ESIS extension / Albania / www Indicators / Update Memo 3

The total number of existing ISP is 12. In Albania only 10 companies have websites, of which 6 are private companies, 1 public institution and 3 donor's institutions. Usually, these websites support only one organization or subject, and not multiple ones. However, because of the lower level of Internet service development, many institutions actually do not have websites. It is very common that members of an organization have no other website, apart from the organization web site.

	Total number of "Population"	Total Number of Web Sites	% Websites/ total number of "population"	Source
Primary/ secondary schools	2209	1	0.045	Institute of Statistics, "Education Annual Report ‘98"
High schools/ universities	11	7	63.63	Institute of Statistics, "Albania in Figures 1997"
National ministries	17	7	41.17	ACER
Regional and local authorities	112	0	0	ACER
Hospitals/ clinics	2488	0	0	Institute of Statistics, "Albania in Figures 1997"
Museums	28	0	0	National Museum
Libraries	70	0	0	National Library

Because of competition, there are no longer any free of charge Internet service providers, except the SOROS foundation which provides such services for NGOs, educational institutions, etc. Thus, private ISPs are more attractive to private subjects and NGO-s. In the coming months, the number of websites is likely to increase.

Please note that this report has been prepared under the sole responsibility of the ESIS II contractors.
It does not necessarily reflect the views of the Commission, nor does the Commission accept responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of information contained herein.
The ESIS Team of contractors welcomes any additional information or corrections.