9. 12. 2018 | Albania - Local Governments, PR, Slovenian Development Assistance
A training course “Training of the Trainers – From Listener to Successful Trainer” took place in Durres, Albania from 3 to 6 December 2018 as part of the CEP development project “Support to Albanian LGU on Preparation of the EU and Other International Projects”. Following a series of trainings, it served to transfer the skills and knowledge, gained from the trainings conducted in the previous years.
At the Training Opening, CEP Secretary General Mr Andrej Vrčon, BCCD Executive Director Ms Elvana Zhezha and Deputy Head of Mission at the Slovenian Embassy in Albania Ms Milena Radenković greeted the participants. Over 20 participants got acquainted with the AT-AP technique, characteristics of successful training, needs-based trainings, Kolb’s cycle of experiential learning and tell-tell-tell method on the first day of the training. They also looked into effective communication and skills of a good public speaker.
Second day was oriented to practice the skills acquired and allowed the participants to draft, create and propose their own project ideas that would be eligible for EU or other international funding and train their skills of presenting such projects in an effective way, while also learning how to train their colleagues and co-workers to do the same. On the third day trainers also involved participants into a session where they recorded their performances on a camera in order to learn how to deliver effective feedback to the videos. The fourth day of the training concluded with evaluation, future planning session and an address and concluding ceremony with Ambassador Stančič, Slovenian Ambassador to Albania.
The project “Support to Albanian LGU on Preparation of the EU and Other International Projects” focuses on the transfer of good practices from Slovenia in the field of strategic programming on the national level and implementation of the projects on the local level. It is based on a number of workshops, through which Slovenian experts offer training in project management to the representatives of Albanian municipalities, regional development agencies and representatives of various non-governmental organizations.
The execution of the project is done in cooperation with the BCCD – Balkan Center for Cooperation and Development.
The training is organised within the framework of the Centre for European Perspective project “Support to Albanian LGU on Preparation of the EU and Other International Projects” supported by the Slovenia’s Development Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia.
Click here to read more about the project in Slovenian language. 
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4. 12. 2018 | Albania - Local Governments, PR, Slovenian Development Assistance
A training course “Training of the Trainers – From Listener to Successful Trainer” is taking place in Durres, Albania this week as part of the CEP development project “Support to Albanian LGU on Preparation of the EU and Other International Projects”. Following a series of trainings, it will ensure transfer of skills and knowledge, gained from the trainings conducted in the previous years.
At the Training Opening, CEP Secretary General Mr Andrej Vrčon, BCCD Executive Director Ms Elvana Zhezha and Deputy Head of Mission at the Slovenian Embassy in Albania Ms Milena Radenković greeted the participants.
Over 20 participants got acquainted with the AT-AP technique, characteristics of successful training, needs-based trainings, Kolb’s cycle of experiential learning and tell-tell-tell method on the first day of the training. They also looked into effective communication and skills of a good public speaker.
Second day is practice-oriented and allows the participants to draft, create and propose their own project ideas that would be eligible for EU or other international funding and train their skills of presenting such projects in an effective way, while also learning how to train their colleagues and co-workers to do the same.
The execution of the project is done in cooperation with the BCCD.
See the photos from the training in the gallery below:
The training is organised within the framework of the Centre for European Perspective project “Support to Albanian LGU on Preparation of the EU and Other International Projects” supported by the Slovenia’s Development Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia.
29. 11. 2018 | Albania - Local Governments, PR, Slovenian Development Assistance
In the first week of December, Centre for European Perspective is organizing a training course “Training of the Trainers – From Listeners to Successful Trainer” as part of the CEP development project “Support to Albanian LGU on Preparation of the EU and Other International Projects”.
The project is focused on the transfer of good practices from Slovenia in the field of strategic programming on the national level and implementation of the projects on the local level. It is based on a number of workshops, through which Slovenian experts offer training in project management to the representatives of Albanian municipalities, regional development agencies and representatives of various non-governmental organizations.
The training will be taking place in Durres between 3 and 6 December 2018. The main goal of this project is to assist selected staff from Albanian municipalities and other regional, local and national stakeholders to increase their knowledges, capacities and skills in writing and preparing EU and other donor-funded projects.
The particular aim of this training is to ensure the transfer of obtained skills from previous trainings to other public officials at the national or local level.
The training is organised within the framework of the Centre for European Perspective project “Support to Albanian LGU on Preparation of the EU and Other International Projects” supported by the Slovenia’s Development Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia.
Click here to read more about the project in Slovenian language.
25. 5. 2017 | Albania - Local Governments, PR, Slovenian Development Assistance
In the framework of the project ‘Assistance to Albanian municipalities in the preparation of the EU and other international projects’ between 23 and 26 May 2017 Centre for European Perspective (CEP) is conducting this year’s second workshop in Tirana. The workshop is a continuation of the first workshop that was held in April in Albanian Vlora. Same participants continue with the preparation of their project proposals.
Participants are representatives of local government (different municipalities and regional development agencies), various ministries, university and Donor Coordination Office of the Prime Minister. The workshop started with the presentations of logical frameworks that were prepared by all participants’ groups. Preparation of the log frames took place during the last four weeks since the first workshop has finished. The second workshop addresses the familiarization with the standard grant application pack, budget planning, risk assessment, horizontal principles, project partner search and project implementation (including reporting, evaluation and dissemination). The main objective of the second workshop is that each group of participants prepare an outline of the project proposal that could successfully compete in a concrete call.
