Europe and Central Asia

Albania

SDG Finance - Enabling Environment

Strategic Policy Options for SDG Financing

Total funding allocated
SDG Finance - Enabling Environment
US $ 855000
Co-funding by UN agencies
SDG Finance - Enabling Environment
US $ 294205
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Brief description

Well intending laws and regulations have often been approved and institutions have been established in Albania’s prolonged transition, only to come to the conclusion that their financial effects were not properly calculated and provided for. This Joint Programme aims to provide technical assistance and work with the government to identify and integrate more equitable and adequate financing for SDGs in the national budgetary framework. The implementation of the programme is expected to provide large scale results, reaching the most vulnerable part of the Albanian society, in particular children and women in the poorest locations.

Approach

At the policy level, this project will continue to assist Albania in integrating the national financing for social protection floors into national policy, building upon the on-going UN-wide efforts. At the macro level, it will identify and assess the options to catalyse financing of unfunded mandates at the local government units and identify innovative approaches, tools and other financing mechanisms to pilot and evaluate the impact of fiscal policies related to social protection. At the capacity-support level, the JP would support a selected range of Albanian institutions to articulate, implement and review budgets that reflect increasing SDG related spending. 

Quick facts

Total budget:
US $ 1,149,205

UN Agencies:

UNDP, UNICEF, ILO


National Partners:

Ministry of Finance and Economy


Duration:
Jul 2020 - Jul 2022

Financial Information
Integrated Policy

Improving Municipal Social Protection Service Delivery


The programme brief description

Albania’s “Improving Municipal Social Protection Service Delivery” programme addresses social inclusion, protection and the needs of the most vulnerable groups. The goal of this programme is to contribute, in order to support the Albanian Government, in translating the policy intent into proper local actions to ensure that men, women, girls and boys living in poverty, or vulnerable situations have access to integrated, quality social care services. This supports the vision of an overall inclusive Albania. To achieve this goal, the programme focuses on the following outcome: all women, men, girls and boys, especially those from marginalized and vulnerable groups, are exercising their entitlements to equitable quality services, in line with human rights; and more effective investments in human and financial resources are being made at central and local levels to ensure social inclusion and cohesion.

Approach

This programme has established a two phased approach: the country should establish the architecture of the system (policy, legal, administrative instruments) up to 2020 and then go to scale and pilot the system at the decentralized level in the next years with progressive measures until a national coverage.

Target groups

The marginalized populations of Albania as well as Roma and Egyptian populations, specifically persons with disabilities, vulnerable children, women, the elderly, refugees and migrants.


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Quick facts

Total budget:
USD $ 2,000,000

UN Agencies:

UNDP, UNICEF, UN Women, WHO


National Partners:

Ministry of Health and Social Protection, Municipality of Tirana, Municipality of Kamza, Municipality of Rrogozhina, Municipality of Devoll, Municipality of Pogradec, Municipality of Puka


Duration:
January 1, 2020 to June 30, 2022 (29 months)

Financial Information