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Year
Criteria
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 20012 2013 2014 2015 Trend
Employment
2,5
3
3,5
3,5
3,5
3
3
2,5
+-
Water services
3
3,2
3,3
4
+
Education
3
4
+
Involvement in
decision
making
2,5
3
+-
Environment
2
2,5
2,5
1,5
+
-
Legend:
1 = very
negative
2 = negative
3 = fair
4 = positive
5 = very positive
Explanation of the MAPP - workshop participants’
comments
Employment: The level of employment has not improved, new people are simply replacing the ones
that are dismissed. In 2014/15 we don’t have any investments any more, everything has been frozen.
There is no construction and consequently unemployment has increased. Employment is not
sufficient; we also need decent salaries.
Water services: They improved mostly due to the investment in the water sector, the quality of the
water is very good, we drink tap water which you can’t do in Tirana, the service is good. But we can’t
give “5” because we need pumps in most of our houses, as the pressure is so weak that we cannot get
water without extra pumps.
Education: Some investments have been made into constructing new schools and rehabilitating old
schools. People are motivated to go to school. Improvements of programs for teacher training etc. This
refers to primary and secondary school. Problematic is the university because of high corruption. The
selection of university professors is based on preference by higher authorities. With a better education,
everything would improve.
Involvement in decision making: very limited in reality, the government pretends to be interested in
our opinions but this is not true; from a formal viewpoint it has increased but in reality nobody cares
about our opinions. Politicians are interested in us only during elections. In regard to a problem that
occurred in an orphan institution (a teacher hit a little child), public opinion was oriented towards the
director of the institute and the teacher – who was fired - but the phenomenon was not dealt with on a
more general level. There will be no improvement. Our voices and complaints are not sufficiently
heard.
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Environment: The improvement of life has a negative impact on the environment (more waste, more
consumption), but there is more awareness regarding environmental issues. Environmental
protection, keeping the public spaces clean, programs in the school, waste management are all real
issues; we don’t have any idea how we can deal with this. We have a landfill, that has improved
environment, but is the landfill really used properly? Two lines of thought because of positive impact
(more awareness and regulatory issues) and negative impact (waste problem, etc.).
3.4 Activity List
Relevant interventions of government and donor/ partner organisations active in Skhdora were listed
and very briefly assessed according to their results (due to time constraints the list had to be limited to
the most relevant projects).
Activity/ project
Organisation
Results
Water supply and sewage
Austria, German, Swiss
Improved service delivery,
environmental impact,
employment e.g. thanks to
tourists
coming
Street infrastructure
Central government
Big improvement, easy
mobility, tourism and
employment
Social and cultural activities
Local and international
organisations, NGOs
Preventing
flooding
Central government
Project could not be finished
due to government changes
Construction of hydro power
station
Austrian government
Completed
3.5 Influence Matrix
This matrix helped to evaluate the influence of all interventions on each of the sub-criteria developed
earlier (see 3.2) . The matrix shows direct and indirect, positive and negative influences. Afterwards,
the passive and active sums were calculated. The active sum shows which intervention had impacts
on the most development indicators, whereas the passive sum shows which criteria were influenced
the most or the least by the interventions.
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Activity
Criteria
Water supply
Road
infrastructure
Social and
cultural
activities
Hydro power
station/ energy
supply
Passive sum
Economic criteria
Employment
5
5
2
5
17
Trade and
investment
3,5
5
1
3,5
13
Agriculture/
tourism
4,5
5
2
4
15,5
Basic services
Water
5
3,5
1
5
14,5
Energy
3
3,5
1
5
12,5
Health/
5
5
1
5
16
Public order
1
5
2
4
12
Knowledge
Education
5
5
4
5
19
Technology
3,5
3
1
5
12,5
VET
4
3
2,5
4
13,5
Rights/
participation
Participation/
citizenship
5
3
4
1
13
Environment
5
3,5
1,5
1
11
Active sum
49,5
49,5
23
47,5
Legend:
1 = no
influence
2 = slight influence
3 = medium influence
4 = pronounced influence
5 = very pronounced influence
Explanation of the MAPP - workshop participants’ comments
Water supply: We were employed in construction, but without water you cannot do business
(restaurant, produce cheese). Waste water is used in agriculture from the waste water plant in Shiroka.
Water and disposal of sewage have a direct impact on our health, better health conditions for the
citizens. The sanitary conditions in the schools have improved (Egyptian community). Impact on jobs