[ALBSA-Info] Albanian Institute

[aalibali at law.harvard.edu]

--- Artan AGOLLI <art at icc.al.eu.org> wrote:
> Greetings to all,
> 
> The Albanian Institute, an independent pro-democracy
> and free market
> institution recently established in Albania is
> launching a campaign under
> its leadership project to create a database of all
> Albanian human
> resources in Albania and abroad who are highly
> educated or successful in
> their carees internationally. 
> 
> 
> The main objective is to identify Albanians or
> others who are interested
> in development of democracy and free markets in
> Albania and have the
> leadership capacity and capability to participate
> and contribute in this
> cause. 
> 
> 
> The purpose of this campaign is to create a
> reinassance movement that
> will contribute in taking Albania out of the current
> critical situation
> and contribute in making it a better democratic and
> prosperous country. 
> 
> 
> I would appreciate it if anyone of you could
> contribute with names and
> contacts of 
> 
> these individuals including yourselves. You could
> contact us via e-mail
> or tel/fax:355-42-57235.
> 
> 
> Please find attached some general information about
> the Albanian
> Institute's programs and philosophy.
> 
> 
> Sincerely yours,
> 
> 
> art agolli
> 
> President and Founder
> 
> The Albanian Institute
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> <bold>The Albanian Institute (AI)
> 
> for democracy and free markets
> 
> </bold>
> 
> 
> AI Goals and Objectives
> 
> 
> The Albanian Institute (AI), was established in 1999
>  to promote
> democratic institutions and free markets in Albania.
>  AI’s main goal is
> to become the most respectable and independent
> pro-democracy and free
> markets civil society     institution in Albania. 
> The institute’s main
> focus is the development of democratic, free market
> oriented and
> principled leadership and public policies in all
> sectors of Albanian
> society.  AI's objective is to provide a wide range
> of educational,
> research and publication programs that promote the
> development of such
> leadership and as result democracy and free markets
> in Albania. 
> 
> 
> 
> AI Strategy
> 
> 
> The institute’s strategy is to promote democracy and
> free markets in
> Albania by investing in the development of
> leadership skills and
> principled leaders in all sectors of Albanian
> society.  In addition to
> leadership development and in order to affect the
> existing system the
> institute will establish a structure of policy
> change by investing in
> ideas and human resources.  This structure will be
> carried out in three
> stages:  In the first stage, AI will engage in
> developing a conceptual
> framework of ideas that promote the establishment of
> democratic
> institutions and free markets through educational
> programs and research. 
> The second stage consists of taking these ideas a
> step further by
> developing ideas into policy analysis. This will be
> achieved through
> development of policy analysis that provide concrete
> solutions of public
> issues and on democracy making and free markets. 
> Finally, the third
> stage consists of implementation and advocacy of the
> ideas and policy
> analysis.  These will be advocated to decision
> makers in the three
> branches of government and especially the public at
> large through its
> publications and advocacy programs.
> 
> 
> AI is a non-partisan and non-profit organisation. 
> The institute is
> politically and economically independent from both
> government and special
> interest groups.  This principle is vital to AI’s
> legitimacy and
> effectiveness.  AI does not engage in political
> campaigns or
> affiliations.  The same principle applies to our
> funding.  We welcome
> donations from individuals, corporations and other
> sources only if they
> coincide with the principles and philosophy of the
> institute.  We do not
> spread ourselves thin or deviate from the principles
> of the institute for
> funding. 
> 
> 
> 
> AI Programs
> 20
> 
> The Leadership Project
> 
> 
> The Leadership Project is a plan to develop a
> private program of
> leadership in Albania that will provide short,
> medium and long term
> training in pro-democracy and free market leadership
> development.  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> The project's goal is to become a fountain of ideas
> on democracy and free
> markets and contribute to the creation of a new
> generation of leaders and
> thinkers with a democratic and free market mentality
> in all sectors of
> Albanian society.  In more specific the project
> hopes to contribute to
> stopping of the brain drainage from Albania and
> providing an intellectual
> infrastructure for all those that want to contribute
> to the strengthening
> of democracy and free markets in Albania. The
> project hopes to become a
> catalyst in the beginning of a new renaissance in
> Albania.
> 
> 
> 
> The Public Policy Program
> 
> 
>  The Public Policy Program consists of studies and
> research that provide
> democratic and free market solutions to public
> policy issues. The second
> component of the program is advocacy of these
> solutions to the
> legislative and executive branches of the government
> and the public.  The
> program will concentrate on all the main sectors of
> Albanian society such
> as banking and monetary reforms, budgetary reform,
> privatisation, civil
> service reform, deregulation, foreign policy,
> environment, health,
> education and others.
> 
> 
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