Capabilities
International Programs
Supporting Democracy and the Rule of Law in Albania
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| Albania anticorruption poster |
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) contracted C&A to manage a three-year, $6 million program to strengthen democracy and the rule of law in Albania. From 2004 until 2007, C&A provided technical assistance and training to a variety of public and nongovernmental institutions in Albania to increase their capacity to promote and enforce transparency and accountability. The C&A team supported the development and implementation of an enforceable asset declaration and conflict of interest regime for government officials in accordance with international standards, enhanced the capability of justice sector institutions to manage operations and conduct judicial inspections, created a modern bar association, improved civil society capacity to monitor government reforms and engage in public interest litigation, and helped to pass laws and adopt regulations and policies related to conflict of interest, administrative procedure/freedom of information, intellectual property/copyrights, and freedom of the press.