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Memorandum of Cooperation on Monitoring European
Integration Progress of Albania
26.02.2007
On the date February 26,
2007, Open Society Foundation for Albania
-Soros, Albanian Helsinki Committee, Institute
of International Studies and the European Center
together with the Ministry of Integration signed
the Memorandum of Cooperation on monitoring
EU-Albania relationship in the context of the
European integration process[1].
During the signing ceremony, both parties
expressed their commitment for promoting civil
society monitoring in the process of the
European integration of the country. The
minister of Integration, Ms. Arenca Trashani,
assessed the participation of the civil society
in this process and conveyed the willingness on
the part of the body she leads for disseminating
every piece of useful information. The
representatives of the monitoring organizations
of the European integration progress of Albania
highlighted the importance of involving the
civil society in monitoring this process, as a
factor that will increase the responsibility and
raise awareness of the state bodies and the
transparency in access to information of the
achieved results to the public opinion. The
cooperation of the government structures with
the non-governmental ones in the context of the
endeavors for European integration has been
recommended on the part of the European
Commission.
For further
information see:
Memorandum of
Cooperation
[1]
This Memorandum of Cooperation is
achieved in the context of the project
“Monitoring and reporting the progress
of EU-Albania relationship” which will
be applied by the Open Society
Foundation for Albania -Soros, Albanian
Helsinki Committee, Institute of
international studies and the European
Center..
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