{"id":56738,"date":"2021-05-12T10:49:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T09:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ais.al\/new\/?p=56738"},"modified":"2021-05-12T10:51:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T09:51:42","slug":"electoral-campaign-period-and-reconstruction-fund-additional-budget-as-unconditional-transfer-to-11-municipalities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ais.al\/new\/en\/electoral-campaign-period-and-reconstruction-fund-additional-budget-as-unconditional-transfer-to-11-municipalities\/","title":{"rendered":"Electoral Campaign Period and Reconstruction Fund, Additional Budget as Unconditional Transfer to 11 Municipalities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Open Data Albania has researched additional Unconditional Transfers for eleven municipalities benefiting from the Reconstruction Fund.\u00a0 The focus is on the transfers adopted by Decisions of the Council of Ministers (DCM) during the\u00a0<strong>Electoral Campaign Period, 25 March to 25 April 2021<\/strong>. The analysis looks also at the pre-electoral dates, from January 1 to April 25.<\/p>\n<p>Article:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/en\/2021\/05\/07\/the-election-period-and-the-reconstruction-fund-additional-budget-allocated-to-11-municipalities-as-unconditional-transfers\/\">http:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/en\/2021\/05\/07\/the-election-period-and-the-reconstruction-fund-additional-budget-allocated-to-11-municipalities-as-unconditional-transfers\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The budget transfer for eleven municipalities from the Reconstruction Fund for the period 1 January to 25 April 2021 is\u00a0<strong>15 430 836 420 Lek<\/strong>\u00a0(fifteen billion four hundred thirty million eight hundred and thirty-six thousand four hundred and twenty ALL). In Euro, it is about 124.44 Million Euro.<\/li>\n<li>Only on 30 Electoral Campaign Dates, this Unconditional Transfer to municipalities affected by the earthquake marked\u00a0<strong>8 574 636 507 Lek<\/strong>\u00a0(eight billion five hundred seventy-four million six hundred and six hundred thirty-six thousand five hundred and seven ALL). In Euro, it is about 69.1 Million Euro.<\/li>\n<li>In the first four months, the Albanian Government spent from the Reconstruction Fund transferring to municipalities as Unconditional Transfers\u00a0<strong>56% of the total Annual Reconstruction Fund<\/strong>. A significant part of the transfers went directly to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/spending.data.al\/en\/treasury\/list\/year\/2019\/termi\/rindert\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Individual beneficiaries<\/span><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>In 2020, the Albanian Government was criticized by the International Monetary Fund (IMF ) because of the failure to implement this Fund, the Reconstruction Program.<\/li>\n<li>In the Law on the State Budget at the beginning of the year, in total, the\u00a0 Unconditional transfers for these 11 Municipalities were 8 299 271 265 ALL. For the same 11 municipalities, the additional Unconditional Transfers through DCMs in the four months before the elections amounted to 15 430 836 420 ALL. The increase is 186 percent.<\/li>\n<li>The municipalities of Tirana; Durres; Kurbin and Kamez have the highest increase. Compared with the Unconditional Transfers provided for in the Law at the Beginning of the Year, records were set by municipalities: Vora (549%); Kurbin (340%); Tirana (250%); Shijaku (228%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Municipality of Tirana<\/strong>. Was allocated through Decisions of the Council of Ministers, Unconditional Transfers on Electoral Dates (30 days of the campaign) amounting to 6 055 001 800 ALL (six billion and fifty-five million and one thousand Eighty ALL). These transfers are ordered by DCM\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/aksesdrejtesi.al\/search?