PROJECTS

“Key People-Key Knowledge” is an initiative financed by the European Commission and implemented in partnership with the Municipality of Përmet. The project intends to create new working/business opportunities for women and unemployed youth, reducing inequality by supporting female leadership inside business start-ups and self-employment initiatives and to give an answer adapted to the risks of economic, political and cultural marginalisation of the targeted territory. Moreover, the project intends to reinforce and facilitate development of a culture of civil society and to help increase the level of cooperation and mutual knowledge between civil society and local authorities in the area of...

The project is financed by the Ministry of Culture of Albania and aims to promote the cultural heritage, historical, ethnographic, artistic and cultural values ​​of Albania through the production of short films (10 min) by young people from all over Albania (18-30 years old) using mobile phones. “Smart Film Awards” (SFA) is a unique festival that promotes the artistic aspect of young people and their attitudes towards positive changes in society. The project finds its motivation in the need that each community feels to recover its identity, through the study and recognition of its roots and traditions. The evolution of...

“My Country” is a project financed by the Agency for the Support of Civil Society and aims to promote the historical, ethnographic, artistic and cultural values of Albania by giving children and young people the opportunity to discover, appreciate and raise awareness of the younger generations on cultural heritage. Cultural heritage shapes our daily lives. It surrounds us in the cities and suburbs of Albania, natural landscapes and archaeological sites. It is not only found in literature, art and objects, but also in the crafts we learn from our ancestors, the stories we tell our children, the food we enjoy...

The initiative is part of the process of revising the education system in Albania according to the priorities defined by the 2014-2020 programming period. The project objectives are: – Improvement of students’ basic and transversal skills, essential for personal development, active citizenship, social inclusion and entry into the world of work. – Implementation of information and communication technologies (ICT) in education. The inclusion of technology within the education system represents the current trend that will affect future generations. The project supports the implementation of the ICT strategy in Albania, which aims to provide ICT and inclusion for all through the...

NEST is a cross-border project aimed to sustain the competitiveness of the Ionic-Adriatic destination by empowering Tourism Enterprises (small and medium ones) with innovative approaches, tools and strategies that leverage on the potentialities of digital technologies, networking and collaboration. The project aims to sustain the process of socio-economic development in the IPA area, in coherence with priorities of the Europe 2020 strategy, by contributing to Programme Objective SO 2.1: Boost attractiveness of natural and cultural assets to improve a smart and sustainable economic development. NEST will operate as an experiential laboratory and engine for nurturing competitiveness of SMTEs and destinations...

The project intends to act at the level of the health and education systems and wants to promote professional training and the creation of micro-enterprises by the young people involved in the project activities. In particular, the project will work in the hospitals of Durres, Fier, Elbasan and Korca in order to promote the creation of early hearing screening for newborns. It will provide adequate equipment and training to operators in order to carry out proper screening as well as review and promote the adoption of the national protocol. The identified infants will then be referred to the Q.S.U.T. “Nene...

The project focused on media monitoring on issues of gender equality in the media, addressing the image of women to change conservative mentalities and schemes, and to have a more egalitarian media. The findings of this monitoring were published in the form of a brochure which was discussed at a roundtable with journalists and audiovisual media journalists, representatives of private and public TV, representatives of NGOs, journalists’ associations, students, public departments of gender equality. Project objectives: • Creating alliances between the media, civil society and decision-making institutions to unite their goals and capacities to promote the empowerment of women in...

Project objectives: • To provide an inclusive and systematic overview of the issues related to the coverage of religious topics on religious radios and, more generally, on radio broadcasts. • To help raise public awareness of the problems, challenges and dangers that a country like Albania in the era of globalization may cause, any kind of confusion, ambiguity or improvisation in such an area in which there is a great sensitivity, but yes so, and with great importance for the preservation of the harmony and religious cohesion that has existed to this day in our country. • Special attention is...

About the project: September 29 is the national day of Cultural Heritage in Albania. A case of extraordinary importance to reaffirm, in public opinion, the central role of culture in Albanian social dynamics. A day which made us reflect on the benefits that the use of cultural heritage can bring in terms of fun, experimentation and new approaches. There are many activities and events that are organized on this day in the places of art, to reflect on the foundations of our history. The project aims to promote activities that encourage the meeting of young people in the spaces and...

About the project: The project included the translation and publication in Albanian of two important texts, which address two of the most important topics facing the media today (UNESCO publications), especially electronic and digital: 1. The danger of radicalism and extremism (not just religious), including hate speech. 2. The issue of ‘privacy’, namely: Establishing a fair relationship between the need to preserve ‘privacy’ on the one hand, and the requirement for transparency and freedom of expression as the basic principles of a democratic system, on the other. There are two books that help for a wider information and discussion on...

About the project: The purpose of this project is to create an evaluation platform to measure the provision of administrative services provided by local government institutions, looking at it from a gender perspective, in 7 cities of Albania. The specific objectives of this project aimed at designing an evaluation scheme which will affect the improvement of local public services, periodically measuring the quality of services provided by municipalities. This is a good opportunity to create a tradition for promoting and evaluating the highest quality services. This project was implemented in 7 municipalities of the country, Gjirokastra, Vlora, Kavaja, Fier, Kruja,...

Within the framework of its global initiative “Culture: A Bridge to Development”, which aims at building on the power of culture as a dynamic force of co-operation and innovation for inclusive economic development, social cohesion, and peace, IFAW with the support of UNESCO, in cooperation with the Municipality of Berat and other partners from the region, of a new regional encounter on 29-30.  This regional encounter on the iconic Gorica bridge of Berat follows the ones organized in Edirne (Turkey) in 2012, and in Lovech (Bulgaria) in 2013. It is the third of several events within the “Balkan Bridges Speak”...