In order to increase transparency over the Government data, AIS, the implementer of Open Data Albania Project, has enabled the Albanian public, journalists, scientific researchers, businessmen, and Government’s opponents and opposition, to get informed in real time about every expenditure made by the State Treasury both in the form of transactions and payments.
Such monitoring is done through the Spending Data Albania portal under the Treasury Transactions section. This system, which is open to the public, includes data from the state treasury for 1400 state-budget institutions like ministries, Government agencies, independent institutions, municipalities and communes, and central and regional directorates.
Every such transaction is now online for all those who wish to know how and how much is spent. The application contains data from January 2012 up to date.
People may search the data using the available filters for the following categories:
- State-budget Institutions that make payments;
- payment Beneficiaries or Clients;
- the date on which a payment was ordered or executed;
- the value of a transaction.
Data can also be searched through the Expenditure Category. Every transaction contains a description of the order or contracts that enables a payment. Payments made for public works awarded through a tender procedure are also part of the system.
The system also contains a special section on Monitoring Ministries only, as part of the Government Cabinet.
This space for transparency enables the public to lean about expenditures on public interest, cases of abuse and excessive expenditures for specific categories, and cases of nepotism and conflict of interest involving certain clients or beneficiaries.
We would like to thank NED and OSF for financially supporting the work for enabling the online Monitoring of the Treasury Transactions. We would also like to thank the Albanian Government, which since January 2012, in the context of its commitment for Partnership for an Open Government, enables access to payments made by the state institutions through the state treasury. Thus, our country, Albania, becomes part of the countries, where the public has access to the State Treasury Transactions.
We invite the public to widely use these data; the taxpayers may get information about how their money is spent; the media may report on cases of abuse and conflict of interest; and watchdog organizations may use the Treasury Transactions data to promote accountability and exercise public pressure for good governance.
Real Time Reporting – Training for local journalists
/in Events, Homeposts /by Besi HysaZA’ LART , ICT for Fair Election
On 12 of March, AIS organized the training entitled: Real Time Reporting. The training aimed to enhance the capacity of local journalists in monitoring and reporting the problems in the electoral process. Participants were representatives of traditional media (TV and newspapers) from districts of: Korça; Shkodra; Fier; Dibër; Vlora and Kukës. The training is part of project activities of ZA’ LART 2015. Important concept of this project is the use of Information and Communication Technology, ICT in Elections. In the training contributed moderators and trainers engaged in election monitoring and reporting like:
Mimoza KOÇIU, former public relations officer at the institution of the President of the Republic of Albania (2007 – 2012), currently political analyst for various media, trained the participants on the Voting Process Issues and Election Administration irregularities.
Matilda DURI, moderator at ZA’LART, referred on the accessing options and the use of the open source ZA’LART Albania.
Klara DERVISHI, editor-in chief at Ora News, facilitated the training on reporting cases of tension and lack of ethics in election campaigns.
The concept of ICT for fair election was referred by AIS Executive Director, Ms. Aranita BRAHAJ.
Other activities and trainings with small groups of activists and local reporters will take place, in the framework of the process of local government elections of 2015. ZA’LART is an AIS program financially supported by OSFA. ZA’LART slogan is Make Elections Count.
Trajnim në kuadër të projektit ZA’LART – ICT për Zgjedhje të Drejta
/in Events, Homeposts /by Besi HysaNë kuadër të aktiviteteve për projektin ZA’LART 2015, më 4 Mars, AIS organizoi një trajnim- workshop me pjesëtarë të redaksisë Ad-Hoc dhe stafin që do të angazhohet në zbatimin e ketij projekti. Synimi i trajnimit ishte rritja e kapaciteteve dhe aftësimi në përdorim të platformës për monitorim dhe verifikim të problematikave zgjedhore në kohë reale. Ky trajnim – workshop kishte si synim edhe aftësimin koordinues të pjesëtareve të redaksisë në terren me stafin e angazhuar pranë zyrës qëndrore të Dhomës së Situatës Zgjedhore. Pjesëmarrës në trajnim ishin përfaqësues të mediave tradicionale (televizione dhe gazeta) në disa Bashki si Fieri, Berati, Elbasani, Ura Vajgurore, Gjirokastra, Kruja, Vora etj. Trajnimi u organizua në kuadër të aktiviteteve të projektit ZA’LART 2015. Koncept i rëndësishëm i këtij projekti është edhe përdorimi i Teknologjisë së Informacionit dhe Komunikimit TIK në Zgjedhje.
