TIRANA, Sept 6 /ATA/ – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Albania is supporting a series of social and economic development projects in the southern Albanian municipality of Gjirokaster.
The UNDP Resident Representative Monica Merino met Gjirokaster Mayor Flamur Golemi to discuss cooperation aimed at advancing local development.
UNDP official also commended Mayor Golemi for adopting the Local Climate Change Adaptation Plan recently, considering it “an important step towards environment protection and preparing the municipality for future climate challenge.”
Albanian government, in collaboration with the European Union, is supporting Gjirokaster Municipality to bring municipal services closer to local residents, including the launch of a one-stop shop in the Lunxhëri administrative unit.
The new project “EU for Inclusion in the Labor Market” in Albania is also designed to foster integrated approaches to enhance labor market resilience by combining skills development, employment promotion, and social care, while engaging all regional and local labor market stakeholders.
Through the UNDP support, in collaboration with the state institutions, work is underway on addressing challenges facing in the areas of environment, climate changes and scientific research, with special attention being attached to protected zones management, conservation of natural values and making them available to tourism and scientific research.
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