From “Pasqyrë Albania” and IPARD funds to the agreement with France on the Durrës water supply! All the details revealed

The Minister of Economy and Innovation, Delina Ibrahimaj, has given details after today’s government meeting, focusing on the transparency of public funds, the European integration process and IPARD funds.

Ibrahimaj declared that through the “Pasqyrë Albania” process citizens will have access to procurement documents and contract implementation, while she also spoke of expectations for closing Chapter 20 and the reopening of IPARD funds.

Delina Ibrahimaj:

“We have just finished the Council of Ministers meeting, in which, among other things, we discussed at length public procurement and the need to have a more centralised and more transparent system of public procurement.

We have often discussed during the year the new artificial intelligence system, which will be included in public procurement. We are in the final stages of finalising the details and, since we expect that very soon, within this autumn, we will start with the procedures for using artificial intelligence in public procurement, we wanted to review the way they are done, so that they are more transparent and more tangible for citizens.

Earlier we said it is important that on the ‘PasqyraAlbania’ platform we have detailed information on public procurement, where citizens not only have access to which procurements are carried out and their completion, but also have access to the implementation of procurement contracts.

Therefore today we discussed and a model was presented in which not only the Centralised Purchasing Operator (OBP) will take more weight in carrying out public procurement processes, but also all the systems of the Ministry of Finance, the Public Procurement Agency, the Centralised Purchasing Operator and contract implementation will be synchronised, up to the final point of the fiscalisation systems.

In this way, at every moment, public funds will be traceable, controllable and transparent for everyone who is interested.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Infrastructure and Energy, Enea Karakaçi, announced some of the projects and agreements approved after today’s government meeting.

He focused on the rehabilitation of the Durrës water supply and sewerage, a project worth 118 million euros, as well as investments in Porto Romano, Spitallë and Shkozet. Karakaçi also announced projects to modernise Tirana’s water supply network and for energy efficiency in 50 public schools.”

Enea Karakaçi:

“We approved agreements and projects. An agreement with France for the rehabilitation of the Durrës water supply and sewerage. We have reached its final point. A project worth 118 million euros. The wastewater treatment plant will also be expanded.

We received good news from the EU on the allocation of a 50 million euro grant also in Porto Romano, Spitallë and Shkozet. We approved a project to improve the pipelines of Tirana’s water supply; we will also install smart meters.

We expect to receive a grant of over 50% of the investment fund. Another project is the improvement and investment for energy efficiency for 50 public schools, which will be rehabilitated and equipped with insulation systems and solar panels. A 22 million euro project.”