0205, 2024

CCL, Circular City Labs – Tirana

Thursday May 2nd, 2024
Projects, Ongoing
1206

Circular City Labs (CCL) Tirana is a pilot for the Urban Partnership Accelerator Initiative (UPAI) in Albania project. The project aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by promoting economically viable reusable systems and strengthening the participation of women in local circular economies in the municipality of Tirana. The specific objective of the assignment consists of reusable packaging systems developed and tested in the City of Tirana, and the participation

1402, 2024

Preparation of Local Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies and Action Plans for the 6 Municipalities of Fieri Region.

Wednesday February 14th, 2024
Projects, Ongoing
1192

Albania is located in the Western Balkans and according to the World Risk Index (World Risk Index 2022), it is ranked 82 out of 192 countries in the world as the most exposed to natural disasters, as well as among the countries with a high vulnerability factor to them. The four main hazards affecting the country are earthquakes, floods, forest fires and landslides. The International Disaster Database (EM-DAT) shows that,

0502, 2024

TURN – Addressing industrial relations towards circular economy in metal, chemical, textile, energy and construction sectors

Monday February 5th, 2024
Projects, Ongoing
1094

Project summary The EU’s transition to a circular economy will reduce pressure on natural resources and will create sustainable growth and jobs. It is also a prerequisite to achieve the EU’s 2050 climate neutrality target and to halt biodiversity loss. In March 2020, the European Commission adopted the new circular economy action plan (CEAP), that is one of the main building blocks of the European Green Deal, Europe’s new agenda

0502, 2024

EFFORT: Enhancing Facilities for a Future with an Optimal Resource and Energy Efficiency Trajectory

Monday February 5th, 2024
Projects, Ongoing
1299

The overall project objective: To improve the energy efficiency of public buildings in the two municipalities and substantially decreasing the energy consumption, by implementing innovative equipment and further promoting sustainable building management practices. The project also aims to facilitate knowledge exchange and collaboration between the two municipalities, promoting cross-border cooperation and the sharing of experiences and best practices related to energy efficiency. Some of the expected results of the project

0202, 2024

Green-AL “Supporting Environmental Civil Society Organizations 2024 – 2027”

Friday February 2nd, 2024
Projects, Ongoing
1888

Green-AL “Supporting Environmental Civil Society Organizations 2024 – 2027” aims to expand on the knowledge, insight and achievements of Green-AL “Empower Grass-Root CSOs for Improved Innovative Environmental Protection in Albania”, while directing its focus into the further empowerment of CSOs in Albania, towards tackling three main themes: Climate, Pollution and Nature. Its main objective is to nurture and further empower Albanian environmental CSOs for effective participation and contribution vis a vie

3101, 2024

CROSS-REIS – CROSS-Disciplinary Network for Research Excellence in Regenerative Economy Innovation Eco-Systems

Wednesday January 31st, 2024
Projects, Ongoing
1513

CROSS-REIS is an EU-Horizon funded project, that aims to raise excellence in science and value creation through deeper and geographically inclusive cooperation in an alliance of higher education and research institutions in 5 widening and 4 science-leading European countries, to support the shift towards a regenerative economy paradigm. Global competitiveness and visibility of the HE institutions in widening countries are to be improved by creating critical knowledge and research mass

2404, 2023

ERASMUS+ SmartWB PROJECT

Monday April 24th, 2023
Projects, Ongoing
1865

Curricula innovation in climate-smart urban development based on green and energy efficiency with the non-academic sector (SmartWB) Project: 101081724 — SmartWB — ERASMUS-EDU-2022-CBHE http://www.smartwb.ucg.ac.me/ About the project In this unprecedented era of increasing urbanization and the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Paris Agreement, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and other global development agreements and frameworks, cities should be well-planned and well-managed. Therefore, climate-smart urbanization

1312, 2022

GreenFORCE, Foster Research Excellence for Green Transition in the Western Balkans

Tuesday December 13th, 2022
Projects, Ongoing
2129

GreenFORCE, is an EU-Horizon2020 funded project, aiming at fostering excellence in the “Western Balkans’ green transition” scientific research and innovation of Co-PLAN (Albania), CEA (North Macedonia), and UB-GEF (Serbia), as a means to enhancing their research profile, strengthening research and management capacities of their staff, and contributing to convergence between Western Balkans (WB) and EU research capacities.This objective is reached through the twinning partnership of five organizations that will work

2604, 2021

Green-AL – Empower Grass-Root CSOs for Improved Innovative Environmental Protection in Albania

Monday April 26th, 2021
Projects, Ongoing
8514

The Green-AL “Empower Grass-Root CSOs for Improved Innovative Environmental Protection in Albania” is funded by SIDA the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and implemented by Co-PLAN, Institute for Habitat Development as leading partner, in cooperation with CISP Sviluppo dei Popoli, VIS Albania, and COSV – Cooperazione per lo Sviluppo. This project aims to contribute to the improvement and empowerment of environmental organizations and to influence the promotion of cooperation

0109, 2020

Sparking Activism Initiatives Locally

Tuesday September 1st, 2020
Projects, Ongoing
5101

Sparking Activism Initiatives Locally – SAIL is implemented by Co-PLAN, Institute for Habitat Development as part of the ‘Advocacy and Watchdog Role of Civil Society’ Program, supported by the Public Affairs Office at the US Embassy in Tirana. SAIL builds on the bequest of the 2016 initiated ‘Kindle Advocacy’ project, and tackles the need for the newly emerging activists and civil society organisations to articulate evidence-based responses in influencing policy-making