Albania seeks consultant for World Bank-funded tourism development project

Expressions of interest must be delivered in writing by June 15 and the assignment must be completed within 6 months, ADF said in a procurement notice on Tuesday.

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 (58 million euro) loan from the World Bank.

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, the World Bank said earlier.

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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