The project, which was simultaneously implemented in five regional cities – Durrës (AL), Prishtina (KS), Skopje (MK), Sarajevo and Banja Luka (BiH), aimed to increase the knowledge and awareness of social accountability among city stakeholders and to strengthen the integrity of public services in all five cities.
The engagement of Co-PLAN in research and knowhow has been an inseparable part of the activities at project level and organizational level.
The MPW will influence the policy-making arena in Albania through the development of three themes for applied policy research.
In line with the new territorial planning law in Albania no. 10119 and with the support of the Albanian Association of Communes, the Commune of Bushat initiated, in April 2012, the preparation of the Policy for Territorial Development document.
The main goal of the project is to establish a best practice of design, tendering and contracting of a small scale PPPs by an Albanian LGUs based on international best practices and theories.
“Develop inter-LGU and composting models based on practices, Puka area” aims to improve waste management service in the area of Puka in line with the national legislation and policy.
“Develop inter-LGU model based on practices in the area of Malësia e Madhe” aims to improve the waste management service in the area of Malësia e Madhe in line with the national legislation and policy.
During September-October 2016, Co-PLAN and Metropolis supported municipalities of Puka and Malësia e Madhe in auditing the waste services as a first measure to start consolidation of the service after the implementation of the territorial and administrative reform.
The “Program for Regional Development Northern Albania” comes as an effort to actively support regional development in the regions Shkodra- Lezha, where disparities between urban-rural populations are even bigger.
The project ‘Performing Democracy: Urban Activism for Civic Democracy’ tackles the need for the community to assume its role and responsibility in city-making processes through increased participation in the processes that identify, raise, and address issues of collective concern.