Western Balkans

The consultancy branch Is becoming a more and more important to the Western Balkans. Mostly the consultancy and information streams are related to rebuilding of the Western Balkans area. Advice and information from different kind off branches are necessary to advice within a diversity of projects.

BAS Programme

assists Albanian SMEs to develop and grow by enhancing their competitiveness, marketing and financial management, quality management systems and strategic business planning. BAS works directly with individual SMEs utilising, whenever possible, the skills of local professional consultants to provide specific and clearly defined, practical business advice to enterprises, assisting them to improve their business performance. BAS also supports Albanian consultants developing and delivering their service at highest professional standards.

EU – PHARE / CARDS – (Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance – IPA)

Since 2001, the Community Assistance for Reconstruction, Development and Stabilisation (“CARDS”) programme has been the main EC financial instrument for co-operation in the Balkan countries. For the period 2001-2005, commitments under the CARDS national programme for Albania were EUR 237 million. The strategy of the CARDS Programme is expressed in the Country Strategy Paper (CSP) for Albania, 2002-2006, prepared by the European Commission and the Government of Albania.

IFC/PEP – Southeast Europe is part of IFC (International Finance Corporation) World Bank Group

The programme operates in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia and was formally launched in July 2005. It has been established for an initial period of five years. The Private Enterprise Partnership for Southeast Europe (PEP-SE) is catalyzing private sector development from a platform of four operational programmess.

Adriatic – Ionian Initiative (AII)

The Adriatic-Ionian Initiative (AII) was formally established as a political initiative at a conference held in Ancona, Italy in May 2000. Seven countries cooperate within the framework of AII: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Montenegro, Slovenia and Serbia. The aim of AII is to link the coastal countries of the two seas for the purpose of cooperating in the development and safety of the whole area. The issue of environmental protection which is central for socio-economic development in the subregion is the high sensitivity of the maritime and coastal areas of the closed Adriatic Sea.

WBIF

The Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF) was introduced as a regional tool for EU Enlargement. It aims to enhance harmonisation and co-operation in investments for the Western Balkans’ socio-economic development. It aims to streamline existing European Commission-funded facilities, and to pool resources from the EC, the partner IFIs (the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and the European Investment Bank (EIB)), and bilateral donors. Efforts should result in better donor coordination and increased capacity to finance crucial infrastructure in line with accession priorities. The WBIF aims to maximise the impact of EU and bilateral funding by using it to leverage lending by the international financial institutions on accession priorities identified by the Western Balkan beneficiaries. Governed by a Steering Committee and a Project Financiers’ Group, the WBIF is available to the beneficiary governments in the Western Balkans.

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