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In 2002, Albania began implementing a long-term plan for growth, the National Strategy for Socioeconomic Development. Drafted with the assistance of The Carter Center, the plan helped establish democratic institutions and build economic growth in the country’s postcommunist era.

Impact

  • Facilitated unprecedented collaboration between the government, NGOs, and citizens
  • Organized town hall meetings across the country
  • Helped build a network to monitor implementation
Legacy

Peacebuilding

In 2000, the Albanian government and the World Bank asked the Carter Center’s Global Development Initiative to help develop and support a National Strategy for Socioeconomic Development.

Our Work and Methods

We facilitated unprecedented collaboration between the government, nongovernmental organizations, and citizens by:

  • Disseminating information and supporting public access to research
  • Strengthening the capacity of NGOs to analyze policy
  • Organizing town hall meetings across the country
  • Bringing government officials and NGOs together to form working groups and develop policies and strategies

Impacts

As the government implemented the strategy in 2002, we helped create a network for monitoring its implementation. This work included:

  • Training in monitoring and evaluation
  • Community outreach
  • Public forums with civil society, public officials, parliament members, and the business community
  • Production and submission of policy position papers
  • Mobilizing citizens to promote policy change
  • Sponsoring development cooperation forums

Through our Global Development Initiative, which was discontinued in 2006, we empowered Albania to create effective change and, in doing so, helped strengthen democracy. 

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Transcript: Albania Roundtable Discussion Examines Socio-Economic Development and Civil Society

  • Speech
  • Apr. 20, 2006