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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.

FIAA strongly encourages its member companies and all the business community in Albania to actively denounce corruption related to state institutions.

How to do this?

Please read the Guide prepared by the Ministry of Justice of Albania and use the channel that is deemed most appropriate for your specific case.

As it was referred in the Business Ethics Conference, the denunciation can also occur anonymously.

FIAA is delighted to have successfully concluded the conference organized together with the Ministry of Justice on the topic “Mapping Good Anti-Corruption Practices Across Foreign Businesses in Albania and Beyond”.  This event gathered the FIAA Business community, the Ministry of Justice, the National Anticorruption Directory, International partners such as the OSCE, OECD, EBRD, and other business organizations.

Corruption is a pervasive global issue that inflicts immeasurable costs in terms of human suffering, extending well beyond the financial losses incurred through bribery, embezzlement, or fraud. It manifests in a myriad of ways, ranging from the abuse of public positions by government officials and public authorities to businesses engaging in bribery and illicit profit-seeking. In either scenario, the ultimate burden falls upon the citizens and the public at large, resulting in diminished access to essential services in their daily lives.

FIAA’s Management Team received in the FIAA premises Ms. Céline Hericher, Deputy Head of the Regional Economic Department for Western Balkans, at the French Embassy in Serbia. Ms. Hericher was interested to hear about the business climate and the business opportunities that Albania might offer to French companies potentially considering the country as a place to invest after the recent high-level visit of president of Emmanuel Macron. Executive Director of FIAA, Ms. Marinela Jazoj informed the guest about FIAA’s Advocacy and Interlocutor work as well as its different initiatives including the White Book, the Business Climate Survey, the Energy conference and the Business Ethics conference. In this framework, the exchange with the French Business Community is expected to become stronger.

The Foreign Investors Association of Albania in cooperation with the Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Business Climate, Mrs. Delina Ibrahimaj and the presence of the Prime Minister of Albania, Mr. Edi Rama organized a roundtable discussion in support of the Global Entrepreneurship Week in Albania.

The discussion brought together Executives of some top companies that are strongly engaged in innovation.

In the ambit of the cooperation that FIAA keeps with the British Embassy in Albania, a business Breakfast brought together the UK business’ Representatives within FIAA, Mr. Ante Frens from Shell in Albania and Mr. Balazs Revesz from Vodafone and the British Ambassador, his Excellency Mr. Alastair King-Smith, accompanied by the President of the newly established British chamber of Commerce in Albania, Mr. Klodian Allajbeu.

FIAA’s Executive Director Ms. Marinela Jazoj met with the Spanish Ambassador in Tirana, His Excellency Mr. Álvaro Renedo Zalba. At the focus of the discussion was an exchange of views on the current Albanian business climate and challenges ahead.

The recently established FIAA Digital Economy Council met on October 26^th to brainstorm on the issues that are common to businesses operating in this sector, to establish a vision for the work ahead and to elect its chairman. CEOs and other representatives from companies in the subsectors represented in the committee, TELCOs, ICT and BPO companies, shared their concerns related to several issues.

Foreign Investors of Association Albania officially launched the findings of the Business Environment Survey in Albania. The Survey findings were presented at the presence of the Minister of Finance and Economy, Mr. Ervin Mete and Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Business Climate Mrs. Delina Ibrahimaj, along with other distinguished business guests and diplomatic representatives in Albania.

PRESS RELEASE

 BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT IN ALBANIA

 SURVEY FINDINGS 2023

Tirana, October 25^th, 2023: Today, FIAA presented findings of the Business Environment in Albania Survey 2023 , which was conducted during August – September 2023 within FIAA members and foreign investors network in the country.

Main respondents of this Survey were important foreign businesses in Albania in the sectors of information and communication technologies, heavy industries & mining, energy and environment, financial services, trade, logistics, tourism, consulting services, etc.