The source of legitimacy of MPs to hold sessions and take action and decisions in the Assembly derives from the citizens. The representative function entails MPs’ obligations to ensure transparency and inclusiveness in their work for the general public,...
Seventy-five years after World War II most outsiders might think that the goal of full reconciliation between Poland and Germany has been achieved. After all, both countries are members of the European Union and NATO. Once contested border between...
On 9 April 2021, the Institute for Democracy in partnership with Stanford University organised a case study lecture on the topic of “Qualms with Quayside: Public Engagement in the Toronto Smart City Project” for LAD Balkan Alumni. The case...
The crisis management system is organized and implemented for prevention, early warning and dealing with crises that pose a risk to the well-being, health and life of people and animals. Those crises are caused by natural disasters and epidemics...
Establishing democratic oversight of the intelligence community in developing democracies such as Albania, Kosovo, and North Macedonia is highly challenging, yet of vital importance. In any given state, intelligence services tend to have unparalleled powers to collect, analyse, disseminate,...
The fight against corruption must continue in times of crisis. Dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic has shown that reduced anticorruption efforts contribute to even deeper crisis and prevent effective response from the institutions. Stagnation in the rule of law...
Europol has become a hub for differentiated integration. Initially a small anti-drugs unit, the EU’s police agency is now a fully-fledged body where law enforcement agencies from all around the world work together. Seen through the organisational dimension of...
The fight against corruption is not free of charge. As a multidimensional issue, the fight against corruption requires political, institutional and material resources that would reflect the declarative efforts and contribute to visible results. Even a potential political consensus...
Political control and oversight of the Government and other public office holders is a constitutionally stipulated function of the Assembly. To perform this function, oversight hearing is one mechanism to control the work of the Government, i.e. implementation of...
Today the Institute for Democracy “Societas Civilis” – Skopje had the pleasure to host a closed workshop announcing the Cooperation Instrument for the Western Balkans Think Tanks – THINK BALKANS, part of the project of the same name, financially...