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Hacking policy issues in Albania and Serbia

Sixteen participation hackers gathered in Tirana on January 24, to discuss issues of concern to youth in Albania and Serbia as part of the HPiB Project funded by RYCO. The participants worked online through the digital mobility platform to prepare the first drafts of their policy hacks and had the

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Investment workshop 2-3 for women company group for the project “Microenterprise development project for women in the cross-border area” were held on February 5 and February 7, 2019 in Elbasan.

Topic 2: Evaluation of the economic and financial position of a business in the market. Companies face many difficulties dealing with the frequent changes in today’s economy, and company restructuring can be a short and long-term answer to maintaining company viability. With a challenging economy, in our geographical region one

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CCIS and Mesdheu Center group of experts stated today to provide a series of workshops and technical support for the project “Development of micro-enterprises of women in the cross-border area” for increasing women’s competitiveness and recommending sustainable solutions for the development of the existing women’s micro and small businesses.

Increased competition, technological changes and government regulation are among the many challenges business owners face in today’s competitive world. The business model that worked in the initial phase of operation may no longer be profitable five years after start-up. Slow or no growth, market downturns, an inefficient structure and accumulating

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Business workshop 5 – start up group of women in Elbasan- Factors that determine where the business will be developed and how we do analyze it economically.

Every business realizes its activity on a certain surface and needs a certain space, which is generally defined based on different criteria according to types businesses. In this topic, the participants learn how to classify the factors influencing this decision, how to calculate the necessary surface for some types of

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Our trainers are holding the four workshop with the startup group of women in Elbasan with the topic: “The main steps of establishing a company, the selection of legal forms: Regulatory framework.”

They trained the women on general information about regulatory issues while carrying out a business activity is a must for every business activity. This session provided participants with judicial and fiscal information, helpful to recognize the actions they need to make when deciding on the type of the activity they

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HPiB workshop and study visit in Tirana

The HPiB team met in Tirana on December 18 and 19 for the second workshop on “Structuring opinions for qualitative participation”. The team was enriched with the participation of five Albanian young people, taking the number of participants to 17. For the first stop of the event, participants met with

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CCIS and Mesdheu Center on Dec 19, 2018 had another training session with the startup group of women in Elbasan on the topic “How to test a business idea and what are the steps of testing a successful business idea”

The aim of this session is to help participants learning how to test a successful business idea on the desk, before starting it in the real market. This means we are in the stage that someone has an idea of entrepreneurship and will try to reveal the probability of success

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HPiB Workshop and study visit in Belgrade

In the framework of the project “Hacking Participation in the Balkans -Innovative ways of empowering Balkans youth to impact policy making processes”, the first workshop and study visit was organised in Belgrade on 29th and 30th November by our partner Center for Educational Policies. The workshop and study visit was

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