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International audience ; Following the crisis of 1997 Albania has experienced considerable macro economic stability. However, as experience has shown macro economic stability is not necessarily a sufficient condition for political and social stability. Furthermore, in the Albanian case macro economic stability has not yet produced prosperity and economic well being at the family and individual level. The motivation for the production of an early warning report was that relevant qualitative research was not being done on a consistent basis and as such, no trend or dynamic conclusions could be drawn to inform response strategies and pro-active decision-making. The main goal of the Early Warning reports is to develop an analytical framework in which potential factors that could cause instability in Albania could be measured. It is through this framework that data gathered and the analysis of early warning information would be brought to all interested parties, such as the government, media, civil society and international organizations so that appropriate measures can be taken. However, the main target group of this reporting process will be the government of Albania at the central and local level to enable the formulation of timely and pro-active policies dealing with the identified concerns. Unlike the previous two attempts at Early Warning Reporting, which were largely thematic in their focus, this revised Report format will emphasize the establishment of an effective monitoring system. The first Albanian Early Warning Report was written after the Kosovo crisis. Since elections have proven to be conflict generating events during the past decade in Albania, the second report focused on political risk assessment of the 2001 pre-electoral situation in the country. The situation is now slightly different as the country is recovering and has made considerable improvements in terms of political and economic stability. The challenge now is to adapt an Early Warning tool for crisis prevention in a post-crisis country ...

International audience ; In June 2008, the Albanian Institute for International Studies (AIIS) carried out its sixth survey on Albania's integration to the European Union. The level of support and information of the society at large regarding European integration is relevant as ever, both due to the fact that Albanian citizens will be both propagators and beneficiaries of accession, as well as due to the multitude of domestic, regional and EU developments at a time when Albania has entered a new qualitative stage in terms of development and institutional relationships with the European Union.

International audience ; This paper analyses security sector reform (SSR) in Albania. In all its enterprises in reforming the security sector,Albania is assisted by different initiatives and projects that provide expertise and financial support. To assesswhether reforms improved the overall security environment (national and human) of the country, it is necessaryto measure the effectiveness of the various initiatives and projects. This is gauged by how well the initiatives andprojects achieved their defined goals, the level of coordination at the national and international level among thoseinstitutions working in the same specific field, and the sustainability and ownership of reforms. The evaluationof SSR in Albania is primarily based on official national documents, national legislation, situation reports ofAlbanian and international institutions related to reforms in the security sector, and national and internationalpress coverage of security events and incidents.The first part of this work describes the security sector in Albania and provides an overview of the securitychallenges the country faces. The second part of the paper offers an overview of the reforms and supportingprojects in the reformation, democratisation and conversion process of the police, human security and thejustice system. The human security section looks at the various issues of concern in this area via projectsthat encourage law enforcement, combat organised crime and illicit traffic and terrorism, mine action projects,small arms and light weapons control (SALWC), and projects that encourage community policing, etc. The thirdpart then discusses the Albanian Armed Forces (AAF), which are essential to the traditional national securityenvironment. The study closes with an analysis of the role of civil society and public opinion, and also offersrecommendations for national authorities, international authorities and civil social actors.