International Aid, Administrative Reform and the Politics of EU Accession: The Case of Albania

172 Pages·2019·1.79 MB·English

by  Artan Karini

International Aid,
Administrative Reform
and the Politics of
EU Accession
The Case of Albania
Artan Karini
International Aid, Administrative Reform
and the Politics of EU Accession
Artan Karini
International Aid,
Administrative Reform
and the Politics of EU
Accession
The Case of Albania
Artan Karini
The American University in Cairo
Cairo, Egypt
and
Carleton University
Ottawa, Canada
ISBN 978-3-319-97833-8 ISBN 978-3-319-97834-5 (eBook)
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A
cknowledgements
The research work contributing to the writing of this book would
have not been possible without the active cooperation of the respon-
dents in Albania, including senior development officers at the European
Commission Delegation (Tirana), Austrian Development Agency, US
Agency for International Development, etc.; the Albanian civil servants
from the Department of Public Administration (DoPA); Department
of Strategy and Donor Coordination (DSDC); the Donor Technical
Secretariat (DTS); and the Albanian Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) as
well as several capacity-building experts from the Albanian civil society.
Irrespective of their busy schedules and commitments, not only did they
provide their time and reliable data and information but most impor-
tantly, they demonstrated patience and gracious manners while dealing
with a relatively demanding researcher like myself. A thank-you note also
goes to the Office of OSCE Secretariat in Prague, which hosted me a
visiting researcher under its Researcher-in-Residence (RIR) programme
in summer 2010 thus allowing me to access their archival materials and
providing support, which significantly contributed to my findings. I also
would like to thank here the CSC/Department of Political Science of
the University of Innsbruck, Austria where I served as Visiting Scholar in
summer 2017. I am immensely grateful to all….
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ontents
1 Scope, Design and Framework 1
2 Albania: A Pre- and Post-1990 Snapshot 33
3 Aid-Supported Policies and Programmes 53
4 A Paris Declaration ‘Success Story’? 89
5 Lessons Learned from the Case Study of Administrative
Capacity in Albania Voluntary or Coercive Transfer? 113
6 Conclusive Remarks 129
References 149
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cronyms
AAA Accra Agenda for Action
ADA Austrian Development Agency
ANTTARC Albanian National Training and Technical Assistance Resource
Centre
BWI(s) Bretton Woods Institution(s)
CARDS Community Assistance for Reconstruction Development and
Stabilisation
CFCU(s) Central Financial Contracting Units
CoE Council of Europe
CSC Civil Service Commission
CSL Civil Service Law
CTF Consultative Task Force
DAC Development Assistance Committee
DEI(s) Directorate(s) of European Integration
DG Directorate General (for EU Enlargement)
DoPA Department of Public Administration
DP (Albanian) Democratic Party
DSDC Department for Strategy and Donor Coordination
DTS Donor Technical Secretariat
EAMIS External Assistance Management Information System
EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
EC European Commission
EIPA European Institute of Public Administration
EU European Union
EUD European Union Delegation (Albania)
FoA Friends of Albania
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xii ACRONyMS
FTI-DoL Fast-Track Initiative for Division of Labour (OECD DAC)
FyROM Former yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
GIZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit/
German Agency for International Cooperation
GPRS Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy
GTS Government Technical Secretariat
HAP Harmonization Action Plan
HRD Human Resources Development
HRM Human Resources Management
HRMIS Human Resources Management Information System
IDRA Institute for Development Research and Alternatives
IMF International Monetary Fund
INSTAT (Albanian) National Institute of Statistics
IPA Instruments of Pre-Accession (Programme)
IPS Integrated Planning System
IPSIS IPS Information System
ISB/ISC Instituti për Studime Bashkëkohore/Institute for Contemporary
Studies
M&E Monitoring and Evaluation
MDG(s) Millennium Development Goal(s)
MDTF Multi-Donor Trust Fund
MIP(s) Ministry Integrated Plan(s)
MoEI Ministry of European Integration
MoI Ministry of Interior
MoU Memorandum of Understanding
MTBP Mid-Term Budget Planning
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NGO Non-Governmental Organisation
NIPAC National Instruments of Pre-Accession Coordination Office
NPM New Public Management
NSDI National Strategy for Development and Integration
NSSED National Strategy for Socio-Economic Development
NWS Neo-Weberian State
ODA Official Development Assistance
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OSCE Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
OSFA Open Society Foundation/Albania
PAI Public Administration Institute (UK)
PAR Public Administration Reform (Programme/Strategy)
PD Paris Declaration
PHARE Poland and Hungary Assistance for the Restructuring of the
Economy
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PIU(s) Project Implementation Units
PM Prime Minister (Office)
PPF Project Preparation Facility
RBM Results-Based Management
ReSPA Regional School of Public Administration
RIR Researcher-in-Residence
SAA Stabilization and Association Agreement
SDC Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
SEE Southeast Europe
SG(s) Secretary General
SIDA Swedish International Development Agency
SIGMA Support for Improvement in Government and Management
SNV Netherlands Development Organisation
SP (Albanian) Socialist Party
SPO(s) Senior Programme Office(s)
SRG Strategy for Recovery and Growth
SWG(s) Sector Working Group(s)
TAIEX Technical Assistance, Information and Exchange
TIPA Training Institute of Public Administration
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNHCR United Nations Higher Commissioner for Refugees
USAID United States Agency for International Development
WB World Bank
WP-EFF Working Party on Aid Effectiveness (OECD DAC)