All of the official ministerial websites, as well as the website of the Prime Minister’s Office contain a feature on reporting corruption and receiving civic oppinion related to different issues. The government plan for 2013 – 2017, foresees the “Fulfillment of a wide consultation process with the civil society regarding the new legal initiatives, as well as their monitoring and evaluation”. Pursuant to this programme and engagements in the OGP, two laws were adopted, the “Law for Public Notification and Consultation” and the “Law on the Right of Information”. Infrastructure for Geospatial information The Geographical Information (GI) and the geo spatial data service are a necessary part of the information society and e-Government. ASIG was established pursuant to Law No. 72/2012. The basis for the establishment of the national geo-portal, were laid during 2014. The establishment of the National Geo-Portal is e new innovation of specific importance in respect of the online service, cartography information and geoinformation together with the database. The establishment of this service for the very first time in Albania, makes the unification of information possible based on the ‘INSPIRE”standards, avoids the overlapping related to property relations, eliminates communication bureaucracy and facilitates utilization of cartography information. Preparation of Local Governance for e–Government ISSIS strategy for 2008-2013, was focused in the development of e-governnance at 11 Strategic Plan of Lezha City Hall, 2013-2030 20 the central level. This strategy related a few general objectives for the e-governance at the local level accompanied by some activities in the action plan intending to raise the awareness regarding the e-governance. Periodical observations on the e-governance at the local government carried out by NAIS indicate that there are town halls (like Tirana, Durres, Korca, Elbasan, Shkodra, Lezha, etc.) and a few municipalities (like the municipalities of Shkodra and Lezha districts) that have developed e-governance practices, such as providing information related to services, e-participation, etc. The use of ICT by these Local Units improved the administrative processes, facilitated access to information as well as improved the quality of services in a number of fields of the local government activities, such as, taxes, budgets, territory planning and management, inspection, emergencies, inclussion of citizens and business in decision-making and the more advanced models of establishing the one-stop-shops, etc. In the mean time there are a large number of municipalities and city halls that are still far away from the ICT e-government utilization. Despite the efforts, only in very few cases the LG strategic documents cite objectives, programmes and projects related to e-local governance (i.e. Lezha11), which indicates lack of a long-term vision in the field of e-governance of the local government. The limited presence of the LGUs in the web, according to the approved standards, is a sign of a low scale development of the sector. The unified and harmonized e-governance development, both on the central and local level, as well as the support for the development of the LG e-governance is necessary to expand the benefits of ICT utilization in all layers and levels.

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