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
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Strategic Plan of Lezha City Hall, 2013-2030
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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.