Regional Development Programme III

Regional Development Programme III

Duration: 2017 – 2018 Funding: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and Austrian Development Agency Implementing Agency: ECORYS Netherland in partnership with Co-PLAN, Albania Project Counterpart: Ministry of Urban Development and Regional Development Agencies Beneficiaries: Government of Albania and the Albanian citizens Regional Development Program III is a joint continuous effort to support the regional development reform in Albania, co-funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and

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Planning and Local Governance Project PLGP

Planning and Local Governance Project PLGP

Implementation Period: 2012 – 2017; 2017-2019 Donor: USAID Fund: 984,599 USD; x Implemented in: Albania Implemented by: Tetratech ARD & Co-PLAN USAID’s Planning and Local Governance Project works both at the national policy level and at the local level to gain full acceptance for the principles of decentralized governance and to disseminate and institutionalize practical and effective methods and techniques for municipal management. PLGP works with thirteen “partner” local government

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EELGP – Empowering Environmental Local Governance Performance

EELGP – Empowering Environmental Local Governance Performance

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The main goal of the EELGP project is to create an overall national improvement in environmental conditions in Albania. By means of improvement of solid waste service provision through developing tools and indicators for improving the performance of the Municipal Solid Waste Enterprise and Public Services Department of Fier Municipality with the final target to establish environmental standards and benchmarks. The project operates along the following objectives: Provide the Municipality

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Places of Diversity – Public Space as a Field of Intercultural Dialogue

Places of Diversity – Public Space as a Field of Intercultural Dialogue

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Implementation Period: 2013 – 2014 Donor: Anna Lindh Foundation (ALF) Fund: 36,320 EUR Implemented in: Montenegro, Albania, Jordan Implemented by: Expedition, Co-PLAN, Leaders of Tomorrow In many Mediterranean cities and towns, especially in less developed democratic systems, public spaces are often commercialized by the private sector. When planning and designing, the focus is mainly on the physical aspect of the design of public spaces and much less on the participation

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City for Citizens, Citizens for City

City for Citizens, Citizens for City

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Implementation period: 2013 -2014 Donor: Slovak Institute for Governance under the European Union Program “City for Citizens” Fund: 11,000 EUR Implemented in: Tirana, Albania Implemented by: Co-PLAN, in collaboration with the municipality, No.11 – Tiranë The project City for Citizens, Citizens for City encourages active European citizenship, through local level forms of civic engagement. The project, which is funded by the European Union under the Europe for Citizens program (Action

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Monitoring the Implementation of Local Budgets in the Municipalities of Fier and Shkodër

Monitoring the Implementation of Local Budgets in the Municipalities of Fier and Shkodër

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Implementation Period: 2013 – 2014 Donor: Open Society Foundation for Albania ( SOROS) Fund: 23,960 USD Implemented in: Municipalities of Fier and Shkodër, Albania Implemented by: Co-PLAN The project “Monitoring the Implementation of Local Budgets in the Municipalities of Fier and Shkodër” focused on transparency and accountability of finances on a local level. The project, which was in full compliance with the good governance and accountability principles, sought to nurture

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Revitalization of the New Bazaar/ TID Tirana

Revitalization of the New Bazaar/ TID Tirana

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The Albanian-American Development Foundation, working in conjunction with the Municipality of Tirana in a project aiming the development of an Exemplar Mixed Use Quarter at New Bazaar and Avni Rustemi Square, Tirana. The project provided the opportunity to use the prospect of capital improvement – and the value that it will create – to encourage the private sector to participate fully in the establishment of a sustainable place management organization.

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Urban Partnership Program (UPP II) Social Sustainability and Citizen Engagement

Urban Partnership Program (UPP II) Social Sustainability and Citizen Engagement

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Implementation Period: 2015-2017 Donor: The World Bank Fund: 199,995 (USD) Implemented in: Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro Implemented by: Co-PLAN Institute for Habitat Development and I2UD Institute for International Urban Development Co-PLAN, in collaboration with the Institute for International Urban Development (I2UD), are implementing the Social Sustainability and Citizen Engagement (SSCE) project, under the Urban Partnership Program (UPP II). The SSCE builds upon the lessons and

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ENV.NET Platform in Western Balkans

ENV.NET Platform in Western Balkans

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Co-PLAN continued with the implementation of the second phase of the “development of the ENV.net platform in the Western Balkans and Turkey: giving citizens a voice to influence the environmental process reforms for closer EU integration”. This phase, among other things, was focused in raising awareness on the sensitive issues regarding environment and identification of possible gaps in the approximation of the environmental legislation. The overall objective of the project

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Decentralisation and Local Development Program (dldp) – Thematic Support for Waste Management

Decentralisation and Local Development Program (dldp) – Thematic Support for Waste Management

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Implementation Period: 2012 Donor: Swiss Agency for Development and COOperation through dldp Fund: 29,850 Euro Implemented in: Qarks of Shkodër and Lezhë Implemented by: Co-PLAN Co-PLAN was contracted by HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation (HSI Albania) to support 6 LGUs from Shkodra and Lezha Qarks through implementation of the Waste Management Component, in the framework of the Phase 2 of dldp program, during  the period April – December 2012. The overall goal is

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