RisiAlbania is partnering with the Faculty of Social Sciences aiming at improving their study program on career orientation, as the only education institution which prepares career advisors. Project Diretor Stefan Joss and the dean of the faculty Prof. Dr. Edmond Rapti signed on July 19th 2018 the Memorandum of Understanding on master course programme. “Working with RisiAlbania has provided our faculty with a unique opportunity to contribute to laying the foundations for the preparation of future Career Advisers in Albania. Through this collaboration our faculty will be able to offer a qualitative educational program on Career Guidance which serves our mission and leads to the scientific, economic and…

Swiss funded project Risi Albania is providing useful insights for projects aiming at creating sustainable jobs progress through the innovative study “Estimation of Sectorial Job Multipliers in Albanian Economy”. RisiAlbania brought together representatives from academia, Albanian government institutions, donor community and developing partners to participate in opening discussions and analysis on ways and practices which can help increase direct and indirect impact in 35 various sectors of the economy. Discussions among participants led not only to the potential use of the indicators ex post, in the sense of estimating overall impact for monitoring and evaluation purposes, but also on the potential use ex ante, for decision making purposes. Are we able to compare Albanian job…

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 e Madhe district, after having grown their supplier base in Tirana and Saranda. This is the story of Emiland Skora, owner of Mediterranean Export – Imports Albania, MEIA Ltd that distills and exports Albanian essential oils from Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs) into American, European and Australian markets. As he explains, “we started…

21 local festivals, 21 tourist destinations to discover in Albania this Summer!  “Festa e Traditës” is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Ministry of Tourism and Environment, supported by Swiss-funded project Risi Albania. It aims at revitalizing rural areas through the promotion of traditional and cultural values. On June 9th 2018, the PAN Festival, a full day event, brought together local farmers, inhabitants from upper Kurvelesh region, local government representatives and tourists in the village of Nivica, Tepelena Municipality. Participants enjoyed the photo and traditional costumes exhibit in the village center, and participated in guided tours of the most beautiful attractions of the…