EU for Property Rights (EU4PR)
UNOPS – United Nations Office for Project Services
05.2025 - 11.2028
Overall Objective
Improved land governance, transparency, and economic development in Albania
Summary of the Project
The “EU for Property Rights” (EU4PR) project, implemented by UNOPS, aims to modernize Albania’s land administration system, improve institutional governance and support the Albanian EU accession process, targeting reforms required for closure of Chapter 23: Judiciary and Fundamental Rights, and Chapter 11: Agriculture and Rural Development.
Albania’s current property rights system faces significant challenges, including outdated paper-based records, widespread informal settlements, and incomplete property registration. The project is structured around two primary outcomes: Outcome 1: Enhanced, Transparent, and Digitized Land Administration System, which focuses on strengthening the capacities and services of the State Cadastre Agency (SCA); and Outcome 2: Improved Capacity for the Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS), which supports the Agency for Agricultural and Rural Development (ARDA) in the preparation of the LPIS.
The project supports the State Cadastre Agency (SCA) through improved cadastral services and business process optimization, digitalization of cadastral maps, overall data enhancement and improvement to align with international standards, and first-time registration of cadastral zones, Furthermore, it creates the essential foundation for an EU-compatible Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS) to facilitate agricultural land management and compliance with the EU Common Agricultural Policy.
This initiative directly contributes to Albania’s EU accession requirements by strengthening institutional capacities, and fostering a more transparent, accountable, and digitized land administration framework.
Activities
Results
Outcome 1: Enhanced, Transparent, and Digitized Land Administration System in Albania
Output 1.1: Improved Public Service Delivery Capacity of the State Cadastre Agency
Output 1.2.1: Cadastral maps are digitized
Output 1.3: Enhanced Data Quality in Selected Cadastral Zones
Output 1.4: First-Time Registration in Selected Cadastral Zones Completed Outcome
Outcome 2: Improved Capacity and Preparedness for the Implementation of an EU-Compatible Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS)
Output 2.1: Preparations made for an EU-Compatible Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS)
● Enhanced Land Governance, Transparency and Public Trust: Modernizes cadastral workflows, digitizes land records, and optimizes SCA business processes to improve efficiency, accountability, accessibility and citizen-oriented delivery of land-related services, while reducing corruption risks.
● Strengthened Property Rights and Data Reliability: Improves the quality, completeness and accessibility of cadastral information, providing greater legal certainty for citizens and businesses, reducing land-related disputes, and strengthening security of tenure.
● Improved Institutional Efficiency and Capacity: Streamlines complex administrative processes and strengthens the institutional capacities of SCA and ARDA, enabling more efficient, coordinated and data-driven decision-making in line with European standards and best practices.
● Accessible and Digitized Land Information: Digitization of cadastral maps and improved land data systems will make property information more accessible, facilitate public and institutional use of cadastral data, and provide a stronger foundation for modern land management.
● EU Alignment and Agricultural Land Management: Strengthens Albania’s alignment with EU requirements for land administration and agricultural policy, including enhanced preparedness for the implementation of an EU-compatible Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS).
