Integrated Cross-Sectorial Plan of Tirana-Durres Area
The Albanian Government and the National Spatial Plan have identified the Tiranë-Durrës area, as one of the most important economic areas of the country, and of the Balkan region. To ensure a sustainable territorial and urban development of this area, the Ministry of Urban Development in cooperation with the National Territorial Planning Agency has taken the initiative to draft a Cross-sectoral Integrated Plan for the economic area Tiranë – Durrës. The metropolitan region under study includes territories administered by 5 municipalities: Tiranë, Durrës, Vorë, Shijak, Kamëz.
The Albanian Government and the National Spatial Plan have identified the Tiranë-Durrës area, as one of the most important economic areas of the country, and of the Balkan region. To ensure a sustainable territorial and urban development of this area, the Ministry of Urban Development in cooperation with the National Territorial Planning Agency has taken the initiative to draft a Cross-sectoral Integrated Plan for the economic area Tiranë – Durrës. The metropolitan region under study includes territories administered by 5 municipalities: Tiranë, Durrës, Vorë, Shijak, Kamëz.
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Regional Development Policies<br />
The <strong>Integrated</strong> <strong>Cross</strong>-<strong>Sectorial</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> <strong>of</strong> the<br />
economic area <strong>Tirana</strong>-<strong>Durres</strong> has been<br />
drafted with the aim <strong>of</strong> creating a guiding<br />
framework for the sustainable development<br />
<strong>of</strong> the region and the goal <strong>of</strong> reaching its<br />
projected vision by 2030. This is a strategic<br />
document set up to serve the relevant<br />
institutions to guide developments in the area,<br />
and to mobilize capital investment as well<br />
as human capital itself. The means through<br />
which the <strong>Tirana</strong>-<strong>Durres</strong> ICSP operates to<br />
achieve the vision and strategic objectives are<br />
the regional development policies and relevant<br />
projects within each development policy.<br />
The policies <strong>of</strong> the plan, although sectorial,<br />
are combined with each other to further break<br />
down the four strategic objectives <strong>of</strong> the ICSP<br />
for the economic area <strong>Tirana</strong>-<strong>Durres</strong>. The<br />
regional development policies outlined in this<br />
chapter provide mandatory principles and<br />
guidelines to be reflected and further detailed<br />
in the general local plans (GLPs) that will be<br />
drafted by the municipalities where the <strong>Plan</strong> is<br />
extended. The chronicle <strong>of</strong> defining strategic<br />
objectives follows in the successive chapters<br />
with regional development projects and<br />
recommendations for their implementation by<br />
the Local Government Units.<br />
This chapter presents the policies that outline<br />
the aforementioned objectives, divided into 5<br />
themes organized according to the respective<br />
sectors:<br />
• Economic development policies<br />
• Urban development policies<br />
• Rural development policies<br />
• Infrastructure and transport<br />
development policies<br />
• Environmental development policies<br />
We must reemphasize the fact that the<br />
division <strong>of</strong> policies in this chapter, or their<br />
sectorial grouping, is only done for the<br />
purpose <strong>of</strong> their communication methodology.<br />
While the guiding principle in drafting this<br />
document is integration and intertwining. The<br />
strategic objectives are closely interlinked<br />
and serving to each other, as are the regional<br />
development policies and the projects that<br />
follow them, regardless <strong>of</strong> the sector within<br />
which they fall.<br />
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