Infrastructure and Public Services

Participatory Urban Planning of Orikum City

Participatory Urban Planning (PUP) in Orikum, is designed with the objective to improve local governance and accountability in Orikum municipality by (i) building the capacity of local government officials and civic groups to engage in consultations that are focused and goal-oriented towards solving community problems; and, (ii) on a pilot basis, introducing short and long […]

Tailoring Global MDG Water Supply and Sanitation Targets and Indicators to Local Conditions in ECA (Georgia, Tajikistan, Albania)

This situation is predominantly affected by high level of infrastructure deterioration whichoutcome is massive water losses and often accompanied with intrusion of wastewaters,therefore causing pollution of potable water. Investments needed in both water and sanitationfor the next 10 coming years for matching with EU standards are estimated at 150-170 MillionUS dollars, at least three times […]

Improving Financial Management for the Partner Units of Intercooperation

Since 2000 there are a lot of reforms undertaken in Albania in public finance field. Transformation from a system where the local functions were not clear and most of the funds were secured through conditional grants that were quite under control, to a decentralized system where the local functions are more clear and local units […]

Designing a PPP Strategy for Korca Municipality

This project helped improve Korça’s local government’s delivery of services and increase the citizens’ welfare. The City of Korca aimed to achieve this through the improvement of housing conditions for families in need by properly using municipal local assets whose ownership was transferred from the state to the city, through developing a successful PPP. Factsheet

Participatory Budgeting in Albania

Participatory Budgeting Pilot (PBP) in Albania, was designed with the objective to improve local governance and accountability in Albania by: 1. building the capacity of local government officials and civic groups to engage in consultations that are focused and goal-oriented towards solving community problems; and 2. on a pilot basis, introducing short and long term […]

Designing a PPP Scheme for Management of Recycling Waste in Berat Municipality

Berat’s waste management and cleaning services are still under early development. Insufficient waste management lowers the standard of living and hinders development, particularly for areas with high potential for tourism. Natural and cultural resources like rivers, forests and archeological sites are particularly at risk, as their quality deteriorates rapidly when wastes accumulate, threatening the economic […]

Civil Participation Manual

The activities of this project aimed at ensuring citizen participation and support for the establishment of new tariffs of public services, in particular cleaning and water fees. These fees are set based on the estimated cost by the local government units. During discussions in the cities where such project were implemented, was discussed about the […]

Strengthening the Role of Civil Society in Promoting Good Governance Principles in the Fight against Corruption in Local Government Structures and Systems

This project was focused on strengthening CSO capacities in five small towns (Kamza, Shijak, Çorovodë, Përmet and Laç) to play an active role in advocating for the adoption of Good Governance principles by local government. It also encouraged CSO monitoring of government activities to reduce corruption via more transparent processes, and to influence the culture […]

Sustainable Municipality Services – Solid Waste Management

URI will establish an integrated solid waste management system in several municipalities and potentially over several phases (mid and long terms ambitions) to cover the entire territory of Kosovo in accordance with local and national Waste Management Plan(s) and EU recycling targets (2020/2025). Pilot efforts shall combine implementation of various approaches and create the basis […]