The Decentralisation and Local Development Project (dldp) has started its second Phase in- March 2010 and it lasted until February2013. The project area covers 33 Local Government Units (LGUs) in Shkodra and 21 in Lezhe Qark. The total population of the region is around 554’000 persons, of which 40 % live in urban areas and […]

The following gives a short overview of Albania’s economic and decentralization current and near future situation, emphasising those aspects, which are thought to be of highest relevance for the object of current assignment, namely thematic evaluation of phase 2 of dldp in Shkodra and Lezha.  

The Decentralization and Local Development Program dldp, financed by SDC and implemented by Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation is based on a bilateral agreement between the government of Albania and of Switzerland. In its first phase from 07/2006 to 02/2010, the project was operational in the Qark (region) of Shkodra in Northern Albania, belonging to the poorest regions of the country. […]