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Review of electoral administration training with Central Election Commission trainers in Albania
The analysis “Electoral Administration Trainings: Challenges and Practical Solutions - Dialogue with Trainers” was concluded on 30-31 May 2026, bringing together certified electoral trainers...
Advancing electoral training and education in Albania
On 25 May 2026, national stakeholders and international partners gathered in Tirana at the consultative roundtable co-organized by the Council of Europe and the Central Election Commission,...
BRIDGE: Advancing excellence in Albanian elections
On 18-19 May 2026, members and senior staff of the Central Election Commission took part in the BRIDGE Showcase on Building Institutional Excellence in Elections. The workshop aimed to...
Post-monitoring dialogue with Albania: PACE monitors welcome constructive discussions with all stakeholders
Following a visit to Tirana from 30 March to 1 April 2026, the co-rapporteurs of PACE for post-monitoring dialogue with Albania, Ionut Stroe (Romania, EPP/CD) and Pawel Jabłoński (Poland, ECPA), have welcomed the constructive discussions with the authorities and all other stakeholders about the...
Congress to lead implementation of a new Council of Europe-EU programme for Western Balkans
The Local Observatory on Reform Agendas Implementation (LORAI), a joint initiative between the European Commission and the Council of Europe, was launched yesterday at a high-level ceremony on...
Albania: post-monitoring visit by PACE co-rapporteurs
Ionuț-Marian Stroe (Romania, EPP/CD) and Paweł Jabłoński (Poland, ECPA), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), will make a fact-finding visit to Albania from 30 March to 1 April, in the context of the post-monitoring dialogue with this country. During their...
Congress 50th session: Mariupol Justice project, Roma History Month, launch of new project for Western Balkans and dialogue with Russian democratic forces among side events
Strasbourg, 25.03.2026 – The 50th Congress session (Strasbourg, 31 March – 2 April 2026) features a number of side events, including presentation of the Mariupol Justice project, with the...
South-East Europe: call for applications to the training for facilitators of citizens’ assemblies
The Centre of Expertise for Multilevel Governance at the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe is launching a call for participants in the training course for lead facilitators of citizens’ assemblies. The call is open to representatives of civil society...
Congress to examine the application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in Albania
A delegation from the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, composed of rapporteurs Anders Knape (Sweden, EPP/CCE) and Sören Schumacher (Germany, SOC/G/PD), will carry out a monitoring visit to Albania from 17 to 19 November to assess the application of the European...
Council of Europe action to strengthen electoral cycle in Albania, launched in Tirana
The Council of Europe has officially launched a new action “Support to the Electoral Cycle in Albania (SECA)”, co-funded by the European Union. The launch event, organised in co-operation with...
The Albanian initiative “I Vote Too!” makes it to the World Forum for Democracy 2025
The Albanian initiative “I Vote Too!” was presented at the 2025 World Forum for Democracy at the Council of Europe, under the theme “Democracy at risk: how can we revive it?”. Featured in the...
Enhancing civic participation of youth: “I vote too! - Education of first-time voters in Albania 2025”
How can young voters play an active role in shaping their country’s future? The Council of Europe supported the Central Election Commission (CEC) in hosting the roundtable ‘Electoral Education...
Enhancing transparency of electoral disputes resolution: Roundtable on the Complaint Tracking and Monitoring Platform
The Council of Europe, which supported the creation of the Complaint Tracking and Monitoring (CTM) Platform, assisted the Central Election Commission (CEC) in organising a roundtable to...
Training of trainers and supervisors ahead of by-elections
The Council of Europe supported the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Albania in training trainers and supervisors of the Electronic Identification Device (EID) operators. These trainers...
Parliamentary Assembly elects a new Vice-President in respect of Albania
PACE today elected, at the opening of its Autumn 2025 session, Olta Xhaçka as a new Vice-President of the Assembly in respect of Albania. Nineteen Vice-Presidents are elected annually at the beginning of an ordinary session and remain in office until the opening of the next session (but a Vice...
New EU–Council of Europe joint action to support democratic elections in Albania
The new action, “Support to the Electoral Cycle in Albania” (SECA), started implementation with the aim to strengthen the independence and capacities of the Central Election Commission (CEC),...
One third of spending on European original films and series is made by global streamers
The European Audiovisual Observatory has just published a new report on investment in original European films and series made by the main media players in Europe. This new study reveals that total spending on European original works (excluding news and sports rights) amounted to EUR 25.1 billion...
Over 20,000 Albanian High School Graduates Trained in Electoral Education Ahead of 11 May Elections
More than 20,000 high school graduates from 335 public schools across Albania have participated in a nationwide electoral education programme, in anticipation of the 11 May parliamentary elections. The initiative is part of the Council of Europe (CoE) project “Strengthening Elections Integrity in...
Albanian authorities must address shortcomings identified during election observation process, says PACE
PACE today called on the Albanian authorities to demonstrate strong political will to address the shortcomings identified during the observation of the recent parliamentary elections (11 May 2025) “in order to ensure the alignment with European standards in electoral processes”. It called on the...
Secretary General to highlight democratic security at EPC Summit
Against the backdrop of war, democratic backsliding, and accelerating disruption in Europe and the world, Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset will join over 40 European heads of state and government at the sixth European Political Community (EPC) Summit, hosted on 16 May in Tirana,...
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