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PARTNERS - ALBANIA PROGRAMS I. STRENGTHENING AND SUPPORT FOR NPO SECTOR In the period 2004-2006, the Albanian NPOs Sector has made an obvious progress regarding its capacity development and sustainability. Evidence of such progress is reflected even in the Civil Society Development Index (Freedom House Country Report 2006) according to which the sector development index has increased by 0.50, emphasizing that “Civil society organizations have enhanced their effectiveness through a better cooperation with each-other and the government institutions”. However, intervening through diverse <strong>programs</strong> and support with the goal of further strengthening the sector, is still considered indispensable. Partners-Albania as partner in implementation of “Democracy and Governance in Albania” Program, in order to address the many needs of the sector, is working on building and developing the non-for-profit organizations capacities through a diverse training program, technical assistance and small grants. The strategy of intervention used by Partners-Albania in offering assistance to this sector aims enabling NPO-s to effectively participate in the areas of good governance, democratic processes such as election processes, lobbing and advocacy campaigns, monitoring of government platforms and involvement in the anticorruption initiatives. In the meantime, as a member of the Network of Open Society for Albania (NOSA), Partners-Albania strategy is mainly focused in strengthening sector capacities in lobbing and advocacy, participatory governance and collaborative processes Government-NPO- Community, as well as in trainings and technical assistance for development of financial systems. A very important part of this program are also the initiatives related to the design of Code of Ethics for the non-for-profit sector, improvement of the NPOs legal framework as well as revision of other laws which regulate the relationship between state and the sector, especially regarding the fiscal policies and financial reporting of NPOs. In its operational activities during the two year period 2004-2006 with NPOs sector, Partners-Albania is mainly focused in: I.A. Albanian NPOs Advocacy Capacities Assessment, 2004 I.B. Design and implementation of the Training and Technical Assistance Program I.C. Improvement of NPO Legal Framework I.D. Implementation of a Small Grants Program 12
PARTNERS - ALBANIA PROGRAMS I. A. Albanian NPOs Advocacy Capacities Assessment, 2004 In this two-years period, Partners-Albania developed a new program of assistance and support for strengthening the capacities of the civil society sector with main focus on good governance, participation in the democratic processes, in the advocacy and lobbing campaigns and in the monitoring of the government platforms and anticorruption iniciatives. Aiming the design of an intervention strategy for the non-for-profit sector toward the further strengthening of its capacities and a real address of the local NPOs needs, Partners-Albania administrated during September - December 2004, an assessment with the participation of a sample of 131 local organizations that operate in different areas such as: democracy, social/health services, education/culture, women, youth, environment and business. The assessment aimed to evaluate the institutional capacities of NPOs in advocacy focusing various components such as: organizational and financial capacities of NPOs to support issues of common interest in the social, political and economical environment where they operate, governmental institutions attitude and support towards NPOs sector and NPOs access to media. Findings of the assessment show that civil society in Albania is having time and again a bigger role in the important processes of the development of democracy in the country, including also the election process and anticorruption campaigns, but the mass and the geographical distribution of this commitment is still in low levels. Although the development of NPOs in the last years, still, especially NPOs outside Tirana lack the necessary organizational capacities in financial, human resources and infrastructure aspects, to undertake and implement successful advocacy campaigns. Related to the financial sustainability, the main financial resource of Albanian NPOs is still the foreign donators. This happens because the NPO sector still lacks skills in designing strategic plans that would insure sector’s sustainability and independence. The experience by working in coalitions shows a low level of the collaboration initiatives between the NPOs, which reflects the low number of networks and coalitions created and the initiatives undertaken by them in lobbying for different issues. This shows the need of NPOs to create effective coalitions within the sector, for more successful advocacy campaigns. What still remains to be problematic to NPOs is the weak image of the sector in the public, in the donor community and government structures, which emphasize the necessity of drafting a NPO Code of Ethics. Its application will affect the improvement of the image of civil society sector, not only to the public but also to other sectors such as government and business. Activity Report September 2004 - September 2006 13
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