“Consolidating the role of Albanian Network for Rural Development toward a functional model of bottom-up and participatory perspective in national rural agenda” is a 32-month project, funded by the European Union, represented by the European Commission, which has started its implementation since February 2018. The project is being implemented by three founding and most active member organisations of the ANRD and builds upon their shared vision of civil participation in the rural policy making. Institute for Democracy and Mediation is leading the implementation of the action in partnership with AgriNET and AgroPUKA.
The action seeks to enhance the impact and the involvement of CSOs and CSOs Network (and other rural stakeholders) in advocating and influencing the design and implementation of rural development policy in Albania. The overall goal will be achieved through:
- Strengthening institutional and organisational capacity of the Albanian Network for Rural Development (ANRD) and its constituents for sustainable and participatory rural development;
- Empowering the role of the ANRD through multi-stakeholder partnership forums at regional level;
- Promoting evidence-based rural policy-making;
- Implementing bottom-up and participatory advocacy platforms at regional and national level to advance the interests and priorities of rural communities.
“Due to the action, the Albanian Network for Rural Development and its constituents will represent a crucial actor in a number of concrete initiatives and processes that advance rural communities’ interests and accelerate the rural reforming processes toward EU positive development models and practices”
Specifically, the planned projects’ activities will extent the Rural Parliament to the entire country through its decentralization into four regional rural parliaments. The journey toward the 2nd rural parliament, will involve ongoing efforts to consolidate the role of the ANRD, empower the non-public actors, multi-stakeholder and inter-sectoral partnerships, as well as sector-related studies and researches. All these efforts to influence processes and reforms in rural development, aim to effectively address rural areas developmental problems.