A fund of 2.2 billion lek or 0.1% of Albania’s GDP is earmarked for the baby bonus provided to families for their newborn babies under the government’s Social Protection Programme, encouraging Albanian parents to have more children through a sharp hike in baby bonuses.

The baby bonus programme entered into force in January 1, 2019. Around 200 000 families have benefited under the programme since its launch five years ago.

According to the changes to the social assistance law adopted in October 2023, the baby bonus will be granted to the families that live and contribute to Albania only.

The goal of the national baby bonus programme is to support families that work and contribute to the Republic of Albania by granting them a financial reward to cover the cost to give birth and raise children.

Under the baby bonus policy, parents receive 40,000 lek for the first child, double to 80,000 lek for the second child and treble to 120,000 lek for the third or more children.

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Parliamentary Committee on Labour, Social Issues and Health endorsed Monday the amendments to the law on social assistance in the Republic of Albania, with baby bonus on focus of the proposed changes.

According to the proposal by the Ministry of Health and Social Protection, the baby bonus will be no longer provided to the families living outside the territory of Albania.

The Deputy Minister of Health and Social Protection Denada Seferi said that the measure was proposed as part of the Albanian government objectives to develop an universal social policy and a new social program called the baby bonus for every newborn and their families, regardless of social and economic status, as part of incentives in a bid to increase birth rate in the country.

Under the baby bonus policy, parents receive 40,000 lek for the first child, double to 80,000 lek for the second child and treble to 120,000 lek for the third or more children. The baby bonus helps the family financially, as well as to reduce the number of unregistered children, a problem mainly with the Roma minority.

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The Minister of Health and Social Protection Ogerta Manastirliu said on Wednesday that more than 167,000 families have benefited the universal reward for every newborn baby since the launch of the programme in January 2019.

Under the baby bonus policy, parents receive 40,000 lek for the first child, double to 80,000 lek for the second child and treble to 120,000 lek for the third or more children.

Parents of newborn children withdraw the baby check at the maternity hospital, where immediate registration of the child is carried out, avoiding the previous delays and bureaucracies.

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Prime Minister Edi Rama affirmed Sunday that his government will continue its social policy programme under the 2022 state budget.

“43,581 infants, who were born last year, along with the incredible joy, have brought also the baby bonus to their families. A total of 115,764 newborn babies have received direct payment support under the baby bonus law since  January 2019. This year too, the government guarantees the baby bonus for every child born in Albania or abroad but registered in their homeland,” Rama said.

Under the baby bonus policy that entered into force in January 2019, parents receive 40,000 lek for the first child, double to 80,000 lek for the second child and treble to 120,000 lek for the third or more children.

Parents of newborn children withdraw the baby check at the maternity hospital, where immediate registration of the child is carried out, avoiding the previous delays and bureaucracies.

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Prime Minister Edi Rama affirmed Saturday that his government will continue its social policy programme under the next year’s state budget.

“As many as 40,000 newborns have benefited the baby bonus this year. A total of 111,000 children have benefited the bonus since 2019, when the government’s universal programme was launched and we will continue to support every newborn through the 2022 state budget,” PM Rama said.

Under the baby bonus policy that entered into force in January 2019, parents receive 40,000 lek for the first child, double to 80,000 lek for the second child and treble to 120,000 lek for the third or more children.

Parents of newborn children withdraw the baby check at the maternity hospital, where immediate registration of the child is carried out, avoiding the previous delays and bureaucracies.

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The premier Rama said that, since the launch of this universal program in 2019, 95,524 children who have received the baby bonus.

Under the universal program, there is a reward for the birth of every child, starting from 40,000 ALL for the first child, 80,000 ALL for the second and 120,000 ALL for the third child, regardless of where the children are born, in Albania or abroad, by registering them in their home country.

The baby bonus law was adopted by the Albanian government in 2019 under the Social Protection Program encouraging Albanian parents to have more children through a sharp hike in baby bonuses. //a.i/

The Minister of Health and Social Protection Ogerta Manastirliu on Sunday handed over the baby cheque to Katja’s mother, the 1700^th child to receive the baby bonus at Koço Gliozheni maternity hospital in Tirana this year.

“Welcome Katja. I was pleased to hand over the baby cheque to mother of Katja, the 1700^th newborn to receive the baby bonus at Koço Gliozheni maternity hospital in Tirana this year. More than 16,000 families have benefited the universal reward for every newborn baby, with the bonus ranging from 40,000 to 120,000 lek,” Manastirliu said.

Under the baby bonus policy that entered into force in January 2019, parents receive 40,000 lek for the first child, double to 80,000 lek for the second child and treble to 120,000 lek for the third or more children.

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Under the universal program, there is a reward for the birth of every child, starting from 40,000 ALL for the first child, 80,000 ALL for the second and 120,000 ALL for the third child, regardless of where the children are born, in Albania or abroad, by registering them in their home country.

The baby bonus law was adopted by the Albanian government in 2019 under the Social Protection Program encouraging Albanian parents to have more children through a sharp hike in baby bonuses. //a.i/

The Prime Minister Rama emphasized that, under the universal program, there is a reward for the birth of every child, starting from 40,000 ALL for the first child, 80,000 ALL for the second and 120,000 ALL for the third child, regardless of where the children are born, in Albania or abroad, by registering them in their home country.

The Albanian government unveiled in September 2018 a new social reform program, which entered into force on Jan. 1, 2019, aiming to encourage Albanian parents to have more children through a sharp increase in baby bonuses. //a.i/