Shoqëri Biznesi (alb): Open Corporates Albania that functions as Media
Through the publication in one of its sections the Open Data Albania Portal makes possible the visualization of data on Media Associations.
The data gives information on:
- The Media Associations in Albania
- Their legal form
- Who are the shareholders and the associates
- Their annual profit
These data are available to the section Open Corporate Albania by selecting at Corporate Category “Media Associations”.
The illustration in the attached image 1 shows how to select the category
Up to now there are 111 Audio-Visual Media subjects
Once you have clicked one subject demonstrated in an alphabetical order (first with a letter A) like AV N. By clicking you can see the general information of the company. Then you can click the visualization that display pictures on the companies profit over years, the distribution of capital by the associates and shareholders of the company.
Clicking at the Treasury Transactions are displayed all the values that AVN has benefited from budgetary institutions. In this case the company has received 3 transactions from 2 institutions.
Attached the illustration (figure 2) indicates where to click for further information on the company.
Like for the AVN you can find data about 111 media subjects. The section provides information on companies suspended or closed.
You are pleased to use such information without restriction, but always with the suggestion to quote the indicated portal where the data is available. At the same time at the Open Corporates Albania you can find data for different sectors and companies.
Invitation for participation: Hackathon Albania 2015 “Life in another city”
/in Events, Homeposts, Press Releases /by adminHackathon Albania is a yearly event organized to celebrate Open Data and promote their use, adoption, and development of new exciting apps. This year, the event takes place on December 19th 2015 with the topic “Life in another city”.
The event is open to individuals, analysts; engineers; (storytellers); scout programmers, designers or students able to develop an application based on Open Data.
How to prepare for the Hackathon (Hacker+Marathon) ?
Everyone can collect data about its city or town (not just digital) and create a map or an application. This edition triggers data analyses and applications of various themes affecting different aspects of life in Albanian cities regarding
All those who would like to participate in this event, may be registered for free in the following link : Hackathon Albania 2015 or join the event on the facebook page of the Albanian Institute of Science
Thank you in advance!
The impact of Open Data in the democratization of fiscal policy
/in Events, Homeposts /by adminWithin the framework of OpenBudgets.eu project, AIS participated at the workshop “Democratization of Fiscal Policy” organized by the Open Knowledge Foundation International and OKF Germany, on 30th November and 1st December, 2015. The workshop aimed at creating an open-source model that would integrate all Budget data and transactions expenditures for various public sectors to foster better understand what role open data plays.
AIS promoter of open budgeting through the implementation of Open Data Albania and Open Spending platforms, presented different models that made transparency over state budget expenditures and treasury transactions. Also, the use of linked data helped in the identification of conflict of interest, cases of corruption and nepotism in Albania.
Different civil society organizations such as: Fair-Play, Hasdana, k-monitor, UNDP, journalists and policymakers, worked together on the processes of partnership-building, the acquisition of the best open budget practices, as well as shaping concrete actions in the Democratization of fiscal policy.
Declaration of assets of elected Mayors on 21st of June 2015
/in Events, Homeposts /by adminIn the framework of Money, Government and Politics program, updated data are released in Spending Data Albania portal, “Money and Power” column, about declared assets of newly elected Mayors of June 21st, 2015, as well as their relatives’ assets. The data are published in compliance with access to information, transparency and accountability principles. Through these publications every journalist or citizen can be informed of the annual income of each mayor such us income from rents, bargains, intellectual property, gifts, opening of inheritance acts etc.
As we would like to thank you for your attention, we want to remind you on the eventual use of the data contained in our publications without any restriction. But on the other hand we would like that you always cite Spending Data Albania portal, Money and Power column, developed in the framework of our organization program AIS titled Money, Government and Politics.
Money Government & Politics in the Media December 2015
/in Homeposts /by adminShare PSI 2.0 Workshop in Berlin: Maximizing interoperability — core vocabularies, location-aware data and more
/in Events /by adminAlbanian Institute of Science (AIS) is being represented by Besjana Hysa at the workshop Share-PSI 2.0 taking place in Berlin on 25- 26 of November. The workshop is explicitly interested in ideas, concepts and solutions that directly or indirectly address the interoperability of open data and PSI. In order to identify best practices the workshop with focus in the areas of Public Sector Information, cultural heritage, commercial and scientific data that are also relevant.
