Open Society Foundation for Albania

	13 February 2007 The Civil Society demands the relaxation of conflictuality of the election campaign 3 February 2007 Local elections 2007 online by the MJAFT Movement 30 January 2007 Seminar on “Improving public transportation in the region of Tirana” 23 Janauary 2007 Memorandum of civil society to protect its own constitutional rights 18 January 2007 Call of the civil society for a civilized election campaign 22 December 2007 Winners announced for the “Public-private partnership” contest 19 December 2006 Workshop "Albania's Interim Agreement with the EU and its effects on the Albanian Business" 1 December 2006 Debate of the civil society about the new draft law concerning the State Police 21 November 2006 Presenting the findings of the survey “Albania and the EU – Perceptions and Realities” 18 November 2006 The Conference “Albania and Greece – Mutual perceptions” 6-10 November 2006 Seminar on the challenges of European Integration 3 November 2006 Debate about book policies in the countries of Western Balkans 3 November 2006 AUBG closes recruitment ceremony with fourth-grade students of high schools in Tirana 1 November 2006 Organization that builds school wins case against Albanian government 14 October 2006 Standards in pre-university education 10 October 2006 Presentation of the monitoring report ivote.com - January-July 2006 16 September 2006 Historical turns and the return of memory

6 – 10 November

During the second week of November, the EuropeanCenter organized in the premises of hotel “President” in Tirana the Seminar entitled “The challenges of European Integration.” This seminar was one in a series of events organized in the context of initiatives to support European integration under the Network of Open Society Foundation for Albania.

The Seminar brought together mainly members of the public administration who are directly involved with European integration issues. Thus, representatives from the Ministries of Agriculture, Justice, Transports, Integration, etc., worked around special issues which were priory treated in the academic lectures: issues of economic and legal integration with the EU; approximating Albanian agricultural standards with EU requirements and standards, etc.

At the end of the Seminar, the European Center invited the Spanish Ambassador in Albania, H.E. Mr. Manuel Montobbio, to present the integration processes of Barcelona as a successful integration model of regional cooperation. In addition, Mr. Carlo Natale, deputy ambassador of the Delegation of EU Commission in Albania was invited to speak about the role of the public administration in the effective absorption of EU funds in the case of countries representing potential candidates.