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like those for plumbers, hydraulic engineers (there is a need but it is not fully addressed). We were not
involved in decision making regarding the water supply and sewage, their status was not recorded
when the construction was planned. Regarding the water utility: nobody has taken our complaints.
Water utility staff: “Why didn’t you go to the right place to make a complaint? We are open to your
comments”. Suggestion by the water utility staff, after which everyone agreed on a ranking of “5”.
Environment: If the quality
of the water is good, this has a direct impact on the environment.
Road infrastructure: Employment in construction, transportation has a daily influence on market
access. Often road construction goes along with water improvement, but during an election they don’t
do a serious job. Same argument for electricity. In emergency cases we can reach the hospital faster.
Control from the police service is better, they have better access. Access to public institutions has
improved. If the road is well kept it has a good impact on the environment.
Social and cultural activities: No major influence, the influence on tourism is not big, because there are
only a few offerings and they can not create an impact. To be able to say, “I am with the state police”
has an influence on public awareness. The impacts are not that high, because there are not many
activities that involve the VET-schools. There are very few activities that raise awareness of
environmental issues.
Hydropower station: The hydropower station was considered in general to be covering the electricity
supply. There was employment during its construction, the hydropower plant improves the
agriculture and tourism situation, but there are a lot of other issues that influence these criteria.
Without energy there is no health care in the hospitals. Light helps to increase security in the city.
Lights, heating and internet in schools and at home improve education. Again the other side of the
coin: The price would be lower if we had any influence. Why negative impact? Damage occurred
during floods in 2010.
4.
Final
Conclusion
The participants of the MAPP workshop represented many parts of society in Shkodra; we therefore
approximate them here (with some degree of uncertainty) as representing the population of Shkodra.
We can see by looking at the matrix and the active sums that improvements in water, road
infrastructure and energy supply are very important for the population of Shkodra; the interventions
in these sectors are appreciated and considered important, as their own criteria reveal. The initiation
of the improvements in water supply by ADA was mentioned several times, and it was valued that
ADA could interest other development partners to come in and expand on the work that was begun.
Yet there is a lot to be done in the future, especially regarding the low water pressure in the network.
The influence of a good water supply on trade and investment was not considered to be very high.
Social and cultural activities were seen to be an important issue in Shkodra by the participants, but as
it turned out in the discussion, there are still few activities and they do not compare with the
importance of water, road infrastructure and energy.
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If we look at the passive sum, we see that all the important projects of the last few years have had a
big influence on education, and that is very highly valued by citizens of Shkodra. The same holds true
for employment – especially water, roads contruction and energy provide employment, though only
temporarily – permanent jobs created by the projects mentioned are rare. It turns out that the
environment was least affected by all the important projects; only the water supply and sewerage
projects had a big
influence on the environment, and this is recognised and appreciated in Shkodra.
LIST OF INTERVIEWS – Ex-post Impact Study Environment in Southeast Europe 2007 - 2013
Surname, Name
Organization
Function
Place, date
Interviewer
Kind of inter-
view
1
AS
HH
AH
FS
SK
EJ
JC
CL
P
T
M
Vienna
Scherb, Margit
ADA
Head of Themes and Quality
Vienna, 21.04.15,
09.06.15, 10.06.15
☒ ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
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Maier, Katharina
ADA
Advisor Environment and Natural
Ressources
Vienna, 21.04.15,
09.06.15, 10.06.15
☒ ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
☐
☒
☐
☐
Wibmer, Sandra
ADA
Advisor Environment and Natural
Ressources (maternity leave)
Vienna, 09.06.15
☒ ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
☐
☒
☐
☐
Burtscher, Robert
ADA
Advisor Water and Sanitation
Vienna, 09.06.15
☒ ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
☐
☒
☐
☐
Schall, Gunter &
Hecke, Lukas
ADA
Head of Private Sector &
Development / Trainee
Vienna, 09.06.15
☒ ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
☐
☒
☐
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Philippitsch, Violetta
Environment Agency
Austria
Key Account Manager Western Balkan
Countries
Vienna, 09.06.15
☒ ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
☐
☒
☐
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Bieder, Norbert &
Neuwirth, Hubert
ADA
Programme Manager Kosovo, Moldova
& Programme Manager Albania
Vienna, 10.06.15
☒ ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
☐
☒
☐
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Sötz, Elisabeth
ADA
Advisor Environment and Natural
Ressources
Vienna, 10.06.15
☒ ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
☐
☒
☐
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Sandei, Pier Carlo
UNEP
Programme Officer
Vienna, 10.06.15
☒ ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
☐
☒
☐
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Maier, Katharina
ADA
Advisor Environment and Natural
Ressources
22.07.15
☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
☒
☐
☒
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Polak, Milan
ADA
Component Manager - Grant Scheme,
Socio-economic
Development of the
Danube Serbia Region
27.07.15
☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
☒
☐
☒
☐
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P = Personal interview
T = Telephone interview
M = Mail interview