19/09/2023 / news ENG
NEW HORIZONS. The new Agricultural School of Fier Rakip Kryeziu inaugurated.
On September 13th, the school "Rakip Kryeziu" in Fier was inaugurated, giving a fresh beginning of the school year for the 180 students currently registered. This is the highlight of the Programme ‘Vocational Education and Training through Innovation’ (AID 11000), funded by the Italian Government, and implemented by its counterpart the Albanian Ministry of Economy and Finance.
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09/08/2023 / news ENG
FOOD SAFETY IN ALBANIA MADE WITH ITALY.
With the SAFIAL (Institutional strengthening of the Albanian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development for the management of food safety) project, financed by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation in Albania for a value of 2 million and 400 thousand euros, the Italian Government supports the development of the phytosanitary control capabilities of the Albanian State. Food safety, in its aspects that most concern people's health is a priority element of Italy's cooperation commitment. On the one hand, it contributes to enhancing the quality of trade to and from Albania, on the other, it offers Italian citizens visiting Albania and Albanian citizens preparing to enter Europe greater guarantees on agri-food production and their health.
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21/06/2023 / news ENG
THE JOB OF PROTECTING.
The training of the Albanian National Civil Protection Agency operators has started. A protected Albania is a European Albania. Italy is present and will continue to be present.
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08/06/2023 / news ENG
“NATURALBANIA” PROJECT: A NEW RECOVERY CENTER FOR SEA TURTLES IN VALONA
Tirana, 6 June 2023 - The final event of the project "NaturAlbania: capitalization and valorization actions in the context territory and environment", worth € 1.2M financed as a grant from the Government Italian for the protection of Albanian natural capital, was held at the Consulate General of Italy in Vlora. The Consul General of Italy in Valona Iva Palmieri and the Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation in the Western Balkans (AICS), Stefania Vizzaccaro, were present. For the Albanian Government, the Deputy Minister of Tourism and the Environment, Vilma Bello, and the Director of the National Agency for Protected Areas, Daniel Pirushi, were present, as well as the directors of the Regional Administrations of the Protected Areas of the territories involved in the intervention.
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31/05/2023
The first operational tool collecting member countries’ experiences and issues on direct funding to local civil society is online
In relation to the work that the OECD DAC has been carrying out since 2017 on strengthening local civil society, and following up on the drafting of the Development Assistance Committee's Recommendation on Enabling Civil Society in Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Assistance of 2021, (https://legalinstruments.oecd.org/en/instruments/OECD-LEGAL-5021), the first toolkit collecting experiences and issues of member countries on direct funding to local civil society has been finalised.
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20/04/2023
AICS supports the prevention and improvement of intervention capacity in case of civil emergencies and natural disasters in Albania
The Director of the AICS Office in Tirana, Stefania Vizzaccaro, the Head of the Department of Civil Protection of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Fabrizio Curcio, and the Civil Protection Service of the Metropolitan City of Florence, signed the Operational Agreement for the initiative "Realisation of a National Civil Emergency Operations Centre of the Albanian National Civil Protection Agency".
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03/04/2023 / news ENG
Italian-Albanian Debt for Development Swap Agreement (IADSA II)
On March 31st, at the Tirana International Hotel, took place the launching conference of the second Call for Proposals of the Italian-Albanian Debt for Development Swap Agreement (IADSA II), in the presence of the Ambassador of Italy to Albania, Fabrizio Bucci, AICS Tirana Representative, Stefania Vizzaccaro, the Albanian Minister of Economy and Finance Delina Ibrahimaj, the Director of the Albanian State Agency for Strategic Programming and Assistance Coordination (SASPAC), Ilir Beqaj, and the two co-directors of the IADSA Technical Support Unit, Basilio Toth and Ismail Ademi.
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28/03/2023 / news ENG
Aics supports the improvement of the energy distribution network in Albania
On March 27, at the Palace of Congresses in Tirana, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, and the Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, Belinda Balluku signed the Intergovernmental Agreement for the initiative "Improvement of the electricity distribution network in Northern Albania following the earthquake of 2019", in the presence of the Ambassador of Italy, Fabrizio Bucci and the AICS Representative in Tirana, Stefania Vizzaccaro.
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16/02/2023 / news ENG
The European project Culture and Creativity for the Western Balkans, presented in Tirana, raised interest in the call for tenders addressed to operators in the culture, creativity and media sectors.
UNESCO, the British Council and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) have joined forces in managing the project “Culture...
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06/12/2022 / news ENG
THE SLINGSHOT OF KINDNESS by Ernesto Spinelli
THE SLINGSHOT OF KINDNESS
by Ernesto Spinelli
On 25 November 1960, Patria, Minerva and Maria Teresa Mirabal, three activists for human rights, were clubbed to death and dumped at the bottom of a cliff by the secret police of Rafael Trujillo, dictator of the Dominican Republic.
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