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The aim of this project is to
increase public transparency as regards the European
Integration process of Albania, to raise awareness and
the accountability of the state bodies for their role in
this process through independent, objective and
professional monitoring of the measures taken and the
progress achieved by Albania towards the achievement of
the European Partnership Program. In the context of the
project, Soros foundation in cooperation with AHC,
Institute of International Studies and the European
Center [1],
through identification of the legal gaps and the main
problems aim at offering constructive opposition in the
domains where monitoring will be extended with the aim
of contributing to speeding up the accession of Albania
in the European family.
Main objectives of the project:
1. Monitoring the
implementation of the legal and institutional reform
achieved from the state bodies in the context of the
implementation of the Association-Stabilization
agreement (ASA) signed by Albania and European
Union.
2. Contributing to the
encouragement of the government and other
stakeholders for a speedy implementation and in
compliance with the standards of a rule of law,
legal and institutional reforming.
3. Contributing to the
increase of accountability and transparency of the
respective state bodies in meeting the obligation
and taking the relevant measures stemming from ASA;
4. Contributing to the
enhancement of the role of civil society in the
European integration process, in monitoring and
offering constructive opposition in support of the
state bodies.
The monitoring areas:
In the context of the project, AHC
will contribute to the monitoring of the fulfilment of
the objectives in the areas of:
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elections and other
parliamentary issues,
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protection and observance of
minority rights,
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judicial system,
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pre-trial detention and
prison system,
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bailiff’s system.
Through monitoring and offering
expertise, AHC will follow steps by step the measures
taken by the government, will periodically make public
the data and the monitoring results in two monitoring
reports; a report will be published in May and the final
report in October of this year, and will offer
recommendations about the progress of the implementation
of ASA.
Project Outputs
Some of the expected outputs of the
project are as follows:
- External, objective,
impartial and professional evaluation of the
implementation of the liabilities deriving from ASA;
- Offering
recommendations and concrete suggestions to the
state bodies in fulfilling the recommendations
deriving from ASA;
- Alternative thought of
the civil society related to meeting commitments of
the Albanian government in the context of the
integration process;
- The public and the
other stakeholders of the civil society will have
better access to information about achievements and
limitations in the integration process
- The civil society will
be better aware as regards the European integration
process and the liabilities of Albania and its role
in this process;
- The transparency of
the integration process will get increased by making
it more controllable and tangible from the public
opinion.
Project Budget is 20000 Dollars.
[1]
This project will be implemented in cooperation
between the four afore-mentioned organizations.
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