uL stration and eV tting in post-communist Albania inter-linked with civic trust in governmental institutions perpetrators, memorials, education and culture, vetting and lustration, research, theater, social media and movies documentaries. After 2015 Authority has been organizing activities all over Albania in collaboration with nation and international organizations, research communities and public discussions. The Authority, with the request of the public institutions, screens the persons in public office, protecting their privacy and identity. The persons, which results positive as officers, collaborators and excluding from public service. During 2017-2018 are screened from the Authority 710 persons in public service, from which 3068 of them resulted positive in collaboration or working with Sigurimi. The Authority activities are open to public and transparent. The members of the authority are working independently from the executive power. The persons positive to vetting and lustration have the right to appeal to the court if they object the decision of the Authority as former collaborators or workers at Sigurimi. Even the transparence of the implementation of the law No.45/2015, the time is very paradoxical in the extent this law has effected public trust in governmental institutions. So far, the implementation has been transparent; the Authority has shown impartiality in decision-making. The Institute for Democracy and Mediation reports the Findings of Opinion Poll “Trust in Governance”69 2017. The institutions that enjoy the highest trust are Armed Forces (63 %), Education system (63%), (54%) Healthcare (53%) and State Police (53%). The least trusted institutions are The Prosecutor (22%), Courts (21%) and Political Parties (21%). Compared to 2016, Healthcare system, Education system, Parliament and Armed Forces has recorded increase in trust in government. Other institutions such as Police, President and Political Parties, have recorded a decrease in trust in government. Vetting process in Albania implemented in Albania after 25 years have a paradoxical link with in building civic trust in governmental institutions. CONCLUSIONS One of the main goals of lustration and vetting is to re-establish civic trust in governmental institutions. Different legal TJ measures that passed in Albania parliament, such as lustration and vetting did not have the effective implementation. Lustration and vetting through exclusion of persons that violated human right during communist was not fair during 1995-2001 and not contributing to (re-) establish civic trust. Lustration and vetting process 1995-2001 did not let to the anticipated transparency about the wrongdoings and did not affect the rise of civic trust in governmental institutions. The persons responsible about wrongdoings have not been held to account because lustration implementation was not transparent and inclusive. The debate about lustration and vetting was political-focused, not engaging citizens, victims, victimizers, domestic or international stakeholders. The lustration and vetting laws were used for political gain and conducted from institutions that could not guarantee impartiality. Lustration and vetting in Albania 1995-2001 did not contribute in rising civic-trust in governmental institution. Being so, a long and unfinished process. Lustration and vetting process in Albania is an ongoing process. 68. Authority Annual Report 2017 and 2018. 69. http://idmalbania.org/findings-opinion-poll-trust-governance-2017-presented-tirana/ 139

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