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…

Open Data Albania in University presentation in Media

Interview in Ora News. Guest, Aranita Brahaj, Open Data Albania Director Open Data Albania presented recently the Open Data Albania in Universities initiative. Open Data Albania in Universities comes as a result of the great impact that this project has created so far in the public and the media. Interviewed on Ora News broadcast, Mrs. Aranita Brahaj, Open Data Albania Director, declared that in the…

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…

Comparative Analysis: Albania toward the region countries in terms of total health expenditures in the State Budget

Financial agents, who spend on health sector within a country, may be public or private entities. The public sector, through its institutions, carry out capital expenditures, wages and salaries, maintenance expenditures, reimbursement of drugs, etc. While private sector expenditures are direct payments made from individuals to provide health care. Public sector expenditures on health are calculated as the sum of the budget allocated for the…

Revenues from Local government vs Total Revenues of the Consolidated Budget and Tax Revenues

Revenues from the Local Government are one of the categories under the Tax Revenue section of the Consolidated Budget. Tax revenues account for 90% of the total revenues of the budget, nevertheless the revenues from the Local Government make a very modest contribution to the tax revenues and total revenues.  Source: Ministry of Finance Comments and Analysis: Open Data Albania Referring to the final budget…

Total expenditures for wages financed from State Budget

Wages Expenditures is one of the main items financed from state budget. All together with social insurance contributions, they made labour costs for maintenance and functioning of central institutions in the country. Open Data Albania has conducted an analysis on funds allocated from the State budget for total wages and structure by central institutions. In the analysis is taken in consideration only the item “wages…

The price of drinking water over the years and a comparison with the costs

Assessing the prices is the prerogative of the Water Regulatory Entity (WRE). Open Data Albania (ODA) has completed a study on the average price assessed on individuals, private companies and government institutions during 2008-2011. It must be noted that prices vary from one local unit to another, therefore in order to complete the study an average has been taken into account.   Source: General Directory…

Indicators of the level of collection of the billed and measured water

The level of collection is one of the most important financial indicators for each activity. It provides information on the percentage of the value of invoices received within a certain period. The performance of this indicator has not been satisfactory over the years. The chart below shows the collection level of individuals, private companies and government institutions.The latter’s indicator is sometimes 100 %, which refer…

Number of Broadband Internet Contracts

The Broadband connection is one of the ways to use the internet. This indicator includes the contracts which enable the consumers to secure internet connection through: a modem which is attached to a cable transmission network, DSL technology (Digital Subscriber Line), other users of broadband or dedicated analogue lines. A characteristic of this system is that clients pay for high speed internet, generally above 256…

State budget support for the Central Election Commission for the period 2003-2011

Central Election Commission (CEC) is the institution responsible for the administrations of elections in Albania. It is financed by the state budget and is an independent institution by the Central Government. CEC accomplishes its activities through two programs: “Planning, Management and Administration” and “General and Local Elections” Source: Ministry of Finance Comments and Analysis: Open Data Albania (ODA) The amount of money allocated by the…

State Budget Support for Political Parties, National Organizations, and Veterans of war organization

State Budget Support for Political Parties, National Organizations, and Veterans of war organization. The state buget finances throug an allocation named “Political Parties” three different categories Financing for Political Parties, National Organizations, and Veterans of war organization.   Source: Ministry of Finance Comments and Analysis: Open Data Albania The chart above shows the total financing all three categories together: Support for Political Parties, Support for…