On 16 October, Claus Neukirch met with the Speaker of the National Assembly, Gramoz Ruci and Deputy Prime Minister, Senda Mesi for an exchange on the on-going and potential future co-operation assistance from the Council of Europe to Albania. In his meeting with the Speaker of the Assembly, the Head of Office, emphasised the readiness of the Council of Europe to provide expert opinions of the Venice Commission or other Council of Europe experts on relevant draft legislation. In this context, he assured the Speaker of the continued commitment of the Council of Europe to support the work of the ad hoc Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reform and to follow-up the recent expertise provided on the Framework Law on National Minorities with advice on ordinary legislation.

In his meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister, the Head of Office informed him about the establishment of an interoperable public administration portal for modernising human resource procedures and practices focusing on local administration with the financial support of the Swiss Government. They also discussed the  potential benefits of this project for similar work at the central level.