MONTENEGRO Prepared by:

Thethi Podgorica

Koplik

Shkodra Lake

city center

Ex Tobacco Factory Ex Wire Factory Shiroka Shkodër Ulcinj

Vau Dejës

Velipoja

Shëngjin

Properties City centers Adriatic Sea Municipal Borders Hydrography Lezhë Urban Areas Economic Areas Protected Natural Areas Main Interurban Roads Secondary Interurban Roads Main Urban Roads Secondary Urban Roads Tirana SHKODRA ventures byattracting local andregional talent. historic areas enliven urbanlife. Shkodra promotes andsupportsnew system. development polycentric a A prime center with a highqualityoflife where waterfronts and on based visitors and citizens development thatguarantees equalityandaccess to services for all and tourism subregion. Amunicipalitywithanintegrated territorial region andsuccessfully interacts aspartofthenatural, cross-border Shkodra Municipality is the leader of the Shkodra-Lezhe-Podgorica 2030 VISION Employment ROUTE DISTANCES Moscow 2692 % Public sector 7 424 9 TO EUROPEAN SHKODRA 2 Private sector 17 764 Public Private CAPITALS MONTENEGRO 260 km Total employees 25 188 % ACCESSIBILITY 71 Berlin 1799 58 km KOSOVO 65 km Durres Port - 108 km Employment by economic sector in municipality London 2388 35 km Services 9 500 A D R I A T I C S E A Shengjini Port - 45 km Bar Port (MNE) - 48 km Industry 4 187 Budapest 842 Trade 2 417 Shkodra 170 km Tirana Airport - 84 km Zagreb 776 Belgrade 510 Lake Transport and 963 City location Shkodra Podgorica Airport (MNE) - 65 km communication Enterprises Sarajevo 289 Bucharest 967 Bar Kukes Municipality of 12 km Construction 477 Sofia 580 48 km ECONOMIC INDICATORS Agriculture 5 446 Shkodra lies in and fishing 113 Rome 786 Shkodra Istanbul 1094 northwestern in Employment Rate: 45.2% Unemployment Unemployment an area of 872 km² and Available Labor Force: 24.2% Athens 792 Lezhe in municipality in county consists of 11 local 45 km GDP: 5.5% Shkodra, the traditional centre of the Gheg cultural region, is one of the oldest cities in Europe. administrative units. Shkodra 7736 13 360 DISTANCE IN KM It has always been a centre of education, culture and trade, the people bear pride in the large Average Gross: 234 Euro links with the Capital Tirana through Unemployment by education By gender ex-industrial area number of artists, musicians, painters, photographers, poets, and writers born here. Shkodra the Nord - South corridor of Albania Foreign Companies: 274 EX WIRE FACTORY 9-year High 2 has always developed and maintained trade links to the West, especially to Italy and Austria. in distance of 98 km. The Largest electricity producer school school Area: 95 000 m 84 km 37% 63% Type: BROWNFIELD + ABANDONED BUILDINGS Shkodra’s main tourist attraction is Rozafa Castle. Rising majestically upon a rocky hill west connection with Kosovo through Second largest producer in Durres MACEDONIA 26% Status: STATE OWNED of the city, the outcroppings and battlements paint a blazing picture against the setting sun. the national road is 170 km. Tirane wood industry 53% 1 98 km FACILITIES The National Museum of Photography "Marubi"- is located in the centre of the town and is the 108 km Third largest producer in agriculture Age group 15-34 Energy infrastructure richest and most important photographic archive with a rare collection of photos over Albanian With Montenegro is connected 12% 8% Water supplies

Vocational high school University 2382 31% history. It contains more than 500,000 negatives, of which the earliest go back to 1858. through three cross borders: PROPERTY CONTACTS Proper telephone and Internet connection Elbasan Direct connection with road infrastructure and highways 12 km to the border, Ohrid Albanian Investment Shkodra is surrounded by three rivers: Drini, Buna, and Kiri and Shkodra Lake - shared with Lake Inhabitants Inhabitants 35 km to Hani i Hotit and 58 km Development Agency OPPORTUNITIES Montenegro. The lake is the largest in the Balkans and one of the main bird reserves in in municipality in county Key sectors to succeed: 2 from the new border of Grabom. Europe. The Albanian Alps - embrace roughly 2240 km and lie in the districts of Shkodra and Prespa e: [email protected] 1. Storage of goods Lake 2016 135 698 215 483 Tropoja. Thirteen peaks exceed 2500 m in height and the principal rivers are Valbona, Shala, 2. Manufacture industry Cemi and Kiri. There is a great diversity of fauna and flora, particularly in the Thethi National The distance to the Port of Shkodra 77 124 Shkodra city center 3. Automotive industry Fier 21 212 Park. Centres of Alpine tourism are Boga, Thethi, Vermosh and Valbona. Shëngjin is 45 km, this harbor is Berat TRANSFER TO PRIVATE OPERATORS Guri i Zi 8 090 mainly used for the transport of Shale 1. By privatization / 2. Leasing / 3. Emphyteusis Shkodra is also the centre of Albanian Catholicism as well as a fine example of tolerance Korce Postribe 7 073 goods and cargos. Berdice 5 777 Age composition between religions, with the city comprising all the major faiths found in Albania. 872 km² Velipoje 5 034 15-64 y 0-14 y Vlore Dajc 3 887 ex-industrial area EX TOBACCO FACTORY Port of Durres, with daily trips 21% Shosh 3 860 2 c Area: 43.821 m o 66% to Italy and other countries, is m Shale 1 805 p 65+ y Type: BROWNFIELD + ABANDONED BUILDINGS Pult 1 530 WHY SHKODRA 108 km away from the city of a Postribe r e Shosh 304 13% Status: STATE OWNED 1. Geographic position, cross-border region with Montenegro Rrethinat d 2 Shkodra. t

o FACILITIES Shkodra In a distance of 48 km there is the Ana e Guri i Zi Municipality Surface area Gjirokaster Malit Energy infrastructure 2. Professional labor force - high number of specialized labor force due to the presence Berdice harbor of Bar in Montenegro. Water supplies ? 872 km² 50% 50% of vocational schools and various professional training centers Dajc I O N I A N S E A Proper telephone and Internet connection City Density Direct connection with road infrastructure and highways Airports: Velipoje 891 km² 3. Natural Resources and Tourism attraction, the “Shkodra Lake - Buna River” 2 456 inhabitants per km² Gender ratio The only airport of Albania is “Mother Sarande OPPORTUNITIES protected landscape, Velipoja and its beach, The National Park of Thethi Key sectors to succeed: Tereza” in a distance of 84 km. GREECE Berlin Education data Educated population 1. Storage of goods The Distance to the Podgorica Airport, 2. Manufacture industry 4. Competitive cost in the region High- General 22 9-year school 4% 3. Automotive industry Montenegro, is 65 km. schools Vocational 6 1 Shkodra city center High school 5. An ex-industrial city - producing and manufacturing wire, tobacco, cement, oil, wine, The Distance to the Prishtina Airport, 2 TRANSFER TO PRIVATE OPERATORS University faculties 6 9 % % 6 1. By privatization / 2. Leasing / 3. Emphyteusis soap, flour, leather, wood, dairy, metal, fisheries, etc. Kosovo, is 260 km. University students +10.000 5 University