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Co-Plan

Co-PLAN is a non-profit organisation that contributes to sustainable development by enabling good urban and regional governance, tackling key environmental issues, developing civil society and empowering community participation.

Co-PLAN`s performance, as evaluators note, is embedded in:

• Co-Plan’s mission a practical orientation toward the goals of the organization
• Co-Plan’s organizational structure assures that it is flexible enough to navigate ongoing developments. Co-PLAN and its staff pursue to the values of honesty, commitment, and transparency

Co-PLAN encourages the personal and professional development of its employees. The three qualities that best characterize the staff Co-PLAN, both now and in the future, are:

• Cooperation. Co-PLAN seeks to cooperatively promote partnerships and open participatory processes
• Accountability. Co-PLAN’s staff members take personal responsibility for their actions in the organization. At the same time, Co-PLAN’s commitment to accountability is indicated by its transparency in making available annual financial audits, such as those provided by KPMG monitoring
• Innovation. Co-PLAN’s staff members continuously strive to take the lead in their respective fields of expertise, both professionally and personally, and this can be seen in the innovative approaches and models that Co-PLAN has produced.

Co-PLAN: Evolution and current profile

Co-PLAN was founded in 1995. Its mission statement is as follows: Co-PLAN is a non-profit organization that contributes to sustainable development by enabling good urban and regional governance, tackling key environmental issues, developing civil society, and promoting community participation. 

Co-PLAN works in the fields of urban, regional, municipal, and environmental management and institutional development. The issues of governance, public administration, and social development are also essential to Co-PLAN`s efforts. 

Co-PLAN is a professional NGO with national and international experience and is active in Albania and Kosovo. Since its founding, Co-PLAN has matured as an organization, and is now comprised of twenty full-time employees in addition to a large network of experts and practitioners working part-time on a number of initiatives. 

Co-PLAN has contributed to Albanian social and economic development in low-income neighborhoods, the empowerment of local governments through decentralization policies, improvement of services delivery, efficient use of resources, and participatory governance through workshops, training seminars, conferences, and publications. Co-PLAN plays a significant role as an intermediary body bringing together various Albanian institutions and is active player in national and international networks focused on good urban governance practices. 

Co-PLAN works closely with local and central government institutions and has influenced policymaking at both levels. Co-PLAN provides support to various civil society groups, helping them to strengthen their institutional arrangements. Co-PLAN also organizes national and international conferences and seminars, and the organization has published a number of research papers and publications. Co-PLAN has made important policy contributions to the field of urban development. 

Co-PLAN Values

Co-PLAN is comprised of a young and energetic staff with a background in urban planning and design, civil engineering, community planning, public administration, management, economics, social sciences, and environment. 

Co-PLAN values partnership, diversity, transparency, and sustainable development and aims to foster the personal and professional development of its cooperative, accountable, and innovative employees. 

Co-PLAN’s Organizational Structure

Co-PLAN is horizontally structured and is characterized by a minimal level of organizational hierarchy. The organization is led by the Executive Director in periodic consultation with the Board of Directors and the Advisory Board. However, Co-PLAN’s body of experts is at the core of the organization and guarantees the realization of measurable and visible outputs. The leading structures of Co-PLAN complementarily work to expand the Co-PLAN’s network of partners and to promote the organization in the Albanian professional world.

Co-PLAN: Expertise and Services

As its mission statement clearly indicates, Co-PLAN is a non-profit organization that contributes to sustainable development by enabling good urban and regional governance, tackling key environmental issues, developing civil society and promoting community participation. Co-PLAN is founded on a philosophy of civic participation and this continues to be an essential principle of the organization.  

The expertise and services provided by Co-PLAN target various institutions, regional and local government, civil society organizations and local communities. Co-PLAN specializes in: