge on public procurements in the country.
Spending Transparency for Municipalities
Open Governance – Good Governance
PLGP, in collaboration with the Albanian Institute of Science (AIS), has launched an “Open Governance as Good Governance” initiative. This initiative will draw upon the AIS project experience to make model municipalities’ budgets more transparent by publishing municipal finance information using an Open Data format.
ACADEMIC`AL
Network of Researchers
This project establishes a network of Albanian scientific and academic researchers. The objective is to increasing the visibility of our scientific research. The project marked satisfactory results in different scientific disciplines. It’s long-term aim is the application of open science in presenting the Albanian scientific research and enhancing its effectiveness.
Follow the Money – Series of Workshops
/in Events, Homeposts, Press Releases /by adminThe Albanian Institute of Science (AIS), a non-governmental organization known as a promoter of Open Data in Albania, is planning to hold a series of Round Tables, Workshops, and Forums on the topic ‘Follow the Money’. The events intend to present instruments and databases that ensure data and facts about public expenditures, procurement, contracts, contractors, […]
FINANCING OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN ELECTORAL CAMPAINGS, Policy Paper
/in Homeposts, Press Releases /by adminIn Frame of “The Electoral Room for Reform” Project, Albanian Institute of Science (AIS) drafted a Policy Paper with recommendations on “FINANCING OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN ELECTORAL CAMPAINGS”. Link for draft of recommendations: ais-the-electoral-room-for-reform-policy-paper
AIS addresses the Strasbourg Court. Albania does not guarantee trial within a reasonable time (Article 6 of the ECHR)
/in Homeposts, Press Releases /by adminOn 9 June 2015, the Albanian Institute of Science sent an official request to the three main electoral subjects, i.e. the Socialist Party (SP), the Democratic Party (DP), and the Socialist Movement for Integration (SMI) asking them for the following information: list of donors of non-public funds, from whom they had benefitted since 21 May […]
Kërkohen bashkëpuntorë: Data Analist për të dhëna mbi shoqëritë tregtare
/in Homeposts, Press Releases /by adminData Analist për të dhëna mbi shoqëritë tregtare Kush mund të aplikojë: Student Master për Drejtësi, preferohet e Drejtë Biznesi, ose student Shkolla e Avokatisë. Kritere: mesatare mbi 9. Nota në lëndët e Drejtë Tregtare dhe e Drejtë Shoqëri Tregtare të jetë 10. Aftësi për të analizuar dhe ekstraktuar të dhëna të regjistrit tregtar. Njohuri […]
Kërkohen bashkëpuntorë me kohë të pjesshme : Data Analist për të dhëna mbi kriminalitetit, vëllimi, trendi dinamika.
/in Homeposts, Press Releases /by adminData Analist për të dhëna mbi kriminalitetit, vëllimi, trendi dinamika. Kush mund të aplikojë: Student Maste për Drejtësi, Profili e Drejtë Penale ose student në Shkollën e Avokatisë. Kritere: Mesatare fakulteti mbi 9. Nota e tre viteve shkollë e mesme për lëndën matematikë duhet të jetë 10. Njohuri shumë të mira mbi të drejtën penale, […]
Training on the use of ICT tools to increase transparency over the budgets and expenditures of the local government units.
/in Events, Homeposts /by adminThe training took place on 13 September, at Doro City Hotel. It aimed at enhancing the capacities of the local government unit employees in independently using transparency instruments over their budgets and expenses: Budget by the Economic Classification of the Actual Expenses (Money Map); Monitoring of Transactions for Local Government (Monitoring Treasury).
10 organizations meet in Tirana on the Perspective of Open Contracting Standards in the Regio
/in Events, Homeposts, Press Releases /by adminOpen Data against abuse and corruption using public money. Ten regional organizations met in Tirana on 28-29 July at a workshop organized by AIS: Civil Monitoring of Public Procurement. The participants analyzed how transparent the data from different phases of public contracting are and presented some CSO initiatives for citizens’ monitoring of public procurement in Albania, BiH, Kosovo, Macedonia, […]