Making Policies Work – Program for Applied Policy Research Open Society Institute support
The MPW will influence the policy-making arena in Albania through the development of three themes for applied policy research.
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.
Co-PLAN, in line with one of the goals of the Program for Governance and Integration – Contributed for strengthening the decentralized competences managed with the support of Open Society Foundation in Albania, undertook a project which enabled -in full compliance with the spirit and objectives of the Program for the Governance and Integration…
One of the new projects for 2014 was “Support to three Local Governance Units in mobilizing funding the improvement of Roma and Egyptian communities”.