Integrated Cross-Sectorial Plan of Tirana-Durres Area

1.2 Combination of the
national plans
Based on the Law no.107/2014 “On planning
and development of the territory”, as amended,
and by-laws for its implementation, the
national instruments of territorial planning
are: the General National Plan, as the highest
planning instrument, the sectorial national
plans and the detailed plans for the areas of
national importance. Under this context, the
Ministry of Urban Development, as the ministry
responsible for territorial planning and
development, undertook the initiative to draft
three national plans: the General National
Plan, the Integrated Cross-Sectorial Plan for
the Coast and the Integrated Cross-Sectorial
Plan of the Economic Area Tirana-Durres. The
initiatives and work to draft these documents
have been carried out in parallel and in a
coordinated manner. The simultaneous
drafting of these three plans enables
harmonization among their policies and their
further elaboration from the national level of
the GNP to the regional level of the coastal
area and the economic area Tirana-Durres.
The General National Plan
The General National Plan is the highest
instrument in the hierarchy of territorial
planning. As such, it is the basis for the
coordination and correlation of the national
sectorial policies and plans by giving them a
territorial perspective. The GNP is the guiding
framework for developments in the territory
with definitions for a 15-year period.
It is a platform where the economic
interests are harmonized with other
interests such as territorial cohesion,
environmental protection and the protection
of the cultural and historical heritage.
the engines of this country’s economy. One
of these poles is the metropolitan area of
Tirana-Durres.
Integrated Cross-Sectorial Plan of the
Coast (Coastal ICSP)
The Integrated Cross-Sectorial Plan for the
Coast aims to determine the main directions
of the development of the coastal belt in
order to mitigate the negative effects of the
spontaneous and uncontrolled development
of the area, as well as to lead the sustainable
development of its assets during the next
15 years. The Coastal ICSP ensures the
integration of territorial policies within the
framework of the government’s program
to transform the belt into an influential
factor in the economy and to stimulate its
competitiveness in relation to other similar
coastal regions. This plan will guide the
development of the coastal belt, while
ensuring, above all, stronger protection of the
environment, nature, landscape and assets of
the coastal region.
Sectorial plans and strategies
Within the framework of drafting the ICSP
Tirana-Durres, all the sectorial strategies
developed by line ministries, which have an
impact on this area, have been consulted
with. Under this context, the Draft-National
Strategy for Development and Integration
2015-2020, draft-National Strategy for Tourism
Development 2015-2020, the Transport
Strategy, the Economic Development Strategy,
the Strategy on Environment, on Energy, etc., 14
have been taken into consideration.
Among the most important provisions of
the GNP are the hierarchy of urban centres
and development poles which will serve as
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Meanwhile, although a part of the sectorial strategies were still in the drafting process when ICSP Tirana-Durres was under
way, the working group meetings continued with the staff of the relevant ministries so that sectorial policies could be best
reflected in the plan.
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