Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights

Local Elections, 8 May 2011

Following an official invitation from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Albania to the OSCE, and based on the findings and conclusions of ODIHR's needs assessment mission, ODIHR deployed an election observation mission on 29 March to monitor the 8 May 2011 local elections.

The mission, headed by Jonathan Stonestreet (United States), consisted of 15 international experts based in Tirana. In addition, 24 long-term observers were deployed throughout the country from 5 April.