Schools for Health (Shkollat për Shëndetin)
01.05.2025
- 31.12.2027
Nearly one third of the population in Albania is smoking, overweight or suffers from high blood pressure. Adopting healthy behaviours is crucial to combat non-communicable diseases. In the exit phase, the Ministries of Health and of Education will strengthen coordination mechanisms for health promotion in schools. Schools’ staff and healthcare professionals will implement jointly local action plans. Children, parents and communities will increasingly adopt healthy behaviours.
Climate Services for a Resilient Albania (ALBAdapt)
01.06.2024
- 31.12.2030
The project will increase Albania’s adaptive capacity and climate resilience through the effective generation and use of climate information and services. It will develop an innovative Multi Hazard Impact Based Early Warning System in line with international standards. The MeteoSwiss expertise will be of added value in leveraging the Green Climate Fund engagement and complementing the SECO contribution to this large strategic project.
Building Damage Assessment in Albania
01.04.2024
- 31.12.2027
The devastating earthquake in 2019 revealed that Albania has a weak policy and institutional framework and low public awareness on building damage assessment. The Swiss project will support Albania in strengthening its disaster risk management institutions at national and municipal level to provide sustainable and effective building damage assessment services, leading to safer living conditions and a more disaster resilient business environment.
Skills for Jobs (S4J)
01.07.2023
- 30.06.2027
Albania is reforming its vocational education and training system to upgrade the students’ employability. S4J promotes work-based learning, digitalization and diversification of the VET offer, as per the labour market needs. To sustain the reform process, the exit phase consolidates the transfer of these innovative processes to additional VET providers and companies.
Skills Development for Employment (SD4E)
01.07.2023
- 30.06.2027
Albania is reforming the vocational education and training as well as employment services to increase people’s employability, particularly of women, youth as well as people with disabilities and low-income. This final phase puts the focus on strengthening the capacities of the line ministry and its subordinated national agencies as well as on consolidating, upscaling and transferring the developed policies and regulations as well as best practices to complete the reform process.
Health for All (HAP)
01.04.2023
- 31.03.2027
The health sector in Albania is undergoing structural reforms. New models of service that integrate health and social care are approved and being implemented currently in small scale. Under the lead of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection, the project will facilitate the upscale of the new home care service at primary health care. The aim is to transform primary care to the specific needs of the poor and vulnerable population like the elderly, people with disabilities and mental health disorders.
Albania: Sustainable Rural Development
01.02.2023
- 31.12.2026
Large potential for additional value creation exists in the agriculture sector and related activities in Albania. The project will develop innovative, economically viable and inclusive business models for market actors to leverage investment and ultimately increase income and employment for the population in rural areas, especially for women, young people and returnees.
Support to Parliament and Civic Education (PACEP)
01.01.2023
- 01.06.2028
The Albanian Parliament will improve its performance both, operationally and politically. Elections will be managed more transparently and efficiently. The system of checks and balances between the parliament, the government and independent institutions will be strengthened. Citizens will contribute and benefit from increased representation in parliament, responsible law making and stronger oversight.
Bashki të Forta (BtF) - Strong Municipalities
01.08.2022
- 30.09.2026
The project aims at strengthening capacities of all 61 albanian municipalities (executive and councils) to assume their functions. Citizens will benefit from improved services based on standards and reliable data. A national performance based system of grants will contribute to improve municipal governance and will incentivise municipalities to perform better.
Solidar - Health Emergency
01.01.2022
- 31.10.2027
Albania suffers from insufficient resources for public health emergencies and poor quality of primary care emergency services. The project aims at supporting the Ministry of Health and Social Protection and non-health actors to establish a sound coordination based on clear regulations and standards for health emergencies. It will also strengthen the capacity of healthcare and enable community initiatives regarding health emergencies preparedness and response.
RisiAlbania, Making Labour Market Work for Youth
01.11.2021
- 31.12.2029
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.
Leave No One Behind Project
01.08.2021
- 31.12.2025
Albania is building up its social protection system, with the vision of providing decentralized services. The importance of an effective social protection system has increased by the ongoing pandemic. The project covers part of the social protection system. Its 2nd phase scales up the reform roll-out. This Albania-Switzerland-UN’ effort collaborates with 50% of municipalities and strengthens their capacities to support 160’000 vulnerable people.
