Municipality of Sukth
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Association of Albanian Municipalities Project Officer: Ms Franka PALOKA Technical Manager: Mr Kadri GEGA |
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The Municipality of Sukth is one of the two pilot municipalities of the Urban Integration of Informal Settlements project. The municipality is located along the Tirana - Durres highway in Albania.
NALAS visited Sukth for the first time on 29 January 2008. The meeting
was held with Mr Yrjan Hasani, Mayor of Sukth, Mr Xhemali Dom-i, Deputy-Mayor,
Mr Vasil Gjoni, Head of UP Department, Mr Aziz Sava and Mr Muharrem Gjata, in
charge of legalization processes. The meeting was followed by a site visit of
the area (
photos).
The Municipality of Sukth employs 6 people in the Urbanism department, three of which have university degrees. It serves 25,000 inhabitants, or 6,102 households. There have been 3128 applications received from households wishing to legalize their properties, 1570 of which are in the urban area. It is estimated that there are 3170 informal constructions in Sukth, which is equivalent to some 50% of the households.
There is only an outdated map from 1985 available for the region and there is no urban planning. An urban plan is needed as soon as possible in order to issue building permits in the future and to determine the socio-economic development of the municipality.
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Ongoing and completed activities important for the pilot Municipality of Sukth
--- World Bank activities ---
Draft guidelines for building environmental protection and enhancement into new urban plans for Shkodra, Vlore, Kamez, Durres, Korce, Gjirocaster, Berat, and Lushnje [December 2007] Brief capacity need assessment [November 2007]
--- World Bank: Land Administration and Management Project --- Approach to completing the formulation of city inventory [December 2007] Operational manual for municipal capacity building and investment [May 2007] Methodology and template for municipalities for completing city inventory [December 2007] Report on urban land management [November 2007]
--- GTZ: Towards a Sustainable Development of the Tirana - Durres Region --- Regional Development Study for the Tirana - Durres Region: Development Concept [February 2002]
--- UNDP: Durres Region Strategy Development---
Development Strategy of the Durresi Region [May 2005]
Albanian laws on legalization and urban planning
This is a set of legalization and urban planning laws adopted by the Republic of Albania, important for the Urban Integration of Informal Settlements project activities in the Municipality of Sukth. LAW 9780 on builiding inspectorate [2007] LAW 9482 on legalization [2006] LAW 9482 Amendments to the law on legalization [2007] LAW 8991 Amendments to urban Planning Law [2003] LAW 8501 Amendments to Urban Planning Law [1999] LAW 8405 on Urban Planning [1998] LAW 8402 on checking and discplining construction works [1998]
Urban Integration of Informal Settlements Workshop in Sukth, 10 April 2008
The Municipality of Sukth is one of the two pilot municipalities of the Urban Integration of Informal Settlements project. To mark the official start of activities in this municipality, a kick-off workshop was organized by the Association of Albanian Municipalities on 10 April 2008. Event website