Në javët në vijim, në kuadër të punës për zgjedhjet lokale 2015, do të zhvillohen trajnime me grupe aktivistësh dhe reporterësh lokalë. ZA’LART është një program i AIS i mbështetur financiarisht nga OSFA- Open Society Foundation for Albania. Slogani i ZA’LART është Bëji Zgjedhjet të Vlejnë!
AIS merr pjesë në Asamblenë e përgjithshme të Telecentre Europë
/in Homeposts /by Besi HysaTelecentre Europë mbajti Asamblenë e përgjithshme (GA) në Bruksel (Belgjikë) më 25 Shkurt 2015. Pjesmarrja këtë vit ishte shumë e lartë dhe përbehej nga 39 organizata që veprojnë në Europë . Instituti Shqiptar i Shkencave morri pjesë në këtë asamble si pjestar i Telecentre Europe.
Eventi Zgjati dy ditë dhe u zhvillua në ambientet e Microsoft në Executive Briefing Centre.
Axhenda e Asamblesë ishte e ndarë në dy ditë . Ditën e parë vëmëndja ishte në problemet proceduriale dhe zgjedhja e nje bordi të ri drejtues.Raporti vjetor dhe bilanci i vitit 2014 ishin ndërmjet dokumentave të miratuara. Në përfundim të ditës së parë dhe pothuajse të gjithë ditën e dytë fokusi ishte tek arritjet e TE në vitin 2014 dhe shqyrtimi i strategjive për 2015-2017.
Vënd të rëndësishëm zuri dhe diskutimi mbi strategjitë dhe programi për projektin Get Online Week 2015 / Java Ndërkombëtare e Internetit që zhvillohet cdo vit në fund të Marsit ( 23-29 Mars 2015) pjesë e të cilit është për të katërtin vit rresht dhe Instituti Shqiptar i Shkencave.
U prezantuan për pjesmarrësit dhe projektet e reja siç janë I-LINC dhe E-UROPa. Instituti Shqiptar i Shkencave është pjesë e E-UROPa projekt në kuadër të programit EuropeforCitizens.
Open Corporates Albania in Media
/in Homeposts, Media Coverage @en /by Besi HysaAlbanian Institute of Science has organized on 21st of February 2015 the workshop “Open Corporates Albania” in the framework of International Open Data Day.
“Open Corporates Albania” in the framework of the International Open Data Day
/in Events, Press Releases /by Besi HysaAlbanian Institute of Science has organized on 21st of February 2015 the workshop “Open Corporates Albania” in the framework of International Open Data Day. Different journalist, economists and IT engineers discussed at Protik ICT Resources, Tirana, about the benefits and challenges of the Open Corporates Database. The aim of this workshop is to raise awareness about open data with special attention to the concessionary companies Data journalism, technology-fueled transparency and consistency of the data were some of the main issues discussed in this workshop. Special attention was given to the use of this database as being the largest database containing information about the corporates in Albania.
By filtering information according to the company type, status, data and many other characteristics, the database is simple to use and offers great facilities which harness the power of ICT to enable transparency and accountability.
For more information see: Open Corporates Albania
Ftesë për pjesëmarrje: Open Data Day Albania (21 Shkurt 2015)
/in Homeposts, Press Releases /by Besi HysaAIS si promotor i Open Data ka kënaqësi t´ju informojë se në datën 21 shkurt është Dita Ndërkombëtare e të Dhënave të Hapura: Open Data Day 2015. Në këtë datë në kryeqytete të ndryshme të botës, aktivist dhe promotor që punojnë për të dhëna të hapura përpiqen të orgnizojnë evente dhe prezantime të ndryshme. Në Shqipëri, me rastin e kësaj date do të organizohet një takim prezantues për Open Corporates Albania. Takimi do të mbahet në orën 11, datë 21 Shkurt në ambientet e ProTIK (ish godina e INIM-ës, në krah të Piramidës, aktualisht aty edhe QKL).
