Dispopulation forces Albania to seek labour from abroad

There is work in Albania, but there are specialists”. This slogan, often used by Government chief Edi Rama, has also been repeated by Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Bleddy Cuci, during the visit to the farm processing plant “Zravada Shk”, in Lushnje. Minister Chuci also stated that lack of workers in these kinds of sectors [...]
Minister Cuci also said that the lack of workers in these kinds of sectors deters these businesses from growing further and increasing capacities, and said perhaps the moment has come for the labour market to open up for foreigners as well.
What was warned by Minister Cuci a few weeks ago appears to be coming true, where the Albanian government seeks to change the No.108/2013 “for foreigners”, writes Koha Ditore today. A joint draft law by the Ministry of Finance and Interior has been laid down for public consultation and predicts, among other things, some interference in legislation regulating work permits for foreigners.
In this context, the proposed changes to provisions regulating foreign work permits are intended to reduce the time period needed to obtain a work permit, unifying and reducing the time period during this process that creates repetition of the process and does not contribute to the achievement of the goal, which has been set as a deadline.













