News

The Foreign Investors Association of Albania (FIAA) on May 9^th, 2022 held its Annual Assembly Meeting. In this meeting were presented the main activities and the work program of the Association along with the main challenges of its 2022 Agenda.

During this Meeting, the Assembly of Members elected the new President of FIAA Mr. Alessandro D’Oria, along with the new members to the Board of Directors that together will lead the Association in the next years.

FIAA is happy to announce the election of its new President, Mr Alessandro D’Oria elected during the General Assembly Meeting.

We thank all the members for the support and cooperation throughout 22 years of FIAA in Albania!

Ms. Marinela Jazoj received in the FIAA premises Mrs. Florence Dobelle, Cheffe du Service économique régional Danube Balkans, at French -Embassy in Bulgaria. During the meeting the Duo discussed on the current business climate in Albania and on further strengthening the cooperation with the French investors. On the other hand,  Mrs. Florence Dobelle was very keen on Learning about FIAA’s role, activities and Investors’ network. She further stressed the importance of the existence of such organizations in the country and in all the Balkan area. The communication with the French Business Community in the country will continue to increase and create stronger ties.

A working frankly lunch and discussions with Commissioner Varheley was held during his visit in Tirana in April 2022. Distinguished selected business representatives were invited to attend the lunch with the aim of the exchange of views on assessment of the main challenges to business and investments in the country.

In frame of Switzerland support to Albania in the field of economic development and employment, the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) is engaged in providing support for private sector development in different areas like investment climate, insolvency regime, financial reporting, entrepreneurship, etc.

The EU Delegation to Albania had launched the consultation process for the drafting of the 2022 Annual Country Report on Albania and specific meetings with civil society representatives and business community were hold in April 12^th, 2022.

During early April, in Tirana it was organized a dedicated meeting for the presentation of the WBIF instrument for the private sector (WBIF Guarantee Facility and Private Sector Blending), a programming mission headed by Ms. Michela Matuella, Acting Director of the DG NEAR. The objective of this mission was to present the IPA overall framework and discuss priorities for the upcoming programming exercise in Albania.

Transition Report is the EBRD’s flagship annual report analyzing progress in implementation of structural reforms and economic development across 38 countries where the EBRD invests, including Albania. Transition Report 2021-22 ‘Digitalization, System Upgrade: Delivering the Digital Dividend’ explores the digitalization as one of the key forces shaping our world.

FIAA’s Board had been invited to a working lunch with the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Albania to discuss about the business climate and foreign investments in the country. During the talks there were exchanged views on the current business environment in Albania, further perspectives and reforms needed on mutual interest on support of the Albanian business environment along with good corporate governance.

In frame of the FIAA’s mission to improve the business climate in Albania, the Survey on Business Environment in Albania 2022 is currently being conducted. This survey is addressed to all the members of FIAA and other foreign businesses/Institutions operating in Albania in order to collect direct feedback and insights on the doing business climate in the country. The Survey results will help us to identify the most concerning issues and challenges faced by them while doing business in Albania, which will be further shared and addressed with the relevant Public Authorities.