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Innovation Infrastructures: Albania FINAL VERSION
Irena Malolli, Director
Phone: +355 4 2277 750
E-mail: irena.malolli@akshi.gov.al
National Agency of Natural Resources (AKBN)
Innovation Support
Submission Date: July 22, 2011
Acronym: AKBN
Organisation title in local language: Agjencia Kombëtare e Burimeve Natyrore
Organisation type: Agency/Fund
The National Agency for Natural Resources protects and manages the interests of
Albania in hydrocarbon, mining and energy field.
The scope of AKBN is the development and supervision of the rational exploitation of
natural resources based on Government policies, and the monitoring of their postexploitation
in the sectors of mining, hydrocarbons and hydropower with these tasks
and responsibilities:
• The agency consults and cooperates with the relevant government structures for
the development of policies in the area of mining, hydrocarbons and energy;
• It implements government policies in the area of mining, hydrocarbons and
energy;
• It provides within its scope, the government critical opinion on studies and
projects in the areas of mining, hydrocarbons and energy that have been
presented by government or private entities from the country or abroad. In special
cases it asks for specialized assistance.
Contact
Website: www.akbn.gov.al
E-mail: sekretaria@akbn.gov.al, info@akbn.gov.al
Phone: +355 4 2257 117, +355 4 2257 454, +355 4 2246 195
Fax: +355 4 2257 382
Address: Bulevardi Bajram Curri, Blloku Vasil Shanto, Tirana, Albania
Contact persons:
Gjergj Thomai, General Director
E-mail: gj.thomaj@akbn.gov.al
Artan Leskoviku, Director of Renewable & Efficiency of Energy
E-mail: arshk@abcom-al.com
Dissemination level: Public
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