Open Data Albania

Revenues and Profits made from Companies Operating as Audiovisual Media during 2021

Open Data Albania is looking into the revenues and profits made from business companies licensed as audiovisual media. The data presented in the research were obtained from the National Business Center (NBC) and include only statistics concerning companies equipped with a Media License and an active NIPT. The numbers are presented in a well-structured format in the Open Corporates Albania database, in the media business…

The effects of Devaluation Foreign Currencies versus the National Currency, possible impacts on the economy, April 2023. History 2003 – 2023

The official Lek/Euro exchange rate reached a historic low of 110.98 Lek in April 2023. Similarly, the American dollar (USD) and the British pound (GBP) have reached historic low rates against the Lek, being exchanged at 100.46 Lek and 125.33 Lek, respectively. The strengthening of the lek against foreign currencies has a significant impact on the economy, both on consumer purchasing power and on government…

Unconditional Transfer for Local Government, State Budget 2014-2023, Election Year

Open Data Albania is disclosing detailed information regarding the value of the Unconditional Transfer granted by the Central Government – through the State Budget – to Local Municipality Administration. The figures are being provided for a period that starts from 2014 to present day. In 2015, due to the then Territorial Reform, the country’s administrative division into Local Government Units changed. The changes were also…

Average Real Wages in the Public and Private Employment Sectors

In 2022, the Average Wages for Public Employees only increased by ALL 1,571. It constitutes the lowest annual increase for the sector in the time frame starting from 2000 to 2022, during which the average increase has been ALL 2,505. The difference in the average salary in the state sector during 2022 was calculated by the Open Data Albania team by making use of available…

The Reconstruction Fund: Budgeting and Consolidation Plan, 2020 – 2023, revisions in the State Budget

The Albanian Government’s Reconstruction Program, introduced in Brussels at the donors’ conference, held in February 2020, presented damages and the need for intervention in the amount of Euros 1.076 billion or (about ALL 131 billion at the February 2020 exchange rate). This figure was calculated by the Albanian Government as damages and the need for intervention after the Consequences of the Earthquake of November 26,…

Ranking of 30 Major Beneficiaries based on the value of transactions received from the State Treasury, 2019-2022

The companies benefitting large sums of money from the State Treasury throughout the twelve months of 2022 are Shoqëri e Thjeshtë Intekar – ASL, Kastrati, G.P.G. Company, Gjoka 87 and Salillari. Source: Open Spending Albania Comments and Analyses: Open Data Albania Open Data Albania, using well-structured data present in the Open Spending Albania platform, has been identifying and ranking the 30 (thirty) economic operators with…

Concessionary Companies, funds collected from the State Treasury, January 1st to December 31, 2022

Open Data Albania is ranking the concession businesses, otherwise known as Private and Public Partnerships, based on the size of the funds benefited from the State Treasury throughout 2022. During this year, ALL 9.73 billion were distributed to concession companies directly from the budget. There are a few concessions, which are paid through Public Funds that, are not listed here, such as three concessions in…

British Visas: Applications from Albanian Citizens and Approval Rate, Comparative view with the Region and the World

The data used for the purpose of this article was obtained from the Office for National Statistics in the United Kingdom. Visa application includes any visa application made by citizens of a particular country, such as for family reunification, for studies, for work, for business, for visiting, etc. In 2022, it emerges that 36,760 Albanians applied for a visa in the United Kingdom, which is…

Audiovisual Media Ownership, based on capital and indirect control, March 1st, 2023

Open Data Albania is disclosing the ownership regarding business companies that operate as Audiovisual Media in the Republic of Albania. Audiovisual Medias are licensed by the AMA and categorized as: National Private Licensed Audiovisual Entities and Private Analogue Audiovisual Entities. The research focuses on the number of licenses issued by category, shareholders and final owners of audiovisual media. On March 1st, 2023, there are 51…

Albanian asylum seekers in the EU and EFTA throughout the years, based on the destination, age group and types of court verdicts

Open Data Albania is examining the data concerning Albanians seeking asylum in European Union and EFTA countries. The statistics for EU asylum seekers do not include UK asylum requests, having already left the Union. Asylum seeker is any third-country national or stateless person, who has submitted an application for international protection or has been included in such an application as a family member during a…

Capital Growth and Profit, Second-Tier Banks 2018 – 2022

Open Data Albania has conducted a research on capital growth and earnings performance of second-tier banks operating in Albania. In the period under review, active banks operating in the country have been reduced from 14 at the end of 2018 to 11 in 2022. This reduction in number has come as a result of the merger and absorption of banks or liquidation at the will…

The crime ratio in the Republic of Albania, 2004-2021

Open Data Albania is examining the data regarding the crime ratio in the country. This indicator reveals the incidence of criminal offenses (crimes or misdemeanors), pondering how the statistics we’ve retained compare versus a fixed number of people, trying to offer an much accurate overview of the distribution of crime in the country as possible. As a rule of thumb, the crime ratio expresses the…

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AIS concerned: Central Election Commission has limited access to Documents and Information on previous Election Periods.

