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Manual and poster of first time voters programme - 2025
This manual is prepared in the framework of the "I Vote Too - First-time voters education programme - 2025". The publication addresses all young people in order to inform them about the importance of participation, the voting process and also the sanctions in case of abuse of this right they have acquired.
Electoral education, ASP and Partners Encourage Young People to Vote
About 114 thousand young people gain the right to vote for the first time in the parliamentary elections of 11 May 2025. To inform and raise their awareness on the importance of exercising this right, an electoral educational program is being held in all public high schools in the country during the month of April.
CEC, AKAP, and ASP launch electoral education program for First-Time Voters in high schools
The Central Election Commission (CEC), the National Agency for Pre-University Education (AKAP), and the Academy of Political Studies (ASP) have launched the electoral education program for over 20,000 high school students who will vote for the first time in the May 11, 2025 elections. This program is part of the Council of Europe (CoE) project "Strengthening Electoral Integrity in Albania (SEI)" and is financially supported by the Federal Republic of Germany.
Report on the restriction of the engagement of senior officials in the election campaign
The misuse of state resources in election campaigns is one of the main problems increasingly identified by reports of domestic and international observers during elections in Albania. One of these forms of misuse is the involvement of senior officials in political activities during the election campaign.
Policy briefs for authorities: Beyond the ban of TikTok towards regulating it
The decision of the Albanian authorities to ban the TikTok platform service has raised many uncertainties at the national and international level. Through this document, it is intended to provide an analysis of the situation and concrete recommendations for the authorities for the further regulation of TikTok and other social platforms.
TikTok granting partnership to Albanian Network of Trusted Flaggers
The social platform TikTok granted Albanian Trusted Flaggers the status of reporter through the dedicated channel of community partners. In this way, this network founded by the Academy of Political Studies
The School of Politics part of the World Forum for Democracy 2024
From 6-8 November 2024 took place the 12th session of the World Forum for Democracy, the event that brought together in Strasbourg over 1200 participants from 70 countries of the world to answer the question "Democracy and Diversity - Can we transcend the divides?".
Diploma ceremony of the second cycle of Academy of Trusted Flaggers
Over 14 Trusted Flaggers of internet were certified at the end of the second cycle of the Academy of Trusted Flaggers. The ceremony also served to award the winner of the competition for monitoring harmful materials on social networks held in the period June-September 2024.
Joint statement on the organization of electronic voting in the 2025 elections
As warned by our joint report in May, electronic voting will not be possible even in the 2025 elections in the quota provided for in the Electoral Code covering "not less than 10 percent of the voter list". The lack of necessary funds from the state budget
Diploma ceremony of the Albanian School of Political Studies 2023-2024
The Albanian School of Political Studies successfully closed the academic year for the participants of the 2023-2024 generation. A group of 20 young political leaders and citizens graduated after completing a one-year cycle on good governance, political organisation, leadership, and European Union policies.
