ألبانيا

• LËVIZ Albania / MOVE Albania (funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation) • RISI Albania – Making the labor market working for youth (funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation) • Democracy and Governance in Albania (USAID) • Philanthropy in Support of Economic Development and Social Inclusion in Albania (funded by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund) • Establishment of Social Enterprises: to improve the situation of unemployed in the region of Tirana, Durres and Elbasan (funded by UN Women) • Promotion and Development of Social Enterprises and Social Innovation in Albania (funded by OSFA) • IGA Project - Inter Gera Ação (funded from the EU, Europe for Citizens Programme) • Join Citizen Action for a Stronger, Citizen - Friendly Union (funded from the EU, Europe for Citizens Programme) • Balkan Civil Society Acquis – Strengthening the Advocacy and Monitoring Potential and Capacities of CSOs (funded by EU) • Enhancing transparency and accountability of e-public procurement at the local level (funded by British Embassy & Netherlands Embassy in Tirana) • “Platform Web 2.0 - Albanian NPO Community” (funded by US Embassy in Tirana) • Increase citizen participation in policy making and implementation (funded by Olof Palme International Center • Increase Representation of Women in Rural Areas in Political and Social Life (funded by EU and OSFA) • Cities without corruption – Cities with a future (funded by British Embassy in Tirana &World Bank Institute • Urban Governance/integrity building in south east Europe (funded by World Bank Group) • Promoting and Strengthening Democracy through Citizens Participation in Electoral and Participatory Processes (funded by US Embassy in Tirana) • Civil society and local self-governments in enhancing social cohesion in Albania and Montenegro (funded by EU) • Towards an alternative tourism in the cross border area of Albania and Macedonia (funded by EU) • Strengthening Democratic Practices of Active Citizens Participation in Electoral Processes (funded by US Embassy in Tirana; & Balkan Trust for Democracy) • Enhancing youth employment through training and labor market orientation (funded by OSFA) • Enhancement of Women’s Role in Governance (funded by OSCE) • Revision of Fiscal Legal Framework for the Non-Profit Sector (OSFA) • Building the capacities of civil society organizations to promote participatory consultations in policy formulation processes in Albania (Balkan Trust for Democracy) • Young Entrepreneurs of Albania (funded by US Embassy in Tirana) • Participatory Budgeting at Central Level (funded by Olof Palme International Center and OSFA) • The research project “Challenges and Opportunities for Employment of Marginalized Groups by Social Enterprise” (funded through the Regional Research Promotion Programme for the Western Balkans, which is run by the University of Fribourg upon mandate of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation)

We have organised actions of cultural character that promote the folk artistic tradition and heritage, workshops, exhibitions, and we have published 25 chapters of our own cultural programme “Delivering Views”. We work with a series of local craftsmen and all our handmade products are delivered through collaborations with the entire community. All of our art products (art works, ceramics, jewelery) bare the handmade seal. We host a broad selection of original art pieces, paintings, sketches, poetry collections and conference books, and, through our events, we try to project all different viewpoints for the island. We wholeheartedly and unfairly support our projects through minimum governmental and private fundings as well as personal effort to highlight the cultural treasure of Cyprus to the locals and tourists.

We are new organisation, we plan to do youth activities.   

-March 2013- Draft strategy for young people 2015 - 2030 (UNDP, AEGEE, PYC) ,
-March 2013 Training in Tirana for young people, about employment, fundraising - in collaboration with World Vision Albania (Diber)
-June –August 2012 – Summer camp - in collaboration with World Vision Albania (Diber)
-April 2012 – Action for a clean environment - attended by Minister of Education

Main activities of HASTE are: 1. Awareness activities 2. Capacity building activities 3. Cultural Activities 4. Research

