Sustaining and Advancing Local Governance Reform (STAR3) is the third phase of a joint initiative of international partners to support decentralisation and local government reforms from the advent of the administrative and territorial reform in 2014-15 to the consolidation of the newly organised local government in Albania. STAR3 is made possible thanks to the joint contributions of the European Union, the Governments of Sweden and Switzerland, USAID, UNDP Albania, and the Government of Albania.
STAR3 has quasi-national coverage and supports best practices in civic engagement, municipal integrity, and innovative service delivery. The project’s backbone was (until April 2022) the development, consolidation, and expansion of a One-Stop-Shop system for municipal administrative service delivery.
The project also aimed to develop and promote a stronger local democracy and civic engagement in local decision‐making (promoting public consultation and participation), coupled with increased transparency, accountability and integrity of the local authorities and their operations (introduction and expansion of
integrity planning in public administration).
At present, in close consultation with the government counterparts and in agreement with the project partners, the project is engaging in assessing the municipal capacities in preparing for and adopting e- government and e-services within their operations.
