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As we celebrate the holiday season and prepare to welcome 2025, the CCIS Team extends our warmest wishes for a Merry Christmas and a heartfelt thank you to all our collaborators, partners, and donors. Your support has made 2024 a truly remarkable year! Together, we’ve achieved significant milestones and built
On December 13, 2024, CCIS hosted an engaging info session at its offices with a select group of young individuals actively involved in public life in Albania. Together with Scidev, we introduced the EYDR Youth Digital Democracy Accelerator Programme, now open for applications for youth from Albania and Montenegro!This 9-month
The CCIS Youth Observers Blog Series continues with a new contribution exploring one of the most important challenges facing education systems today. In “Fighting Corruption in Education: A Student’s Perspective on Change in Albania,” Sindi Myrta, Assistant Researcher at CCIS and a Software Engineering student at the European University of
As part of the “A Cross Regional Predictive Model for Youth Policy Shaping – Youth Observers” project, CCIS is pleased to launch the Youth Observers Blog Series, a platform dedicated to amplifying young people’s perspectives on public policy and societal issues. The series showcases articles written by members of the
On 13 December 2024, the #CCIS team welcomed the newly selected Youth Policy Observers (Y-Os) as part of the Youth Observer Model project. Bringing together young representatives from academia, civil society, media, the private sector, and youth and political organizations, the meeting marked the beginning of a collaborative journey aimed at strengthening
A vital platform for thought and discussion on the socio-economic development of the northern Albanian region! Hosted by the Universiteti Shkodrës Luigj Gurakuqi and Bashkia Shkodër, this international seminar brought together over 80 researchers and experts from Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Europe to present studies on Shkodra’s rich cultural heritage
Today, we celebrate National Youth Day in Albania, a moment to honor the immense potential of Albanian youth and reflect on the challenges they face in building a brighter future. The Center for Comparative and International Studies (CCIS) takes pride in placing youth at the heart of its mission. Our
Motivated young person looking forward to boosting your digital skills and contributing to a safer and more inclusive digital environment for all? – EYDR project might just have just the programme for YOU. As partner of the EYDR project, CCIS is happy to announce that the applications for the Youth
Happy to share a major milestone from our participation in the Youth Participation in Digital Democracy: From Digital Skills to Digital Rights of Youth with Fewer Opportunities in the Western Balkans (#EYDR) project! Last week, Enxhi, one of the inspiring young participants involved through CCIS, joined the project workshop in
Violence against women is a violation of human rights and an attack on our core values. Women worldwide face unimaginable violence – physical, psychological, and economic – both offline and online. This year, the EU takes a historic step by adopting its first-ever law to effectively combat violence against women,