EU for Water - AL2022AAP

About this project

The action builds strongly on the IPA2016 and IPA2018 water programmes financed under IPAII, which support integrated water management and wastewater pollution reduction in Albania. The EU Green Agenda for the Western Balkans (2020), the EU zero pollution strategy (2021), and the planned opening of EU membership negotiations require a continued and extended EU support to Albania on integrated water management and wastewater treatment, in order to substantially increase the transposition and implementation of the EU water ¿Acquis¿ and of national water policies.The overall aim of the Action is to support Albania towards maintaining or improving the water bodies quality status in Albania and aligning further with the EU ¿Environment Acquis¿. The expected results are: (i) the transposition as complete as possible of EU water legislation into national laws and regulations for all WFD related directives, (ii) completing the development of River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs) for all River Basins (RBs) and advance their implementation through capacity building and Programmes of Measures (PoMs), (iii) develop an operational national water monitoring system based on accredited reference laboratories, to designate, assess and promote good water status for all water related EU directives and all water bodies in the country, (iv) develop a national marine strategy aligned with the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), (v) increase access of populations to waste water collect…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 5Gender Equality
• 6Clean Water and Sanitation
• 14Life Below Water
• 15Life on Land

Published by

European Commission - Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations · Other public sector

Countries

Albania

Sectors

Environmental policy and administrative managementWater resources conservation (including data collection)Sanitation - large systems

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Main focusGood governance · Also contributesBiodiversity · Also contributes

Published by European Commission - Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 30 Jan 2025 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XI-IATI-EC_NEAR-2022-ACT-60887.

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