Public access to the Parliament of Albania, an overview

AuthorIna Veleshnja
Pages169-174
Vo
l.
5
N
o
. 1
M
arch, 201
9
ISS
N 2410-391
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ine at www.ii
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.or
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cademic Journal o
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Business,
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dministration, Law and Social Sciences
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PCCL Publishin
g
, Graz-
A
ustria
P
ublic access to the Parliament of Albania
,
an overview
Ina Veleshn
Ab
str
a
ct
I
nstitutional transparency is one o
f
the keys o
f
ghting corruption and abusive practices. The
P
arliament of
A
lbania has for a long time pressed this issue in order to increase transparency
a
nd internal democratization. Transparent practices and institutions is also one of the main
ob
j
ectives of various international or
g
anizations such as
O
SC
E
or the
EU
for the institutions
o
f
A
lb
a
n
ia
.
Ke
y
words
:
parliamentary transparency, right of information, public access.
I
ntr
odu
ct
io
n
A
n
A
lbanian citizen who wants to be in
f
ormed on the works and
p
roceedings o
f
the
P
arliament has a variet
y
o
f
tool (technological and legal), that serve this
p
ur
p
ose.
I
n the age o
f
internet the access to in
f
ormation is easier and
f
aster than ever. The
A
lb
a
n
ia
n P
a
rl
ia
m
e
nt l
i
k
e
m
o
st
of
i
nst
i
t
u
t
io
ns m
a
k
e
s
u
s
e
fu
ll
u
s
e
of
s
u
ch r
e
s
ou
rc
e
s.
A
ll the legal tool
s
1
available
f
or the in
f
ormation and engagement o
f
the
p
ublic are
available in the o
cial web
p
age o
f
the
A
ssembl
y
.
A
lmost ever
y
legal (Constitution,
Regulation o
f
the Parliament, internal regulation o
f
the administration o
f
the
P
arliament, Labor Code, Law on the Civil Servant S
y
stem o
f
A
lbania etc), are all
avai
l
a
bl
e t
h
ere. T
h
e we
bp
age
h
as
b
een create
d
since 1998 an
d
since t
h
at time t
h
e
i
n
f
ormation available has been u
p
dated
y
ear to
y
ear. There is also an historical
archive where interested
p
eo
p
le can access re
p
orts o
f
p
lenar
y
sessions
f
rom a s
p
eci
c
l
egis
l
ature.
O
t
he
r t
ool
s
i
nc
lude
:
Toda
y
in the Parliamen
t
i
s
a
n
o
nl
i
n
e
c
a
l
e
nd
a
r wh
e
r
e
a
r
e
r
e
e
ct
e
d
a
ll th
e
s
e
ss
io
ns
t
aking
p
lace, what is going to be discussed and i
f
re
p
resentatives
f
rom di
erent
i
nstitutions are going to be
p
resent in the meeting.
I
n
f
o point syste
m
an
y
one interested on the works o
f
the
A
lbanian Parliament and
v
isitors in t
h
e Par
l
iament an
d
t
h
e P
l
enar
y
Session Room
h
ave t
h
e o
pp
ortunit
y
t
o receive
f
ast and ver
y
use
f
ul electronic in
f
ormation, orienting, u
p
dated and
t
rans
p
arent through two in
f
ormation
p
oints "
I
n
f
o Point" located res
p
ectivel
y
in these
e
nvironments. This in
f
ormation s
y
stem contains inter alia the main in
f
ormation on the
c
ountr
y
, the time and agenda o
f
the
p
roceedings in
p
lenar
y
sessions,
p
arliamentar
y
c
ommissions hearings etc.
S
t
a
t
is
t
ical
da
t
a
Based on the annual reports on the activities of the Assembly of Albania, published
p
1
h ps://www.parlament.al/
.

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