Albania and the EIB

The EIB has been active in Albania since 1995.

Our focus has been supporting key transport infrastructure to improve inter-regional integration and connectivity to Europe. One example is the construction of the motorway bypass for the city of Vlora.

In 2019, we signed our first urban development loan to the country’s capital under the Economic Resilience Initiative. Besides reducing pollution in the Lana river in Tirana, the project will reorganise streets and urban space near both banks. The financing includes an €8 million EIB loan, €2.4 million from donors and a technical assistance grant worth €500 000.

Lately, we supported along with the Albanian Development Fund (ADF) investments for the sustainable tourism development of Northern Albania and the Adriatic coastline.

Under the Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF), we provide financing and technical assistance to the energy, environment, social, transport and digital infrastructure sectors: Albania broadband and the Mati River Flood Protection Infrastructure projects, to name a few.

At a glance

The EIB provides finance and expertise for sound and sustainable investment projects in Albania.

EIB activity in Albania by sector

(since start of operations)

EIB stories in Albania

Individual stories speak louder than figures and charts. Discover how our work improves the quality of life in Albania and beyond

29 August 2024

15 years of the WBIF

The European Union’s main investment vehicle for the Western Balkans marks a decade and a half of success—and plots an increase in infrastructure investment for the region

Infrastructure Western Balkans Montenegro Albania Serbia Enlargement Countries
10 June 2024

Albania on track

Albania rebuilds its railways with financial and technical support from the EU—and cuts emissions

Railways Western Balkans Sustainable transport Montenegro Albania Enlargement Countries Transport Climate action and environment
12 January 2024

Free advice times three

Infrastructure development across the Western Balkans gets a boost from a tripling of EU advisory work

Infrastructure Montenegro Albania Türkiye Serbia Enlargement Countries Development Climate action and environment
30 September 2021

EIB and the Western Balkans: a concrete support

The EIB is proud to be the lead financier in the Western Balkans Investment Framework - an ambitious European Commission led initiative that combines financing from International Financial Institutions with EU grants accelerating much needed investments in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia.

*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.

Investment Montenegro Albania North Macedonia Serbia Bosnia and Herzegovina Kosovo* Enlargement Countries Economics
9 August 2019

Designing a better Albania, from scrap wood

Architect Pezana Rexha repurposes scrap wood to create beautiful interiors while providing jobs for disadvantaged Albanians

Albania Enlargement Countries Research, innovation and technology Balanced regional development SMEs
12 April 2019

Tirana’s old neighbourhood gets a new life

The EU bank makes its first Albania urban development loan to the country’s capital with its Economic Resilience Initiative

Urban agenda Infrastructure Partners Economic resilience Western Balkans Albania Enlargement Countries Infrastructure Urban development Migration Institutional
12 November 2024

Climate action must rise above politics

This year’s many elections, not least the heated US presidential race, have drawn attention away from the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku. But global leaders must continue to focus on combating the climate crisis and accelerating the green transition both in developed and developing economies.

Interviews COP29 Partners Climate Climate action Management committee United Nations Nadia Calviño Sustainability Uzbekistan Turkmenistan Cuba Kyrgyzstan Zambia Vietnam Solomon Islands Vanuatu Brazil Papua New Guinea Maldives South Sandwich Islands Costa Rica Slovakia St. Maarten Faeroe Islands Dominican Republic Wallis and Futuna Islands Trinidad and Tobago Iran (Islamic Republic of) Tonga Nigeria Paraguay Yemen Cayman Islands Madagascar Iraq Gabon Suriname Taiwan Italy Ethiopia United States Malawi Belarus Croatia Norway Turks and Caicos Islands Saint Kitts and Nevis Qatar Argentina Samoa Afghanistan San Marino Azerbaijan Austria Aruba Gibraltar Benin Spain Panama Romania New Caledonia Ecuador Ireland Guinea-Bissau New Zealand Côte d'Ivoire Tajikistan Somalia Germany Sweden Antigua and Barbuda Mongolia Montenegro Japan Slovenia Lithuania Pakistan Nauru São Tomé e Principe Bahamas Congo Palau Israel Lao People's Democratic Rep. Bulgaria Iceland Ukraine Peru Botswana Liberia Senegal Albania Malta Malaysia India Sri Lanka Cape Verde Jordan Finland Regional - Pacific Burundi Georgia Cambodia Burkina Faso Comoros Bermuda Canada China Ghana Seychelles Eritrea Andorra Korea, Republic of Timor-Leste Macau Guatemala Niger British Indian Ocean Territory Türkiye Nicaragua Myanmar Mozambique Russia Angola Chile Togo Armenia Cameroon Barbados Sudan Channel Islands Tunisia Kuwait Dominica Brunei Darussalam North Macedonia Uruguay Bangladesh Saint Lucia Bahrain St. Helena Lebanon Pitcairn Guinea Belgium Morocco Libyan Arab Jamahiriya El Salvador Hungary Jamaica Egypt Greece The Gambia Virgin Islands (British) Holy See (Vatican City State) The Territorial Collectivity of Mayotte Venezuela Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Denmark Honduras Bhutan Australia Luxembourg Liechtenstein Fiji Cyprus Virgin Islands, U.S. The Netherlands South Africa Curaçao Cook Islands Equatorial Guinea Greenland Anguilla Mauritania Saint Vincent and Grenadines Mauritius Portugal Korea, Democrat. People's Rep. St. Pierre and Miquelon Syrian Arab Republic Sierra Leone Kiribati Haiti Poland Mexico Palestine* Indonesia Nepal Switzerland France Zimbabwe Serbia Isle of Man Algeria Micronesia Kazakhstan Montserrat Singapore Puerto Rico Djibouti Latvia Bolivia Moldova Falkland Islands Chad Kenya Lesotho Grenada Tuvalu Congo (Democratic Republic) Thailand Mali Monaco Uganda United Kingdom Philippines Netherlands Antilles Tanzania Rwanda Czechia French Polynesia Saudi Arabia Oman Bosnia and Herzegovina Kosovo* Kingdom of Eswatini Colombia Guyana United Arab Emirates Namibia Belize Estonia Africa, Caribbean, Pacific countries + OCT EFTA countries Eastern Europe, Southern Caucasus Mediterranean countries America Carribean Sub Saharan Africa Enlargement Countries South Africa European Union United Kingdom Asia and Latin America Climate action and environment Institutional Corporate

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