_token=OZH7wmUSl4BJHnieaVQRNeXAg9M5OWhla7bn8R2F&amp;tip_info=&amp;ins=&amp;personi=&amp;media=&amp;organizate=&amp;fjal_k=VKM+nr.+189+date+25.03.2021&amp;date=&amp;date1=\">No.189<\/a><\/span>\u00a0of 25 March; DCM\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/aksesdrejtesi.al\/search?_token=OZH7wmUSl4BJHnieaVQRNeXAg9M5OWhla7bn8R2F&amp;tip_info=&amp;ins=&amp;personi=&amp;media=&amp;organizate=&amp;fjal_k=VKM+nr.+202+date+25.03.2021&amp;date=&amp;date1=\">No.202<\/a><\/span>\u00a0of 25 March; DCM\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/aksesdrejtesi.al\/search?_token=OZH7wmUSl4BJHnieaVQRNeXAg9M5OWhla7bn8R2F&amp;tip_info=&amp;ins=&amp;personi=&amp;media=&amp;organizate=&amp;fjal_k=VKM+nr.+204+date+25.03.2021&amp;date=&amp;date1=\">No.204<\/a><\/span>\u00a0of 25 March.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Municipality of Durres<\/strong>. Was allocated additional Unconditional Transfers by Decision of the Council of Ministers during the Electoral Period amounting to 1 181 590 365 ALL (one billion one hundred and eighty-one million five hundred and ninety thousand three hundred and sixty-five ALL). DCM\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/aksesdrejtesi.al\/search?_token=OZH7wmUSl4BJHnieaVQRNeXAg9M5OWhla7bn8R2F&amp;tip_info=&amp;ins=&amp;personi=&amp;media=&amp;organizate=&amp;fjal_k=VKM+nr.+189+date+25.03.2021&amp;date=&amp;date1=\">No.189<\/a><\/span>\u00a0of 25 March; DCM\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/aksesdrejtesi.al\/search?_token=OZH7wmUSl4BJHnieaVQRNeXAg9M5OWhla7bn8R2F&amp;tip_info=&amp;ins=&amp;personi=&amp;media=&amp;organizate=&amp;fjal_k=VKM+nr.+201+date+25.03.2021&amp;date=&amp;date1=\">No. 201<\/a><\/span>\u00a0of 25 March; DCM\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/aksesdrejtesi.al\/search?_token=OZH7wmUSl4BJHnieaVQRNeXAg9M5OWhla7bn8R2F&amp;tip_info=&amp;ins=&amp;personi=&amp;media=&amp;organizate=&amp;fjal_k=VKM+nr.+205+date+25.03.2021&amp;date=&amp;date1=\">No.205<\/a><\/span>\u00a0of 24 March and\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/aksesdrejtesi.al\/search?_token=OZH7wmUSl4BJHnieaVQRNeXAg9M5OWhla7bn8R2F&amp;tip_info=&amp;ins=&amp;personi=&amp;media=&amp;organizate=&amp;fjal_k=VKM+Nr.+213%2C+dat%C3%AB+31.3.2021&amp;date=&amp;date1=\">DCM no 213<\/a><\/span>\u00a0of 31 March.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Municipality of Kam\u00ebz\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0By Decisions of the Council of Ministers, this municipality has benefitted 227 909 231 Lek (two hundred twenty-seven thousand nine hundred and nine thousand two hundred and thirty-one ALL. DCM\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/aksesdrejtesi.al\/search?_token=OZH7wmUSl4BJHnieaVQRNeXAg9M5OWhla7bn8R2F&amp;tip_info=&amp;ins=&amp;personi=&amp;media=&amp;organizate=&amp;fjal_k=VKM+nr.+200+date+25.03.2021&amp;date=&amp;date1=\">No. 200<\/a><\/span>\u00a0dated March 25; DCM\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/aksesdrejtesi.al\/search?_token=OZH7wmUSl4BJHnieaVQRNeXAg9M5OWhla7bn8R2F&amp;tip_info=&amp;ins=&amp;personi=&amp;media=&amp;organizate=&amp;fjal_k=VKM+nr.+201+date+25.03.2021&amp;date=&amp;date1=\">No.201<\/a><\/span>\u00a0dated March 31; DCM\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/aksesdrejtesi.al\/search?_token=OZH7wmUSl4BJHnieaVQRNeXAg9M5OWhla7bn8R2F&amp;tip_info=&amp;ins=&amp;personi=&amp;media=&amp;organizate=&amp;fjal_k=VKM+Nr.