Opening to future scenarios for the urbanization and integration of informal settlements in Albania.

The fall of the old regime, the civil war of 1997, the war in Kosovo, and finally the process of joining the European Union, have generated a strong dynamic of social, cultural and economic change ever seen so far if we think about the Ottoman occupation or the Communist Regime. This fast political process, both internally and externally, has left little space for an academic reflection on social/territorial impact and has distorted the Political orientation. Beside these fast process problems related to informality has been concentrated in the suburbs of the main Albanian cities - generating territorial and administrative problems. The policy to legalize, urbanize and integrate the informal settlements is a program approved by un large number of laws and articles that have changed in almost 10 years - since 2004. And as we know from various authors, public policies often fail or only partially succeed and this is more evident in territorial planning policies. It is, therefore, necessary to evaluate public policies in order to understand if and why they did not succeed. This paper will follow a process of policy evaluation through a structured list of questions from the moment that the law on Legalization started, which will be considered (t1), to now-days (t2). Conflictual Policy on 'Specific Goals' among actors. This research is a first attempt to read the policy development for the legalization of informal settlements in Albania after 10 years of open process and to the integration of disadvantaged populations to urban contexts in Albanian cities. From that moment few projects have had the possibility to design and collaborate with regional offices charged with the implementation of this policy.