Project objectives:
The wider objectives of this EuropeAid project are the protection of consumers in Albania, and the promotion and liberalisation of trade.
Specific objectives:
Specific objectives are the establishment and development of an Albanian market surveillance system including:
Selection and implementation of an adequate a market surveillance system according to EC requirements;
Strengthening the management and institutional capacities of the Consumer Protection Department;
Building the capacities of the Albanian Consumer Association and other state institutions on market surveillance;
Increasing public awareness on consumer protection and the benefits of a market surveillance system;
Project implementation period:
August 05, 2004 – August 04, 2006
A team of long-term and short-term EU and Albanian expert will provide the Consumer Protection Department and other Albanian institutions on market surveillance with
Beneficiary:
Consumer Protection Department at the Ministry of Economy - Contact: ikanina@minek.gov.al
Furthermore institutions involved in consumer protection, e.g., intermediate bodies, implementing agencies, consumer associations and the Albanian civil society.
Contractor:
The project will be implemented by the consortium of:
German Society for Non-destructive Testing (DGZfP e.V., Berlin, Germany)
Consumer Policy Centre (division of IBF Group, Brussels, Belgium)
Czech Consumers Association (SCS, Prague, Czech Republic)
Contact: we@dgzfp.de
Contact at the EC Delegation:
Mrs. Anna Ricciardi
Project Manager
E-mail: Anna.RICCIARDI@cec.eu.int