+211%2C+dat%C3%AB+31.3.2021&amp;date=&amp;date1=\">No.211<\/a><\/span>\u00a0dated March 31, and DCM\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/aksesdrejtesi.al\/search?_token=OZH7wmUSl4BJHnieaVQRNeXAg9M5OWhla7bn8R2F&amp;tip_info=&amp;ins=&amp;personi=&amp;media=&amp;organizate=&amp;fjal_k=VKM+Nr.+235%2C+dat%C3%AB+14.4.2021&amp;date=&amp;date1=\">No.235<\/a><\/span>\u00a0dated April 14.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Municipality of Kurbin.<\/strong>\u00a0By Decisions of the Council of Ministers benefited Lek 529 262 087 (Five hundred twenty-nine million two hundred sixty-two thousand eighty-seven ALL. By DCM\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/aksesdrejtesi.al\/search?_token=OZH7wmUSl4BJHnieaVQRNeXAg9M5OWhla7bn8R2F&amp;tip_info=&amp;ins=&amp;personi=&amp;media=&amp;organizate=&amp;fjal_k=VKM+Nr.+215%2C+dat%C3%AB+31.3.2021&amp;date=&amp;date1=\">No. 215<\/a><\/span>\u00a0dated 31 March;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/aksesdrejtesi.al\/search?_token=OZH7wmUSl4BJHnieaVQRNeXAg9M5OWhla7bn8R2F&amp;tip_info=&amp;ins=&amp;personi=&amp;media=&amp;organizate=&amp;fjal_k=VKM+Nr.+233%2C+dat%C3%AB+14.4.2021&amp;date=&amp;date1=\">DCM No. 233<\/a><\/span>\u00a0dated 14 April and\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/aksesdrejtesi.al\/search?_token=OZH7wmUSl4BJHnieaVQRNeXAg9M5OWhla7bn8R2F&amp;tip_info=&amp;ins=&amp;personi=&amp;media=&amp;organizate=&amp;fjal_k=VKM+Nr.+234%2C+dat%C3%AB+14.4.2021&amp;date=&amp;date1=\">Decision 234<\/a><\/span>\u00a0dated 14 April.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Municipality of Shijak<\/strong>\u00a0Has benefited 143 662 566 ALL in the Electoral Period. DCM No. 212 dated March 31 was taken during this period.<\/p>\n<p>Municipality of Vora. By decision of the Council of Ministers it benefited 175 148 070 ALL (one hundred and seventy-five million and one hundred and forty-eight thousand and seventy ALL). Decision of the Council of Ministers\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/aksesdrejtesi.al\/search?_token=OZH7wmUSl4BJHnieaVQRNeXAg9M5OWhla7bn8R2F&amp;tip_info=&amp;ins=&amp;personi=&amp;media=&amp;organizate=&amp;fjal_k=VKM+nr.+189+date+25.03.2021&amp;date=&amp;date1=\">No. 189<\/a><\/span>\u00a0dated March 25; DCM\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/aksesdrejtesi.al\/search?_token=OZH7wmUSl4BJHnieaVQRNeXAg9M5OWhla7bn8R2F&amp;tip_info=&amp;ins=&amp;personi=&amp;media=&amp;organizate=&amp;fjal_k=VKM+Nr.+236%2C+dat%C3%AB+14.4.2021&amp;date=&amp;date1=\">No. 236<\/a><\/span>\u00a0dated April 14 and DCM\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/aksesdrejtesi.al\/search?_token=OZH7wmUSl4BJHnieaVQRNeXAg9M5OWhla7bn8R2F&amp;tip_info=&amp;ins=&amp;personi=&amp;media=&amp;organizate=&amp;fjal_k=VKM+Nr.+237%2C+dat%C3%AB+14.4.2021&amp;date=&amp;date1=\">No. 237<\/a><\/span>\u00a0dated April 14.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Municipality of Kavaja.<\/strong>\u00a0During the election period, this municipality benefited Unconditional Transfers in the amount of 201 959 863 ALL (two hundred and one million nine hundred and fifty-nine million eight hundred and six seventy-three ALL). This was done through DCM\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/aksesdrejtesi.al\/search?_token=OZH7wmUSl4BJHnieaVQRNeXAg9M5OWhla7bn8R2F&amp;tip_info=&amp;ins=&amp;personi=&amp;media=&amp;organizate=&amp;fjal_k=VKM+nr.+206+date+25.03.2021&amp;date=&amp;date1=\">No.206<\/a><\/span>\u00a0dated March 25 and DCM\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/aksesdrejtesi.al\/search?_token=OZH7wmUSl4BJHnieaVQRNeXAg9M5OWhla7bn8R2F&amp;tip_info=&amp;ins=&amp;personi=&amp;media=&amp;organizate=&amp;fjal_k=VKM+nr.+205+date+25.03.2021&amp;date=&amp;date1=\">No.205<\/a><\/span>\u00a0dated March 25.