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Co-PLAN GAZETTE A Biannual Publication of Co-PLAN - Institute for Habitat Development
A Biannual Newsletter
Issue No. 1 -June 2011
FACTS & FINDINGS On matters of Urban and Regional Development, Urban Environmental Management, and Municipal Finances Management.
Co-PLAN’s POSITION And contribution in the field of Urban and Regional Development, Urban Environment Management and Municipal Finances Management.
LOGIN PLATFORM
POLITIKËNDJEKËS APO POLITIKËBËRËS! - A book edited by Dritan Shutina & Rudina Toto
More on the Local Government Information Network: objectives, resources and intended use for all local government units in Albania.
EDITORIAL How do local revenues derive from national sources? The system of intergovernmental transfers in Albania analysed.
SUPPLEMENT A thorough report focusing on Intergovernmental Transfers in Albania, is found appended in the ‘Working Papers’ session.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This is an initiative of Co-PLAN, under the support of TTF - OSI Budapest. Special thanks go to LGI - OSI Budapest, whose support proved valuable in the publication of this issue of Co-PLAN GAZETTE.
Co-PLAN GAZETTE launch At a time when knowledge and expertise on urban and spatial development, environment and public finances are critical to Albania’s development process, Co-PLAN, Institute for Habitat Development wants to share with you how policies, legislation, practice, and research in all these fields are coming together and changing the picture. Inevitably, the current Albanian reality triggers a natural interest in the matters of urban/spatial planning, environmental management, and public finances. Our capacity to fill the knowledge gap through our research results, project based experience, and a dedicated team of partners, donors and experts alike, has never been greater. At Co-PLAN, three distinct areas constitute our core-expertise — Urban and Regional Development, Urban and Environmental Management, and Public Finances, all of which with a particular relevance to Albania. Over the past sixteen years, at Co-PLAN we have made concerted efforts also to increase civil society participation in our enterprises and projects. These efforts have resulted in exciting transformations and improvements on the field, some of which were reflected in respective policies.
To better serve our community, partners, and donors, we will add to our communicating means with you, this biannual publication: the Co-PLAN Gazette. This inaugural newsletter from the Institute will showcase our dedication to solutions for current problematic in each of our areas of expertise, and knowledge gained through the projects that promote debates at a governmental level, to possibly impact policy-making. This newsletter is a knowledge-exchanging tool and as such it will also provide snapshots of the policy, legal and development environment in our areas of expertise in Albania. The second part of the newsletter shall always be dedicated to the publication of working papers from Co-PLAN, IKSH_POLIS and also interested partners that would like to share experience and know-how. Alongside our newsletter communications, we are already blogging, will be shortly launching our new Co-PLAN website, and would love to have you following us on both platforms. The articles in this gazette provide useful facts and information on matters of urban development, environmental and public finances management. Any contributions, comments or suggestions are appreciated, and should be sent to co-plan@co-plan.org
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