TIRANA, January 30 /ATA/ An Albanian delegation led by Director General of the State Agency for Strategic Programming and Aid Coordination (SASPAC) Ilir Beqaj participated in the open session of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris, led by Chair of the Governing Board of the OECD’s Development Centre ambassador Manuel Escudero and Director of OECD Development Centre Ragnheiður Elín Arnadottir.
Beqaj presented the request of the government of Albania for admission to the OECD Development Center, the country profile, the latest social and economic developments, progress in dealing with three consecutive crises and progress on the path to membership in the European Union.
The representatives of different countries such as: Japan, Italy, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Brazil, Peru, Morocco and Paraguay, asked different questions related to issues of demography, sustainable tourism, local finance, skills, education, gender equality, climate change, etc.
The representative of the European Union held a positive stance during the meeting of the Board regarding the request of the Albanian government.
By the end of March 2023, the request of the Albanian government is expected to be positively formalized at a meeting of the Executive Board of the OECD.
In June 2022, Prime Minister Edi Rama officially submitted the request on behalf of the government of the Republic of Albania, for admission to the OECD Development Center.
The governing board of this Center analyzed the request and in November 2022 made the decision to go ahead with the evaluation procedures of the request of the Albanian government./gj.m/p.s./
