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Albania’s rising importance in the renewable energy field highlighted in FIAA’s energy conference

March 18, 2024
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FIAA is proud to have completed a very successful second edition of its flagship energy conference, which this year was again organized in collaboration with the Ministry for Energy and Infrastructure and focused on the topic Energy Transition Toward the Green Agenda.

Two hundred participants attended the event which gathered experts from many European countries to discuss on relevant energy issues related to Albania and the Western Balkans in general.

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FIAA starts the Spring season with a new President and a highly motivated Board

March 4, 2024
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The new President and four Board Members were elected last Thursday in the Annual Assembly of the association. On this occasion, FIAA congratulates and welcomes Mr. Balazs Revesz, CEO of Vodafone Albania, as a new Board Member and its new President, Mr. Mirsad Haliti, Member of the Management Board of Procredit Bank Albania as a new Board Member and is glad to have reconfirmed for a further mandate as Board Members Mr. Diego Pisa, CEO of Teleperformance Albania and Mr. Sokol Elmazaj, Partner at Boga & Associates.

 

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Meeting of FIAA’s Energy Council

February 6, 2024
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FIAA’s Energy Council under the leadership of Constantin von Alvensleben met last week to catch up and discuss on the concerns and challenges still present in the industry.

The members agreed on a work plan and learned on the potential events planned to take place throughout the year.

Following a suggestion by Shell’s CEO in Albania, Ante Frens, the Council agreed to work on a new yearly project, the publication of an Infographic on the Albanian energy data. The first document of this kind is expected to be launched in the framework of the upcoming conference “Energy Transition Towards the Green Agenda”, planned to take place on March 15 in Tirana.

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FIAA holds its traditional event “Wishes for a Prosperous Business Year 2024”

February 1, 2024
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The Foreign Investors Association of Albania (FIAA) held yesterday its yearly traditional event, a celebration which gathered the Foreign Business Community in Albania, the highest Diplomatic representatives along with key institutions in the country. The Event was greeted by H.E Mr. Silvio Gonzato, Ambassador of the European Union Delegation to Albania, Mr. Ervin Mete Minister of Finance of Albania, Mrs. Delina Ibrahimaj, State Minister of Entrepreneurship and Business Climate, who addressed their wishes and shared their messages and actions towards the Business and Economic Climate’ improvement in the Country.

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Inauguration of the “Business House”

January 16, 2024
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Following the meeting of the revitalized National Economic Council, the inauguration of the “Business House”, a physical space – one of the cubes at the recently revitalized Pyramid building, took place in presence of Prime Minister Rama.
Initiated by Prime Minister Rama who shared this idea and task with Minister Delina Ibrahimaj, this “Business House” will act as a facilitator for all businesses operating in Albania.

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FIAA in the National Economic Council

January 15, 2024
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FIAA is honored to have become an official member of the revitalized National Economic Council which started its operations with a first meeting for 2024 chaired by Prime Minister Edi Rama on January 11, 2024.

The Council was initiated and will run its activities under the attention of the Minister for Entrepreneurship and Business Climate Delina Ibrahimaj. Her vision of bringing together the government and businesses to communicate and harmonize their contribution on law initiatives to be undertaken by the government is the right approach to understand and address the business needs and challenges.

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Workshop on the Importance of Human Capital in the Digital Economy

December 12, 2023
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FIAA’s Digital Economy Council organized a workshop to exchange experience, share good practices and gather ideas on preparing a concrete action plan aimed at improving the situation of human capital involved in the digital economy in Albania.

Stakeholders from a quadruple helix composed of several FIAA’s member companies, universities and technical high schools, government representatives from the ministries of education, youth, economy, and finance as well as the recently founded agency for startups, and civil society, contributed to a valuable discussion enriched by different perspectives. As clearly stated by FIAA’s representatives, the aim is not to produce one further policy paper to be added to several dozen papers already addressing the skills gap in the human capital in Albania, but to propose a set of concrete recommendations that can be implemented by the involved stakeholders in the next future.

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FIAA’s participation at the Closing Event of Global Entrepreneurship Week

November 22, 2023
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Vice Chairman of FIAA, Constantin von Alvensleben spoke on behalf of FIAA at the closing event of the Global Entrepreneurship Week organized by the Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Business Climate Delina Ibrahimaj. Vice Chairman von Alvensleben expressed FIAA’s appreciation for a wonderful and fruitful week which highlighted opportunities and needs and put a focus on talent people with ideas aiming at establishing new businesses in Albania.

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