TIRANA TIMES
TIRANA, Dec. 21 – The oversight role of parliaments and their relationship with independent institutions was discussed at a two-day regional seminar organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania, other OSCE field operations in the region and the Albanian Assembly that ended Tuesday in Tirana.
Parliament staff from South-Eastern European countries in which OSCE field operations work to support parliaments took part in the seminar. Participants from Albania, Montenegro, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Kosovo, and Bosnia and Herzegovina agreed that parliaments and independent institutions and agencies need to work closely together to develop oversight and accountability in governance.
Participants studied various standards and best practices from South-Eastern Europe and developed recommendations that focus on independent institutions’reports to parliaments, independence and quality in the appointment process for heads of independent bodies, as well as financial autonomy.
