Lobbying to abrogate the law that reduces the benefits of maternity, has already started; Open Data Albania makes public available the tables and the new calculations.

Soon after the detailed analysis public available at Open Data Albania on the reduction of the benefits as a result of legal amendments, members of the Group on Gender Issues in the Parlament of Albania notified on a possibility of abrogating this article, that obviously consists in legal aggravated effects. The women’s right of maternity derives from the protection of the scheme on social securities.…

Spending Data Albania – sheds light on cases of conflict of interest. One Member of Parliament risks losing his mandate

For the last nine months, Project “Spending Data Albania” has published every transaction involving payment of public money to beneficiaries and clients of the state institutions. Such information helps Albanian citizens learn how their money and public assets are being spent. At the same time, individuals may know clients who provide paid services to the state institutions, and from time to time see whether there…

The Supreme State Audit and the Albanian Institute of Science sign a cooperation agreement

The Supreme State Audit and the Albanian Institute of Sciences (AIS), engaged through a cooperative agreement for the exchange of data between institutions. The agreement was signed by the chairman of SSA, Bujar Leskaj and the executive director of the Albanian Institute of Science, Aranita Brahaj. Pursuant to this agreement, SSA will engage in exchanging data of mutual interest, opening a window of communication with…

Summary of the discussion at the roundtable on financing of political parties and of electoral campaigns, 14 may 2014

Honoured Organizers, Experts and Participants in the Technical Roundtable Financing of Political Parties and of Electoral Campaigns, organized on 14 May 2014 by the Central Election Commission with the support of the OSCE Presence in Albania. The Albanian Institute of Science AIS, implementer of the Project Open Data Albania, based on the work analysing and transcribing in the format open data information on electoral expenses…

Applicants from Kosovo in Datathon Day in Tirana 2011

Open Datathon Albania – Hackathon Day in Tirana 2011 raised high interest in the intelligent and creative youth community in the Republic of Albania and even broader, in the Republic of Kosovo. One of the competitors of Hackathon Day in Tirana 2011, Besford Guri, brought in this activity a very interesting model of GeoData use. Albania’s demographic map raised considerable interest in the last two…

The Conference “Open Data in Albania” – June 22, 2011

Open Data ideology and practice requires that data are freely available for everyone, laying the foundations for transparency and decision making. Many democratic countries have supported this practice, freeing and facilitating access to their government data.Open Data Albania is a new initiative that embraces the Open Data principles for Albania. This project aims to collect from public offices data on socio-economic indicators, process and publish…