Euro-Atlantic integration has been the dominant policy approach to achieving long term stabilization and development of Western Balkans region and in overall this policy has been effective in both aspects: Euro-Atlantic integration and regional cooperation.
However, despite the progress made, the initial goals of regional cooperation - good neighbor relations, reconciliation, and mutual understanding - continue to be encountered by...
The Center for the Study of Democracy and Governance organized in close collaboration with the Coordination Center for Countering Violent Extremism the Workshop: “A strategic approach to delivering P/CVE messaging and narratives in Albania”.
The activity was organized in the framework of the project “Conducting research to guiding P/CVE messaging in the Tirana Municipality and support the Albanian CVE Center...
CSDG organized a workshop on qualitative research methods and the use of the analytical program MAXQDA with the participation of the Coordination Center for Countering Violent Extremism and the responsible institutions for the implementation of the National Strategy for Countering Violent Extremism (NSCVE).
As part of the support component for strengthening research capacities, CSDG organized the Workshop "Qualitative Research Methods...
CSDG is implementing the project that aims to strengthen the capacity of the institutions responsible for the full implementation of measures 5 and 6 of the National Strategy for Countering Violent Extremism (NSCVE), which relate to strategic communication in order to counter and prevent violent extremism.
In the framework of the project, on 10th July, was organized the Workshop on Scientific...
The Center for the Study of Democracy and Governance with the support of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Tirana has initiated the Albanian Security Barometer (ASB). The ASB is a new innovative project which brings to the public debate the attitudes and perceptions of Albanian citizens on various aspects of security through a national public survey. Some of the main...
The Center for the Study of Democracy and Governance with the support from Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation Tirana Office, organized the Roundtable Discussion “The Administrative Approach in Fighting Organized Crime: Exploring the Possibility of its Implementation in Albania”.
Participants from government institutions, civil society and media were introduced to the administrative approach concept and practice, which has been increasingly applied...
"The Center for the Study of Democracy and Governance and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Tirana organized on 5 July 2018 seminar “National Security Policymaking and Strategic Culture: European and Albanian Perspectives”. The aim of this seminar was to present the concept of the strategic thinking and culture and its importance, and to contribute to the building of strategic culture in...
The Albanian Coordination Centre for Countering Violent Extremism organised on June 4th, 2018 the Western Balkans Regional Conference on “Countering Violent Extremism Together: Partnering for Success". The objective of the conference was to foster the partnership and cooperation among the Western Balkan countries by bringing together key stakeholders and raising awareness on the need to develop community oriented approaches...
CSDG Executive Director contributed to the experts’ meeting of the working group on extremism, populism, nationalism and xenophobia of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats in the European Parliament.
In the panel on “Radicalisation and the foreign fighter phenomenon in the Western Balkans”, chaired by MEP Knut Fleckenstein, he gave a presentation on the topic of “Islamic fundamentalism in Albania”.