Youthful have organized and participated in a lot of national in Albania. Our organization has a great interest in the topic of the project and we consider that we can contribute greatly in its success. Youthful is also involved in processes regarding increasing the quality and recognition of youth work. The program that we mostly work on is social inclusion. Youthful works with young people coming from the coming from difficult social and economic background. We lead different activities with them. We mostly offer youth work on local level: workshops, events, trainings, counselling, non-formal gathering etc. The target group of our Organisation are young people, mostly students from high schools and university. We try to include as many people possible and to work on different levels and activities. Usually we work inside of the institution (leading workshops in schools) and in our offices-the youth center offering long term youth programs. Projects developed by the organization 1. Young Environmental Ambassadors”, within the framework of the Regional Program on Local Democracy in the Western Balkans 2 (ReLOaD2), which is financed by the European Union and implemented by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). This project aims to increase the awareness of the youth of the Municipality of Saranda on environmental protection issues. 2. “Active Youth” ", Financed by Agency for Dupport of Civil Society. The project is an initiative to train youth on career counseling, professional training, drafting business plans, etc. This project aims to contribute to the promotion of entrepreneurship among the youth, serving as a catalyst for the creation of new jobs. 3. Smart tourism 4 All, Financed by Ministry of Tourism and Environment. The project aimed to improve innovative skills in the tourism sector, relying on innovative products and services that can complement nature and cultural offers. 4. “Young people as active participants in environmental protection” Financed by National Center for Environmental Movement, This project aimed to increase awareness of the community of the Municipality of Kukës on issues regarding the protection of the environmentm 5. External Expertise for organization of events for FOOD4HEALTH project, Financed by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in framework of the programme Interreg Programme Interreg IPA CBC Italy-Albania-Montenegro. 6. "Youth to business enterprise", Financed by Center for Economic Development. The project aimed to help youth to discover and develop entrepreneurial skills, knowledge and know-how and to give them the chance to be part of the real business world. 7. "Youth action for change" Financed by Institute for Consultancy and Research . The project aimed at the promotion, employment and socio-economic integration of young people - inhabitants of Kucova municipality, who had deficiencies in inclusion in employment, education or vocational training through life skills, skills and self-empowerment services.

• Promotion of Alternative measures to imprisonment and effective implementation of these measures. Effective implementation of these measures and by specialized professionals were issues addressed by the trainings organized during the implementation of a project. • Crime prevention activities – Refraction have organized activities for the groups that have a great probability to be involved in criminality and also it has organized awareness campaigns within community for security issues as: antisocial behaviors, crime, drugs use, human trafficking, etc. The organization aims to prevent the criminality through increasing and promoting community participation on crime prevention and problem solving. Refraction aims to promote community based policing and rehabilitation integration and treatment of sentenced persons with imprisonment of other security measures. • Realizing trainings, giving expertise and capacity building – Near Refraction is established a pool of trainers and experts who are specialized on organizing trainings and workshops with different groups, especially students. • Researches and studies – These activities were about community development and security issues; penal sentences and their effectiveness on juveniles; situation of imprisoned persons; situation of Human Rights in prisons;

I.June 2006 - March2008, World Bank. The Project was implemented by Vlora RDA
Title :Social-Economic services Center for vulnerable groups .
Terre Des Hommes’s “Income generating” on Roma Community Vlore
USAID’s Small Business Credit and Assistance (SBCA) ProjectimplementedbyChamonics International.
SORROS implemented by Vlore RDA.
Title: Increasing Women’s Representation in Local Government Structure
.USAID’s –MSI, Civil Society Reduction of Corruption in Albania Project.
Activities: As a local consultant to MSI, Vlore RDA completed the following activities:
• Preparing a variety of publicity materials for the Vlore Municipality;
• Preparing information on taxes;
• Updating Vlore’s community profile; and,
, USAID’s Training on Building NGO and Local Government Cooperation.
The Project was implemented by IDRA through the USAID and South East Europe Municipal Training Program. Vlore RDA was local consultant and project coordinator
Activities: The main purpose of the Project was to helped municipal officials and NGO representatives to understand the role of the Vlore Municipality in local economic development by:
• focusing on understanding the conditions of the city;
• developing partnerships among stakeholders in the community; and,
• Involving citizens in economic development issues.