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Secretaries General of the Western Balkans Parliaments discuss public participation in law-making process at OSCE-supported annual meeting
Publishing date: 4 December 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Good governance
TIRANA, 4 December 2015- Secretaries General of the Western Balkans Parliaments, who gathered in Tirana on 3 and 4 December, agreed on the need to further increase public participation in legislative processes. They also stressed that parliaments and civil society should work together to oversee the public consultation on draft legislation at all stages...
OSCE Presence in Albania supports public campaign for youth on fight against corruption
Publishing date: 2 December 2015
The OSCE Presence in Albania and the National Co-ordinator against Corruption launched on 2 December 2015 a renewed public information campaign under the slogan Show the Face of Corruption. The newest component of the campaign is a series of lectures on anti-corruption in around 30 high schools and universities across the country, which will run until 18 December. In addition, posters and banners are put on display in towns across the country and also on several of the most visited online portals...
Albania’s Anti-corruption Co-ordinator presents OSCE-supported national action plan to combat graft
Publishing date: 16 July 2014
TIRANA, 16 July 2014- Bledar Çuçi, the Minister of State for Local Issues, who also serves as Albania’s National Co-ordinator on Anti-corruption, and the OSCE Presence in Albania today in Tirana presented the draft Anti-corruption Action Plan 2014-2017. The Action Plan was put together with the support and co-operation of the OSCE Presence in Albania...
OSCE and partners support regional expert seminar in Tirana on good practices in preventing corruption
Publishing date: 27 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Good governance
TIRANA, 27 June 2014 – Fifty-five senior anti-corruption officials and leading civil society representatives from OSCE participating States in eastern and south-eastern Europe, the South Caucasus and Central Asia came together for a two-day regional expert seminar on preventing corruption. The seminar ended today in Tirana...
OSCE Presence in Albania holds informative meeting on administrative territorial reform
Publishing date: 24 April 2014
On 23 April 2014, the OSCE Presence in Albania held a meeting where the State Minister for Local Government Issues, Bledi Çuçi, briefed ambassadors of OSCE participating States and representatives of key international institutions in Tirana on the process of administrative territorial reform. The reform was launched by Albania’s government to enable local government units to offer high-quality services to the citizens and better manage human resources...
OSCE Presence in Albania promotes strengthening of Parliament’s co-operation with civil society, independent institutions
Publishing date: 11 December 2013
A roundtable discussion focused on strengthening co-operation between the Parliament, civil society organizations, and independent institutions began in Tirana on 11 December 2013 organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania and the Albanian Assembly...
OSCE Presence helps Albanian government start administrative and territorial reform
Publishing date: 17 October 2013