This report presents information on training and technical assistance needs of the NGO sector in Albania, gathered by PA (PA) during a three-month national assessment conducted on November 2001-January 2002.  It also gives an overview of the status of the non-profit sector 11 years after the changes that brought it the freedom to organize. 

The report is presented in three parts. The first part describes the needs assessment process as well as an overview of the circumstances in which the NGO sector has been developing.  The second part discusses the assessment findings in different organizational capacity areas of the sector.  The last part of the report presents PA conclusions and recommendations and an outline of PA’s strategy to address the most urgent capacity development needs of the sector.