29/07/2025
📅NDI hosted a 2 days workshop that brought together local administration staff, councilors, and civil society from Elbasan and Lushnja to discuss ways to enhance transparent 🏛️ local governance and citizen engagement through local initiative.
📣With the support of NDI, and in cooperation 🤝 with the Shoqata për Autonomi Vendore, the municipalities🏤 of Elbasan and Lushnja are committed to enhancing:
💡transparency,
🔎accountability, and
🙌 citizen engagement in local governance.
This initiative, developed within the framework of the 🌍 Open Government Partnership at the local Level, aims to position these municipalities as role models for community engagement and sets the stage for scaling efforts to other areas.
🗣 Involving civil society, local councilors, academia and citizens is crucial to ensuring that all voices are heard in decision-making processes.
🤝 Together, we contribute to making local governments more open, accountable and responsive to citizens needs.
A special thanks to Bashki të Forta and Partners Albania for Change and Development for their contribution to this important work!
This project is funded with the generous support of National Endowment for Democracy