This paper deals with some basic principles as the key components for the establishment and functioning of the system of social protection and assistance. The paper analyzes the principles of universality, equality of possibilities, the right to benefit, partnership, transparency and impartiality, d…

Post-communist Albanian legislation (1995-2010) provides the preliminary context for the creation of enabling social niches for the engagement of people with disabilities and the family members representing them in the policy-making processes both at the national and local levels. The goal of this s…