4  See: https://www.ngfs.net/sites/default/files/media/2020/09/03/ngfs_charter_final.pdf IPBES (2019). The Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Accessible at: https://ipbes.net/global‐assessment 6 Dasgupta (2021). The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review. HM Treasury. Accessible at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/final‐report‐the‐economics‐of‐biodiversity‐the‐dasgupta‐review 7 See: https://www.governo.it/node/16923 5  3  The Sustainable Development Goals offer a useful set of targets to achieve this overarching objective, starting with the COP26 conference, that ‐ as I think I said before ‐ we are co‐chairing with the United Kingdom.” As regards health aspects, I am sure that Mario Monti, chair of the Pan European Commission on Health and sustainable development launched by the WHO‐Europe,8 who had already made several proposals in March 2021, will go into more depth when he takes the floor. The scientific community estimates that 60% of known infectious diseases and up to 75% of new or emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic in origin.9 Hence, the Covid‐19 (regardless of its origins, which have not yet been confirmed) should be considered a clear warning of what could happen if we fail to act on biodiversity loss.10 It is therefore very promising to see that this conference has organised two panels on the question of biodiversity and the financial system. This is in line with the growing acknowledgment that biodiversity‐related risks could also pose a threat to financial stability. The OECD11 and the Dutch central Bank (DNB12) have already published reports on biodiversity‐related financial risks; the NGFS13 has started to work on this question as well.

The contribution of small enterprises to the growth of service, construction, trade and agriculture sectors, where micro-enterprises compose the largest part of this group, has been obviously significant for the short-term and stable revival of the Albanian economy. These enterprises have provided a substantial input to the decrease of unemployment and to the rise of productivity in the aforementioned economic activities, with a considerable impact for the quick growth of the Albanian economy. The domestic economy is noticeably improved over the last decade and the progress made over an expanded period of these last years reflects a positive and relatively stable macroeconomic environment. The growth rhythms of real GDP, are assessed as plausible, and in general higher compared to the other countries of the region. The consumer price level as well, has resulted in compliance with the target of the central bank for the price stability. “The calmness” of the external factors that struck the supply reaction and the domestic macroeconomic stability, provided the inflation rate be normalised within the targeted limits. The developments occurring in the exchange rate already are perceived as stable compared to its high fluctuations characterising the ’90s. In the view of domestic currency against the main foreign currencies basket, LEK has appeared with appreciation tendencies on continual basis during an extensive period, thus acting as a softer against the imported inflation.