September 30 (SeeNews) - The Albanian Development Fund (ADF) said it is inviting bids in a tender for an upgrade of urban infrastructure in the historical center of the southwestern city of Berat, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
The bidding deadline is October 28 and construction works must be completed within 12 months, ADF said in a tender notice on Wednesday.
The assignment is part of a project for integrated development of urban infrastructure and tourism activities focused on Albania's south and financed with the proceeds of a $71 million (61 million euro) loan from the World Bank.
The project includes an upgrade of Mihal Komnenno street as well as restoration works around the city’s ethnographic museum, urban landscape of Mangalem neighborhood and Selamllek square.
The objective of the project is to improve urban infrastructure, enhance tourism assets, and strengthen institutional capacity to support tourism-related local economic development in selected areas, according to information posted on the World Bank’s website.
ADF is a public agency whose mission is to encourage a sustainable, balanced and cohesive socio-economic development at local and regional level. The ADF was established at the beginning of 1993, based on an agreement between the Albanian government and the World Bank.
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