It started as an experiment, sending some samples of essential oil from Albania to the United States in 2010. The success was immediate: these first samples were quickly followed by building an essential oil distillery in Tirana in 2011. Fast-forward to 2018 and MEIA are putting the final touches to another distillery in the Malësi […]

Representatives of local government, tour operators, businesses operating in the tourism sector, and academia from Gjirokastra gathered on May 7th 2018 to discuss and agree on the creation and management of the Official Tourism Portal for the region of Gjirokastra. Participants were introduced to some of the best practices and examples from Albania and abroad. […]

Deputy Prime Minister Senida Mesi and Head of Cooperation with Eastern Europe at the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Ruth Huber, signed on Friday 23, 2018 in a special ceremony the agreement on Phase II of “Risi Albania” project. “Risi albani will renew its focus on making labour market lucrative for the young woman […]

Tour operators, local government representatives, academia and tourism experts gathered on March 15, 2018 to discuss and share ideas with Risi Albania and Perform project representatives related to eco-tourism, adventure, cultural, historical and culinary experiences that can be developed to address issues related to seasonality and to promote job creation in Gjirokastra region and South […]

From mid-2014 to mid-2016 RisiAlbania directly supported the launch of 6 pilot media products. The intervention resulted in the successful launch of 2 TV programmes, 1 radio programme and 1 newspaper supplement with online presence and an online portal. These pioneering products are the first ever TV programmes, radio programmes and supplements that have focused […]

During your exchange visit in Tirana, what are some interventions that can be replicated also in Kosovo? First, thank you for the possibility to learn and share experiences from Albania and Kosovo related to media information for the labor market, its problems and the best approach to link youth with employment but also on developing […]

RisiAlbania Partner for Growth

Graduation Ceremony to celebrate the training and employment of around 180 young people in high class hotels and restaurants of Tirana, brought together ……..    

Career guidance is commonly agreed as net contributor to the achievements of public policy goals in education, employment and social equity. Career guidance provision can help to better articulate demand for learning, contribute to enhancing education access and completion and improve the match between labor market supply and demand…….

On December 17, 2016, the Risi Turistike Award for Korça region was held at Fan S. Noli University in Korça….

Working with the mass media to improve educational and employment choices among young people in Albania

Risi signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Albanian Investment Development Agency and the Albanian Outsourcing Assocation (AOA) to ensure that potential foreign investors benefit from support the local support they need.    

The Risi Turistike Award is there to recognize innovative tourism businesses ideas and support them to become reality. If you have an idea, your business could be next! Interested applicants can receive guidelines on the application templates on the links below:   RisiTuristike Award_2017_Procedures Business Plan Template for Tourism Financial Plan         […]

“Development of business plans for two women organizations: Margarita Center in Berat and GjiroArt in Gjirokaster to help them create sustainability of the organizations.”

RisiAlbania project opens the call for consultancy services for: “Measuring the Audience/Viewership and Perception of Selected Media Programs on Career and Job Orientation for Young People”. The respective solicitation documents can be found in the link below: Measuring the audience- viewership and perception of selected Media Programs on Career and Job Orientation for Young People The deadline for submission […]

RisiAlbania would like to share with you Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation first regional newsletter, which provides a brief overview of key events that took place in the region the last 9 months, as well as several links with a short introduction to articles and publications produced this year. We hope you enjoy the first edition of the Eastern […]

RisiAlbania project opens the call for project proposals for: “Development of bylaws provisioned in the new tourism law, specifically for tourist guides and accommodation structures”. The respective solicitation documents can be found in the link below: Call for proposals for Legal Consultancy – Tourism Bylaws The deadline for submission of the application is 9 November 2015, at 17.00 o’clock. […]

Do you have an innovative idea on tourism product development? Here is your chance to participate in competition; just click the links below for further information and access: Innovative Tourism Product Development Competition Template for preparing the business plan Financial Plan The deadline for submission of the application is January 11th 2016.  

The Leading Scottish consultant Dunira Strategy has won the 2015 Gold Green Apple Award for the feasibility study and the comprehensive business plan regarding the transformation of the site of a former military base in the magnificent and environmentally sensitive Osumi Canyon in southern Albania, into an innovative adventure tourism centre. Dunira’s and ARF’s plan […]

The Youth Economic Opportunities learning platform, the first community of practice and knowledge exchange portal developed by and for the youth economic opportunities sector, has recently featured a blog piece about Risi’s work with the Albanian media. Read all about our exciting work here: How to reach the masses: using mainstream media to inform young […]

A Swiss-supported youth employment programme has come up with innovative media programmes that inform and encourage young job-seekers to look for and find employment. The Embassy of Switzerland through its youth employment programme RisiAlbania, and together with the Department of Journalism, University of Tirana, brought together media experts, journalists and students to present several innovative models […]

RisiAlbania project opens the call for project proposals for: “Attractive media products focusing on Youth Education, Career Orientation and Employment Opportunities”. The respective solicitation documents can be found in the link below: Call for proposals for Media -RisiAlbania The deadline for submission of the application is 25 August 2015, at 17.00 o’clock.

