Author: Blerta Zilja

The project “Construction of Rreshen – Kalimash Road” remains one of the most ambitious projects financed in the past 20 years by the State Budget.  Its construction began in 2006, and ended in 2010; by giving not a small impact in the overall capital expenditures for these years.  In the chart below is given its financing (in million All) over the years:   In 2006…

Source: Ministry of Finances, Bank of Albania, INSTAT    Processing and comments: ODA    Source: Ministry of Finances, Bank of Albania, INSTAT    Processing and comments: ODA   

Open Data Albania has considered the cost of debt per capita in the years 2010-2016. This indicator is calculated as the ratio of the amount of interests paid from the State Budget for the received and still outstanding credit with the country’s population in a given year. Source: Ministry of Finance, INSTATProcessing and comments: ODA The years 2010-2012 display low changes concerning the cost of…

The debt per capita is an indicator that is calculated as the ratio of the total debt got and still unpaid by the Albanian state with the population in a given time. Open Data Albania has examined the performance of this indicator in the years 2010-2016. Source: Ministry of Finance and INSTATProcessing and comments: ODA The debt per capita has increased rapidly since 2010, reaching…

Open Data Albania has considered tuition fees in Public Institutions of Higher Education approved by the Council of Ministers for two academic years: 2010-2011 and 2015-2016. It was focused only on compulsory fees to be paid for attendance in the first cycle of study, or Bachelor system. In the academic year 2015-2016, the studies at Dental Medicine, Pharmacy and Health branches of the University of…

Education is almost always considered as a priority sector by each draft budget. Open Data Albania has considered the actual expenditures performance of the Ministry of Education and Sports (MES) in 2014. In the initial budget, ALL 40.1 billion were predicted for the Ministry of Education and Sports, ranking MES the second with the highest funds after the Ministry of Social Welfare and Youth. In…

Open Data Albania has considered the budget allocated to the Ministry of Health in 2014 and its actual realization. In the Initial Budget 2014, funding for the Ministry of Health were ALL 33.97 billion or 2.17% of GDP. The majority, about 18.2 billion or 60% of the budget served to finance the program for “secondary care service ”. Source: Ministry of FinanceProcessing and comments: ODA…

Public investmentsare one of the most important elements that affect a country’s economic development. Open Data Albania has analyzed theircurrentperformance in 2014, through comparing them with some other financial indicators such as Budget Total Expenditure and Gross Domestic Product. Investment of ALL 67.2 billion, which accounted for 14.7% of total budget expenditures and 4.82% of GDP were projected for 2014. The bulk of investments, about…

Open Data Albania has considered the projected expenses and payments made in compensation of the former political persecuted from the state budget during 2013-2015. In 2013, ALL 3 billion were projected as a compensation for the ex-persecuted, the highest amount allocated for this category from the state budget over the years. The funding provided at the beginning of the year didn’t change the review of…

Open Data Albania has carried out researches on the economic damage caused by the municipalities the mayors of which were reconfirmed for a new term in 2015 local government elections. The economic damage is an indicator that was taken out of audit reports of the Supreme State Control. Kamëz Municipality headed by the re-elected major, Mr.Xhelal Mziu was audited fourtimes by SSC during the period…

Open Data Albania has considered the economic damage caused to the Public Procurement sector in 2013-2014. The economic damage is an indication identified during audit processes of the Supreme State Control, as a result of abuses in calculating the value of the contract, the acceptance of bids, review of the bids in competition, etc. Data on economic damages for the years 2008-2013 were obtained from…

Open Data Albania has considered the economic damage caused by those municipalities whose mayors were reconfirmed for a new term in 2015 local government elections. The economic damage is an indicator that was taken out of audit reports released by the Supreme State Control during 2008 ? 2014 period. Durrës Municipality headed by its reelected major Mr. Vangjush Dako is audited five times by the…

Open Data Albania has considered the economic damages in those municipalities the mayors of which were reconfirmed for a new term in 2015 local elections. Indicators on the economic damage were received from the audit reports released by the State Supreme Control. Kavaja Municipality headed by the re-elected major, Mr. Elvis Roshi, was audited twice during the period under consideration, namely in 2011 and 2013.…

Open Data Albania has considered the economic damage caused by the municipalities whose mayors were reconfirmed for a new term in 2015 local government elections. The economic damage is an indicator that was taken out of audit reports released by the Supreme State Control. Elbasan Municipality headed by the re-elected major Mr. Qazim Sejdini was audited five times during 2008-2015 period and according to reports…

Open Data Albania has taken into consideration the debt per capita in years 2010-2015. It is calculated as the ratio of total outstanding debt of the state to the population at a given time. Source: Ministry of Finance and INSTATProcessing and comments: ODA As seen from the graph, the share of debt that every Albanian citizen carries from year to year has increased, reaching a…