European union – albania stabilisation and association committee 11 March 2015 table of contents political criteria 3

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  First group: Prime Minister, line ministries, Parliament and independent institutions under its competence (Courts, Prosecutor, Ombudsman, Albanian Financial Supervisory Authority, Audio vision Media Authority, Commissioner for Protection from Discrimination, the Information and Data Protection Commissioner, etc);
  
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  Second group: Central and local institutions under Council of Ministers/Prime minister, like: General Directorate of Archiving, Public Procurement Agency, INSTAT, Albanian Telegraphic Agency, National Agency for Information Society, the Research, Technology and Information Agency, National Nuclear Agency, etc);
  
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  Third group: Central and local institutions under line ministries, like: the National Agency for Tourism, General Directorate of Marine, General Directorate of Patents & Trademarks, Albanian Agency for Investments Development, General Directorate of Food National Authority, National and Urban Planning Inspectorate, etc.
  

The salary structure, referring to Table 1 attached, is the same for all groups above mentioned. The structure defines values for each category salary, salary supplement based on job seniority. Meanwhile, other salary supplements, which come as a result of difficulty in work or personal qualifications of employees, are determined by separate connections.

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   A line ministry;
   
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   An institution that is in the same group with INSTAT, under Prime Minister, but its staff is not member of civil servants system (NAIS- National Agency for Information Society);
   
3. 
   An institution that is under a specific line ministry, but the head of the institution is appointed by Prime Minister (DoPA – Department of Public Administration);
   
4. 
   An institution that is under Prime Minister, hence similar with INSTATs status (PPA – Public Procurement Agency).
   

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   Comparing to hierarchy salary level of a line ministry, the salary level of INSTATs General Director is situated in the fourth level. The Salary of the General Director is equal to the salary of a General Director in a ministry and the salary of the General Director of the Public Procurement Agency, but lower than the salary of General Director of the Department of Public Administration and General Director of National Agency Information Society;
   
2. 
   The salary of INSTATs Director of Directory is equal to the salary of a Director of Directory in DoPA, but lower than the salary of the Director of Directory in a ministry, NAIS and PPA;
   
3. 
   The salary of INSTATs Head of Sector is lower than the salary of a Head of Sector in other public institutions
   
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   The public institutions have in their organizational structure High Level Specialists, while in INSTAT the specialists are situated in a lower level, hence lower salary.