The devastating earthquake in Albania in the fall of 2019 and a spread of COVID-19 coronavirus have had a deep and systemic impact on the economic and social development of the country. Such impact demonstrates an acute need for Albania to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy and action plan for building the resilience of the country against existing various risks and future potential shocks. Disasters do not recognize borders and usually have lasting and correlated chains of impact on different sectors of the economy and social groups. As such, the strategy for disaster risk management should also have a systemic approach, which engages all key stakeholders, sectors of the economy and also potentially vulnerable groups. In developing the suggestion for visualization of the DRM System in Albania, the following key documents were taken into account.

1. The Law NO 45/2019 on Civil Protection adopted by the Assembly of the Republic of Albania,
2. UN Sustainable Development Goals: “Transforming Our World - the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”
3. 3. UN Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, 2015 – 2030:
   https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/2157sendaiframeworkfordrren.pdf 

The DRM-Albania System targets and objectives were aligned with the national strategies such as National Strategy for Development and Integration (NSDI), National Security Strategy and legislation and with the major international strategies for sustainable development and disaster risk management. The effective implementation of the National Strategy requires a certain level of capacities and potential in the country. The DRM Capacity Assessment and Development process is a logical and natural part of the process of developing the National DRM Strategy in the country. Through series of logical steps and application of the analytical framework, this process creates a strong basis for developing strategy and forming effective National Platform on DRM in line with the Sendai Framework for DRR and UN Sustainable Development Goals.