State budget payments on concessions and PPPs: 2025 actual and 2026 plan
Status: Official 2025 actuals and 2026 forecast published. Contract-by-contract table is an image in the PDF and was not extracted.
Summary
The Ministry of Finance's Fiscal Risk Statement 2025 (published 2026, per the file path) reports that 11 concession or PPP contracts had budget support in 2025 and that 10 of them made payments. Actual 2025 net payments were about 13.36 billion lekë, 97.6 per cent of the planned 13.68 billion lekë and 2.03 per cent of the previous year's tax revenue, far below the 5 per cent legal limit (about 32.95 billion lekë). The Ministry projects 2026 net payments of about 12.1 billion lekë, 1.69 per cent of 2025 tax revenue, against a limit of about 35.8 billion lekë.
The 2026 draft budget described by Shqiptarja (4 November 2025) puts concession and PPP funding at about 120 million euro, down from about 139 million euro in 2025, with 40 per cent (about 48.8 million euro) for the Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy. The two figures are consistent in order of magnitude (12.1 billion lekë is roughly 120 million euro at current rates), but they are different documents.
The Ministry of Finance also reports that the 2023 Integrated Port of Vlorë contract has no state payments in its first three years, with payments after completion of all works. The statement names a risk of late and deficient reporting by contracting authorities.
Key facts
- 2025: 11 concession/PPP contracts with budget support; payments made for 10 (Ministry of Finance, Fiscal Risk Statement 2025).
- 2025 planned budget funds about 13.68 billion lekë; actual net payments about 13.36 billion lekë, 97.6 per cent of plan (same source).
- 2025 limit (5 per cent of previous-year tax revenue): about 32.95 billion lekë; actual 2.03 per cent of 2024 tax revenue (same source).
- 2026 forecast net payments about 12.1 billion lekë, 1.69 per cent of 2025 tax revenue; limit about 35.8 billion lekë (same source).
- 2026 draft budget: about 120 million euro for concessions, down from about 139 million euro in 2025 (Shqiptarja, 4 Nov 2025).
- 2026 health lines: check-up 699.8m lekë; sterilisation 500m lekë (2025: 1.9bn); dialysis 815m lekë (2025: 960m); laboratories in five regional hospitals 2bn lekë (2025: 1.9bn) (Shqiptarja, 4 Nov 2025).
The record
Four lists kept apart on purpose: what is established, what is only alleged, what is still open, and what those concerned said.
What is proven (2)
Established by documents or official records, as stated in the research. A recorded charge or indictment proves only that the accusation was made.
- The Ministry of Finance reports the 2025 actual and 2026 forecast figures above in its official Fiscal Risk Statement 2025.
- The 2026 draft budget reporting by Shqiptarja gives the euro totals and the health line items above.
What is alleged (1)
Accusations, not findings. Those accused are presumed innocent.
- AllegationOpposition figures on the health concessions are contested in other cases in this file; the budget totals themselves are not alleged to be wrong.
Open questions (3)
- The 2025 projection reported in October 2024 (14.2 billion lekë) differs from the Ministry's 13.68 billion lekë plan with amendments; which figure the 2025 budget finally used is not confirmed.
- Contract-by-contract 2025 actuals are in Table 12 of the PDF, which is an image and was not extracted.
- Whether the 2026 figures include the Milot-Morinë subsidy (secondary report: about 660 million lekë; not confirmed).
Responses (1)
Responses of the people and organisations concerned, as recorded.
- Ministry of Finance: payments remained within the legal limit and within the fiscal rule in 2025, and the 2026 plan is within the limit (Fiscal Risk Statement 2025).
Figures
Money trail →2026 draft budget: concession and PPP contracts total
€120,000,000
Stated definition: About 120 million euro as reported by Shqiptarja from the draft budget tables; 2025 comparison 139 million euro; 40 per cent (about 48.8 million euro) to infrastructure.
Date: 4 Nov 2025 · Payer: State budget (Republic of Albania) · Payee: Concessionaires and PPP contractors (11 contracts)
- Kontratat PPP marrin 120 mln euro nga buxheti 2026 (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja · 4 Nov 2025 · journalism · SQ
2025 actual net payments on concession/PPP contracts with budget support
13,360,000,000 lek
Stated definition: About 13.36 billion lekë, 97.6 per cent of plan (13.68 billion); 2.03 per cent of 2024 tax revenue. Official Ministry of Finance figure.
