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 […]

“Il Mare dei Mestieri” is the title of a workshop that took place at Palazzo Mocenigo, in Venice (Italy), hosted by the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia. This event, funded by the European Union within the framework of the “Culture and Creativity for the Western Balkans” (CC4WBs) Project, was organized by the Institute of Rural Research, […]

The Italian Agency for Development Cooperation – Tirana has published the Notice for the awarding of the Initiative “Support for gender equality, rights and economic empowerment of rural women in northern Albania” – AID 12819, for a maximum total amount of 1,000,000 Euros, to organizations of the civil society and other non-profit entities registered in […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]