Annual Report 2012 by UNDP ART Initiative

ALBANIA

BALKANS

BOLIVIA

LATIN AMERICA

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1. Implementation of two Regional Strategic Plans. 2. Capacity-building activities with regional and local government units (LGUs) in Vlorë and Shkodra. 3. Two marketing strategies designed. 4. Set up of employment-generation schemes 5. Local innovations were promoted and replicated by means of a Catalogue of Innovations. 6. Architectural illuminations were installed in the historical City Hall building in Shkodra with a view to promote tourism. 7. An apartment block was completely refurbished in Puka (Shkodra region) to allow citizens greater access to local services . 8. The Ethnographic Museum in Vlorë was renovated to attract larger numbers of tourists. 9. The façade of the former Vlorë Prefecture was restored. 10. The defense walls of Vlorë were repaired and restored to encourage greater tourism activity. 11. The playground equipment in the children’s park in Himara town was fully refurbished. 12. The Marubi Virtual Museum was set up to promote cultural tourism in Shkodra. 13. Small-scale tourist resorts were set up in the mountainous areas in Shkodra to promote tourism and foster greater local economic development. 14. A Guarantee Fund was established to assist local community members in small-sized enterprise start-up and expansion schemes.

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The main focus of the ART programme here was to strengthen local planning activities, promote innovation, disseminate best practices and knowledge-sharing experiences and consolidate existing Local Economic Development Agencies (LEDAs). However, the programme also facilitated partnerships with decentralized cooperation stakeholders to give additional support to national and sub-national priorities. In so doing, it contributed to Albania’s reform agenda for integration into the European Union while at the same time aiming to achieve greater development effectiveness. Results at National level › Two regional strategic plans were drawn up to promote democratic governance and women’s empowerment, as well as provide support to the decentralization process underway. One plan was implemented in the Vlorë region and was known as “The Zero-Emission Territory”, while the other, “Towards the Sustainability of Tourism”, was implemented in the Shkodra region. › Improvements in local economic development through specially designed capacity-building activities in the LEDAs operating in Vlorë and Shkodra. › Local projects were scaled-up so they could be integrated into local and national policies, including replicating the ART approach in the Kukes region. › Greater – and improved - cooperation was achieved between civil society organizations and local authorities on the occasion of the debates entitled “The Future We Want” held in the run-up to the Rio+20 Conference. Results at Global level › Establishment of decentralized cooperation and South-South partnerships. › Albania’s national strategy on infant and maternal care were modified to include the best practices identified in ART programmes (e.g. the Mother Kangaroo method). › Cross-border cooperation between regions in Albania and Kosovo was improved.

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The ART programme set out in 2008 with two key priorities: local economic development and multi-level governance. By 2012, the scalingup exercise had extended throughout the Departments of La Paz, Oruro and Tarija, as well as Santa Cruz (Chiquitania-Pantanal region) and Potosi (Lípez region). Results at Local level › Set up a vocational training centre (max. capacity 300 participants) dealing with wood production methods. › Rolled out the “Livestock Improvement” project in the Ingavi province and in La Paz, involving over 1,158 indigenous families. › Facilitated the development of territorial marketing strategies by the Local Development Agency (LED) in La Paz. › Promoted coordination mechanisms between private and public stakeholders through the establishment of Working Groups in the Department of Oruro (PET-MAN Project). › Rolled out a pilot project on “Manufacturing Heritage and Citizenship” in the Department of Potosi in collaboration with the Ministry of Development and Economy working under the Semilla national programme. › Drew up socio-economic guidelines for the territory through the Second Integral Development Forum of Chiquitania-Pantanal. › Designed a Departmental Water Plan in Tarija ensuring the active participation of local stakeholders. › Drew up territorial plans in the departments of La Paz, Oruro and Tarija.

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1. Departmental Developmental Plan in La Paz. 2. Local Economic Development strategy in Tarija. 3. Territorial Economic Development Plan in Oruro. 4. Projects on wood production methods in La Paz. 5. Territorial marketing strategy in Oruro. 6. Mancomunidades project (PET-MAN) in Oruro. 7. Semilla Programme in Potosi. 8. Second Integral Development Forum of Chiquitania-Pantanal. 9. Departmental water plan in Tarija.

Results at National level › Compiled a database to improve coordination between national and territorial planning activities within the State Integrated Planning System (SPIE) promoted by the Ministry of Development Planning. › Provided institutional support to nine Development Sector Councils as part of the national policy on micro- and small-sized enterprises drawn up by the Ministry of Development and Economy. › Rolled out the Master’s Degree course on International Cooperation and Local Development with the Pablo de Olavide University of Seville.

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