Projects and Initiatives

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  “Establishing Albania’s Environmental Information Management and Monitoring System Aligned with the Global Reporting”

  This project is designed to strengthen capacity for environmental monitoring and information management in Albania by establishing an operational environmental information management and monitoring system EIMMS.

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  Minamata Initial Assessment for Albania

  Albania became a signatory to the Minamata Convention on 9 October 2014 and it has been also actively participating in the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Mercury.

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  The UN Support to Social Inclusion Initiative in Albania

  The project “Support to Social Inclusion in Albania” aims to assist in the effective elaboration and implementation of the Government of Albania's new Strategy for Social Inclusion and Social Protection. It supports the Albanian Government to prepare an extended dialogue with social partners in the country and the European Commission.

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  Economic and Social Empowerment for Roma and Egyptians- a booster for social inclusion

  Roma and Egyptian communities are among the poorest, most marginalized and socially excluded groups in Albania. Studies show that the level of poverty among Roma is twice as high as the majority population.

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  Consolidation of Territorial and Administrative Reform ( STAR 2)

  The Government of Albania since September 2013 started implementation of an administrative and territorial reform aiming the reorganization of local governments units. On July, 31 2014, the Parliament approved the law 115/2014 “On the territorial and administrative division of local government units in the Republic of Albania” reducing the number of LGUs from 384 to 61 municipalities.