Andi Dobrushi

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Biography

• Andi Dobrushi headed the Open Society Foundation Albania (OSFA) and was named as its executive director in 2017 and again at a meeting with then-President Ilir Meta on 20 December 2019. His Budapest Forum participant bio now gives his title as Director, OSF Western Balkans, a regional role; the bio does not give the date he moved. The same bio describes earlier work for the European Roma Rights Centre in Budapest and expert roles for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Council of Europe, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, the Norwegian Center for Human Rights and the OSCE, without dates. Dobrushi is not to be confused with Erida Dobrushi, Albania's consul general in Thessaloniki (ambasadat.gov.al), who appears in search results under the same surname; no link between the two was found. No public office held by Andi Dobrushi was found.From the research record
• Andi Dobrushi has led the Open Society Foundation Albania. He has spoken for OSFA in response to accusations of undue influence, most often in 2016 and 2017. He says OSFA's support is modest, that it was agreed with Parliament, and that OSFA's staff are Albanian. He has also said OSFA was 'the main funder of the entire reform process', a statement quoted in a 2023 ECLJ article without a date. His remarks are an organisation's self-description and are not independently verified.From the research record
• Andi Dobrushi is named in 2017 press coverage as head and executive director of the Open Society Foundation for Albania. He has publicly defended the foundation's role in Albania's justice reform. The dates of his tenure were not confirmed in the sources reviewed, and no later appointment or departure was found.From the research record
• Named as OSFA Executive Director in a Tirana Times report on an OSFA-sponsored public-trust survey presentation (article undated in the free excerpt, probably around 2016) and in exit.al coverage from 2017. Tenure dates were not found. In the Tirana Times excerpt he said OSFA's staff was entirely Albanian and that the foundation 'heads civil society in the country'.From the research record
• Andi Dobrushi led OSFA in 2016-2017 and, per 2026 reporting (snippet-only), now directs OSF Western Balkans. In a 2026 snippet he said Kosovo has become one of the strongest democracies in the Western Balkans, at a Pristina forum (5-7 October 2026, announced). The date of his remark was not confirmed. His earlier OSFA statements are in.From the research record

Legal status detail

• No criminal case involving Dobrushi was found in this slice.From the research record
• No charges found.From the research record
• No criminal case involving Dobrushi was found in this research.From the research record
• No legal proceedings found in this slice.From the research record
• No legal case found in this research.From the research record

Response

• In January 2017 he told Balkanweb that OSFA's support for the justice reform was modest, agreed with Parliament, and carried out by an all-Albanian staff, and called the accusations a political tactic (Balkanweb, 25 Jan 2017; see claims). He has also been quoted as saying OSFA was the main funder of the reform process (quoted by ECLJ, undated). No response to the 2019 Presidency account was found.From the research record
• In January 2017 he called the accusations a political tactic and said OSFA is 'not the enemy' and does not deal with conspiracy theories (Balkanweb, 25 January 2017).From the research record
• In a January 2017 interview with Balkanweb he said OSFA staff are proud to have been at the forefront of civil society in the justice reform, that the foundation financially supported cooperation with the US embassy and European partners, and that its support was agreed with the Albanian Parliament. He called the foundation's support 'modest assistance'. He also said OSFA has been the main funder of the entire reform process (as quoted in ECLJ, 2017 or later). He rejected claims of political influence and said the whole OSFA staff is Albanian (Tirana Times, undated).From the research record
• Defended OSFA's role in justice reform in a 2017 Balkanweb interview (see.From the research record
• Seefor his 2017 response to accusations of influence.From the research record