The Urbanex Project aims to strengthen local governance capacities in the Western Balkans and support selected municipalities in their preparation for the URBACT IV call in 2026.
This project provides targeted technical assistance to six Albanian municipalities to improve waste management services, enhance transparency, and promote inclusive practices in line with national and EU standards.
Circular City Labs (CCL) Tirana is a pilot for the Urban Partnership Accelerator Initiative (UPAI) in Albania project. The project aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by promoting economically viable reusable systems and strengthening the participation of women in local circular economies in the municipality of Tirana.
Albania is located in the Western Balkans and according to the World Risk Index (World Risk Index 2022), it is ranked 82 out of 192 countries in the world as the most exposed to natural disasters, as well as among the countries with a high vulnerability factor to them.
The EU’s transition to a circular economy will reduce pressure on natural resources and will create sustainable growth and jobs. It is also a prerequisite to achieve the EU’s 2050 climate neutrality target and to halt biodiversity loss.
The overall project objective is to improve the energy efficiency of public buildings in the two municipalities and substantially decreasing the energy consumption, by implementing innovative equipment and further promoting sustainable building management practices.
Green-AL “Supporting Environmental Civil Society Organizations 2024 – 2027” aims to expand on the knowledge, insight and achievements of Green-AL “Empower Grass-Root CSOs for Improved Innovative Environmental Protection in Albania”…
CROSS-REIS is an EU-Horizon funded project, that aims to raise excellence in science and value creation through deeper and geographically inclusive cooperation in an alliance of higher education and research institutions in 5 widening and 4 science-leading European countries…
In this unprecedented era of increasing urbanization and the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Paris Agreement, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and other global development agreements and frameworks, cities should be well-planned and well-managed.
GreenFORCE, is an EU-Horizon2020 funded project, aiming at fostering excellence in the “Western Balkans’ green transition” scientific research and innovation of Co-PLAN (Albania), CEA (North Macedonia), and UB-GEF (Serbia), as a means to enhancing their research profile…