Prof. Enkelejda Gjinali

Prof. Enkelejda Gjinali teaches at the Department of Environmental Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Tirana. She defended her doctorate in the field of water treatment in 2009 and has contributed to the development of the water sector in Albania and the Western Balkans for more than 28 years. Throughout her career, she has provided expertise at various levels of water sector governance in Albania and the region, supporting capacity development and facilitating organizational, legal, financial, and technical reforms.

Prof. Gjinali also works as an expert for the EU and ADA-supported project “Support for Integrated Water Resources Management,” dedicated to AMBU. She contributed to the drafting of Albania’s National Water Supply and Sewerage Strategies for 2011-2017 and 2019-2027. From 2016-2017, she served as the Delegate Representative of the Netherlands in support of the Technical Secretariat of the National Water Council in Albania. Additionally, she has supported the development of local capacities and the decentralization of water services through USAID’s “Local Government Planning Project” (2016-2019) in Kosovo, where she was involved in the technical evaluation of aid provided by the Swiss Government to the water sector. In that same year, she also worked on implementing Dutch recommendations for water resources management in the Balkans. Previously, she was the Chief Advisor of the GIZ Water Program Albania (2003-2013), contributing to cooperation projects with Kosovo, Montenegro, and North Macedonia.