1. REACT Reactivating European citizenship: a network of inclusive towns
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REACT Reactivating European citizenship: a network of inclusive towns
3° Transnational Meeting
Breznicki Hum – Gornja Rijeka (Croatia)
October 2017
Equity and access to public services:
how does immigration affect it locally?
ALBANIA
Aleksander Moisiu University & Municipality of Durres
Dr. Belina Bedini
Europe for Citizens - Programme Guide

2. Actual situation
According to the projections of the Albanian Centre for Competitiveness and International Trade (ACIT), in the period between 18% to 22% of the Albanian migrants in Greece equivalent to approximately 180,000 individuals, have returned to Albania. Given the effect of visa liberalization on mobility of the Albanian citizens in the EU Schengen area from December 2010, the propensity to migrate and consequently to return remains considerable. Strong national capacities are therefore required in preparing for future challenges of labour mobility that relate also to return and reintegration of migrants.

3. GOOD PRACTICES
2008 IOM International Organization for Migration, Italian Government, CARDS program “Research for the professional background of the reintegrated migrants” Summery of procedures and contacts for assisting the reintegrated emigrants after their return in Albania.

4. IOM + MINISTRY OF WELFARE AND YOUTH
Innovative services for the returned emigrants in order to help they in entrepreneurship, especially in the rural areas
January- December 2013
Special Desks for emigrants, in order to orient them in the labor market. Reccomandation for the special needs in the areas of their residence.

5. DIMAK German Center for Information on Migration, Education, and Vocational Studies and Career (GIZ + CIM)
Dissemination of Information
Offers for the professional studies and employment.
Consulting on the Albanian labor market organizing fairs of work and career.
Training on how to make employment applications in Germany.
Trainings for the employees in the Employment Services
Criteria and conditions for legal migration in Germany
Information days in different municipalities of Albania in order to disseminate the information to the most distant areas of Albania.

6. NATIONAL CENTER FOR THE ASYLUM SEEKERS QKPA
Created in 2004 with a special decree of the Council of Ministers.
Accommodation of the aliens that are seeking asylum which has been refused but are waiting the end of the appeal term.
Depends on the Ministry the Internal Affairs
Offers free accommodation, food, consulting on the legal procedures for the asylum.

7. Center for the Community Development “Today for the Future”
A leading organization in Albania serving for mobilization and empowerment of communities in need of help. – Network Centers and Community Services – Vocational Training and Employment Mediation – Environmental Protection Services – Good Governance and Institutional Cooperation

8. Albanian Association of Micro-credit Institutions
Will privilege the category of people that is turned from emigration. They will give micro-credit to individuals that would like to open a start up business in the country of origin. This category of people is a resource of:
A new culture of work;
Some kind of expertise on how to open a business
Savings from the previous work in EU
Are trained in EU and have necessary skills and experience
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9. Centers for Migrants’ Services
Offer of information for migratio: documents, visa application, employment and studies.
Assist the returned emigrants
Opened in 2002 thanx to a project for the Western Balkans for the promotion of the collaboration between the countries with the assitance of EU.
Actually the centers are closed but the functions are covered by the National Services of Employment.

10. Ministry of Education and Sport
National Strategy of the Prior University Studies :
Free textbooks for the children of returned emigrants
Additional lesson hours for the pupils of the category of returned emigrants.
Recognition of school records every time of the year, without deadlines
In cases of lost documents special commissions are founded in order to integrated the pupil in schools

11. Ministry of State for the Diaspora
Public debates for writing a new strategy on the diaspora and the migration in the country.
Collaboration with the government of Kosovo in order to create a common agency of the management of diaspora and migrants.

12. Problems and challenges
Efficient cooperation between different institutions
Human resources
Conjunction between the policies of different sectors