Ms. Evis Gjebrea has held position of Deputy General Director at the Tirana Water & Wastewater Utility (TWWU) since March 2016. Prior to joining, Ms. Gjebrea worked at the Municipality of Tirana and was Member of the Supervisory Board of the TWWU.  She is responsible for sales and finance policy formulation and implementation, as well as representing the utility to third parties and international partners/institutions. Her most recent role has been as Project Coordinator for the EBRD project “Upgrade of part of the water system in the Municipality of Tirana”.

Ms. Gjebrea has a broad range of professional experience having worked with the Ministry of Finance at the Foreign Debt Department for eight years and World Bank as a consultant in Washington D.C and Tirana. Through the years Ms. Gjebrea has shown great professional knowledge of the region being involved with projects implemented in Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro.

Ms. Gjebrea also has a strong academic research background and holds a PhD in Economic Sciences focusing on efficiency models for water supply and wastewater sector in Albania. Her other qualifications include a Bachelor degree in International Economic Relations from the Romanian Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest and Master Degree in Banking and Finance for Development from Giordano dell’Amore Foundation in collaboration with University of Bocconi and Milan State University, in Milan – Italy. She has also been full time Lecturer for eight years at the European University of Tirana (EUT) and a part-time lecturer at same University as well as New York University of Tirana since 2015.

Website: https://evisgjebrea.com

Location: Tirana, Albania

Email: [email protected] - personal

Email: [email protected] - work

Phone: 00 355 (0) 682150645

Thesis on “Analysis of Models for Increasing Efficiency of the Water and Sewerage Sector in  Albania”, European University of Tirana 

2007 - 2008 

Advanced 1 year post graduate studies

Advanced 1 year post graduate studies in Public Policy and Administration George Washington University (GWU), Washington D.C, USA

2001 - 2002

Master in Banking and Finance for Development

Giordano dell’Amore Foundation in collaboration with “L. BOCCONI University” Milan, Italy

1994-1998

Bachelor in International Economic Relations

Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania

• Deputy General Director for Administrative Issues Tirana Water and Wastewater Utility (UKT), Tirana-Albania
• Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Tirana HydroPower- Lanabregas Tirana, Albania

September 2019 to ongoing on Public Policy Decision Making

• Trainer at Albanian School for Public Administration for Top Management Level Tirana, Albania

January 2016 to March 2016

• Director of Networks
  Municipality of Tirana, Albania

September 2015 to February 2016

• Member of the Supervisory Board of Tirana Water and Wastewater Utility

September 2015-September 2018

• Part time lecturer in Public Administration at Master level
  European University of Tirana, Albania 
• Part time lecturer in Human Resource Management at Bachelor level 
  New York University, Tirana-Albania 

September 2008-September 2015

• Full time lecturer in Risk Management, Public Administration and Project Management 
  European University of Tirana, Albania  

August 2014- December 2014

• Key Expert Public Expenditure Review
  UNICEF, Albania  

January 2011- June 2011

• International Consultant, Child Protection System
  UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN’S FUND, Kosovo

January 2009-April 2010

• Local Short-term Consultant for financial modernization program Special Projects Initiatives (SPI)
  World Bank, Tirana-Albania

May - July 2008

• Short-term Consultant in the South East Europe Country Unit (“internship”) World Bank, Washington D.C, USA

January 2001 to July 2007

• Counterpart of World Bank projects
  Ministry of Finance, Tirana-Albania

March - September 2000

• Logistics Assistant 
  United Nations World Food Programme, Durres-Albania

• Counterpart on behalf of Tirana Water Utility for Water Reform initiated by Central Government for year 2018
• Drafted the Montenegro Country Partnership Strategy Progress Report for FY’s 2007-2010 of the World Bank.
• Participated in the preparation of 2008 Montenegro Joint Portfolio Performance Review undertaken by the World Bank.
• Researched and presented a report on monitoring and evaluation framework of the World Bank portfolio in Montenegro.
• Participated in the preparation of the 2009 SPI Albania Activity Program for Albanian financial sector modernization.

Strategic Planning and Business Development in Water and Wastewater

• Training of trainers by Regional Cooperation Development Network in the Water and Wastewater Sector.
• Coordinator for European Benchmarking Project on behalf of Tirana Water and Wastewater Utility 
• Project coordinator on behalf of UKT for EBRD funded project on “Upgrade of part of the water system in the Municipality of Tirana”. 
• Expert in developing Management Manuals for Certification Program of employees of the Water sector in Albania
• Manager on behalf of Tirana Water Utility for USAID funded project activity on “Improving Governance and Increasing Transparency of Revenues in Tirana Water and Wastewater Utility”.
• Project coordinator between Budapest Waterworks and Tirana Water Utility for Technical Evaluation of Network of Tirana, Albania.
• Contributor in developing the Trainee’s Manual in Ethics for Water and Wastewater Professionals in Albania.

Research: 2008-ongoing

• Member on behalf of Albania of the EU COST Programme on Science and Technology on “European network for argumentation and public policy analysis”.
• 2015-2017 Member on behalf of Albania of the EU COST Action IS1207 for Local Public Sector Reforms: An International Comparison.

Monitoring:

• Evaluation of the draft State Budget of Albania for year 2014.
• Public Expenditure Review on Social Welfare for Children in Albania, for 2011-2015.
• Leader of the evaluation process of budgeting child protection system in Kosovo at sector and program level for 2010-2015.

Negotiation: 2001-2007

• Albanian Ministry of Finance representative negotiating 16 foreign development projects on education, health, water, poverty reduction with World Bank, German Bank for Reconstruction and Development (KfW), European Investment Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development etc, under the total amount of approximately $300 million for delivery to central and local government to the social sector, infrastructure, business, environment, etc.

Coordination: 2002-2007 Coordinated the Albanian Government’s inputs to:

• 2007 Albania Joint Portfolio Performance Review undertaken by the World Bank
• 2002 Albania Country Financial Accountability Assessment Report and 2005 World Bank Country Assistance Strategy for FY’s 2006-2009
• Liaising between Albanian Government and International Development Association on   Replenishment Discussions for FY’s 2005-2008 in 2004-2005.
• Poverty Reduction Support Credits Program in 2002-2005

Publications

• Gjebrea, Zoto (2014) Infrastructure Public Private Partnership Investments: A comparative analysis of Western Balkan and Emerging Countries, Contributions to Economics, Springer, ISSN 1431-1933, pg. 131-147
• Gjebrea, Evis (2013) Regionalization of Water Supply and Sewerage Companies as a Solution for the Efficiency of Water Supply and Sewerage Sector: Case of Albania, Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Vol 4, No. 6, July 2013, ISSN 2039-9340 (print), ISSN 2039-2117 (online) Index Copernicus Year 2011 Impact Factor 3.77, International Editorial Board, pg. 37-47
• Gjebrea, Evis (2013) Factors Determining Foreign Direct Investments in Albania, European Academic Research, Vol.1, Issue 3/June 2013, ISSN 2286-4822, pg. 235-248
• Gjebrea, Evis (2013) Monitoring and Evaluation of the Water and Sanitation Sector Performance: Case of Albania, Instanbul University and Kavala Institute of Technology, Turkey.
• Gjebrea, Evis (2012) Public Private Partnership as a public management innovation: A Case Study for the Water Sector in Albania, Economicus, European University of Tirana, Vol. 9, ISSN 2223-6295
• Gjebrea, Evis (2012) Solutions for financing public deficit of Albania, Fakulteti i Ekonomise & Qendra Shqiptare per Riskun & Fakulteti i Ekonomise dhe Agrobiznesit, Croatia.