partners - albania programs

PARTNERS - ALBANIA PROGRAMS
In the same process, P-A implementing partners in Montenegro and
Macedonia identified and assisted three municipalities in the respective
countries and organized workshops to introduce the successful models
in those cities.
After introducing the best practices in local level, study tours were
organized in Albania, Montenegro and Macedonia to get a closer look
at the work done by local government in the municipalities participating
in this initiative, for drafting the local development strategies with the participation of
interest groups. At the end of the study-tours in Albania, Montenegro and Macedonia,
three regional workshops were organized in which representative participants from
the municipalities of Elbasan, Durrës, Shkoder (Albania); Kavardac, Berovo, Kicevo
(Macedonia); and Ulqin, Bari and Podgorica (Montenegro) exchanged their experiences
and discussed the best practices created so far in the local participatory governance as
well as further promoted involvement of citizens in decision making.
Participants in the Montenegro Regional
Workshop
III. STRENGTHENING OF YOUTH LEADERSHIP
AND INVOLVEMENT OF YOUTH IN YOUTH
POLICIES DESIGN
In the period 2004-2006, P-A has offered training and technical assistance programs for the
youth sector. Youth leaders and active representatives of youth NPOs, students forums and
senates, as well as young volunteers from various sectors of society participated in these
programs. In this framework, a number of strategic programs were developed, designed
to strengthen and increase participation of youth groups in community initiatives, so as
to display their leadership and cooperative skills and bring about social changes to the
communities in which they live and work. A significant development directly impacting
the improvement of governing policies in the country is also the involvement of youth
in development of a strategic and political document and national youth action plan, a
process that was facilitated by Partners-Albania.
III. A. Youth in Action
The Youth in Action program followed the successful implementation of the one year
Youth Leadership program implemented by P-A during 2001-2004 period.
In the Youth in Action program participated about 200 youngsters from various sectors
and regions of the country, who attended a series of intensive training courses aiming
at development of their leadership and management potentials, as well as replication of
training and implementation of some of the pilot projects designed by them.
The main goal of the new program Youth in Action was advancement of knowledge
and strengthening of communication skills for social inclusion of youth in community
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