Prime Minister Edi Rama, in a meeting with farmers and entrepreneurs, presented all the assistance instruments for them and their investments, starting with the Development Bank.
Another important partnership is the local community's approach and cooperation with the village.
"We are finalizing our development bank within this year. Albania will have a development bank, which will be another instrument to support your instruments and projects. Meanwhile, we are also reactivating, in your favor, to support your projects and enterprises, the agrocredit, which is an institution dependent on the Ministry of Finance.
The new line of credit for small and medium-sized enterprises of the Bank of Albania, which goes up to 250 million euros as a first phase and can go up to 2 billion euros, is there and awaits you. I have said it and I say it again, local governments, municipalities must rise to the height of this challenge, of your need for finance, for institutional support and with knowledge, so as not to be alone in this effort. Municipalities have the opportunity to become. There is no need to wait for someone to come to build a collection and processing infrastructure, which would definitely add value to what you produce and collect on the farm. You can do it yourself by joining together with each other and with the local government. It is up to the municipality to come to you.
This is not about giving to commercial banks to get loans, this is about putting into operation the instruments that we have created and now we need to build the right projects and partnerships and disburse them so that there is more money in your hands to invest more. The demand for quality and safety is accompanied by strict control instruments that will also take you out of the market. There are 4 years and 4 years are enough to prepare for the EU, so that that day finds you ready to take other steps forward. Mayors after the territorial administrative reform are equal guardians of both the city and the village. Even today they see the village to do the municipal works of the city, while the most important thing in the village is the land that produces and those who are on the land. The municipality must be on the land with those who need support. We have escaped the survival phase", said Rama.