RisiAlbania, Making Labour Market Work for Youth
01.11.2021
- 31.12.2028
The last phase of RisiAlbania will continue to consolidate a functional labour market system that performs sustainably. The project will support businesses to grow through increased access to markets, competitiveness and resilience, leading to the creation of more and better jobs for young women and men. It will scale up its support for improving career intermediation, guidance as well as non-formal skills provision for youth to get access to jobs.
Albania: PACEP (Support to Parliament and Civic Education Project)
01.01.2018
- 31.12.2026
The Albanian Parliament will be supported to enhance the performance and professionalism of its administration and improve its representative, oversight and legislative functions. Educated citizens and engaged civil society contribute toward more accountability in decision making processes and benefit from a well-functioning parliament.
Countering Money Laundering in Albania (CMLA)
01.09.2025
- 31.12.2029
This project supports Albania’s efforts in the fight against money laundering and economic crime. Partnering with the Council of Europe, SECO works with the authorities and the private sector through an integrated approach that strengthens all key components of the anti-money laundering system and makes them work better together.
Strengthening Subnational Public Financial Management in Albania, Phase II
01.01.2024
- 31.12.2028
This Project continues to support Albania in enhancing the quality and cost-effectiveness of local public services. It aims to improve how municipalities manage their finances in order to make them more financially independent, accountable to citizens and resilient.
Swiss Entrepreneurship Program, Phase III
01.01.2024
- 31.12.2027
Start-ups are the key drivers of innovation, economic growth and job creation. The Swiss Entrepreneurship Program (Swiss EP), Phase III continues to support start-up ecosystem development, related partner organizations, growth-oriented start-ups and entrepreneurs in its partner countries, while consolidating experiences and results achieved.
Digital Financial Services Programme in Europe and Central Asia, Phase II
01.12.2023
- 31.12.2029
The Digital Financial Services Programme, Phase II, supports responsible access to digital financial services in Central Asia, South Caucasus and the Western Balkans by improving underlying regulations, digital infrastructure and private sector’s capacities.
IFC Sustainable Cities, Phase II
01.07.2023
- 30.06.2027
This is the second phase of SECO’s successful partnership with IFC to promote Private Sector Engagement in infrastructure. It incorporates a series of learnings from the previous phase, e.g. extending instruments with the aim to increase mobilization of commercial financing or including public-private partnership (PPP) advisory in all regions.
Investment Council Project in Albania and Kosovo (EBRD), Phase II
01.01.2023
- 31.12.2026
The EBRD Investment Council Project in Albania and Kosovo (2023-26) supports the improvement of the investment climate and economic policies in the two Western Balkan countries. It does so by providing technical assistance and fostering a more effective policy dialogue between the public and private sector.
Utilities of the Future Centre of Excellence
01.01.2023
- 31.12.2029
The Utilities of the Future (UoF) Centre of Excellence, based in Tirana, will draw from global expertise and use innovative tools to trigger, plan, and sustain performance improvements in water utilities, with a focus on the Western Balkans.
Small Business Impact Fund, Phase II
01.12.2022
- 30.11.2027
The Small Business Impact Fund (SBIF) is a multi-donor initiative of the EBRD to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs). SECO’s contribution to the SBIF aims to strengthen competitiveness and resilience of SMEs in Central Asia, Western Balkans, North Africa and South Caucasus by providing business advice, skills development and financing.
Global Quality and Standards Programme (GQSP), Phase II
01.11.2022
- 01.12.2027
The Global Quality and Standard Programme (GQSP) Phase II facilitates market access by improving capacities of SMEs to comply with quality and compliance requirements in destination markets.
Trade Promotion East
01.10.2022
- 31.12.2026
The Trade Promotion East Program aims to enhance competitiveness and sustainable export growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) engaged in agro-processing from SECO’s Eastern partner countries. The Program will be implemented by the International Trade Centre in the Western Balkans and Central Asia.
