Open Society Foundation for Albania

	15 february 2008 Public presentation of the recommending document on the electoral reform 26 january 2008 Lobbing and advocacy on encouragement of social inclusion November 2007 Training courses on participatory governance 5 November 2007 Third report on monitoring the Assembly activity presented 2 November 2007 American University in Bulgaria evening with high school students 1 November 2007 Monitoring of commitments deriving from the SAA 18 October 2007 Survey on European Integration issues 15-19 October 2007 Team training and supplement production on European Integration 15 October 2007 International Conference on public urban spaces in Albania 12 October 2007 National conference on strategic privatizations 5 October 2007 New draft-law against discrimination proposed 15 September 2007 Dialogue required on government-proposed amendment to law on non-profit organizations 14 September 2007 Activities on the draft-law on electoral reform 3 August 2007 Students and public life 20 July 2007 Debating the law regarding publishing and the copyright 11 July 2007 Debating some amendments of the law on the right for information 10 July 2007 Presentation of the project for a sharing budget 29 June 2007 Increasing the management capacity of the municipality and involvement of citizens in the decision-taking process 25 June 2007 Amendment proposal for the law 8503 regarding the right for information 21 June 2007 The employment of students graduated abroad in the public administration 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

November 2007

Partners-Albania as a part of NOSA conducted six training courses on Participatory Governance and seven other training courses on “Participatory Governance Techniques”, in the seven cities targeted by the “I Support Good Governance” Durrës, Shkodër, Gjirokastër, Vlorë, Fier, Pogradec, Elbasan and other cities. In these sessions participated about 205 representatives of the community groups, municipality staff and members of Municipality Council. Training consisted in presenting some of the participatory governance techniques such as: Citizen Advisory Commission, Citizen Report Card, Open Meetings and Public Hearing Sessions. In most of the cities involved with the initiative, the local groups preferred using the technique of Advisory Commission, which consist in establishment of a group with experts in a specific issue.

The groups will be formalized structures that will counsel the members of theMunicipality Council and the Mayor during a certain period of time, to find solutions for the given issue. Some of the Commissions that working groups during the trainings suggested to establish (and they are currently working for) are: a Board Commission on establishment of a ‘Gender Issues Office” at the Municipality, a Board for coordinatiion of youth policies, Citizen Commission for tourism and cultural issues, Citizen Report Card on the evaluation of service provision by the Municipality etc. The training programs on Participatory Governance and Participatory Techniques are supported by OSFA - Soros.