Activities
A High Level Segment: A great spotlight to the project - October 2018
On the occasion of the First Steering Committee of the SmartAL project, the CIHEAM-IAMM, in collaboration with the UBT, organized a High-Level Segment in Tirana. A large panel of stakeholders attended and debated on the optimization of the sustainable development of agricultural territories in Albania: among them, the Ministry of Tourism and Environment, the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Water Administration, the Erasmus+ Agency in Albania, the DG Agri of the European Union, the Regional Environmental Center but also the Ambassadors of France, the Ambassadors of Greece and the Ambassador of Germany. They highlighted the interest and the necessity of such a project for the strengthening of the employability of young people which would benefit to rural areas in Albania. They also stressed the importance of the collaboration of EU countries with Albania in this context. A wide range of institutional, but also private stakeholders such as the Union of Agro Business, Krop Agricultural Consulting, Geotechniki Aigaiou emphasized the fact that the creation of such a training offer was totally coherent and fitted their needs in terms of skills as future employers. In addition to a continuous dissemination through social networks and the production of a video for the project’s website, the event was covered throughout its duration by the first Albanian channel, offering a great visibility to the project.