• Regional Forum on Good Governance and Anti-Corruption Policies

    Regional Forum on Good Governance and Anti-Corruption Policies

    COUNTERING CORRUPTION AND STATE CAPTURE - ADVANCING EU ACCESSION OF WEST BALKAN COUNTRIES

  • Promoting good governance

    Promoting good governance

    Promoting public debate by providing expertise and reliable information to help key actors in their decision-making process

  • Strengthening democratic processes

    Strengthening democratic processes

    Strengthening democratic processes in Albania, and contributing towards the fight against corruption

  • Cross-sector Cooperation

    Cross-sector Cooperation

    Collaborating with the most skilled researchers and experts in various fields of development and evaluation of public policies, economics, education, health, and governance.

The Albanian Center for Economic Research (ACER) is the first Albanian non-profit and non-governmental organization established in 1992.

ACER aims to promote economic reform in Albania by: conducting independent research on economic growth and assisting in the creation of an adequate institutional framework for reform; encouraging public debate on several economic transition issues; being a relevant stakeholder in drafting laws; advocating for good governance policies as well as encouraging the involvement of the non-governmental sector.

2024 in key numbers

ACER - 2024 in Key Numbers
18 Research Projects & Studies
418 Participants in Our Conferences, including Academia, CSOs, and Public Sector Representatives
56 Participations in Conferences by Third-Party Organizations
187 Media coverage on television and in print media

Our expertise

Public Policy Advocacy

Monitoring and Evaluation

Seminars, trainings and Coferences

Report Writings

Survey Designing and Implementation

Programmes

Our Programmes

Projects

Current Projects

Regional Project “Implementing Good governance Priciples in Public- Private Partnership Governance Public-Private Partnership Projects” (Go PPP)

The project entitled: “Regional Project “Implementing Good governance Priciples in Public- Private Partnership Governance Public-Private Partnership Projects” (Go PPP)” InTER started the implementation of the project: “Implementing Good Governance Principles in Public-Private Partnership Projects (GO PPP)” in cooperation with the following partners from the region: Institute for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development (IPER) from Montenegro and […]

Project for Integrated Urban and Tourism Development (PIUTD)

Project: Project for Integrated Urban and Tourism Development (PIUTD)  “Primary Data Collection, Development of Mid-Term and End Follow up Surveys, Assessment of PDO findings achievement in the framework of PIUTD” In the framework of the implementation of the PIUTD, the final Report “Summary of tourist survey, focus group findings and tourist counting, 2020” has been [...]

Increased government accountability through a more responsive parliament

About the project Increased government accountability through a more responsive parliament project is funded by the British Embassy in Tirana and supported by the Westminister Foundation for Democracy. he goal of the project is to support the parliament to effectively exercises its roles to challenge corruption, undue influence, and political interference in democratic processes. The [...]

Civil Society for Good Governance and Anti-Corruption in Southeast Europe: Capacity Building for Evidence-Based Advocacy, Policy Impact and Citizen Engagement (SELDI.net)

Civil Society for Good Governance and Anti-Corruption in Southeast Europe: Capacity Building for Evidence-Based Advocacy, Policy Impact and Citizen Engagement (SELDI.net) This project has been prepared by the SELDI Network on the basis of findings of the external evaluation of the current SELDI phase for the period 2018-2020 and the Report from the Result Oriented [...]

Events

Latest Events

ACER and AIS Present Corruption Proofing of Legislation (CPL) on Amendments to the Law on Technology and Science Parks

Albanian Center for Economic Research (ACER) and the Albanian Institute of Science (AIS) presented the Preventive Corruption Assessment Opinion on the draft law “On Certain Amendments and Additions to Law No. 58/2022 ‘On the Establishment, Organization and Functioning of Technology and Science Parks’”, based on the methodology adopted by the Assembly of Albania. Members of […]

CMS Albania 2025: Key Insights Revealed by ACER at the Week of Integrity Conference

ACER participated in the 7th Annual Conference of the Week of Integrity, organized by ICC Albania, MAPA, the Bashki të Forta project of SDC, the Government of Sweden (Helvetas), GIZ Albania, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and CR Partners. During the conference, we presented the findings of the 2025 survey, conducted using […]

Corruption-Proofing of Legislation (CPL) for the Draft Law “On the Prevention of Conflict of Interest in the Exercise of Public Functions”

Members of the Parliament of Albania, Mr. Eduard Shalsi, Ms. Jorida Tabaku, Mr. Edmond Haxhinasto, and Mr. Erald Kapri, together with representatives of civil society, the business community, and field experts, participated in the consultative meeting where the key findings of the Corruption-Proofing of Legislation (CPL) Opinion for the draft law “On the Prevention of […]

The Role of Youth in the Fight Against Corruption: Perspectives from ACER’s Executive Director, Mr. Preci

As part of the project “Ambassadors Against Corruption  Youth Promoting a Free and Equal Society”, implemented by IRCA and as part of the SELDI Small Grants Program, Mr. Preci, ACER’s Executive Director, was invited to a podcast discussing the power and role of youth in the accountability processes implemented by the Roma Institute in Albania. […]

Media

Will the start of the new phase of EU negotiations improve fight against corruption in Albania? - Europian Western Ballkans

Reconstruction, over 1 billion euros from the budget!- Faktoje.al

The financial reports of political parties: What do the official figures hide?- Reporter.al

Donors and Partners