CRS is currently implementing the Promoting Fiscal Transparency in the Balkans project. This initiative aims at increasing the level of transparency surrounding public budgets both at the national and at the local levels in Albania, Serbia-Montenegro, and Bosnia-Herzegovina. URI was contracted by CRS to build the capacity of project staff and partners. URI designed and facilitated a three-day training for ten participants. The purpose of the training was to provide CRS staff and partners with the latest theories and practices related to civil society budget work with a special emphasis on successful examples from the Balkans. more
The World Bank, in collaboration with URI and two other Albanian NGO-s, NACSS and Co-Plan, has embarked in an initiative to support the implementation of pilot activities aimed at building a demand side for better government and strengthening city participation in the governance process in Albania. Participatory Budgeting Pilot (PBP) in Albania, was designed with the objective to improve local governance and accountability in Albania by...more
