TIRANA, December 13/ATA/ During a meeting in Tirana today, there was presented the “Transparent Albania” platform.
This new platform by the Albanian government aims to increase transparency in budget expenditures by providing citizens, organizations, and the media with easier and faster access to state information.
The “Transparent Albania” platform was presented at the “Building Trust: Albania’s Path towards the EU for Transparent Governance” meeting, organized in cooperation with the EU Delegation to Albania/EU4GG.
Attending the meeting was Prime Minister Edi Rama, the EU Ambassador to our country Silvio Gonzato, Minister of Finance Petrit Malaj, Commissioner for the Right to Information and Personal Data Protection Besnik Dervishi and others.
Minister of State for Public Administration and Anti-Corruption Adea Pirdeni delivered the opening speech.
Speaking about the “Transparent Albania” platform, Pirdeni stated that it will be the subject of budget transparency.
“This is a new window of information in Albania, where budget transparency will be the main topic of this platform”, Pirdeni stated.
Pirdeni emphasized that, “We will have a new revitalized approach of access to public information and an increased attention towards the revitalization of all institutional gears of proactive transparency, of being very close to the citizen with information that is provided without request.”
Minister Pirdeni said that through the “Transparent Albania”, citizens will learn in real time in a language without much bureaucracy and technicality about how and where their money is being spent.
The “Transparent Albania” platform is part of the Albanian government’s commitment to proactive and inclusive transparency, in collaboration with all institutional stakeholders.
This platform is expected to transform the way citizens interact with public institutions, building trust and reflecting the Albanian government’s commitment to advance towards the highest standards of open governance, in line with Albania’s vision as a member of the European Union by 2030. /e.isufaj/a.f//p.s./
