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Decentralization and Regional Development, Phase II
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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 Municipalities and Communes without adequate capacities both of human and financial resources.more
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Institutional Capacity Enhancement for a Reform of Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in Albania
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By means of this project, the Urban Research Institute aims at supporting the Government of Albania and more specifically Ministry of Order and Ministry of Finance, to improve the systems of local government finance, the fiscal autonomy and predictability of revenues. It does so by assessing notional costs of local responsibilities, and by estimating the local own revenues capacity, while strengthening the institutional capacity of the Group of Experts for Decentralization (GED)...more
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Assessing the Implementation of the Decentralization Process in Albania.
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The University of Elbasan “Aleksander Xhuvanii” (UE), Urban Research Institute (URI), and Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) have implemented the research project entitled, “Assessing the Implementation of the Decentralization Process in Albania: The Case of the City of Elbasan.” Funding for the project was provided by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) and Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe (NISPAcee) through a grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development...more
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Preparation of a Manual on the Service of Public Procurement and Training Modules for Local Governments
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The objective of this project was to prepare guidance (self-help manual) on the procurement and contracting of works and public services based on the Albanian legislation and international experiences. The need for procurement training, manuals and materials is the result of the fact that in year 2002, municipalities and the communes started to administer by themselves the funds for investments under the approved law of Functioning and Organization of the Local Government...more
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Local Government Technical Assistance Project
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The first phase of the project was designed to strengthen the link between citizens and local governments using the citizen opinions and recommendations gathered from focus groups and citizens service cost and fees round tables. The project team has adopted a bottom-up approach to discuss findings and techniques with local government officials and citizen focus groups to identify an incorporate in a useful toolkit for local governments those that better cope with local conditions...more
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Decentralization and Local Governance in Korça
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Associated with: SIPU International (Sweden), under funding of SIDA (Swedish International Development Agency) Put link with SIPU and SIDAmore
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Agenda for the Local Government Decentralization Reform,
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The former Task Force of Decentralization currently called the Group of Experts for Decentralization is the technical instrument of the Government of Albania in charge to develop and implement the Decentralization Strategy. GED identifies issues and through a nation wide discussion and involvement of all stake holders provide solution to those issues that impact the decentralization of local government.more
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