Albania modernizes address and civil registration systems with support from the OSCE Presence
Uncategorized Thursday, November 15th, 2007government's work to computerize the country's civil registry and create a new
address system was presented today at a conference organized by the OSCE
Presence in Albania together with the Interior Ministry.
"The objectives of this project are critical issues for Albania on its way
to further European integration," said Alex Finnen, Deputy Head of the
OSCE Presence. "The OSCE Presence is pleased to provide assistance to this
process that is being led by the Government, in particular the Ministry of
Interior."
The aim of the conference was to inform interested institutions on current and
future developments with modernizing the address and civil registration
systems, and their impact on public services. More than 70 participants
representing the main Albanian public institutions, international organizations
and private companies as well as civil society groups took part.
Ferdinand Poni, Deputy Interior Minister, emphasized that the Government was
fully committed to creating modern address and civil registration systems as
well as providing biometric ID cards for citizens. Computerization of the
registry books to develop an electronic register is the first important step in
the process.
The conference was organized under auspices of the EU-funded project, titled
"Technical Assistance to the Government of Albania on Modernization of
Administrative Address and Civil Registration Systems", which is being
implemented by the Presence with additional funding from the OSCE and the
United States government.
Source: OSCE Presence Press Release
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