Partners Albania Center for Change and Conflict Management QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER
EDITION NO. 53
JANUARY - MARCH 2014
TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY
In this number: -THE ALBANIAN CROWD, an interactive platform for civil society organizations in Albania page 1 Presentation of the report on Monitoring Matrix on the Enabling Environment for civil society page 2-3 -Green Ideas 2014 Competition -Essay on Philanthropy Competition page 4 -Making Labor Market Work for Young People in Albania -Empowerment of School Governments in Librazhd page 5 -Towards an Alternative Tourism page 6
-Increasing Transparency and Accountability in Public Electronic Procurement at Local Level -Building local capacities for urban governance page 7
-Joint Citizen Action for a Stronger, Citizen-Friendly Union -Enhance dialogue and interaction among citizens and European institutions toward social inclusion page 8
Participation in International Events -Euclid Conference “Chartering Into the Future” -European Commission Conference “Social Entrepreneurs: Have your say! -Social Innovation Forum -The development of democracy and institutional reforms in Eastern Europe: EU enlargement in practice -Social Innovation Laboratory Board meeting page 9-10
THE ALBANIAN CROWD, an interactive platform for the non-forprofit sector in Albania THE ALBANIAN CROWD, is an interactive platform aiming to provide information on the civil society sector organizations in Albania. Through this interactive platform, civil society organizations will be able to: SHARE with the public information on their location, scope of work, areas of activity, beneficiaries, services they offer and projects they are working on; INFORM about activities, events and programs attracting audience, volunteers and supporters; NETWORK with other organizations part of this platform and beyond; PARTICIPATE in online surveys and monitoring related to the enabling environment for the development of the civil society organizations in Albania. Beside the civil society sector, this platform will serve the institutions and individuals from the public sector, the business community, media etc. who will find in it dynamic and comprehensive information on civil society organizations and their activities. To become part of the platform, please complete the online registration form at this link: http://www.thealbaniancrowd.org/ aplikimi/ The Albanian Crowd platform follows Partners Albania work as a resource center on the civil society organizations. Since 2002 Partners Albania created, published and continuously updated the Albanian NGOs Directory, providing comprehensive information on the civil society organizations sector. This project is implemented by partners Albania and supported by the U.S. Embassy in Tirana.
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