The study aims at providing a strategic vision for the development of Shkodra region including Shkodra Lake, Buna River and Adriatic Coast that synthesizes with existing plans and sector strategies and prioritizes strategic investments.

Following the strategic view on the Regional Integrated Tourism and Urban Upgrading, a mid to long-term and demand-driven prioritized capital investment programme to complement the existing Masterplan of Alps, hence providing the foundation for sustainable development covering the most of the North Albanian territory.

In addition, a conceptual framework for a sizable Challenge Fund was developed as public-private partnership mechanism to sustain and co-finance community-based organization and SME initiatives for sustainable business development investments in line with the proposed strategy and the regional development strategy.

This study, promoted by Albanian Development Fund, is being implemented by Tetra Tech International Development led consortium in the context of the overall EIB-funded Economic Resilience Initiative – Infrastructure Technical Assistance (ERI-ITA).

HBMC Limited provided specialized expertise on environmental protection, cultural heritage preservation and GIS-based mapping as required for the development of public infrastructure and tourism development investment plans.