Civitta builds a local presence in Albania

Civitta is establishing a local presence in Albania. With a team based in Tirana, Civitta will work more closely with Albanian public institutions, development partners and businesses. The step builds on projects Civitta has already delivered in Albania and across the Western Balkans.

As part of its EU accession process, Albania is implementing reforms in public administration, governance, economic competitiveness, digital services and climate resilience, many of them supported by the EU, international financial institutions and bilateral donors. Civitta wants to help put these reforms into practice by working with ministries, agencies and donors on both planning and implementation.

Civitta teams from the Western Balkans and other countries have already worked on several projects in Albania, including:

• Regulatory, institutional and operational framework for EURES and the European Labour Authority (GIZ, ongoing).
• Secondary legislation to transpose the EU nature protection acquis (UNDP, ongoing).
• Final evaluation of the National Adaptation Plan project (UNDP, 2025).
• Support for setting up and piloting European Digital Innovation Hubs (GIZ, 2025).

Albania has also been part of Civitta’s regional work across the Western Balkans for clients such as the Regional Cooperation Council, the World Bank, EBRD, UNDP, USAID and WHO. These projects covered investment facilitation, alternative financing, e-commerce, vocational education and training, digital innovation, and gender equality and women’s economic empowerment.

Senida Mesi has recently joined Civitta as Associate Partner and will lead its work from Tirana. Senida has more than 25 years of experience in banking, public policy and governance. She was Deputy Prime Minister of Albania (2017-2019) and a Member of Parliament (2017-2021). Before that she held senior management roles at ProCredit Bank and lectured in economics at the University of Shkodër. She also sits on the supervisory boards of the Albanian Development Guarantee Foundation and EIT Water. 

We plan to grow its team in Tirana and currently hiring local consultants: 

• Junior Consultant | International Public Advisory
• Consultant | International Public Advisory

Civitta plans to become a long-term advisory partner in Albania, delivering projects locally rather than pursuing individual assignments from abroad. Our work will focus on:

• Public institutions: supporting ministries and agencies with reforms linked to EU accession, including public administration modernisation, digital public services and alignment with EU legislation.
• Donor-funded programmes: designing and implementing projects with the EU, World Bank, EIB, EBRD, GIZ, UN agencies and other development partners.
• Businesses: supporting Albanian companies with growth and access to funding.

From Tirana, Civitta will also contribute to regional projects across the Western Balkans, together with its offices in Kosovo, North Macedonia, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

If you would like to learn more or explore working together in Albania, contact Senida Mesi or reach us through our contact form below: