Treasury transactions is a service offered by AIS that provides information, transparency, monitoring and accountability for taxpayers. The service enables citizens to learn how public institutions spend their money. The primary source for these data is the Central Treasury Office Spending System. Information provided by AIS through Spending Data Albania and Open Data Albania lists every payment, treasury transaction made by the 1895 budgetary institutions in the country.…
In 2019, 3268 business companies were registered in the country. Open Corporates enables information and visibility
In 2019, 3268 business companies were registered in the country. Each of them has a passport created in our Open Corporates Albania database. The used data and documents are of a public character. The passports of businesses have an important role in checking the integrity of the business companies operating in the country, as well as their visibility. The Albanian Business Register is an open and accessible register for…
AIS is monitoring tenders and contracts for the Reconstruction Program following the November 26th earthquake
The Albanian Government continued its tender procedures over March-June for the reconstruction and development of the buildings and areas affected by the November 26th, 2019 earthquake. The two authorities involved are: the Albanian Development Fund (ADF) and the municipality of Tirana . The tender procedure applied is a limited (not open) one, while the deadline for expression of interest in each case is no more than 10 days. The…
Open Corporations Albania, business data in the country, database audience grows
The Open Corporates Albania website, which provides information of an economic nature, in the Albanian language, reaches a record number of clicks. Over 20 thousand unique users every month, i.e. 40% more than last year, Open Corporates Albania has resulted to be a favorable website for the information it provides for business companies contracted by public institutions. In January 2020, according to Google Analytics, the website reached…
Our Project for Empowering Youth in Tech Industry, BootCamp with students of kursori.org
Empowerment of Youth through online training and employment opportunities in the Tech-Industry market. This is the impact of the project implemented by two organizations in Kosovo and Albania, the ODK and AIS. The project enabled school students from non-developed areas such Kurbini and Lezha to be trained and mentored at three levels via the platform Kursori.org. Thirty of the best students, trained and distinguished for…
Open Data promotes investigative journalism, facts about fraud through tenders
1 in 3 tenders without fair competition, open data encourage investigative journalism to denounce corruption with taxpayers’ money On January 7th, the TopStory investigative show on Top Channel denounced forms of fraud through public procurement tenders. Shocking facts were brought to the program for one in every three tenders without fair competition. 300 million euros of taxpayers’ money results to be lost every year, abused and misappropriated…
Albania 1 Euro – The Government rented eight state properties for 916 new jobs
The Albanian Government has signed eight contracts in 2019 for economic subjects that have obtained actual rights over state property against a symbolic price of 1 Euro. The Albania 1-Euro programme aims to grant potential employers (businesses) state property to use, with the purpose of increasing private investments and the number of employees. In 2019, six businesses and a non-profit organization have benefited from this…
Access to Information on Justice, and the integrity and promotion of individuals in the justice system
Data and documents on the justice system after the Reform. Additional access to information on the new justice institutions and individuals being promoted to the system. The new Akses Info Drejtësi database aims at enhancing the integrity of processes and institutions through a data mine (base) and information made available to the public and journalists. All laws, decisions, legal acts, strategies, reports and conclusions of external monitoring…
Open Contracting for Tenders by Albanian Road Authority – Transparency and Risk Assessment of Abuse
Tenders and Contracts awarded by the Albanian Road Authority are now accessible by Open Contracting standards. Following tenders for municipalities, public-owned business companies, health, the Albanian Road Fund and Central Purchasing Agency, the non-profit organization AIS is also ensuring transparency over tender stages and contracts awarded by this key contractor authority in the country. The Albanian Road Authority is the central planning institution for national road infrastructure contracts. The…
Ranking of state treasury transactions by values 2019
Open Data Albania is publishing highest-value transactions made in 2019 by budgetary institutions for clients or business suppliers. Transactions are ranked by value, but beneficiaries are not necessarily ranked by the same order Treasury Transactions is a well-structured database providing data on every payment made from state budget institutions through the State Treasury. The database provides exhaustive information on payment dates, categories, their description, beneficiary,…
Ownership of Business Companies registered during 2019 by Gender Representation
Open Corporates Albania is a database created and maintained by AIS. This database has published data about Business Companies registered from 1 January to 31 December 2019. These data and the relevant documents are easily accessed through passports disclosing their identity, scope of activity, managerial structure, owners over the years, capital values, performance and legal issues characterizing their business. Such passports link also the data…
Population in the World, Europe, and Region in 2019
Open Data Albania is disclosing data on the World Population. The source of this information is the UNFPA. Various national authorities and international organizations may use various methodologies to collect, process, and analyse data. To enable comparability of data at the international level, UNFPA relies on standards methodologies used by the main sources of statistics. In some cases, the data on these tables differ from…
Death toll by causal diseases, indicators for Albania 1993-2018
Open Data Albania is disclosing data on the death toll by causal disease for 2012-2019. This indicator shows the number of diseases affecting the population the most and also determining the final diagnosis at the moment a death is recorded. The groups of diseases causing death include Infectious Diseases; Tumors; Endocrine and Nutrition-related Diseases; Blood Diseases; Mental Disorders; Nervous System; Blood Circulation Diseases; Respiratory Tract;…
Business Companies registered in 2019 by regions
Open Corporates Albania is a database created and maintained by AIS. This database has published data about Business Companies registered from 1 January to 31 December 2019. These data and the relevant documents are easily accessed through passports disclosing their identity, scope of activity, managerial structure, owners over the years, capital values, performance and legal issues characterizing their business. Such passports link also the data…
Business companies registered in 2019 by their status, suspended
Five per cent of the companies registered in 2019 have been suspended within the year. This is an indicator of the status of the business companies established during the twelve months of 2019. Open Corporates Albania is a database created and maintained by AIS. This database has published data about Business Companies registered from 1 January to 31 December 2019. These data and the relevant…