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Newsletter 12 edition - January 2017
Working together with partners from the private, public and the civil society sectors in promoting job creation and effective job intermediation, RisiAlbania intends to make the labour market work for the young people in Albania Project duration: November 2013 – October 2017 Contact details: Rr. “Ismail Qemali”, P18, H.3, Apt. 15 Tirana, Albania Tel: +355 (0) 422 48 52 Email:
[email protected] www.risialbania.al
AGIS - a new state of the art information service Despite employing almost 50% of the country’s population, the agricultural sector in Albania suffers from severe underfunding. Financial institutions are often reluctant to loan money to agribusinesses, as they lack sufficient data and information on the sector. The AGIS Platform, the Agriculture Information and Intelligence System, tries to change that. By providing reliable and detailed agricultural data, it provides financial institutions with the necessary knowledge to make lending decisions, thereby improving agribusinesses’ access to finance. On November 21, 2016, RisiAlbania and Creative Business Solution (CBS) presented AGIS to Senior officials from the Albanian Government, Swiss Embassy, USAID, banks and financial institutions, donors and industry experts. Representatives from major banks in Albania characterized AGIS as a platform with very high standards that will enable and facilitate the banks’ decision in lending to agribusinesses. AGIS was considered by all banks as “the green light for business financing, starting at the right moment”.
Risi Turistike Award for Korça region On December 17, 2016, the Risi Turistike Award for Korça region was held at Fan S. Noli University in Korça. RisiAlbania and AIDA (Albanian Investment Developmetn Agency) awarded prizes to four innovative tourism ideas, namely: a city tour via panoramic train; Bicycle exploration of Pogradec; Transhumanca and Production of unique souvenirs. The implementation of the winning proposals will take place throughout 2017.
Upcoming events 21-23 February – AIDA, FIAA, AOA and private companies will attend CCW trade fair for call centers in Berlin to promote Albania as an investment destination.
13 February 2017 - The business case for promoting Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector will be presented in the Investment Council Secretariat meeting.
Albanian tourist guides towards EU integration The National Albanian Tourist Guides Association (NATGA) hosted the 3rd National Tourist Guides Conference on December 16, 2016, in Tirana with the support of the Swiss Embassy in Albania. The conference brought together all tourist guides and tourism stakeholders from Albania to push forward the agenda for raising awareness and implementation of the tourist guides standard system in the country. The standard will not only significantly improve the quality of tourist guides in Albania, but also provide employment opportunities for many young Albanians. NATGA, as one of the newest member of European Federation of Tourist Guides Association (FEG) will follow the focus of FEG on training, qualification and long-life learning for tourist guides in Albania.
Promoting ICT/BPO sector to foreign investors The consulting company Avasant assisted AIDA, FIAA and AOA (perhaps write out the abbreviations) in developing a solid value proposition’ and ‘business case’ to promote Albania as a BPO destination.The organizations will use these documents in the future to promote Albania to foreign markets and attract potential investors. With the help of Avasant, these organizations further launched an investor outreach campaign to 15 potential investors in USA and EU countries. As a result, 2 potential investors will visit Albania in February 2017. AITA facilitated a training of IT companies in SCRUM international quality standard, which was attended by 14 participants from 5 IT companies. As a result of the training, the IT companies are better able to meet requirements of foreign customers.
20 unemployed young people trained and working in high class hotels and restaurants of Tirana Risi has supported Hotel and Tourism Academy of Tirana (HAT) to train 35 unemployed young people as waiters, barmen and receptionist, providing them job opportunities in high-class hotels and restaurants in Tirana. Through their successful cases HAT is promoting tourism as a sector with high employment potential and long –term career opportunities to job seekers. Implemented by:
