Albania’s Approach to Integrating Adaptation into Domestic Budgeting

Albania is mainstreaming climate adaptation into its national budget by utilizing the Medium Term Budget Program (MTBP) 2018–2020 as a primary entry point. Following the ratification of the Paris Agreement, the Ministry of Finance required line ministries to identify measurable climate-related objectives and costs. To support this, Albania launched a pilot exercise involving the ministries of Agriculture, Interior, Environment, and Urban Development to label adaptation measures and develop new initiatives. The government aims to spend at least USD 5 million from the public budget for NAP implementation by 2018 and is considering the adoption of OECD Rio Markers to improve the tracking and reporting of adaptation expenditures.

• Albania has established a governance structure for climate action, including the Inter Ministerial Working Group on Climate Change (IMWGCC) created in 2014, which consists of 15 members from key ministries and is led by the Ministry of Environment.
• The Albanian government identified several key vulnerabilities in its National Adaptation Plan (NAP) document, specifically highlighting risks to hydrological systems, agriculture, energy, health, ecosystems, tourism, social vulnerabilities, and climate-related hazards and disasters.
• Albania is using the Medium Term Budget Program (MTBP) 2018–2020 as the operational tool to integrate adaptation into public expenditure, with a specific goal to allocate at least USD 5 million from the public budget for NAP implementation by 2018.
• To operationalize budget integration, the Ministry of Finance conducted a pilot exercise with four ministries—Agriculture, Interior, Environment, and Urban Development—to identify and label adaptation-related measures within existing programs and create new initiatives.
• To enhance the tracking and reporting of adaptation finance, Albania is considering the use of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Rio Markers.

APA

Terton, A. (2017). Albania’s Approach to Integrating Adaptation into Domestic Budgeting. NAP Global Network. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/napgn-en-2017-snapshot-albanias-approach-to-integrating-adaptation-into-domestic-budgeting.pdf

Chicago

Terton, Anika. Albania’s Approach to Integrating Adaptation into Domestic Budgeting. NAP Global Network, 2017. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/napgn-en-2017-snapshot-albanias-approach-to-integrating-adaptation-into-domestic-budgeting.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{terton2017albanias, author = {Terton, Anika}, title = {{Albania’s Approach to Integrating Adaptation into Domestic Budgeting}}, institution = {NAP Global Network}, year = {2017}, month = nov, url = {https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/napgn-en-2017-snapshot-albanias-approach-to-integrating-adaptation-into-domestic-budgeting.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }