The organization AIS, otherwise known as Open Data Albania, organized a workshop with journalists and activists on the topic of Monitoring Public Sectors, Databases and guaranteeing Accountability through Evidence based practices. This event was held as part of the EU 4 Rule of Law Project: Civic Engagement for Public Integrity in the Western Balkans and Turkey, a project led by Transparency International, in collaboration with…
The organization AIS/Open Data Albania organized, on October 23rd, in the city of Lezhe, a training with activists, journalists and representatives of non-governmental organizations. The subject of the training “Activism and Civil Society for Drafting, Consultation and Implementation of the State Budget in Parliament”. The event was held within the framework of the Project “Increasing the Parliament’s Responsiveness to Citizens’ Concerns”, supported by the British…
Presentation by: Aranita BRAHAJ, Executive Project Coordinator Viktor GUMI, AIS’s Legal Expert October 19th, 2023, h.13.00. AIS’s commitment towards Transparency, as well as Improving Accountability and Dialogue within the Cluster 1 negotiation framework. AIS is a local organization founded in 2011, best known as the promoter of Open Data Albania, working on Transparency, Accountability and Good Governance. SIDA Support and Partnership. For the March 2021…
As part of CI-EU-NPA “Improving the Debate on Policies and Accountability to fulfill basic rights through the creation of the Platform for Negotiations of Cluster I Albania”, AIS held a roundtable on the Needs for Change in Public Procurement Legislation. Member s of the Parliament, Mrs. Jorida Tabaku and Mr. Eduard Shalsi and representatives from the Public Procurement Agency, Mrs. Xhoana Ristani was part of…
Open Data Albania is presenting evidence regarding the Economic Power of twenty-seven primary shareholders in Television Media, specifically within Business Companies that oversee the operation of major screens and television channels. As the foremost television entities in the country, the ranking includes 14 companies that hold licenses issued by the Audiovisual Media Authority, while also reporting declared capital and profits. We will detail the economic…
Open Data Albania is bringing up to date the distribution of individual grants in the frame of the Reconstruction Program after the Earthquake, in non Election months, throughout the 2020-2023 period, and in the months part of Election Campaigns (30 days before voting). Construction or Reconstruction grants have benefited families damaged by the natural disaster, whose residential houses have been classified as damaged or uninhabitable.…
Open Data Albania is examining the possibility of the Municipality of Tirana to invest in infrastructure, by way of contracts and tenders with Object Direct Projects and Public Works. It is the first time that the indicator Potential in Public Investments of the Municipality of Tirana is being researched. The analysis is considering as Potential Investments all the revenues and funds that the Municipality has…
Dear friends, The Council of Ministers has approved Decision No. 531 / 2023 with the purpose of “Creating the State Joint Stock Company “Centered Purchases Operator JSC”, in order to perform Special Public Procurement Procedures”. According to this decision, the Centered Purchases Operator is a joint-stock company, with State Capital, that operates on the basis of the Law on Merchant and Commercial Companies. This decision…
Open Data Albania is analyzing the Structure of State Budget Expenditures for the 2005-2022 period. The total expenditures of the State Budget are non-refundable payments, made by the government for the fulfillment of its functions (healthcare, defense, education, maintaining order, etc.). The Structure of Expenditures consists of several categories, such as Capital Expenditures, which are investments and public works with long-term effects and sustainability, Current…
In this article, we are disclosing the statistics regarding the parcels of land offered for Strategic Investments in Coastal Tourism in the South Riviera. The article is based on well-structured data obtained from the Open Corporates Albania website, a platform that has created digital passports containing information on the ownership, management and operation of business companies, including the Strategic Investor and Albania 1 Euro Program…
Open Data Albania is ranking economic operators announced as successful bidders in the Contracting Procedure for the Reconstruction Program after the earthquake of November 26, 2019. The period under review is January 2020 to April 2023. The data under examination are part of the Open Data’s monitoring of Public Contracts by way of its two databases, Reconstruction Program Contracting in Municipalities and Contracting carried out by the…
In this article, we will work on two hypothetical projections using the 2021 election results. More specifically, regarding the allocation of the MP mandates, considering and juxtaposing: Option A: Current distribution of MP Mandates, using the Proportional Regional system versus the Hypothetical Scenario of a National Proportional system. Option B: Current Mandate distribution through the with Proportional Regional system and the new legal stipulations versus…
Open Data Albania is examining the statistics regarding Personal Income Tax, focusing on the Payroll tax. The data are sourced from the General Directorate of Taxes (DPT), and are divided into tax revenues for salaries of employees part of the State Administration and employees in the Private Sector. In 2022, an amount of ALL 28.3 billion were collected from the payroll tax, or 11.6% more…
Open Data Albania is bringing the statistics, regarding Electricity Price of Acquisition and Sale by the Albanian Electric Power Company s.a., (KESH), for the period January-May 2023, up to date. Open Data has previously published several articles regarding the price of sale and acquisition of electricity from KESH throughout different periods. Let’s not forget that, during last year, in 2022, due to the energy crisis,…
On July 3rd, an event titled “Master Class: Electoral Integrity and Improvement through Data and Evidence-based Processes” was held. This event served as a platform for data analysts participating in the Open Data Fellowship Network’s Youth Capacity Building Program to present to their younger colleagues and those interested in issues related to electoral integrity. The presentations encompassed reports and analyses on this subject. The participants…