Spending Transparency for Municipalities
/in Homeposts, Past Projects /by adminOpen Governance – Good Governance
USAID/Albania and 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.
ODA publishes well-stuctured data for corporates that functions as media associations
/in Events /by adminShoqëri Biznesi (alb): Open Corporates Albania that functions as Media
Through the publication in one of its sections the Open Data Albania Portal makes possible the visualization of data on Media Associations.
The data gives information on:
These data are available to the section Open Corporate Albania by selecting at Corporate Category “Media Associations”.
The illustration in the attached image 1 shows how to select the category
Up to now there are 111 Audio-Visual Media subjects
Once you have clicked one subject demonstrated in an alphabetical order (first with a letter A) like AV N. By clicking you can see the general information of the company. Then you can click the visualization that display pictures on the companies profit over years, the distribution of capital by the associates and shareholders of the company.
Clicking at the Treasury Transactions are displayed all the values that AVN has benefited from budgetary institutions. In this case the company has received 3 transactions from 2 institutions.
Attached the illustration (figure 2) indicates where to click for further information on the company.
Like for the AVN you can find data about 111 media subjects. The section provides information on companies suspended or closed.
You are pleased to use such information without restriction, but always with the suggestion to quote the indicated portal where the data is available. At the same time at the Open Corporates Albania you can find data for different sectors and companies.
AIS against the Draft Law on Defamation
/in Press Releases /by adminAIS as a promoter of Open Data Albania joins the call of BIRN Albania against the Draft Law on the Defamation. This draft law foresees and open the way to the imprisonment of journalists. Any claim for criticism or a negative analysis for corruption will serve for stakeholders as a defamation reason. Until our problematic judicial system will prove the claim, who knows how many journalists will be unjustly in jail?
AIS joins the call of BIRN Albania http://www.reporter.al/kriminalizimi-i-shpifjes-ndaj-zyrtareve-te-larte-kercenim-per-demokracine/
The government is asked to withdraw the draft law that criminalize the defamation against the elected high state officials. http://www.parlament.al/web/pub/pligj_shtese_7895_kodi_penal_24268_1.pdf
Also, AIS urges the Albanian Parliament to not pass this law and invites all civil actors to join the campaign.
The Ambassador of Kingdom of the Netherlands in Albania visited AIS
/in Events /by adminThe Embassy of Kingdom of the Netherlands supports the Albanian Institute of Science in our ‘Money, Government & Politics’ project. This project intends to address issues of abuse, corruption and conflict of interest in the context of governance and politics in the country by sharing public data on expenditures of state institutions, electoral spending and the wealth of high state officials. On 8th of October Ambassador Dewi van de Weerd visited the offices of the Albanian Institute where she had a discussion with Mrs. Aranita Brahaj and her team on the ongoing projects in publishing data on the online platforms (http://open.data.al/en and http://spending.data.al/en) in a standardized format, which makes it easier for citizens, journalists and civil society to analyze and compare the large datasets that are made available by the Albanian government. The comparison and analysis of such data increases transparency and accompanied by public discussion these projects can lead to meaningful change. Her Excellency strongly appreciated our projects and stated that the Embassy will continue to support great initiatives undertaken by AIS.
The three leading political parties PS, PD, LSI sued by AIS
/in Media Coverage @en /by adminFor the first time AIS has sued to the court the three main political parties in the country the Socialist Party, the Democratic Party, the Socialist Movement for Integration and the Commissioner of the Right of Information. Albanian Institute of Sciences urged parties’ the three public bodies to give information concern the finances of the electoral campaign of 2015, by not receiving any response to the official query. The Commissioner for the right of Information dismissed the claim by forcing the organization to address the issue at the Administrative Court.
AIS Executive Director stated for the media that the parties are subject of the right to information based on the paragraph 3, article 9 of the Constitution. Until now the court has held two sessions, in which were present only the representatives of the Socialist Party and the Commissioner for the right of Information.