TIRANA, Feb 20 /ATA/ – Parliament of Albania held an informative workshop on integrated system “E-Legislation,” which has started to be implemented by OSCE Presence in our country through the financing of Swiss govt.
In attendance of the event were MPs, representatives of parliamentary services, experts and representatives of OSCE mission who were acquainted with the novelties and functioning of this system.
Vice Parliament Speaker, Vasilika Hysi, who moderated the event, while underlining the progress made in the last years with exercise of legislative functions, stressed that the project will lead to parliament of Albania strengthening its role in fulfillment of legislative, supervisory and representative role in the most efficient way.
“Entire process is all about transparency, inclusiveness and public consuItation,” Hysi said.
The Chairman of the Committee on Legal Affairs, Public Administration and Human Rights, Ulsi Manja, described the meeting as very important and the project as a concrete step towards a fundamental reform for the whole parliamentary practice of the last decades. He further focused on the innovations that the system will bring with regard to the integration of Albanian legislation into modern systems, easier access to laws by MPs, but also enhanced citizens’ access to the decision-making process.
Robert Wilton, Deputy Chairperson of the OSCE Presence in Albania, focusing on the challenges facing all democratic parliaments worldwide, stressed that the project aims to build up the capacity of the Assembly and create opportunities for the use of an integrated system of laws and digitized parliamentary documentation, which will increase efficiency in drafting and adopting legislation, but will also enhance the oversight role of law enforcement institutions. According to him, the standardized model that is widely used in some European parliaments and international institutions aims to improve the efficiency and
Prof. Monica Palminari, from the University of Bologna, introduced the system “AKOMA NTOSO” to the participants. Outlining the best international practices, prof. Palminari made a full and clear overview of the features of this system in Parliamentary work.
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