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OSCE Presence in Albania and Albanian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative join efforts to promote transparency at local level
Publishing date: 3 April 2019
The OSCE Presence in Albania and the Albanian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative signed on 2 April 2019 a co-operation agreement on joint activities to raise local capacities, promote transparency and strengthen anti-corruption efforts at local level.
OSCE Presence in Albania, Italian National Anti-corruption Authority and National Co-ordinator against Corruption organize workshop on corruption prevention in Tirana
Publishing date: 29 March 2019
A technical workshop on corruption prevention tools and integrity planning for public officials of central level institutions was held on 28 and 29 March 2019 in Tirana...
ODIHR, OSCE Presence in Albania co-organize workshop on gender-sensitive legislation
Publishing date: 20 March 2019
Content type: News
What we do: Democratization, Gender equality
Promoting gender-sensitive legislation in Albania was the focus of discussion at a workshop in Tirana on 20 March 2019. The event was organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in co-operation with the OSCE Presence in Albania and the parliament of Albania.
OSCE and UN Office on Drugs and Crime deliver train-the-trainer course on countering terrorist financing for Albanian participants
Publishing date: 1 March 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Good governance, Countering terrorism
A three-day train-the-trainer course for Albanian participants on countering terrorist financing was organized in Vienna from 27 February to 1 March 2019 by the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department, in co-operation with the OSCE Presence in Albania, and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime's Global Programme against Money Laundering (UNODC/GPML)...
Corruption Perceptions Index for Albania concerning and indicates that ongoing reforms have to continue, says OSCE Head of Presence Bernd Borchardt
Publishing date: 31 January 2019
TIRANA, 31 January 2019- Transparency International published the results of its Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2018 ranking Albania at place 99 among the 180 countries and territories included in the index.
OSCE and UN Office on Drugs and Crime train Albanian officials to disrupt terrorist financing
Publishing date: 20 December 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Good governance, Countering terrorism
A two-day train-the-trainer course aimed at strengthening the capacity of Albania to disrupt the financing of terrorist networks was held on 18 and 19 December 2018 in Vienna...
OSCE trains Albanian border officers on detecting forged travel documents
Publishing date: 14 December 2018
A one-week advanced training course for 15 Albanian border officers from various regions of the country on increasing their operational awareness regarding the detection of forged travel documents was conducted in Tirana from 10 to 14 December 2018. The training was organized by the Border Security and Management Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department in co-operation with the OSCE Presence in Albania and the Security Academy of Albania.