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EU4Forests

Overall Objective

  • Strengthen forest governance and align Albanian legislation with EU standards.
  • Initiate and consolidate reforestation and afforestation activities.
  • Establish national and local forest nurseries managed by NFA.
  • Improve technical capacities for sustainable forest management and wildfire prevention.

 

Activities

Activity 1.1 Assessment of the current level of transposition and implementation of EU forest legislation

Activity 1.2 Development of primary and secondary legislation to fully transpose EU forest acquis

Activity 1.3 Preparation of EUDR, FLEGT and LULUCF implementation plans

Activity 2.1 Assessment of administrative and technical capacities of national and local authorities for Sustainable Forest Management (SFM)

Activity 2.2 Development of a training plan and strategy with an action plan to strengthen administrative capacity at national and local level for SFM

Activity 2.3 Preparation of technical specifications for equipment and tools required for SFM

Activity 2.4 Delivery of SFM training for competent authorities and stakeholders

Activity 3.1 Preparation of protocols for monitoring and reporting forest data

Activity 3.2 Support to emission and removal accounting in the forestry sector

Activity 3.3 Support to municipalities and institutions in reporting forest-related data

Activity 4.1 Preparation of 10 municipal forest management plans

Activity 4.2 Preparation of a national afforestation/reforestation plan

Activity 4.3 Development of a list of priority measures with implementation plans

Activity 5.1 Implementation of specific priority measures included in forest management plans

Activity 5.2 Procurement of equipment for sustainable forest management

Activity 5.3 Preparation of a central forest nursery structure within NFA

Activity 5.4 Establishment of a central forest nursery structure within NFA

Activity 6.1 Preparation, assessment and monitoring of guidelines for grant schemes supporting forest management activities

Activity 6.2 Implementation of afforestation/greening programmes in municipal areas through a grant scheme

Activity 6.3 Implementation of wildfire prevention activities through a grant scheme

Activity 7.1 Implementation of public awareness campaigns to promote sustainable forest management