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Tirana
Albania
- Democracy and community development
- International/Cultural relations
- Others
- Research
IDC was created under the name Book & Communication House in January 2000 with the help of Soros Foundation. It was created as a response to the critical need of Albanian society for an independent institution working for the dissemination of information and knowledge. Staff of IDC consists of 7 paid employees. The decisions are taken by the managing board: Aleko Minga, University of Tirana, Chairman. Diana Culi, Chairman of Albanian Women’s Forum; MP. Remzi Lani, Director of Albanian Media Institute. Piro Misha, Executive Director of IDC. Andi Bushati, Editor in chief of the weekly “Klan” The IDC budgetary resources available in a year are around 150,000 €. Its funding comes through various project related grants, through its publishing program, or other commercially oriented projects. Our main partners are Soros Foundation, US Embassy in Tirana, Balkan Trust for Democracy, etc.
The mission of IDC is to encourage positive systematic change in Albania, serving as a catalyst for promoting public debate and critical thinking. Actually IDC is a multifunctional center implementing projects, providing expertise, information, researches, training, etc. Actually, its activity is divided into three main divisions: - “An Alternative Public Communication Space” which runs projects serving to encourage public debate and critical thinking. The target groups are first of all students, opinion makers, journalists, teachers, academics etc. - Information Projects which help in making of IDC a linking bridge between Albania and the rest of the world. Special attention is paid to the new technologies of information, culture and electronic publishing. - The translation/publishing projects. IDC offers its services to other international or local institutions and organizations for conducting researches, implementing projects, organizing workshops and training.
Some of the IDC's main projects/activities are: - The Mediterranean Project, in cooperation with Center of Contemporary Culture, Barcelona/Spain. - The challenges of globalization and Albanian integration in Europe, a series of conferences, in cooperation with UNESCO - “History of 20th century ideas” a series of conferences. - The role of religion in the Balkans, organized in cooperation with CCA Barcelona. - Being European; Albania & Europe, Past, Present and Future, in cooperation with Balkan Trust for Democracy. - Some of the 2005 meetings with international writers, Jacques La Carriere (France), January 2004; “Creating a forum on developments of Albania-Kosovo relations” in cooperation with Soros Foundation.