RisiAlbania is an initiative aimed at enhancing youth employment in Albania. Our goal is to create better employment and income opportunities for young Albanians aged 15-29, though private sector growth and improved job intermediation. The project is supported by the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation SDC and is implemented by a consortium formed by HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation and Partners Albania. Our Sectors RisiAlbania has identified sectors with great potential to grow and subsequently to create employment for the youth. These are Agro-processing, Tourism, Information and Communication Technology. These sectors provide good opportunities for different segments of the society to enter the job market acknowledging diversity in terms of skills level, rural outreach and gender. Our Focus RisiAlbania will work on promoting job creation and on improving labour market services to facilitate intermediation between the employers and young job-seekers. The private sector is at the center of our first intervention that aims at creating decent jobs for young women and men by facilitating private sector growth and enhancing its performance and competitiveness in the selected sectors. Our second intervention area deals with promoting the integration of young people into the labour market focusing on the effective job intermediation between young people and employers, by facilitating the access of young women and men to labour market information, job matching services and public debates on labour market issues. Our Principles RisiAlbania’s approach to employment is comprehensive and innovative. Through our holistic approach, we focus on addressing current market failures and achieving systemic change by developing supporting services and functions within the youth labour market. We do not provide services directly nor take a supply-driven approach, but stimulate existing market players to take on a more proactive role in the market system.
