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Policy Study: Fair Competition Culture in Albania, January 2012

EMA has the pleasure to share with you the study on “Is Albania Ready for a Fair Competition? Strengthening Enforcement and Developing Advocacy Mechanisms”, supported by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and European Fund for the Balkans. By identifying the key factors hindering the development of a fair competition among market players, the paper provides a comprehensive overview […]

Policy study: Is the return worth it? On the reintegration of high skilled returnees in Albania, December 2011

EMA has the pleasure to share with you the Policy Brief: “Is the return worth it On the reintegration of high skilled returnees in Albania“ Considering the contribution of highly qualified professionals in consolidating democracy and building a modern society, this paper aims to shed light on some aspects of their reintegration in Albania. In […]

Policy Study: 12 key priorities for Albania: Where do we stand?, October 2011

EMA has the pleasure to share with you the Policy Study-12 key priorities for Albania. The EC Progress Report on Albania 2011 was the  incentive to prepare this policy brief, which announced  for the second time a negative assessment regarding  the readiness of the country to obtain the status of  EU candidate country. This assessment […]

Exploring the Impact of visa liberalisation on people’s mobility, April 2011

EMA shares with you the key findings of the nationwide survey conducted in the framework of the project “Exploring the Impact of visa liberalisation on people’s mobility”, supported by Balkan Trust for Democracy. The main findings were presented and discussed during the conference “How does visa-free travel in the Schengen area affect Albanian citizens?”, held […]

Nations in Transit 2011: Albania

Freedom House has published the annual report “Nations in Transit 2011”, which analyses the level of Albania’s progress towards democratisation in important areas such as: central government; election process; civil society; media independence; Local government; independence of the judiciary; and corruption, the areas that are crucial to meeting Copenhagen’s political criteria. This is the fourth […]

Informative manual on local government, March 2011

In the framework of the project “Encouraging youth participation in the political processes”, EMAs’ staff has published  the “Informative manual on local government”., which provided a short  information on basic principles of how local government institutions work and affect our daily life. It is designed to assist youths to better understand the functioning of democracy […]

Informative materials on Visa Liberalization, February 2011

EMA has the pleasure to share with you the informative materials prepared in the framework of the OSFA funded project “Visa Liberalisation Process with Albania: How to make it a success story” focusing in an information campaign on the rights and obligations deriving from Visa Liberalisation. “Informative booklet on the Visa Liberalisation Process” and the […]

Policy Paper: Thessaloniki 2014: In quest of a renewed credibility of the EU Enlargement process, January 2011

EMA supported by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) and Think Tank Fund of Open Society Foundations (OSF) has prepared a policy brief : “Thessaloniki 2014: In quest of a renewed credibility of the EU Enlargement process”. The proposal of the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Droutsas, who asserted the so-called initiative “Thessaloniki II” was the incentive to […]

Nations in Transit 2010: Albania

Freedom House has published the annual report “Nations in Transit 2010″ which  analyzes the progress’ level of Albania in terms of democratization in important areas such as: National Democratic Governance; Electoral Process; Civil Society; Independent Media; Local Democratic Governance; Judicial Framework and Independence; and Corruption, areas which are crucial to the fulfillment of the Copenhagen […]

Monitoring Report on the Visa Liberalisation Process with Albania – The End and the Beginning, October 2010

Few days before the decision of the Council of Ministers of the EU on visa liberalisation with Albania and Bosnia Herzegovina, European Movement Albania (EMA) has the pleasure to share with you the “Monitoring Report on the Visa Liberalisation Process with Albania – The End and the Beginning” on the last reform steps undertaken by […]