{"id":19520,"date":"2023-04-03T09:47:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T09:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=19520"},"modified":"2024-05-04T09:36:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T09:36:00","slug":"state-treasury-fund-transfers-to-political-parties-2012-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=19520&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"State Treasury fund transfers to Political Parties, 2012-2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This Dataset was prepared in the frame of the Datathon<\/strong> <\/strong>Albania 2023 <\/strong>event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The data, graphs, visualizations and findings were prepared by the team of fellows, part of Open Data Youth Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Datathon was implemented, as part of the \u201cOpen Data Access and Transparency Project activities in sectors exposed to the risk of corruption\u201d <\/a>project, supported by Sida \u2013 Sweden International Development Cooperation Agency<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the span of ten years, 2012-2021, Political Parties in Albania have benefited from public funding in the amount of ALL<\/strong> <\/strong>2.174 billion<\/strong>, of which ALL 1.784 billion<\/strong> covered the everyday annual activities of political parties, whereas ALL 390 million<\/strong> were allocated to cover electoral campaigns expenses (General Election 2013, Election Local 2015, General Election 2017, Local Election 2019, and General Election 2021). Budget expenditures, allocated as support for Political Parties during Election Campaigns, are estimated in the amount of ALL 65 million<\/strong> until 2021, while this year these transfers\u2019 have doubled to ALL 130 million.<\/strong> Public funding for Political Parties election campaigns accounted for about 20-27% of the total public budget, dedicated to political parties during the years 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019, whereas, in 2021, it accounted for almost half of it, or 47%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On average, in an electoral year, an amount of ALL 265 million<\/strong> were transferred from the State Budget<\/strong> as financial support for political parties, while in non-electoral years, ALL 170 million<\/strong> or 36% less were allocated to the parties. In total, in electoral and non-electoral years, funds were transferred from the State Budget towards Political Parties in the amount of ALL<\/strong> <\/strong>217.4 million.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In total, political parties over a 10 year period (2012-2021) have, collectively, received ALL 2.174 billion<\/strong> from the State Budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data from the Treasury<\/a> show that, over the years, the Socialist Party <\/strong>is the one that has benefited the most from fund transfers from the State Budget. That changes only for 2012 and 2014, when the Democratic Party was the one that benefited the most from public funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In total, there are 50 political parties<\/strong> that have managed to absorb funding from the State Budget in the years 2012-2021. In 2022, Nisma Thurje (Hashtag initiative) Party managed to profit funds as well, bringing the number of political parties benefiting from transfers from the treasury<\/a> in 51.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The year with the highest public funding awarded to political parties was 2022, followed by 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electoral years, simultaneously, coincide with the years with the largest budget funds transferred from the State Budget to the political parties, in the country. The State Budget, based on treasury<\/a> data, has allocated towards political parties in Albania, in 2017, a total of ALL 312.4 milion<\/strong>. Most of it has been allocated to the Socialist<\/strong><\/a> Party<\/strong>, respectively ALL 114 million<\/strong> or 36.5% of the annual fund. It is followed by the Democratic<\/a> Party, <\/strong>with ALL 108 million<\/strong> or 34.6% of the 2017 annual total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n