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Our vision

IPL’s vision is to be recognized as active contributor in encompassing of pluralistic democracies and EU smooth Integration in the region in which the rule of law enables people and their organizations to exercise their rights and shape their society through voluntary action.

Our Expertise

RULE OF LAW

JUSTICE REFORM, HUMAN RIGHTS, ANTICORRUTION, JHA

• Drafting of legislation and strategic documents relevant to Rule of Law area and Justice and Home Affairs; • Drafting and publication of policy briefs, studies, assessments and manuals in fields of Approximation of Legislation, capacity building and awareness rising. • Coordination and management of working groups in relation to drafting of legislative acts, national strategic programs and action plans. • Training, coaching and lecturing for different interest groups and stakeholders;

PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

We offer comprehensive legal advice regarding privatization, public procurement contracts and other bidding procedures

• Assistance in the identification of the appropriate award procedure • Drafting the bid documents • Setting-up and conducting Q&A sessions with stakeholders prior to a public procurement procedure; • Drafting and negotiating the award contract • Setting up a specific Data Room • Ongoing advisory services throughout and after the procedure; • Bid evaluation; • Organization and verification of tender documentation • Preparing and submitting the whole set of bid documents • Ongoing legal support during the bidding procedure • Contract negotiation

DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION

Main services offered in this regard, with the aim to increase foreign investment in Albania

• Legal support in bidding documents • Contract advice and negotiations (Turnkey Agreements; Supply Agreements etc.) • Regulatory compliance • Environmental regulations • Licenses, Authorizations and Permits • Protected Areas regulations • Real estate transactions • Governmental agency relations • Labor & Social Security • Land and property issues


CONSUMER PROTECTION

The citizens rights as consumers are in the focus of our legal interventions and core competences of our team

CONSUMER PROTECTION

• Compliance with food safety & health regulations • Compliance with services regulations • Compliance with product regulations • Review and negotiation of consumer contracts

ENERGY

We provide a wide variety of consulting services in the electric energy sector

• Drafting of energy policies • Consultancy on issues such as energy supply-demand imbalance, miss-management of water resources, feed in tariffs, technical and non-technical losses • Consultancy on renewable energy • Consultancy on transmission and distribution • Regulatory compliance • Consultancy and preparation of documents for Electric energy licenses • Energy Community and European Union obligations • Distribution and supply agreements

AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT

We provide advice to our clients on main crucial issues they face doing business in the Albanian agriculture industry

• Licenses, permits and authorizations • Environmental permits • Safety & health regulatory compliance • Land and property issues • Assistance in obtaining national and international subventions for producer/farmers for investment in agriculture • Assistance in obtaining financial incentives or access to agriculture credit • Assistance on agriculture union issues • Civil & Commercial issues • Labor & Social Security issues • Administrative Complaints • Litigation and Dispute Resolutions

Professional performance

Our services

 

Capacity building

organizational and individual
 

Educational trainings

EU and domestic law
 

Policy research

Papers and Publications

 

Advocacy

Stakeholder engagement and lobbying
 

Think tank

Conferences and round-tables
 

Public engagement

Law forums and debates

Office team

We are a multidisciplinary team of the experienced Albanian consultants with track record on areas as European integration, administrative procedural law, local government, service delivery and public finance management. We also have a wide network, international and local of collaborators consisting in of counsels, academy staff, consultants, civil servants and practitioners in the area of administrative law, service delivery, Policy formulation, Finance programming and local government development.

Our members

Florian Xhafa
Executive Director

Mr. Florian Xhafa obtained his BA in Law awarded with distinctions in 1999, and his Master of Arts Degree in European Studies in 2008 from Tirana University.

Olesia Dosti
Program Manager

Ms. Olesia Dosti is a program manager of the Institute for Policy and Law (IPL) and internal researcher of Albanian Law Journal. She has received in 2016 the title "Lawyer" from the National Chamber of Advocacy in Tirana.

Zhani Shapo
Member of Board of Directors

Mr. Zhani Shapo is a senior administrative lawyer with 20 years of experience in legal drafting, administrative law and public administration reforms

Gledis Gjipali
Member of Board of Directors

Mr. Gledis Gjipali has considerable experience in managing and implementing several projects on European union Integration,

Our latest projects

Testimonials

Legal consultancy to MoTE on packaging and packaging waste”

MoTE on packaging waste
April – July 2018

Legal consultancy to MoTE on Landfill of waste

MInistry of Tourism & Environment
April – June 2018

Support to Regional Development

Regional Development
January 2017 - ongoing

Legal consultancy to MoARD on Local Action Group legal framework (IPARD measures)

MoARD
May 2018 - Ongoing

Policy development and Legal Drafting for Government of Kosovo EuropeAid Project: “Support to the implementation of Public Administration Reform”

Government of Kosovo
Nov 2018 - Ongoing

Establishing and Publishing an Integrated Albanian Law Journal

Albanian Law Journal
May 2017- ongoing

Capacity building for the Ministry of European Integration (MEI) and line ministries for the preparation of the negotiation process and legal approximation

Ministry of European Integration
February 2017-ongoing
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