Pranvera Kastrati, PhD, is Senior Expert on Economic and Digital Connectivity in Regional Cooperation Council. 

Before joining RCC, she had a vast experience in public policy coordination and implementation in Albania. She held a senior position in the Ministry of Economic Development, Tourism, Trade and Entrepreneurship and contributed to several reforms to improve the business environment from 1996-2017. She joined Regional Cooperation Council in November 2017 and her core focus of expertise relates to the work pertaining to coordination, monitoring and reporting for the implementation of the Multiannual Action Plan for a Regional Economic Area (MAP REA), contributing also in towards the management and overall implementation of MAP REA in the areas of RCC responsibility. In the area of digital integration, her core responsibilities relate to design, implementation, coordination and monitoring of RCC’s interventions, as well as overseeing of the implementation of the operational and implementation plans for the Digital Agenda for Western Balkans.