On November 15th we hosted a gathering of Albanian ecosystem stakeholders in Tirana at the GIZ HQ to officially kick off the conversations around the Ecosystem Connectors | Berlin Sarajevo Tirana project. We were honored by the presence of Dr. Iven Schad, Head of German Development Cooperation, German Embassy; Adia Sakiqi, Ambassador of the Republic of Albania to the Federal Republic of Germany and Elvir Becirovic, Berlin Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprise.
During this gathering, we presented the project’s goals, timeline and components, and most importantly, gathered the expectations from the participants regarding their involvement in this project. The participants worked in focus groups representing the Albanian Government, Start-ups, Innovation Support Organizations and Universities.
Thank you all for your active participation: Ministria e Ekonomisë, Kulturës dhe Inovacionit; Startup Albania; #CyberMorphosis; LekoTech; Bliss; Revido; AlbaniaTech; Coolab; #GamingCommunity; Yunus Social Business Balkans; Canadian Institute of Technology – CIT, Epoka University and Universiteti Metropolitan Tirana!
Ecosystem Connectors is all about bringing people together, and part of the work is to co-design this initiative to maximize the impact for all stakeholders involved. The collaborative spirit was at an all-time high with everyone sharing their perspectives, insights and ideas, and we can’t wait to start our next activity.
If you’re working in the ecosystems in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, or Berlin and want to get involved, reach out to us – we want to hear from you!
The Ecosystem Connectors Project is funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH through the “Bund-Länder-Programm – German Government and Federal States Program (BLP)” in cooperation with the non-profit organization enpact.
The project is being implemented in Bosnia and Herzegovina with the support of the Sustainable Economic Development and Employment Promotion (SEDEP) project while in Albania with the support of the EU4Innovation project.
