TIRANA, Nov 12 /ATA/- Local government aims to expand provision of services to citizens.
The piloting integrity plans, as one of the main activities under the Albanian Government STAR2 project (Consolidation of Territorial and Administrative Reform) has already been completed in five of the municipalities that expressed interest in joining the process of training to enhance service quality, cracking down on corruption and red tape.
In the follow-up to meetings in municipalities of Patos, Mallakastër, Durrës, Elbasan and Mat, the task force with representatives from STAR2 project and experts held meetings in municipality of Gjirokastër.
The purpose of these meetings is to identify issues related to integrity and corruption, as well as measures to be taken to address them, to reduce the risk of corruption and unethical behavior. To this end, corruption risks were analyzed with municipal experts in the areas of financial management, human resources, public services, property administration and management, planning, administration and territorial development, control, audit and anti-corruption, archiving, safeguarding and administration of documents and information.
STAR2 – Consolidation of Territorial and Administrative Reform – is a project funded by the European Union, the Government of Sweden, Italy, Switzerland, USAID, UNDP and the Government of Albania.
The project is implemented by the office of UNDP Albania in partnership with the Ministry of Interior.
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