The establishment of the Fund for National Minorities aims to support initiatives and projects focused on protecting the rights of national minorities, as well as preserving and promoting their distinctive cultural, ethnic, linguistic, traditional, and religious identity. The adoption of sub-legal acts for the implementation of this law—particularly regarding data collection, education, and the use of minority languages in relations with administrative authorities—is based on objective criteria and the subjective criterion (the principle of self-identification), as also provided by Law No. 96/2017 on national minorities and the criteria outlined in the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. The individual’s subjective choice is linked to the relevant objective criterion of the person's identity (Article 3 of the Framework Convention).

The issuance of sub-legal acts for minorities is based on the provisions of Law No. 96/2017 “On the Protection of National Minorities in the Republic of Albania” and the obligations arising from the Framework Convention of the Council of Europe for the Protection of National Minorities. This law and the sub-legal framework implementing it provide provisions for the enforcement of specific rights of national minorities: self-identification, non-discrimination, educational and cultural rights, the preservation and development of their identity, representation in economic, social, and public life, and the creation of conditions and opportunities to exercise specific rights related to the use of minority languages in relations with authorities, the use of personal names, surnames, and topographical indicators in the language of the national minorities, the institutional mechanism for minority representation, and strengthening the role and competencies of the Committee of National Minorities.

The establishment of the Fund for National Minorities aims to support initiatives and projects focused on protecting the rights of national minorities, as well as preserving and promoting their distinctive cultural, ethnic, linguistic, traditional, and religious identity. The adoption of sub-legal acts for the implementation of this law—particularly regarding data collection, education, and the use of minority languages in relations with administrative authorities—is based on objective criteria and the subjective criterion (the principle of self-identification), as also provided by Law No. 96/2017 on national minorities and the criteria outlined in the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. The individual’s subjective choice is linked to the relevant objective criterion of the person's identity (Article 3 of the Framework Convention).