The RisiAlbania team is constantly monitoring developments in Albania regarding the situation of COVID-19, declared a world pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). In support of the Government of Albania’s efforts to prevent further spread of COVID-19, our team is working online and practicing home office. We will continue to further our efforts in improving youth employment in Albania in the sectors of Tourism, ICT, Agribusiness, Career Guidance and Non-formal training.

The current situation requires coordinated efforts from all citizens, public and private bodies, and from the donor community to comply with ‘social distancing’ measures in order to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. In light of the current situation, RisiAlbania calls for all our partners and collaborators to follow the instructions issued by authorities and to respect official recommendations.

Such measures imply that RisiAlbania staff shall adopt innovative ways of communication and interaction while executing our daily activities. Moreover, the situation brings to our attention the fact that innovative and agile ways of doing business must be explored further. RisiAlbania recommends to its staff members and partners to pursue online meeting tools when possible, by thus making use of technological development.  Field trips and work-related activities from our partners should be reduced to a minimum and respect official guidelines.

RisiAlbania encourages its partners to keep track on latest updates and financial support measures introduced by the Government and commits itself to keeping all lines of communication open with partners.

Current measures and information on the quarantine in Albania (as at March 20th 2020)

  • Curfew has been imposed by the governments with pedestrian mobility limited within time slots 06:00-10:00 in the morning and 16:00-18:00 in the afternoon. Sitting in parks is not allowed nor is walking accompanied.
  • Traffic: all international traffic for personal transport is shut down (land, sea, air) until further notice. In Tirana, two timeslots are open for individual transport: 07:00 – 08:00 and 16:00 – 17:00. Cargo traffic is maintained, ferry- services however stopped.
  • Work: shops, pharmacies, but also banks are open (presumably all work that does not conflict with the normative act of MAR 15th is allowed. Some companies have special permits to collect their employees with busses), TV shows with more than 2 persons in the studio are no longer allowed;
  • The emergency contact number in case of experiencing any symptoms is (+355) 127.
  • The duration of the special arrangements is not known as the situation is versatile. Economic and fiscal measures have been released by the government.
  • RisiAlbania will continue practicing home-office until further notice.

For updated information please check:

WHO information on COVID-19 (English)

Information from Ministry of Health Albania (Albanian/Shqip)

Mapping tool of Corona Virus outbreak