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Albania adopted its Inter-sectoral Strategy against Corruption 2015-2020 and its Action Plan 2015-2017 in March 2015, with a budget of EUR 12 million.

A sector reform contract for the fight against corruption in Albania was foreseen in the Country Action Programme for Albania for the year 2016 for a total amount of EUR 10 million. The overall objective of this Sector Reform Contract is to assist the government of Albania in implementing the inter-sectoral strategy against corruption with the aim to create transparent and high integrity Albanian institutions that enjoy citizens' trust and ensure a quality and incorruptible service.

The specific objectives are to:

• Improve framework for corruption prevention, in particular through increasing transparency and detection of corruption, improving handling and follow up of corruption reports, and strengthening the controlling regime for political parties' financing.
• Improve framework for corruption repression, in particular through improving efficiency and effectiveness of criminal investigations against corruption; and supporting a good track record of investigated cases submitted to the prosecution services.
• Improve framework for awareness of corruption, in particular through encouraging civil society and the general public to report corruption cases.

The global objective of this assignment is to assist the Government of Albania in implementing the Intersectoral Strategy against Corruption 2015/2020 in order to improve corruption prevention, repression and awareness raising.

The specific objectives are:

1. To complete the passport of indicators for the Inter-sectoral Strategy against Corruption 2015/2020;
2. To draft the baseline measurement report for the indicators of the Inter-sectoral Strategy against Corruption 2015/2020.