Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Albania is taking a big step forward in building its democracy literally and figuratively in constructing a visitors’ center and research and analysis service in parliament to make government more accountable and responsive to the public interest.
On January 21, 2021, and following extensive stakeholder consultations, NDI signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Parliament of Albania to initiate a state-of-art legislative research and public education center. Supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, NDI will provide expert guidance to the parliament as it stands up this department to provide legislators with their own body of information to evaluate legislation, propose amendments, and scrutinize the policies and actions of the government, drawing on real-time evidence and analysis. With the creation of a Visitor’s Center and a robust civic education department, public access to parliament as the country’s lead representat