Posted: March 24, 2023

For many weeks now (February 2023), the CEC official website lost touch with its database before 2020. This database contains Documents, Acts, Reports, Minutes and Decisions that represent the backbone of CEC activity and electoral campaigns developments. Similarly, while Albania gears up for the local elections, the previous 2019 campaign is darkened by a total lack of acts and information on the CEC website. Although…

“February, Month of Civil Engagement for EU Integration” started – AIS presented a Policy Paper on Integrity Control of Public Contractors, EU practice and the Albanian Context

Posted: February 4, 2023

February, the Month of Civil Engagement for European Integration, began with an event of the Organization AIS, whose purpose was to present a Policy Paper titled “Control of the Integrity of Public Contractors, EU practices and contracting in the Albanian Context”, drafted in the frame of the C1-EU- NPA Project. His Excellency, the ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Tirana, Mr. Reinout Vos,…

StartUp Datathon Albania, Data Marathon by AIS, promoter of Open Data

Posted: December 3, 2022

AIS returns to its tradition of Datathon and Hackathon Albania. This November we started working with a group of young people for the DataThon that will be held in January 2023. DataThon comes from the words Data and Marathon. They are events where people meet to work together on an idea and to collect, analyze, visualize and communicate findings related to data. AIS has previously…

Started – February, Month of Civil Engagement for EU Integration

Posted: February 7, 2023

AIS / Open Data Albania presented a Policy Paper on Integrity Control of Public Contractors, EU practice and the Albanian Context Aranita Brahaj, the head of the Organization, emphasized that many companies in the country that have acquired the status of Contractor in Public Procurement; Investor in State Assets or Public Licenses in Strategic sectors, are Shell or Offshore companies with unidentified beneficial owners, located…

Reporter.al/ The major beneficiaries of the Reconstruction program

Posted: December 5, 2022

Companies linked to Socialist Party officials and a handful of businesses known for winning concessions or licenses are among the biggest beneficiaries of Reconstruction tenders, while work is dragging on beyond schedule. It’s 12:00 on a sunny March day and Evelina Zguro takes advantage of her lunch break to take a look at the pit, upon which her apartment building has just started to be…

The German media ‘flogs’ Rama’s government: Problems with corruption, justice, freedom of the press and still ready for the EU?

Posted: October 7, 2022

Albania celebrated a historic moment after almost three decades: in 2003, Tirana submitted its application for membership. In the days following the announcement, a larger-than-life EU flag adorned the government building in Tirana’s Skënderberg Square. EU affinity is high in the country with 2.8 million inhabitants. According to the Balkan Public Barometer, 89 percent of Albanians evaluate EU membership as positive. In conversations with locals, proximity to the…

Treasury Transaction is a service provided by AIS for ensuring information, transparency, and civic monitoring and accountability. Such service enables taxpayers to learn how their tax money is spent by their government and public institutions. The main source for such data is the Expenditure System of the Treasury Central Office. The information provided by AIS through its two portals, Spending Data Albania and Open Data Albania, contains all details about every payment, and treasury transaction carried out by the 1600 budgetary institutions in the country starting from January 2012.

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. The new Access to Justice Info database aims at enhancing the integrity of processes and institutions through a data mine (base) and information made available to the public and journalists. Similarly, the website contains also a profile for every prosecutor , judge or member of the new justice institutions. The profile aims to provide easy to find documents on the education, professional experience, qualifications, promotion, vetting, self-declarations, and any other documents linked to new individuals in the system.

Following Open Local Government Procurement Program OpenLGP, that started its implementation in November 2015, this project is opening data for each procedure of public procurement of the 61 municipalities for one more year (in total, the database will be enriched with data for the two first years of the 61 municipalities, i.e. 2015 – 2017) and update procurement data already registered.

Creation of instruments that facilitate the finding, use, and visibility of the information about the distribution of public contracts by contractors/clients.eIncrease the capacity of local journalists in reporting on the dictribution of the public contracts by clients.e Identification of the distribution of public contracts (public money) by client’s gender.

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» Concessions/ PPP	» Local Government Municipalities	» Trade Exchanges
» Region	» Reconstruction Program	» Education
» Energy Sector	» Electoral Spending	» Innovation

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