CPII provide training for Citizens’ Transparency Office in Durres

An intensive one-day training was provided by CPII senior staff and experts to the members of Citizens’ Transparency Office in Durres. The training was took place in Durres on July 26^th, in the conference hall of Hotel Alvin. A well designed training program will provide the CTO members with basic and advanced legal knowledge on the constitutional and legal framework related to local government functioning in Albania, state publications system functioning, citizens right to participate, international commitments, obligation and agreements ratified by the Albanian Parliament, especially those with Council of Europe, an in depth understanding of Strategy on Innovation and Good Governance at Local level (Twelve Principles of Good Democratic Governance at Local Level).

Another training module was carefully designed to provide participants with advanced practical knowledge (Monitoring skills and tools) on how to attend and monitor the decision making process in all of its basic components: discussion, approval and proclamation, based on the provisions the law 8652, “On the Functioning of Local Government” (Lecturers: Eniel Kolaneci, former juridical director in Tirana Municipality, university professor of Administrative Law, Endrit Shabani, Former TI expert on transparency issues, and law professor, and Gerti Shella, Expert on Right to Information and civic monitoring).

This training event was organised in the framework of activities planed under the project “Fostering transparency in decision making process in local government by supporting active citizens’ participation and through continuous civic monitoring”. This project is supported by National Endowment for Democracy, NED, in Washington D.C.