Training for the technical staff of the Regional Water Supply and Sewerage Company of Saranda

Experts of State Authority for Geospatial Information (ASIG) conducted a two-day training with the technical staff of the Regional Water Supply and Sewerage Company of Saranda on 7 – 8 April 2026, in the city of Saranda. The activity aimed to strengthen technical capacities in the management of geospatial information, with a special focus on the collection, structuring and publication of data related to the water supply and sewerage network. During the training, participants were introduced to the requirements of the technical geoinformation standard “Utitlity and Governmental Services”, as well as the procedures related to the use of the National Geoportal for the administration and distribution of geospatial data.

The practical part of the training focused on the organization of thematic layers, data quality control, metadata completion and schema harmonization according to technical requirements for publication. Special attention was also paid to the steps to be followed for data integration into the National Geoportal, in order to increase interoperability and compliance with the legal framework in force.

In the following, ASIG will provide technical assistance for the further consolidation of data schemas and for their full integration into the National Geoportal.