More funds for water utilities! Government transfers 50 million lekë from transport and energy

The government has approved a decision on the redistribution of funds between the budget programmes of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy (MIE) for 2026, moving more financial resources toward the water supply and sewerage sector.

The decision was taken at the proposal of the Minister of Infrastructure and Energy, based on Article 100 of the Constitution, the law on the management of the budgetary system and the law on the 2026 budget.

According to the decision, the budget change was made by reducing the ceiling on current spending in four other programmes of the ministry:

Rail transport is reduced by 9,000,000 lekë; support for natural resources is reduced by 10,082,000 lekë; support for energy is reduced by 12,300,000 lekë; maritime transport is reduced by 18,655,000 lekë.

All the funds released from these four programmes, worth a total of 50,037,000 lekë, were transferred directly to the local public services sector.

“In the budget programme ‘Water supply and sewerage’, the budget ceiling on current spending is increased by 50,037,000 (fifty million and thirty-seven thousand) lekë,” the decision states.

The Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy and the Ministry of Finance have been officially charged with implementing this decision.