TIRANA, Aug 28 /ATA/ – First meeting of the Territorial Reform working group on piloting the integrity plan (services designed to prevent and combat corruption) was held in the central city of Elbasan on Wednesday.
The Municipality of Elbasan is one of the six municipalities across Albania where the integrity plans will be initially piloted to identify and assess potential risks in the area of municipal activities, as well as helping in the fight against corruption.
The meetings will seek to identify higher risk areas, while control mechanisms and plans will be adapted to manage and reduce the risk of corruption and unethical practices in the delivery of various local public services.
The today’s meeting will be followed by a series of other events to discuss seven main components; financial management, human resources, public service delivery, property management, planning, territorial administration and development, auditing and anti-corruption mechanism, archiving, storing and managing documents and information.
Consolidation of Territorial and Administrative Reform-STAR 2 is an Albanian government reform co-financed by the European Union, the government of Sweden, Swiss government, Italian government, the United States through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and UNDP.
STAR 2 project is working to strengthen institutional and administrative capacities of local administrations across the 61 municipalities of Albania; increase the efficiency of local service delivery, enhance local democracy through fostering citizen-oriented governance and participatory decision-making, leveraging the role of women as actors of change.
The project is being implemented by the United Nations Development Programme in Albania in collaboration with the Albanian institutions.
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