The very successful project initially started in 2012 with a focus on strengthening the capacities of the Albanian Institutions for disbursement of funds from Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA). Since then, CEP conducted 8 workshops on project preparation for civil servants. Last year’s follow up on training shows that 71 project applications were submitted with 27 projects awarded (these figures are from December 2016).
CEP is preparing a training in cooperation with the Balkan Center for Cooperation and Development (BCCD), the American development agency USAID and the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Tirana.
The project is part of the CEP program activities financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the scope of international development cooperation.
Photos: BCCD
Pripravimo uspešen projektni predlog – druga delavnica CEP v Tirani
Center za evropsko prihodnost (CEP) v okviru projekta ‘Pomoč albanskim občinam na področju priprave EU in drugih mednarodnih projektov’ med 23. in 26. majem 2017 v Tirani izvaja letošnjo drugo delavnico. Delavnica je nadaljevanje prve delavnice, ki je bila izvedena aprila. Ista skupina udeležencev nadaljuje s pripravami projektnih predlogov.
Udeleženci so predvsem predstavniki lokalnih oblasti (različnih občin in razvojnih agencij), med njimi pa so tudi predstavniki nekaterih ministrstev, univerze in urada predsednika vlade za koordinacijo donatorjev. Delavnica se je začela s predstavitvijo in pregledom logičnih okvirjev projektnih idej, ki so jih udeleženci, razdeljeni v skupine, pripravili v štirih tednih, kolikor je minilo od prve delavnice. V okviru druge delavnice bodo udeleženci med drugim podrobno spoznali standardno obliko projektnih razpisov, pripravo finančnega načrta projekta, oceno tveganja, upoštevanje horizontalnih načel, iskanje projektnih partnerjev in samo izvajanje pridobljenih projektov (vključno s poročanjem, evalvacijo ter diseminacijo). Cilj druge delavnice je, da ima vsaka skupina udeležencev ob koncu zasnovan okvirni projektni predlog, ki bi lahko uspešno konkuriral na konkretnem razpisu.
CEP podobna usposabljanja za albanske javne uslužbence uspešno izvaja že od leta 2012. Podatki iz decembra 2016 so zelo spodbudni in kažejo, da so občine in razvojne agencije, ki so sodelovale na usposabljanju minulo leto, prijavile 71 projektov, pri čemer so bila sredstva dodeljena 27 projektom v skupni vrednosti dobrih 3,7 milijona evrov.
CEP pripravlja usposabljanje v sodelovanju z Balkanskim centrom za sodelovanje in razvoj (BCCD), ameriško razvojno agencijo USAID in Veleposlaništvom RS v Tirani.
Projekt je del programskih aktivnosti CEP, ki jih financira Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve iz sredstev za mednarodno razvojno sodelovanje.
Fotografije: BCCD
16. 5. 2017 | Albania - Local Governments, PR, Slovenian Development Assistance
In the framework of the project ‘Assistance to Albanian municipalities in the preparation of the EU and other international projects’ between 23 and 26 May 2017 Centre for European Perspective (CEP) will conduct the second workshop in Tirana. The workshop is continuation of the first workshop that was held in April in Albanian Vlora. Same participants will continue with the preparation of their project ideas.
In the four weeks that have passed since the first workshop the participants prepared a logical frameworks for their project ideas. The logical frameworks were submitted to the trainers who have checked them and will continue to work on them with the participants next week. The main objective of the second workshop is that each group of participants prepare an outline of the project proposal that could successfully compete on a concrete call.
CEP is preparinga training in cooperation with the Balkan Center for Cooperation and Development (BCCD), the American development agency USAID and the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Tirana.
The project is part of the CEP program activities financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the scope of international development cooperation.
21. 4. 2017 | Albania - Local Governments, PR, Slovenian Development Assistance
This week Centre for European Perspective (CEP) conducts the first workshop this year in the framework of the project ‘Assistance to Albanian municipalities in the preparation of the EU and other international projects’ in Albanian Vlorë.
The training is attended by 27 representatives of local and regional authorities as well as representatives of central public institutions and non-governmental organizations which design and implement projects at the operational level. The workshop started on 18th April with a networking event, followed by the official opening with presentation of project ideas on 19th April. Slovenian trainers, Slavka Zupan and Dimitrij Pur and their Albanian counterpart Elvana Zhezha guide the participants through the whole workshop, starting with the (EU) funding opportunities for Albania and the complete project cycle, from identification, formulation and financing of the project. The workshop will finish today. The second session of this workshop will follow in May 2017.
The project initially started in 2012 with a focus on strengthening the capacities of the Albanian Institutions for disbursement of funds from Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA). Training of Albanian representatives was carried out as a study visit at the CEP premises at Jable castle. Since then, CEP has conducted 8 workshops on project preparation for civil servants. Last year’s follow up on training shows, that 71 project applications were submitted with 27 projects awarded (these figures are from December 2016).
CEP is implementing the workshop in cooperation with the Balkan Center for Cooperation and Development (BCCD), PLGP project of USAID and the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Tirana.
The project is part of the CEP program activities financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the scope of international development cooperation.
