The Urban Research Institute is focused on a cluster of four municipalities, located in the southeastern part of Albania: Maliq, Devoll, Kolonjë and Pustec. URI will analyze the existing strategic planning documents on the four municipalities, starting the preparation of the diagnosis of the socio-economic development situation of the areas, in compliance with the structure […]
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The purpose of the Functional Area Program (FAP) is to assist the local governmental units to be merged into the functional area Malësi e Madhe in the preparation of a strategic development concept for the whole area. This document is to the benefit of the future local government for the purpose of further improving the […]
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Albania has a huge potential to develop of a modern and competitive agriculture sector, provided the right policy environment and state support encourages private investments in the sector. This project aimed to analyze the current situation through a country-wide research study, which looked at legal frameworks, historical and recent data on the development of the […]
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The main objective of the Project is to assist the Albanian Government to improve the service provision quality for the citizen by supporting the local government units in offering to citizen services of higher quality and lower cost in one side and on the other side, the increase of devolved competences to Regions from those […]
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This project sought to increase Elbasan’s local government’s capacity in accessing information for the actual state of the services that the municipality offers and the public’s perception of these services. This information provided local government leaders with a better understanding of the current situation in Elbasan. The results of this study were included in the […]
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The project consisted in supporting LGUs in the Korca “Qark” to develop and implement the economic development plan. The project included also the assistance for the Ministry of Local Governance, to develop the aspects and legal policies for the main functions of the “Qarks.” Factsheet
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The Albanian Government seeks to improve local public services through decentralisation. The recent territorial reform allows municipalities to take advantage of possible economies of scale. While improvements have occurred, the rhythm has been relatively slow, bringing very limited improvements at the national level. One of the reasons for slow improvement is the overlapping of roles […]
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The IPA Adriatic CBC Programme has established a single Control System organized in eight First Level Control Offices (FLCO), one in each Participating Country. Each National office is responsible for verifying the legality and regularity of expenditures reported on progress reports by each final beneficiary established in the respective participating country. First Level Control Offices are set up within […]
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STAR2 project is developed in continuity of the results of its predecessor STAR as well as in complementarity with the assistance of various partners for strengthening the institutional and administrative capacities at local level. In full account of these considerations, STAR2 project will have a national coverage and benefit all 61 LGUs, with its assistance […]
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