The partnerships at the National and International levels are key for our work on enhancing Social Development, fostering Democracy and promoting Volunteering.
On the occasion of the event “Peace and Democracy through Volunteering” we were honored to have the presence of Norwegian delegation in Albania: the Deputy Mayor of Kristiansand – Mr. Erik Rostoft, the Head of Labor party and Mayoral Candidate for Kristiansand – Mr. Kenneth Mørk, the Group leader of the Right Party in Kristiansand – Ms. Renate Hægeland, the Advisor at Kristiansand Municipality- Mr. Kim Henrik Gronert, the Chief of Police Station in Kristiansand – Mr. Ole Hortemo; and the representatives of Civil Society Organisations Mr. Daut Haxhaj- Lobi Euro-Atlantik Shqiptar, Mr. Anton Ahmetaj Bashkësia Kulturore Fetare Shqiptare Kristiansand.
In addition the main conference, the delegation contributed to the conference in Elbasan “Diaspora for Strategic Development”, a conference hosted by the Municipality of Elbasan.
The delegation has been invited by the Mayor of Elbasan Mr. Gledian LLatja, and Mayor of Tirana Mr. Erion Veliaj.
Fruitful meetings has been organized with the civil society organizations and community centers of Municipality of Tirana, in which the Kristiansand Municipality delegation shared the way of working with NGOs, communities and citizens.
Even though Albanian is doing great progress toward democracy, we still have many challenges which can be addressed through sustainable and trusted partnerships. Volunteering on the other side is valued which is highly supported by the Municipalities of Tirana to establish a sustainable environment for making it more qualitative and impactful. Norwegian model of volunteering has a lot to learn and adapt in the Albanian context.
We are grateful and honored to have stakeholders from Norway who are willing to collaborate and share with us such positive values and practices.
Our collaboration started on May 2022, with the visit of us the Mayors, Deputy Mayors, and representatives of 8 pilot municipalities on the Consortium “Civil Society – Local Government: for Sustainable Volunteering” in Kristiansand. It was a visit where we learned so much about how this city makes its best efforts to be a city for all, how they collaborate with all stakeholders in great dialogue and understanding, and how volunteering practices and policies a key for social development etc.
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Kristiansand kommune Bashkia Elbasan Bashkia Tiranë Gledian Llatja Erion Veliaj Oltiana Rama
