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…
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…
Programs of the Ministry of Defense
From the budget perspective, the Ministry of Defense has been among ministries with more fluctuations in the budget programs to achieve its mission. Most of these changes are associated with restructuring and reforms because of membership in NATO. Source: Ministry of FinanceComments and Analysis: Open Data Albania (ODA) In the years 2004 and 2005, 80% of ministry funds were managed by the program “Security…
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…
The Ministry of Defense’s Budget as percentage of GDP and Total State Budget
Although peace is one of the major challenges for today’s society, it seems that even governments are not negligible about this fact, which is shown in spending considerable amounts for their armies. Part of this trend is also Albania, which since 1999 has received more and more commitments in the field of defense. Our country certainly was not accepted as a member of NATO due…
Accreditation of the Private Institutions of High Education and the Study Programs
Accreditation is the process which certifies the quality of an Institution of High Education (IHE) and its study programs. In our country this is done by the Agency for Accreditation of High Education and this is under the direct supervision of the Ministry of Education. There are many theories whether the government must get involved in the regulation and supervision of the education system or…