Open Data Albania is studying the Turnover, Gross Profit Margin for 13 Businesses that implement concessionary projects or Public Private Partnerships, supported from the State Budget. Out of 13 concessionary PPP companies, that implement concessionary projects with budget support, only 9 of them have submitted and published the Financial Statements for 2021, in line with the existing legal requirements. Until October 2022, 4 of them…
The AIS organization initiated a Lawsuit in September 2021 for the Constitutional Court requesting the Repeal as unconstitutional of a law that regulates Contracts for the Reconstruction Program after the Earthquake. The lawsuit of the organization AIS/Open Data Albania sought the Partial Repeal of Law no. 97/2019 for the adoption of the normative Act with the power of Law no. 9 / 2019 of the…
The organization AIS / Open Data Albania has been working with a group of students and young professionals for a year, creating a Fellowship program for empowering young people in Anti-corruption matters. This includes events held during the year such as work sessions; discussion forums; internships with the organization’s team; training and other networking events. On the weekend of October 22nd and 23rd, members of…
The minimum vital shows the figure that allows a citizen or household (in the case where the data is taken per household) to live a subsistence level of life. Different countries have different vital minimum values. The European Union uses the poverty risk threshold indicator to measure the minimum vital. The poverty risk threshold is calculated at the value of 60% of the equalized median…
In the four years, 2018 – 2021, 1120 researchers were accredited with a post-graduate degree of Doctor of Science in Albanian Universities. Of these, 713 weree women, or 64% of the total, as opposed to the 36% that were men, or 407 researchers. Table: Number of “Doctorate or equivalent” graduates by gender Source: INSTAT Comments and Analyses: Open Data Albania Source: INSTAT Comments and Analyses:…
Girls and Women in Albania have a lower level of education than Boys or Men. The general trend of Education is reversed in favor of Women when it comes to university studies. In 2020, we noticed that Women over the age of 25 are 54% educated only at the primary level or the first eight to nine years of education. A statistic that reflects the…
The Organization AIS / Open Data Albania is holding this week (October 2022) a training cycle with young people, part of the OpenDataYouth Network. The young participants in this program are selected through competition targeting young journalist professionals or students; economists; tax accountants; future politicians; analysts; sociologists; researchers; etc. The purpose of the Training is to raise the capacities and empower the youth, as the…
Open Data Albania is publishing the names and donation size of Electoral Donors in the 2021’s April Elections. Donors in Electoral Campaigns are private subjects, companies, legal entities or individuals who donate funds, goods or services to candidates or electoral parties. Donations are mandatory to be divulged based on the agreed legal form. Donations of goods or services, provided without compensation in return are considered…
During December, 71,278 Albanian households consume more than 800 kilowatt hours (electricity) in the winter month. One in ten families exceeds the threshold of 800 kw and is consequently affected by the recent increase in the price and tariff for electricity consumption. That is the conclusion reached made by Open Data Albania, after due analysis. There are about 829,857 Household Consumers in the country. In…
The cyber attack, that started in July 2022 on the Albanian official state database, has also taken offline the database containing information and documents concerning PPP/Concessions from ATRAKO, the Agency for the Handling of Concessions. Their publication, as well as guaranteeing public access are mandatory. Abanian Institute of Sccience, through its web-portal Open Corporates Albania, has in place a Registry with all the Albanian PPP…
Open Data Albania is examining the public funds that political parties have benefited from the 2022 State Budget, in the form of Annual Financial Assistance. The Electoral Code, the Law on Political Parties and several decisions of the Reformation Commission recognize the right of Political Parties, participating in parliamentary elections, to collect funds from the State Budget every year. The funds’ distribution is based on…
During the April 2021 Parliamentary election campaign, the Political Parties, who are electoral subjects, have declared an amount of ALL 81 120 114 (eighty one million one hundred twenty thousand one hundred fourteen Lek) as expenses for media services. This sum does not include expenditures on social media, listing only those incurred by locally registered media providers, followed by a description of the media services.…
During the 2021 election campaign for the general parliamentary elections, 12 political parties put at the campaign’s disposal a combined revenue of ALL 293 020 608. Instead, the overall Expenditures Declared are in the amount of ALL 286 116 821. As some parties have not spent all their revenue or funds made available, the campaign also reports a surplus of ALL 6.9 milion from the…
Open Data Albania is examining the value and performance over the years of contingent liabilities deriving from PPP Concessions. These contingencies are classified as ‘Off’ the Government Balance Sheet. This indicator will also help us determine its ratio or weight against the Gross Domestic Product GDP. In 2020, a comparative analysis outlined on the Article about Contingent Liabilities for PPP, published by Open Data Albania,…
The government approved on July 29, 2022, the Normative Act no. 12, for the revision of the 2022 Budget Plan. The latter is the second Normative Act introducing amendments in the Budget. Earlier, through Normative Act no.3, the Budget was amended in March 2022. Budgetary expenses in the initial Plan amounted in 637.69 billion ALL, but in March the government planned an increase with 10…
