Achievements during 2014 on Functional Area
“The study of Functional Area in Albania” has presented and defined the methodology of 8 Functional Areas in 5 Qarks (Shkodër, Lezhë, Dibër, Kukës and Durrës) that dldp program operates.
In relation to the ongoing Administrative and Territorial Reform (TAR) process: dldp has contributed through its study on Functional Areas, as well as planning the further practical implications of this approach conceptualized as a “Functional Area Program” (FAP). The FAP is intended as a development instrument for new (amalgamated) local government units (LGUs) resulting after the implementation of the reform.
With regards to other development partners, STAR/UNDP project took over dldp’s Functional Area Study for countryside replication.