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mirdita Municipality<\/strong>\u00a0received 42 262 535 ALL (forty-two million two hundred sixty-two thousand five hundred thirty-five ALL. By DCM\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/aksesdrejtesi.al\/search?_token=OZH7wmUSl4BJHnieaVQRNeXAg9M5OWhla7bn8R2F&amp;tip_info=&amp;ins=&amp;personi=&amp;media=&amp;organizate=&amp;fjal_k=VKM+nr.+200+date+25.03.2021&amp;date=&amp;date1=\">No.200<\/a><\/span>\u00a0dated March 25; and DCM\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/aksesdrejtesi.al\/search?_token=OZH7wmUSl4BJHnieaVQRNeXAg9M5OWhla7bn8R2F&amp;tip_info=&amp;ins=&amp;personi=&amp;media=&amp;organizate=&amp;fjal_k=VKM+Nr.+233%2C+dat%C3%AB+14.4.2021&amp;date=&amp;date1=\">No.233<\/a><\/span>\u00a0dated April 14.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rrogozhina<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Municipality and Kruja Municipality<\/strong>\u00a0did not receive funds on election dates. DCMs for Unconditional Transfers from the Reconstruction Fund were taken at earlier dates<\/p>\n<p><strong>Municipality of Lezha<\/strong>. This municipality has benefited by Decision of the Council of Ministers transfers amounting to 17 835 093 Lek (seventeen million eight hundred thirty-five thousand ninety-three ALL.\u00a0DCM\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/aksesdrejtesi.al\/search?_token=OZH7wmUSl4BJHnieaVQRNeXAg9M5OWhla7bn8R2F&amp;tip_info=&amp;ins=&amp;personi=&amp;media=&amp;organizate=&amp;fjal_k=VKM+Nr.+215%2C+dat%C3%AB+31.3.2021&amp;date=&amp;date1=\">No.215<\/a><\/span>\u00a0Date March 31, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Typical Unconditional Transfers are funds from the State Budget for Municipalities for guaranteeing some basic services of the Local Government such as basic education, social protection, management of forests, roads, waters, etc. The unconditional transfer is determined through a formula every year and is adopted as a separate table and item of the Law on State Budget. If we compare certain additional transfers allocated in December 2020 with the additional funds received by Municipalities as Unconditional Transfers from the Reconstruction Fund through DCMs before elections and DCMs taken on election dates, we see a concentration on the dates which the Electoral Code recognizes as the electoral campaign dates.<\/p>\n<p>This article was produced in the framework of monitoring, transparency and risk assessment in the distribution of Albanian taxpayers\u2019 money and expenditures, NdiqParate.al. AIS organization is implementing the\u00a0<em>Open Data, Access and Transparency over sectors to Risk of Corruption.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Excel document in this article contains data and information, on the basis of which the visualization is made. This document is easily downloadable and free for use. Other AIS databases include\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/spending.data.al\/en\">Spending.data.al<\/a><\/span>;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/openprocurement.al\/en\/index\/index\">OpenPocurement.al<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.opencorporates.al\/en\">OpenCorporates.al<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open Data Albania has researched additional Unconditional Transfers for eleven municipalities benefiting from the Reconstruction Fund.\u00a0 The focus is on the transfers adopted by Decisions of the Council of Ministers (DCM) during the\u00a0Electoral Campaign Period, 25 March to 25 April 2021. The analysis looks also at the pre-electoral dates, from January 1 to April 25. 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