Me dëshirën që prezantimi të shoqërohet me një bisedë mbi dobishmërinë, vështirësitë apo defektet e hapjes së të dhënave për Shoqëritë Tregtare Shqiptare, e në veçanti të atyre Konçesionare që veprojnë në vend,
Ju ftojmë ti bashkoheni takimit tonë të shtunë datë 21 Shkurt, ora 11 tek ProTIK (Godina e ish-INIM-ës, aktualisht aty është edhe QKL-ja).
Modetarore të takimit janë:
Znj. Ornela LIPERI – Kryeredaktore e Revistës Monitor,
Znj. Aranita BRAHAJ – Drejtore e AIS
Qëllimi i takimit është një bisedë ndërmjet gazetarëve dhe analistëve të çështjeve ekonomike në vend. Takimi mund të zgjasë pak më shumë se një orë.
Ju mirëpresim
Get Online Week 2016
/in Past Projects, Projects /by adminGet Empowered, Get employed
The European Get Online Week is an annual digital empowerment campaign that engages and empowers people to use technology and the Internet with confidence and skills that allow them to benefit of the world of online opportunities. The campaign is organized each year in March by Telecentre-Europe.
Dita Ndërkombëtare e Open Data 2015
/in Events, Homeposts, Press Releases /by Besi HysaDatë 21 Shkurt, 2015 ora 11:00 në kuadër të Ditës Ndërkombëtare të të dhënave të hapura, International Open Data Day 2015, Instituti Shqiptar i Shkencave në bashkëpunim me qëndrën Protik organizojnë workshopin për prezantimin e Open Corporates Albania në ambientet e qëndrës Protik.
Lobbying to abrogate the law that reduces the benefits of maternity, has already started; Open Data Albania makes available the tables and the new calculations
/in Homeposts /by adminSoon after the detailed analysis public available at Open Data Albania on the reduction of the benefits as a result of legal amendments, members of the Group on Gender Issues in the Parlament of Albania notified on a possibility of abrogating this article, that obviously consists in legal aggravated effects. The women’s right of maternity derives from the protection of the scheme on social securities. This legal treatment has to be protect the right of the individuals to have a family with better possibilities to raise up the minors.
The reduction of the benefits from maternity, after the 1st of January 2015, is considered as a situation not in favor of the women that want to work and be parent simultaniously. This article that regulates the scheme of social securities, was amended in July 2014, without a prior consultation of the organizations that deal with legal aspects, not being present in the Parliament because of the boycott, along with other MPs, and representatives of opposition parties.
ICT Tools for Monitoring Public Treasury Albania
/in Events, Press Releases /by Besi HysaIn order to increase transparency over the Government data, AIS, the implementer of Open Data Albania Project, has enabled the Albanian public, journalists, scientific researchers, businessmen, and Government’s opponents and opposition, to get informed in real time about every expenditure made by the State Treasury both in the form of transactions and payments.
Such monitoring is done through the Spending Data Albania portal under the Treasury Transactions section. This system, which is open to the public, includes data from the state treasury for 1400 state-budget institutions like ministries, Government agencies, independent institutions, municipalities and communes, and central and regional directorates.
Every such transaction is now online for all those who wish to know how and how much is spent. The application contains data from January 2012 up to date.
People may search the data using the available filters for the following categories:
Data can also be searched through the Expenditure Category. Every transaction contains a description of the order or contracts that enables a payment. Payments made for public works awarded through a tender procedure are also part of the system.
The system also contains a special section on Monitoring Ministries only, as part of the Government Cabinet.
This space for transparency enables the public to lean about expenditures on public interest, cases of abuse and excessive expenditures for specific categories, and cases of nepotism and conflict of interest involving certain clients or beneficiaries.
We would like to thank NED and OSF for financially supporting the work for enabling the online Monitoring of the Treasury Transactions. We would also like to thank the Albanian Government, which since January 2012, in the context of its commitment for Partnership for an Open Government, enables access to payments made by the state institutions through the state treasury. Thus, our country, Albania, becomes part of the countries, where the public has access to the State Treasury Transactions.
We invite the public to widely use these data; the taxpayers may get information about how their money is spent; the media may report on cases of abuse and conflict of interest; and watchdog organizations may use the Treasury Transactions data to promote accountability and exercise public pressure for good governance.