The Albania Infrastructure and Tourism-Enabling Project is financed by the European Union through technical assistance and investments grants for a total amount of EUR 40 million, and by complementary sovereign loan of EUR 60 million facility provided by the EBRD to the Government of Albania. The Project is implemented by the Albanian Development Fund as executing agency  and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development . The EU grants are identified by the EU in close cooperation with the Albanian Development Fund.

The sub-projects of the programme are focused in Berat, Korca, Fier and Shkoder and general municipal and transport infrastructure sub-projects across the country.

The Programme aims at tackling the issues hindering the tourism sector in Albania through investments both in infrastructure and tourist related businesses and helping the GoA achieve the objective of the National Strategy for Development and Investment to improve Albania’s competitiveness and economic growth through high quality and sustainable tourism.

The program has two components named below:

  • Component A will focus on tourism competitiveness in four pilot territories Berat, Fier, Korca and Shkodra (“the Pilot Territories”).
  • Component B concerns the transport and municipal infrastructure investments throughout the country aiming to boost local development and to support the implementation of the recently introduced territorial reform, as well as to support local MSME.

Albanian Infrastructure Tourism Enabling Programme (“AITP”, “the Programme”) aims to boost economic growth of Albania through high quality and sustainable tourism. This objective is closely aligned with the objectives of the National Strategy for Development and Integration (NSDI).

The Programme sub-components aim to:

  • Improve the touristic potential of Historic and Cultural Heritage Sites (CHS),
  • Improve touristic potential of Natural Sites (NS),
  • Reconstruct Municipal Transport Infrastructure (MI).