Since the year 2009, Albanian local governments are obliged to prepare a medium-term budget based on law 9936 on Management of Budgetary System in the Republic of Albania. With the medium-term budget, the law requires an integrated policy and financial plan for a time-frame of three years. The medium-term budget is considered to be the interface between long-term strategic planning with a time-frame of ten years and more, and the annual budget.