Applications Open for Internship and Training through Open Data, 4th Edition (April – October 2025)

OpenDataFellowship – Youth Empowerment Against Corruption 2025 AIS, the organization promoting Open Data Albania, invites students and activists who wish to participate in an Internship and Training Program on Open Data usage to apply for the OpenDataFellowship – Youth Empowerment Against Corruption 2025. The internship is open to university students from the fields of Economics, Journalism, Law, and Social Sciences. Additionally, we welcome non-student youth…

Transparency with Beneficial Ownership: Issues of Legislation, Practice, and Empowerment of Actors Working for Transparency

AIS, the promoter of Open Data Albania, is actively working to enhance transparency in Beneficial Ownership and the Public Access Registry. Recognizing the crucial role investigative journalists play in uncovering and tracking cases of money laundering, corruption, conflict of interest, and undue influence, AIS’s team of experts and data analysts has worked to increase capacities and knowledge. Participants: Investigative Journalists, Activists, and Representatives from Non-Governmental…

Balkan Insight writes: Using AI in Albanian Public Procurements ‘No Easy Solution’ for Corruption

The Prime Minister has proposed an Anti-Corruption Reform introducing the use of Artificial Intelligence in Public Procurement. The Parliamentary opposition, through Jorida Tabaku, MP and Chairwoman of the Incinerator Investigative Committee, suggested that the Government should, instead, use the platform Open Procurement Albania, a technological tool created by the organization AIS, aiming to identify corruption cases in tendering. MP Tabaku’s statements were made to Balkan Insight in an…

Corruption in Tendering. The Prime Minister proposes the use of AI, the opposition recommends AIS’s Open Procurement Albania platform, a high-tech tool where 40% of procedures are identified as risky

The Prime Minister has proposed an Anti-Corruption Reform introducing the use of Artificial Intelligence in Public Procurement. The Parliamentary opposition, represented by Jorida Tabaku, MP and Chairwoman of the Incinerator Investigative Committee, suggested that the Government should, instead, use the platform Open Procurement Albania, a technological tool created by the organization AIS, aiming to identify corruption cases in tendering. The MP Tabaku shared her statement…

Youth Hearings on the Budget in the Municipalities of Berat and Has

As part of the implementation of the project “Youth Activism for Good Governance in Berat and Has Municipalities. Instilling Watchdog and Activism Culture” AIS organization has worked with 44 young participants to strengthen their capacities in monitoring, analysis, advocacy, and participation in fair municipal budgeting. In December, the month when Local Government Units finalize their budgets, youth consultation meetings were held in the municipalities of…