Democracy Program

Roundtable Discussion: Fight Against Corruption and Organized Crime – On the Role of Special...

Effectively tackling and combating corruption and organized crime remains the main priority of the European Union for Albania after the opening of membership negotiations...

Roundtable Discussion: Challenges of Albania’s approach to affectively tackle organized crime – Developing a...

The 2nd Roundtable organized in framework of Month of European Integration Civic Engagement, by the Center for the Study of Democracy and Governance (CSDG)...

Roundtable Discussion: “The performance effectiveness of Special Prosecution Office and Special Courts for corruption...

The Center for the Study of Democracy and Governance organized on 23 July the Roundtable Discussion "The performance effectiveness of Special Prosecution Office and...

The Center for the Study of Democracy and Governance publishes Monitoring Report nr. 4,...

The establishment and functioning of the Special Courts and the SPAK constitute one of the key components of the reform of the justice system. Until...

The importance of achieving the justice reform’ strategic objectives against the challenges facing the...

The establishment of the High Judicial Council and the High Prosecutorial Council constitute the beginning of the procedures towards the temporary appointment of Serious...

The Center for the Study of Democracy and Governance publishes Monitoring Report nr. 4,...

The establishment and functioning of the Special Courts and the SPAK constitute one of the key components of the reform of the justice system. Until...

The importance of achieving the justice reform’ strategic objectives against the challenges facing the...

The establishment of the High Judicial Council and the High Prosecutorial Council constitute the beginning of the procedures towards the temporary appointment of Serious...

Courts against corruption and organized crime and SPAK are not established yet.

The process for the re-evaluation of the candidates for the High Judicial Council and the High Prosecutorial Council have been concluded in November. However this...

Welcome to the first issue of our new three monthly newsletter SPAK Monitor

Faced with the rampant corruption and the threat of an increasingly stronger organised crime, the Albanian political institutions and political actors initiated the judicial...

Choices and Effects of Electoral Systems in Albania

The institution of free and fair elections is one of the fundamental criteria of democracy. In order to fulfil this criterion it is vital...

Monitoring Report no.1 – Roundatable: “Monitoring the progress of the establishment’s process of the...

The Center for the Study of Democracy and Governance (CSDG) organized on 17 December at Ministry of Justice’s premises, the Roundatable: “Monitoring the progress...

About
The Democracy program conducts empirical research on democratic political processes and institutions (elections, voters, electoral system, political parties, parliament, government, and more). It focuses on the relationship between democratic ideals and norms and democratic practice through social scientific analysis informed by normative theories of democracy. The aim of the program is to ensure that citizens are at the center of politics rather than special individual, group, or partisan interests. The program’s aim is to promote political responsiveness and accountability, political party democratization, improvement of the integrity of electoral processes, and democratic culture, space and values.