TIRANA, March 9/ATA/-The Chairman of Albania’s Central Election Commission Klement Zguri received on Friday in Tirana an ODIHR delegation headed by Raul Muresan, Project Co-ordinator on “Support to Elections in Western Balkans”, Nicola Schmidt, senior consultant on elections and Alexey Gromov, consultant on elections.
The meeting focused on the joint project of the EU-ODIHR on improvement of electoral system in the Western Balkan countries.
During the meeting it was also discussed on efforts of countries of the region for implementation of the recommendations in three key areas: election administration, voters’ registration (focused on the process) and media behaviour during electoral campaigns.
Zguri acquainted the delegation with the findings and recommendations following work analysis of the CEC Administration as well as the fields where ODIHR can assist and support CEC with its work for improvement of electoral processes.
During its stay in Albania, the OSCE/ODIHR delegation held meetings even with actors involved in the electoral process. This visit will serve to the delegation for assessing the situation and determining the place where Albania stands in regard to implementation of recommendations made for local and Parliamentary elections.
According to Muresan, there will be reflected on the findings and will be given further recommendations on how the OSCE/ ODIHR can help with their implementation./a.g/p.s./
