Integrated Cross-Sectorial Plan of Tirana-Durres Area

• Logistics cluster;
Develop logistics centres and networks with
a focus on rapid mobility and fast processing
of goods. These centres should support their
success on efficient connections with regional
entry-exit ports as well as on the range of
services they provide thanks to the strategic
locations.
Operation of these nodes should be managed
linked in a network by the traffic operational
centre in the Vora urban centre. (the poles:
Shkozet, Durres, Vora, Kavaja, Fushe-Kruja)
The establishment of institutions that will
guide the process of clustering, provision of
training and knowledge, as well as research
and development for innovation, should be
accompanied by long-term fiscal and legal
policies from line ministries.
The promotion of interaction should focus not
only on cluster stakeholders but also on the
establishment of joint development, marketing
and branding strategies, so that all clusters
(according to four clustering typologies)
can support one another in complementary
services and products.
Science, knowledge, training and innovation
institutions should create a proactive approach
to the cooperation of these clusters, which
would channel innovation towards closed (full)
cycles of production and sales of products,
from raw materials to marketing and branding
on a global scale.
Role of governance in the establishment of
clusters
Central and local governance should not
create cooperation groups between actors that
do not have a prior interaction history, even if
only informal.
Public institutions should promote a climate
of institutional trust in building cluster
stakeholder interaction. Public institutions
should take a primary role in the initial, mainly
guiding phases of the cluster support strategy
development process and in the conduct
of public-private dialogue on institutional
policies and bureaucracies that hinder the
development of industry and business.
The key roles of public governance, which will
enable a qualitative step in the development of
clusters are:
• Structures and platforms that promote
fostering confidence for stakeholders’
cooperation.
• Strategies and programs with clear roles and
responsibilities that support the participating
stakeholders. Creating a framework of action
plan and system monitoring to support
management boards. Developing trained and
motivated human resources of public service,
to manage cluster-level platforms that monitor
the performance of clusters.
• Dynamic fiscal and legal support schemes,
public services supporting stakeholders,
networks, services and final products.
• Supportive macroeconomic and political
climate to achieve goals and results, fostering
global cooperation, such as competing in
attracting foreign funding. Develop efficient
schemes to provide direct access to finance for
these interactive groups.
• Public institutions should develop strategies,
policies, programs, projects, structures
and platforms that promote the creation of
a climate of trust and cooperation among
stakeholders;
• They should form clear frameworks that
define the roles and responsibilities of the
participating stakeholders of the three abovementioned
spheres;
• They must build dynamic fiscal and legal
support schemes, supported by public services
for the involved stakeholders, their networks
and products;
• They should foster the creation of a
macroeconomic and political climate
to achieve goals and reach tangible
and measurable results. They ought to
predetermine the macro conditions necessary
to develop global cooperation and to create
facilities for attracting foreign funding.
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