30th Anniversary of Public Procurement in Albania Marks Reflection on Achievements and Preparations for the Future

In celebration of the 30th anniversary of public procurement in Albania, an extended meeting was held with representatives from national institutions, international partners, and procurement professionals in attendance. The meeting provided an opportunity to reflect on the sector’s three-decade journey, the challenges it has overcome, and its vision for future developments.
This is an important moment for Albania’s public procurement system, a sector that has undergone profound transformation over the past three decades, demonstrating the Albanian government’s continuous commitment to integrity, transparency, and efficiency.
Prime Minister Rama also attended the event and praised the progress achieved over the years. He emphasized that Albania has become a regional leader in the integrity and efficiency of its public procurement process.
“The data dashboards of all new procedures in recent years show a clear difference from years past, and this is no coincidence, but rather the result of extraordinary work. The Public Procurement Agency has led this process, and the Public Procurement Commission has joined in recent years. This has effectively made Albania a leading country in the region for the integrity and efficiency of the public procurement process, as we also heard from the previous speaker, who represents an important partner in this process: the World Bank,” said Prime Minister Rama.
The Prime Minister reiterated that the Minister of Artificial Intelligence will not operate independently of relevant stakeholders’ oversight and will be fully auditable at every step.
“It’s easy to explain that Diella will not operate completely independently from interested parties. It will be auditable by any interested party at every step because the entire process, which will be carried out through digital pathways and artificial intelligence, will still adhere to all the requirements of procurement law regarding the relevant documentation.” Anyone who wants to review it manually will have the possibility to do so. This means that nothing resulting from the process will be untraceable if there is ever a need to audit the steps that led to the results. It is very simple,” said the Prime Minister.
The meeting marked a moment of reflection on the journey so far and a clear commitment to the future: further modernization, full transparency, and greater public trust in the public procurement system.