Standard of services to community, challenge of local governance
TIRANA, March 30/ATA/-In the context of Albania’s administrative-territorial reform, the local government bodies of Albania are aiming at building the proper capacities so that to improve the standards for offering services to the community.
49 municipalities countrywide have voiced their interest in STAR2 project “Consolidation of the Administrative-Territorial reform” aiming at gaining support for establishment of the One-Stop-Shop points that make it easier for the citizens to be provided with services in different sectors.
STAR2 project is worth some 8 million USD funded by the Swedish government, the Albanian government and some other donors.
During the current week, there were held several meetings with the local leaders in Elbasan, Fier and Kukës to present the project and discuss on the specific support that will be extended to the municipalities.
The participants highlighted the fact that the project envisages even improvement of the archive and online publication of the decisions of the Municipal Councils in the context of transparency and accountability to the citizens. STAR2 also envisages support for some municipalities for building the websites as well as standardization of the existing official pages of the other municipalities. e.xh/ /a.g/p.s./
