PUBLIC EXPENDITURE AND FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY Assessment in the Municipality of Fier PEFA-Assessment in the Municipality of Fier The quality assurance process followed in the production of this report satisfies all the requirements of the PEFA Secretariat and hence receives the ‘PEFA CHECK’. PEFA Secretariat, May 10, 2017 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Prepared for the United States Agency for International Development, USAID Contract Number AID- 182-C-12-00001, Albania Planning and Local Governance Project (PLGP) This assessment report was prepared by: John Wiggins International Public Finance Management Consultant Elton Stafa Public Finance Management Expert Co-Plan, Institute for Habitat Development Merita Toska Public Finance Management Expert Co-Plan, Institute for Habitat Development Tetra Tech ARD Home Office Address: Tetra Tech ARD 159 Bank Street, Suite 300 Burlington, Vermont 05401 USA Telephone: (802) 658-3890 Fax: (802) 658-4247 www.ardinc.com Tetra Tech ARD Contact: Adrienne Raphael, Senior Technical Advisor/Manager
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[email protected] The assessment team is grateful to Fier Municipality and its officials for their ready and patient cooperation in providing all the information needed for the production of this Assessment. We are grateful in particular to the Mayor, Mr. Armando Subashi, the Administrator General, Mr. Florjan Muçaj, Ms. Enkelejda Peshkëpia, Ms. Evrinomi Zhezhi and Ms. Dorela Dollakaj for their support and coordination of the entire process within the municipality. About the USAID Planning and Local Governance Project USAID’s Planning and Local Governance Project in Albania (PLGP) works both at the national policy level and at the local level to promote acceptance of the principles of decentralized governance, and to disseminate and institutionalize practical and effective methods and techniques for municipal management.