Date: 31 Dec 2025 · Payer: General government units · Payee: Concessionaires and PPP contractors (10 contracts paid)
- Fiscal Risk Statement 2025 (Ministry of Finance) (opens in a new tab)Ministry of Finance of Albania · Jul 2026 · official · EN
2026 forecast net payments on concession/PPP contracts
12,100,000,000 lek
Stated definition: Forecast from contracting authorities' payment plans; about 1.69 per cent of 2025 tax revenue. Legal limit about 35.8 billion lekë.
Date: 31 Dec 2026 · Payer: General government units · Payee: Concessionaires and PPP contractors
- Fiscal Risk Statement 2025 (Ministry of Finance) (opens in a new tab)Ministry of Finance of Albania · Jul 2026 · official · EN
Four health concessions: cumulative cost to 2026 (UNVERIFIED)
€420,000,000
41,950,000,000 lek
paymentSource label: UnverifiedStated definition: About 41.95 billion lekë, about 420 million euro, for four health concessions to end 2026, per a Balkanweb (Vetting) secondary report. Not confirmed in an opened source.
Date: 31 Dec 2026 · Payer: State budget · Payee: Health concessionaires (four)
- 420 mln euro per 4 koncesione ne shendetesi (Vetting, excerpt only) (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb (Vetting) · unknown · journalism · SQ
Timeline
Full timeline →Government
2021 budget projects 14.5 billion lekë in concession payments; Arbër road largest at 4.1 billion
Shqiptarja reports the 2021 budget tables: concession payments of 14.5 billion lekë across 13 contracts, up from 7.8 billion; Arbër road 4.1 billion; Check-Up 876 million; dialysis 779 million; sterilisation 1.7 billion. These are budget projections, not actual payments.
Government
2025 budget projects concession payments of 14.2 billion lekë across 10 contracts
Shqiptarja reports the 2025 budget projection: Arbër road 3.36 billion lekë; sterilisation 1.9 billion; laboratories 1.9 billion; dialysis 960 million; Check-Up 876 million; Milot-Morinë 720 million. Ministry of Finance later reports an actual 2025 outturn of 13.36 billion lekë (see below).
Government
Draft 2026 budget cuts concession funding to about 120 million euro
Shqiptarja reports the 2026 draft budget: about 120 million euro for concessions and PPPs, down from 139 million in 2025; 40 per cent to the infrastructure ministry; check-up cut to 699.8 million lekë; sterilisation to 500 million; dialysis to 815 million; laboratories up to 2 billion. Eleven contracts active.
Government
Ministry of Finance publishes Fiscal Risk Statement 2025 with concession payment outturn
Official statement: 11 concession/PPP contracts with budget support in 2025; actual net payments about 13.36 billion lekë (97.6 per cent of plan); 2026 forecast about 12.1 billion lekë within a 35.8 billion limit. Only the month (July 2026) is known from the file path; the day is not stated.
Hypotheses
Possible explanations that connect this record with other findings. They are not findings; each lists the evidence for and against.
- Source label: Unverified
2026 cuts to health concessions may reflect the SPAK and parliamentary scrutiny of the same contracts
The 2026 draft budget cuts the sterilisation line from 1.9 billion to 500 million lekë (about -74 per cent) and dialysis from 960 million to 815 million, while laboratories rise to 2 billion. The sterilisation contract is the subject of the SPAK case against former minister Ilir Beqaj, which was reported in July 2026 with house arrest. Cutting the line may follow from the case, or from planned volume reductions, or from a contract being ended or renegotiated. The 2026 budget reporting gives no reason.
Evidence for
- Sterilisation line falls about 74 per cent in the 2026 draft (Shqiptarja, 4 Nov 2025), the largest cut among the health lines.
- SPAK charges around the sterilisation tender are documented in the dataset (case-sterilization-concession, case-sasapc-beqaj).
- The Check-Up line also falls (876m to 699.8m lekë), and the Check-Up contract has been under KLSH criticism since 2018.
Evidence against
- The 2026 draft reporting is silent on reasons; contracts may have fixed annual schedules or planned volumes that naturally fall.
- The laboratory line rises, which does not fit a simple anti-health-concession narrative.
- The 2026 cuts were drafted in late 2025, before the April 2026 SPAK seizures and the July 2026 Beqaj house arrest; the link would have to run through earlier SPAK activity.
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 5 sources.
Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 4 sources
- Publisher
- Ministry of Finance of Albania
- Date
- Jul 2026
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja
- Date
- 4 Nov 2025
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja
- Date
- 28 Oct 2024
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja
- Date
- 20 Oct 2020
Source label: UnverifiedUnverified · 1 source
- Publisher
- Balkanweb (Vetting)
- Date
- unknown