Open Society Foundation for Albania

	30 May 2007 Dialog civil society - government aiming at the reduction of informality 11 May 2007 Second report on the activity of Albanian Parliament is published 4 April 2007 Memorandum of the farmers for exports complying European standards 29 March 2007 Monitoring of the parliamentary process of drafts law debating 28 March 2007 The civil society is in favor of the creation of a state committee against blood feud 16 March 2007 Monitoring of the migration strategy 26 February 2007 Signature of the Memorandum of Understanding 18-20 February 2007 Parallel counting of votes 13 February 2007 The Civil Society demands the relaxation of conflictuality of the election campaign 3 February 2007 Local elections 2007 online by the MJAFT Movement 30 January 2007 Seminar on “Improving public transportation in the region of Tirana” 23 Janauary 2007 Memorandum of civil society to protect its own constitutional rights 18 January 2007 Call of the civil society for a civilized election campaign 22 December 2007 Winners announced for the “Public-private partnership” contest 19 December 2006 Workshop "Albania's Interim Agreement with the EU and its effects on the Albanian Business" 1 December 2006 Debate of the civil society about the new draft law concerning the State Police 21 November 2006 Presenting the findings of the survey “Albania and the EU – Perceptions and Realities” 18 November 2006 The Conference “Albania and Greece – Mutual perceptions” 6-10 November 2006 Seminar on the challenges of European Integration 3 November 2006 Debate about book policies in the countries of Western Balkans 3 November 2006 AUBG closes recruitment ceremony with fourth-grade students of high schools in Tirana 1 November 2006 Organization that builds school wins case against Albanian government 14 October 2006 Standards in pre-university education 10 October 2006 Presentation of the monitoring report ivote.com - January-July 2006 16 September 2006 Historical turns and the return of memory

18-20 February 2007

In the local elections 2007 the Open Society Foundation for Albania provided support to the project on the Parallel Counting of Votes. Although a novelty in Albania’s conditions, the project was successfully implemented by the Elections to Conduct Agency (ECA) and the Movement Mjaft. The project was successful in providing information to the public in real time as the counting process was being finalized and commissioners signed off on counting results. This was a valuable contribution to the enhancement of election transparency. Accredited observers were stationed in 11 main towns of the country and transmitted the information live from the ballet counting stations. The unofficial information was posted on the respective website of the project and was accessed by the greatest part of the electronic media in the country.

The successful implementation of the project Parallel Counting of the Votes had a positive effect on the assurance of some of the critical election standards. Thanks to the speedy processing and publishing of the data and the extensive media coverage, the project pressured for enhanced transparency, fast and reliable information, increased civic involvement and, generally, the guaranteeing of the fair counting of the people’s vote