Experience

Regional Youth Cooperation Office - RYCO

• Albania
• International Affairs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Local Branch Office in Albania

  • Aug 2017 - Present

  ▪ Representing the organization on national level;▪ Preparing and managing the implementation of the yearly Operational Plan;▪ Responsible for establishing sustainable partnerships with national and international stakeholders working in the Albanian youth sector; ▪ Co-designing and implementing youth mobility programs within the Western Balkans;▪ Managing the school-to-school partnerships portfolio for Albania of the “RYCO Superschools: Western Balkans School Exchange Scheme” program;▪ Managing grant portfolio for Albanian CSOs and high schools throughout the granting cycle;▪ Implementing capacity building trainings for youth, CSOs and high schools in Project Cycle Management and Intercultural Learning and Dialogue; ▪ Coordinating promotion, visibility and dissemination of activities on a national level;▪ Contributing to researches, studies and publications, such as the Manual for Trainers in the Western Balkans: Youth Peer Education for Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation (2021); Shared Future (2021) and RYCO Publication: A Better Region Starts with You(th), produced by RYCO.



Albanian National Youth Agency

• Project Coordinator

  • Mar 2015 - Jul 2017

  ▪ Supporting fundraising through drafting of project proposals;▪ Coordinating the “Albanian Volunteer Corps” program;▪ Representing the government in the Working Group for the establishment of the Regional Youth Cooperation Office;▪ Coordinating international youth mobility programs such as: (1) Albanian and Serbian youth exchange 2015 and 2016; (2) Trilateral Training with responsible youth workers between Germany, France and Albania; (3) Street Art: Walls vs. Walls – youth exchange between Germany, France and Albania with street artists.▪ Organizing RYCO’s first and second Governing Board meeting, chaired by Albania;▪ Conducting consultation meetings for several legislative bills.



Foundation for Local Autonomy and Governance (FLAG)

• Project Officer

  • May 2014 - Mar 2015

  ▪ Managing “Leadership Programme for Security and Rule of Law”, supported by Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs;▪ Supporting fundraising through drafting project proposals;▪ Conducting legal analysis;▪ Managing of trainings, conferences and workshops for several projects; ▪ Managing “Leadership Programme for Security and Rule of Law”, supported by Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs;▪ Supporting fundraising through drafting project proposals;▪ Conducting legal analysis;▪ Managing of trainings, conferences and workshops for several projects;



Council of Europe

• France
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Trainee

  • May 2013 - Aug 2013

  ▪ Monitoring the Central Election Commission (CEC) and Electoral College sessions;▪ Drafting reports on the CEC meetings and Electoral College sessions;▪ Assisting the “Strengthening Inter Municipality Collaboration and Human Rights Management in the local government” project;▪ Interpreting services ▪ Monitoring the Central Election Commission (CEC) and Electoral College sessions;▪ Drafting reports on the CEC meetings and Electoral College sessions;▪ Assisting the “Strengthening Inter Municipality Collaboration and Human Rights Management in the local government” project;▪ Interpreting services



Center for Parliamentary Studies

• Project Assistant

  • Sep 2011 - Jan 2013

  ▪ Project writting; ▪ Coordinating the team monitoring the Parliamentary Committee on Legislative issues, Public Administration and Human Rights;▪ Monitoring the Parliamentary Committee on Legislative issues, Public Administration and Human Rights;▪ Drafting the rapports on the monitoring visits;▪ Collaborating in the electronic bulletin published by the center;▪ Part of the Albanian group in the “East-East Partnership program in Civil Monitoring”▪ Interpreting services. ▪ Project writting; ▪ Coordinating the team monitoring the Parliamentary Committee on Legislative issues, Public Administration and Human Rights;▪ Monitoring the Parliamentary Committee on Legislative issues, Public Administration and Human Rights;▪ Drafting the rapports on the monitoring visits;▪ Collaborating in the electronic bulletin published by the center;▪ Part of the Albanian group in the “East-East Partnership program in Civil Monitoring”▪ Interpreting services.