📋 Tender Overview
PROJECT DETAILS
Project number:
2021.2061.6
Status:
ongoing project
Responsible organizational unit:
3700 Western Balkans, Central Asia, Eastern Europe
Contact person:
Felicitas Siek felicitas.siek@giz.de
Partner countries:
Western Balkans/Eastern Partnership na, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Kosovo
SUMMARY
Goals:
The conditions for municipal and local economic development in the six Western Balkan countries (WB6 countries) have improved in line with the requirements for EU accession.
Client:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Project partners:
Secretariat of the Regional Cooperation Council
Financier:
not available
ORDER VOLUME
Overall project:
(including all previous, current and subsequent project phases, if applicable)
41,009,392 euros
Current project:
14,523,719 euros
COMBINED FINANCING
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO): 6,800,000 euros
PREVIOUS PROJECT
2016.2096.2
Open Regional Fund SOE - Modernization of municipal services
SUCCESSOR PROJECT
not available
DURATION
Overall project:
(including all previous, current and subsequent project phases, if applicable)
October 12, 2006 - March 31, 2028
Current project:
01.04.2021 - 31.03.2028
OTHER PARTIES INVOLVED
not available
FURTHER INFORMATION
Project website
not available
DEVELOPMENT POLICY IDENTIFIERS
Gender equality
Significant secondary objective
Democratic and inclusive governance
Significant secondary objective
CRS KEY
15112 Decentralization and promotion of subnational territorial units
EVALUATION
not available
PROJECT DESCRIPTION (DE)
Context
Reforms to modernise services are important to improve the prospects of the six Western Balkan states (WB6) for EU accession. Living conditions for citizens must be improved by creating jobs and strengthening competitiveness at the local level so that the municipalities in the WB6 states become economically efficient and meet EU requirements. This means that local authorities and local organisations must be strengthened in their capacity to overcome the major administrative and financial challenges associated with sustainable local development and the modernisation of municipal services.
Objective
Cities and municipalities in the Western Balkan countries improve the conditions for local economic development in line with EU requirements.
Approach
The project consolidates regional cooperation and knowledge transfer between state institutions, civil society and the private sector at the municipal, national and regional levels. The project comprises three pillars:
• Developing innovative approaches and applying best practices to promote municipal development and local economic growth. Knowledge transfer takes place through local, sector-specific networks and strategic partnerships with German and EU institutions.
• Supporting reform processes in local economic development an
