As part of the “BRAT – Balkan Route: Reception in Transit” initiative, funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, a food delivery ceremony was held on May 21st to prepare hot meals for extremely vulnerable people. This initiative involved six local soup kitchens in Sarajevo and was coordinated by Caritas Italia in Bosnia and […]

The participation of AICS Tirana at Macfrut 2024 has involved AICS experts since the event’s first public presentation, held in Tirana and Shkodra, Albania, in November 2023, which focused on the topic of medicinal and aromatic plants. Subsequently, three ongoing agricultural development projects funded by AICS were involved in the identification of participants and other […]

The workshop “Green Talks: Mapping Sustainable Tourism in Bosnia and Herzegovina” was held in Sarajevo. It was the first of three final events within the NaturBosniaHerzegovina project, funded by AICS and implemented by the Italian CSO CISP (International Committee for the Development of Peoples). The event brought together key stakeholders in the sector, including BiH […]

The 2nd Stakeholders Committee Meeting of the EU4Justice Project, an EU and EU Member States (Italy, France, and Spain) co-funded Project, was held on April 22, 2024, in the premises of the High Judicial Council, Tirana. The EU Ambassador to Albania, H.E. Silvio Gonzato, representatives of all consortium partners – Agenzia Italiana per la Cooperazione allo […]

Yesterday, April 3, marked the beginning of a significant training program addressed to the experts of the Albanian Civil Protection Agency (Agjencia Kombëtare e Mbrojtjes Civile – AKMC), organized in collaboration with the Italian Civil Protection Department (DPC). This activity will be implemented in the framework of the initiative “Establishment of a National Operational Center for […]

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has published a call for proposals inviting potentially interested parties to submit pre-qualification proposals for the construction of the “Ars Aevi” Museum of Contemporary Art in Sarajevo. As is well known, the “Ars Aevi” Museum project was conceived during the siege of the city to house […]

The second field visit of the Practitioners’ Network for European Development Cooperation (https://www.dev-practitioners.eu/), currently chaired by Expertise France, took place in Tirana, Albania, on March 26th and 27th. The purpose of the visit was to facilitate the exchange of experiences among partner countries and network members, sharing best practices and challenges arising from the joint […]

A meeting was held in Pristina between the Deputy Head of AICS Tirana, Letizia Fischioni, environmental experts, Italian Deputy Ambassador Ugo Ferrero, and the Minister of Industry, Entrepreneurship, and Trade, Rozeta Hajdari. The meeting provided an opportunity to discuss the significant progress made by the NaturKosovo project, underscoring AICS’s commitment to environmental protection and the […]

AICS Director Marco Riccardo Rusconi, together with Stefania Vizzaccaro, Head of the Tirana Office, and Letizia Fischioni, Deputy Head of the Office, attended the Meeting of Italian Ambassadors to the Adriatic-Balkan Area in Skopje, North Macedonia. The event was also attended by Deputy Director Roberto Colamine’ and the Deputy Head of Office V, Dr. Filippo […]