Municipality of Vlora (Albania)
1- LOCAL PILOT SITE ASSESSMENT
The Municipality of Vlora consists of 5 administrative units (Vlora, Orikum, Qendër, Novoselë and Shushicë) with a total population of 202,000 inhabitants including Greek, Roma and Egyptian minorities. Local data indicate that only 64% of the households of the area pay their energy bills regularly and that the average monthly energy consumed per household (168 kWh) in Vlora is 23% lower than the minimum in national level.
In the Albanian pilot site of Vlora, the EmpowerMed project will target the following vulnerable groups: (i) the elderly, mostly women; (ii) single parent families, mainly single mothers, (iii) ethnic communities (Roma and Egyptian); (iv) unemployed and employed at risk of poverty, with a focus on women.
Project actions include: health and energy poverty workshops with the participation of local healthcare centres; interventions aimed at improving the building conditions in dwellings with multiple problems; promotion of good investment practices in public buildings (e.g, kindergartens and schools) to ensure minimum living standards and access to electricity; and involvement of Roma community members as volunteers during household visits and in small scale interventions.
The Vlora pilot site assessment report in Albanian (with an executive summary in English) is available => here
2- PROJECT PRESENTATION PAGE
Description of pilot action => here
3- ACTION PLAN FOR VLORA PILOT SITE
The Albanian action plan => here
4- COMMUNICATION TOOLS
Find here our communication tools such as flyers used locally to mobilize and recruit households that will benefit from our actions, posters used to display information on the service provided, invitations sent to stakeholders, as well as any other local communication tool.
All these tools are accessible => here
5- GUIDEBOOK with general advice
We share with you here the guidebook of the Vlora pilot site for beneficiaries ! => here
6- STORY TELLING / TESTIMONIALS
Testimonials of the beneficiaries and actors of the project are important to give elements on the impact of the action. Find here all these testimonials of the project life => here
We have also a testimonial video from a household affected by fuel poverty in Vlora => here
7- EVALUATION AND DATA
A gender analysis of the energy sector in Albania has been conducted in EmpowerMed => here
8- ADVOCACY MATERIALS FOR PILOT AREA
EmpowerMed recommendations for Albania to fight against energy poverty are available => here
For further information, you can find a study on the assessment of feasibilities and support for renovation intervention in Albanian => here
A final video relating to EmpowerMed results in Albania is available online => here.
File 2 : Descriptions of pilot action - Albania (Albanian)
File 1: Vlora pilot site assessment report (Albanian)
File 4: Communication tools (Albanian)
File 5 : Guide Book - Albania (Albanian)
File 6: Testimonials beneficiaries Vlora (Albanian)
File 8: National Policy Recommendations - Albania (English)
File 3 : Action plan - Albania (English)
File 9 : Feasibility study and support for renovation intervention (Albanian)
File 10: Gender Analysis - EmpowerMed in Albania (English)