TIRANA, December 6/ATA/ -The Special Parliamentary Commission “On deepening reforms for good governance, the rule of law and anti-corruption for Albania 2030 in the European Union” organized the roundtable on “Open Governance”.
The group of experts, who worked on the report that was presented to this roundtable, focused on the transparency and accountability of institutions while also highlighting their recommendations in these areas.
Klesta Hysi, lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Tirana, listed some of the experts’ recommendations, while assessing that the Assembly ranks as the institution with the highest transparency.
“The working group has made recommendations within the framework of the need for legal improvements. The recommendations relate to the work of the Assembly itself, as well as some recommendations related to the transparency and consultation process”, she said.
According to Hysi, “The law on public consultation, as foreseen in the roadmap for public administration, needs to be amended to expand the categories subject to the consultation process”.
“There is a need for the coordinators to assume a key role”, she said.
Another recommendation of the expert group concerns the strengthening of the capacities of independent bodies such as the Ombudsman and the Commissioner for the Right to Information, which should be the focus of the Assembly, as key bodies in the country that monitor these areas and ensure the transparency of public institutions. /j.p/p.s./
