PROJECT DESCRIPTION
BACKGROUND
ECAT contributes to the sustainable development of the city and region of Tirana and to improvement of the state of the environment in the Adriatic Sea region as a whole. On the basis of legal, administrative and technological analyses, ECAT-Tirana will assist in the implementation of action programmes and related projects, in close cooperation with local authorities, enterprises and non-governmental organisations. The main objective of the project is to combine Albanian and Western European know-how for the development of environmental policies. The main task of ECAT-Tirana is to function as a consulting body for the Environment Protection Administration of Albania and the City Administration of Tirana, particularly in relation to solid waste disposal management, waste water treatment, protection of urban parks, management of the area's increasing traffic and the dissemination of environmental information.