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The Constitutional Court of Albania, in co-operation with the OSCE Presence and the Office of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), launched its first Strategy at an event on 22 April 2021. 

The Strategy – supported by the Presence with KAS financial contribution – constitutes the first strategic document of operations of the newly-composed Constitutional Court, aimed at addressing current and upcoming challenges of the institution.

“The multiyear Strategy of the Court and its Action Plan that we are launching today set a new useful framework for our co-operation. The Strategy is a very solid and concrete document to enhance the human resources and technological capacities of the Court, to strengthen access, transparency and the external communication, which in turn will reinforce citizens’ trust in the work of their Court,, Head of Presence Vincenzo Del Monaco said at the launching ceremony. 

The event was also addressed by the Chair of the Constitutional Court Vitore Tusha, all its members, and KAS Head in Albania, Tobias Rüttershoff. 

Through concrete measures of the Strategy and its Action Plan, the Constitutional Court envisages to enhance its human resources and technological capacities for an increased quality and efficiency of cases. The Court also takes additional steps to strengthen access, transparency and communication with the parties, media and the general public.

The development of the Strategy was a thorough and inclusive process. It involved all the judges and staff of the Constitutional Court, who periodically gathered and analysed the internal resources and the needs of the institution, while planning strategically for the years to come. Three technical roundtables and two sets of individual interviews with the Court fed the Strategy and Action Plan. 

In 2021, the Presence also assisted the Court to assess its internal case management system, as well as provided access to professional literature and legal research on constitutional law, standards and practice.