TIRANA, Nov 10 /ATA/ – Albania’s National Council of European Integration, in partnership with the Delegation of the European Union, the Open Society Foundation for Albania, the “Friedrich Ebert Stiftung” Foundation, and the Western Balkans Consulting, organized the eighth round of the European Integration School from November 6-10, 2023 , at offices of the Assembly of Albania and the Europe House in Tirana.
A total of 38 participants out of 106 applicants were selected this year. Eleven Albanian-speaking experts from the countries in the region, currently students at the Brussels School of Diplomacy, joined this event online.
For the eighth consecutive year, the European Integration School sought to identify and involve prominent stakeholders from all institutions, civil society organizations and other stakeholders who can contribute with their expertise to Albania’s accession negotiation process in the European Union (EU).
The 2023 European Integration School provided a complete theoretical and practical scope on the latest developments in the region, the possible scenarios for the region’s future, challenges and the negotiation strategies, the civil society and the media role, progress in the country’s European integration, as well as the future of the EU enlargement to the Western Balkans and Albania.
Lecturers from the European Commission, the University of Thessaloniki, international and regional experts in negotiation matters from Brussels, Germany and countries in the region, Serbia and Montenegro, as well as international experts from institutions, the media and civil society representatives shared their professional experience on integration matters.
Chairwoman of the National Council of European Integration, Jorida Tabaku, Ambassador Luigi Soreca, the Charge d’Affaires of the Delegation of the European Union to Albania, and Stine Klapper, Head of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Tirana, addressed the ceremony, congratulating the participants and encouraging them to actively contribute to Albania’s EU accession path.
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