Open Data Albania has conducted an analysis on the value of economic damages for the period of 2005-2010. The total amount of economic damages is 31,402,373,000 Albanian Lek. Source: Supreme State Audit (SSA)Comments and Analysis: Open Data Albania (ODA) The behaviour of economic damages appears erratic. The highest value of economic damages was in 2009 reaching the level of 7,305,656,000 Albanian Lek, followed by the…
Economic damages in the tax sector during 2005-2010
Economic damages in the tax sector is mainly caused as a result of violation of tax and fiscal legislation. Financial discipline violations were noted as deviations in the declaration of value added taxes (VAT) and income taxes; introducing several unknown cost in the balance sheet for the calculation of corporate taxes, failure to declare and to pay income taxes; failure of payments of income tax…
Cases of abortions for 2000 – 2009
Open Data Albania has conducted a research on the number and causes of abortions in Albania. The gathered data for this indicator refer to all modes of pregnancy interruption, including spontaneous (involuntary miscarriage) and voluntary interruption (clinical intervention). Since 1994 voluntary abortion was legalized in Albania, reducing the cases of maternal mortality as a result of performing abortions in unsafe and primitive conditions. Abortion cases…
Birth rate over time, 1960 – 2009
Open Data Albania has conducted a research on birth rate in Albania for the period of time 1960–2009, based on World Banka data. Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Year 2009 marks the lowest level of birth rate for Albanians, with 12.8 births per 1000 inhabitants. This indicator has been steadily declining,…
Malnutrition in children under age of five
Malnutrition is measured as the percentage of children under five who’s weight or height is more than two standard deviations below the corresponding median of the World Health Organization (WHO) international reference population. Open Data Albania has researched malnutrition in Albanian children, based on data obtained from World Bank and World Health Organization. Referring to the table below, it results that in 2009, the percentage…
Economic damages in the customs sector during 2005-2010
Open Data Albania has conducted a research about the economic damages in the customs sector during the period 2005-2010. Economic damages are caused in the customs sector as a result of actions: avoidance of customs duties and erroneous calculations of tariffs, the difference in calculating the customs clearance and transportation costs, reduction of fines values without legal basis; non application or poor application of penalties…
The structure of economic damages for operating expenditures, wages system, bonuses and other expenditures 2005-2010
According to the research of Open Data Albania, the economic damages caused in public administration is represented by the economic damages in the area of operating expenditures, wages system, bonuses and other expenditures. Economic damages noted in the area of operating expenditures results as a consequence of illegal actions such as travel expenses and per diem, expenses exceeding the limits for mobile and unjustified costs…
Compensation of economic abuse during 2005-2010
State Supreme Audit objective is the compensation of economic abuses. The level of realization of the compensations shows the responsibility of the public administration managers in exercising the obligations undertaken. State Supreme Audit provides measures for compensating economic damages aiming the smooth of the economic abuses through the collection of cash from entities who have committed financial misconducts. Other measures are organizational and administrative ones…
Eurobond effects on the cost of Public Debt
One of the main reasons of the issuance of the first Albanian Eurobond was to reduce the cost of public debt. Such a goal is also reflected in the Strategy of Public Debt Management of 2011, which is a document that is updated annually by the General Directorate of Public Debt Management. According to the Ministry of Finance, funds mobilized by the issue of Eurobonds,…
Open Datathon Albania – Hackathon Day Winners
Following the path of international Hackathons, Open Datathon Albania is a gathering of students, experts, social activists that write applications, release data, create visualizations and publish analyses by using open data. This aims to show support and to encourage the Government, as well as local and national institutions to adopt policies on open data. This event was organized from the Albanian Institute of Science, with…
Presentation in Aleksander Xhuvani University in Elbasan
The Open Data Albania project was presented recently in Aleksander Xhuvani University, a well-known University throughout Albania for its legacy. The carried work and the possibility of using new technologies in the best interest of public and groups of experts was presented through a conversation with journalism students of Human Sciences Faculty. Students were interested not only in accessing information and statistic data through Open…
Open Data Albania presented in Open Government Data Camp 2011
Open Data Albania – a project for transparency and innovation – was successfully presented in the important international event Open Government Data Camp 2011. (http://ogdcamp.org) Open Knowledge Foundation and Centrum Cyfrowe organized the event, held in Warsaw, Poland on October 20 and 21. Approximately 400 participants from 40 countries around the world were acquainted and presented ideas, initiatives and projects for Open Government Data. The…
Open Data Albania, attractive on Business News from Albania
Open Data Albania is one of the most attractive projects and websites on data effectiveness for the businesses in Albania. Currently, many websites specialized on publishing business news from the Balkans, publish continuously articles from Open Data Albania. Data on energy, tourism, wages’ levels and expenditures according to various sectors are of basic interest. Furthermore, many companies and businesses have contacted and thanked the Open…
Presentation in Luigj Gurakuqi University in Shkoder
In the framework of Open Data Albania activities, Luigj Gurakuqi University in Shkoder and the Albanian Institute of Science organized the presentation of “The Use of Methodology Open Data in Science Research”. The presentation was held on November 11, 2011, in the Conference Hall of Shkoder University Library. In the focus of the activity were two students of Luigj Gurakuqi University’s Economy and Law Faculties.…
Open Datathon Albania – Hackathon Day in Tirana Winners’ Announcement
The Albanian Institute of Science organized for the first time in Albania a very important and innovative event: Open Datathon Albania – Hackathon Day in Tirana. This Open Data and Open Knowledge marathon is a very important event in many European capital cities. In the last year in Albania, Open Data Albania is operated through a project completed from the Albanian Institute of Science. Open…