Vacancy announcement: RisiAlbania project is looking to hire an expert for the position of Project Officer. The respective solicitation documents can be found in the link below: Job Vacancy Project Officer The deadline for submission of the application is 15th of June 2015.

RisiAlbania, the program of the Swiss Embassy, Ministry of Economy, Tourism, Trade and Entrepreneurship, and Albanian Industry of Turism organized the “Risi Turistike” awards ceremony  for the tourist product 2015 in the area of Berat and Shkodra (26 & 28 May 2015), in support to the development of the tourism sector as one of the priorities […]

We are delighted to share with you the Helvetas Annual Brief 2014 for Eastern Europe & Southern Caucasus, providing you with an insight into our work and highlighting key developments and topics that lie at the core of what we do. Our team members across the region have contributed to the content of the report […]

Do you have an innovative idea on tourism product development? Here is your chance to participate in competition; just click the links below in order to get more information and access:   Template for preparing the business plan Financial Plan The deadline for submission of the application is 13 May 2015

On January 22, 2015, RisiAlbania organized a training in Tirana on the topic “Attractively reporting on Labour Market Issues”. In the training were present 15 journalists from Top Channel, Club FM, A1 Report and Shqiptarja.com, media channels that have decided to disseminate labour market information not only as part of their corporate responsibility agenda, but […]

“Ora e Punes” (Working Hour) is a radio televised program, part of the “Morning Club” show, broadcasted every Friday between 9-10 am in Radio Club FM and Club TV. Through interviews with business or university representatives, recruitment companies, labour market experts etc, the program aims at helping young people in their career orientation through information […]

Top Channel has initiated the broadcasting of a new show “Ti Mundesh” (“You Can Do It”), aiming to promote different professions demanded by the labour market. The goal of this program is to inspire young people in their path of career orientation towards their future. You can watch this TV program on Saturday on bi-weekly/monthly basis at 17:30 (respectively […]

Every Thursday you can read “Drejt Punes” supplement in Shqiptarja.com newspaper and watch on A1 Report TV every Thursday at 10.00 hrs, in order to get more information on the different professions.

RISI worked closely with “‘Çelësi” group to support them start up “Profesionisti” (http://www.profesionisti.al/) for the purpose of providing qualitative job matching services for low and middle skilled young people. “Profesionisti” has a dynamic and energetic team of four committed young women. They are well trained on leadership, managerial and technical skills, required for the successful […]

Intervention Manager in Tourism Sector in Albania

 The two-day training “Marketing Initiative for Agro-processors” was organized by BiznesAlbania in collaboration with RisiAlbania.  20 business service providers (BSPs) participated. During the first day of training, an international trainer and two Albanian trainers talked about challenges consultants face when advising their clients, lack of formalization in the relationship between Agro-processors and BSPs, food safety […]

The two-day training “Marketing Initiative for Agro-processors” was organized by BiznesAlbania in collaboration with RisiAlbania.  20 business service providers (BSPs) participated. During the first day of training, an international trainer and two Albanian trainers talked about challenges consultants face when advising their clients, lack of formalization in the relationship between Agro-processors and BSPs, food safety […]

For the purpose of implementing “Marketing: an opportunity for growth for agro-processors and marketing service providers” initiative, BiznesAlbania in collaboration with RisiAlbania will organize trainings for marketing service providers. The training will consist of three steps. Phase 1 On September 19-20, 2014 at Vila 31 (ex-Block area), an international expert and two Albanian experts will […]

On September 18, 2014, at 10:00 am, BiznesAlbania- RisiAlbania’a partner- will organize at Vila 31 (ex-Block area) an informative meeting on the topic “Marketing: an opportunity for growth for agro-processors and marketing service providers.” In this meeting are invited companies in the area of agro-processing (milk, meet, olive oil, fruits and vegetables, medicinal plants etc.) […]

Concluding a two month-long study, on September 12, 2014 the presentation of research findings on seasonality of agro-processing sector took place. The aim of this research was to inform financial institutions on the seasonality of agro processing, with the intention to support banks in offering more tailor made products such as loans to agro-processors.  The […]

The conference, “Labor Market, a new business for Media” organized by RisiAlbania on July 2nd 2014, brought together representatives of media and businesses to discuss and share ideas about the role and business potential of the media in disseminating Labour Market Information to young women and men and their parents.. Such a role would have […]

RisiAlbania project, financed by the Swiss Cooperation Office in Albania and implemented by the consortium of “Helvetas Intercooperation” and “Partners Albania”, announces the end of our Inception phase, which concluded an intensive period of research in the Albanian labour market. The project started on 1 March 2013 with an Inception phase that lasted for 8 […]

On May 13, 2014 RisiAlbania Project and Albanian National Employment Service (NES) signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The purpose of this Memorandum of Understanding is to establish the terms and conditions of mutual cooperation between RisiAlbania Project and NES, with the objective to increase the cooperation of NES with businesses. The jointly organization of forums, […]