TIRANA, Sept 20 /ATA/ – European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Vice-President for Policy Mark Bowman arrived on a two-day official visit to Albania on Monday, and he is set to travel to Kosovo and Kosovo on 21-23 September.
EBRD said in a release that in Albania, the EBRD Vice-President Bowman will meet with cabinet members, the Central Bank governor, diplomats, Albania’s chief negotiator for the European Union (EU) accession talks, representatives of fellow international financial institutions (IFIs) and private-sector businesses.
Addressing the Western Balkans Regional Smart Cities Conference, Bowman focused on the green and digital transition across the Western Balkans.
Bowman highlighted the EBRD Green Cities programme, which spans more than 50 cities on three continents and has 3 billion euros in committed funding. Tirana, Albania’s capital is one of the EBRD Green Cities.
On the Albanian part of his trip, he will be accompanied by Charlotte Ruhe, EBRD Managing Director for Central and South-Eastern Europe, and Ekaterina Solovova, EBRD Head of Albania.
EBRD investment in Albania is expected to reach 200 million euros this year, with most of the financing going to private-sector projects.
The Western Balkans is a priority region for the EBRD. The Bank is supporting its economic, transport and energy integration with neighbouring countries and partners across Europe more broadly.
The Bank has to date invested more than 16 billion euros in the Western Balkans region and continues to invest more than 1 billion euros there every year.
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