On 16 November 2012, EMA, in collaboration with Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) organized the forum “Beyond the candidate status – new approach towards EU accession”. The guest speakers in this forum were: Mr. Edmond Panariti, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Fatos Beja, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Ditmir Bushati, Chairman […]
EMA has the pleasure to share with you the policy study: “An insight into the employment promotion programs in Albania and the country’s challenges in benefiting from the Human Resources Development Component (IPA IV)” supported by the Balkan Trust for Democracy and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. The past twenty years of transition have exposed Albania to […]
EMA has the pleasure to share with you the policy paper: “Meeting EU cohesion policy and IPA III requirements in Albania“ supported by Pontis Foundation – Slovakia, Slovak Aid and Slovak Balkan Public Policy Fund. Albania’s regional disparities have been persistently evidenced by official data and other international reports. There is no proper cohesion policy […]
EMA has the pleasure to share with you the policy paper: “Beyond the candidate status”, supported by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) and Think Tank Fund of Open Society Foundations (OSF) On 10 October, the European Commission published the Enlargement Strategy 2012-2013, along with the Progress Reports for candidate and potential candidate countries. The Progress Report […]
On 26 September 2012, Blerta Hoxha, Researcher at EMA, in collaboration with Pontis Foundation – Slovakia organized the Policy Forum: “Towards the institutionalization of relations between public and non-public actors in Albania“. The forum brought together representatives of state institutions, researchers, civil society representatives and media who discussed the concerns of civil society and interest […]
On 12 September 2012, EMA supported by Pontis foundation hosted the forum “Towards EU cohesion policy and the fulfillment of the EU requirements for the Instrument of Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)“. By taking into consideration the lack of proper cohesion policy in Albania and the early stage of its preparation in the context of EU accession, […]
On 20 July 2012, EMA in cooperation with National Endowment Fund (NED) and the European Info Centre in Shkodra organised a TV forum entitled “Strengthening youth’s participatory democracy”. This activity is a continuation of a series of activities aimed at increasing youth engagement in local decision-making as a form of participatory democracy. Moderated by Miss […]
On 17 July 2012, EMA and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), organized the forum on “Consolidating employment policies in view of Albania’s EU accession”. The guest speakers in this forum were: Mrs. Filloreta Kodra, Deputy Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities and His Excellency Mr. Ettore Sequi, Head of the EU Delegation to Albania. […]
In the framework of NED funded project “Strengthening participatory democracy and demand for institutional accountability from youth in Albania”, EMA organized on 13 July 2012 a training session at the premises of “Aleksandër Xhuvani” University, Elbasan. This activity is a continuation of a series of activities aimed at increasing youth engagement in local decision-making as a […]
In the framework of NED funded project “Strengthening participatory democracy and demand for institutional accountability from youth in Albania”, EMA organized on July 5th, 2012 a training session at the premises of the EU Info Center, Vlore. Despite providing students with a general background information on how the local government works, this training session served […]