Gender Alliance for Development Center

Structure: GADC is a women-issues oriented organization, that often involves men in it’s projects in order to achieve gender equality. The center has a staff of 6 women and 1 man and is lead by a woman. The Board is made of three women and two men, taking into consideration that the center is constantly trying to involve more men in the projects, in order to get better results in its efforts to achieve gender equality in Albania. The Board Chair is a woman with a long expertize in Civil Society.7 (seven) full time staff and 4 part time staffAn average of 4 to 5 interns or volunteers support the team. They are mostly students of Social Sciences and are very helpful for the staff. Budgetary resources: Vary from 250000 EUR-350000 EUR Sources of funding: Kvinna Till Kvinna, Cordaid, Austrian Development Agency, Swiss Cooperation Office in Tirana, UNDP, UNIFEM, OSFA, IWP, CCFD, Spanish Agnecy for International Coomeration, European Delegation in Albania, American Embassy etc. Modalities of action: Training, Researches, Experience Exchanges, Seminars, Conferences, summer schools, projects, publications Main Partners: Albanian Network Against Gender Violence and Trafficing, Albanian Women Empowrment Network, Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Equal Chances, Directory of Equal Chances,Ministry of Education Faculty of Social Sciences – Gender Studies Institute,National Institute of Statistics,Journalism Department at the Faculty of History and Philology,Centers for Democratic Civil Education: Departments of Education in differnet cities of Albania.