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Currently in progress: AMIS DUBAI 2024 - World Tech Summit Date: May 19, 2024 Theme: 'Shaping a Sustainable Future Through Technology' Venue: Habtoor Grand Resort Dubai World Changers Power Summit Date: May 29, 2024 Venue: Academy of Sciences in Vatican Past Projects: World Changers Power's Woman Summit Date: October 12, 2023 Events: Press Conference and music concert Venue: Palazzo della Cancelleria, Rome Date: October 13, 2023 Venue: Academy of Sciences in Vatican World Changers Summit Date: July 5, 2023 Event: Press Conference Venue: Piazza Farnese, Rome Date: July 6, 2023 Event: Summit Venue: Academy of Sciences in Vatican These projects were developed by the Institute for Advanced Studies and Cooperation in collaboration with the Academy of Sciences of Vatican. They featured international speakers of considerable importance, including Joe Foster, Founder of Reebok; John Karony, CEO and Founder of SAFEMOON; Dr. Christina Rahm, CEO at The Roots Brand; Robert Edward Grant, Chairman and CEO of Crown Sterling Limited, among others. For more information about these events, please visit our website: wcsiasc.org, iascoop.org, and our Instagram page: wcsiasc.

Target groups: The Institute supports and assists local government units (Administrative Unit and Municipality), local public administration, government and management structures and bodies in these units, as well as central institutions at the local level. Specifically: • Employees of local administrations. • Local elected officials, Chairman of the Council, councilors, and Mayor. • Individuals who aim to work in the local administration. • Individuals aiming for a career in managerial duties and responsibilities. • Heads of departments/ young and new in the professional career. • Leaders of public enterprises in local units, etc. • Other local actors who support the sustainable development of the local government.

Some of the IDC's main projects/activities are: - The Mediterranean Project, in cooperation with Center of Contemporary Culture, Barcelona/Spain. - The challenges of globalization and Albanian integration in Europe, a series of conferences, in cooperation with UNESCO - “History of 20th century ideas” a series of conferences. - The role of religion in the Balkans, organized in cooperation with CCA Barcelona. - Being European; Albania & Europe, Past, Present and Future, in cooperation with Balkan Trust for Democracy. - Some of the 2005 meetings with international writers, Jacques La Carriere (France), January 2004; “Creating a forum on developments of Albania-Kosovo relations” in cooperation with Soros Foundation.

During July 2011 – September  2015 , IRCA has implemented several initiatives which follow.
With support of UNDP, IRCA has been implementing RomVERITAS ( roma truthfulness) project providing career advice and counseling to over 100 Roma students and graduates  with assistance to apply for universities, scholarship, training, academic tutoring, job search as well as training in English.  Several trainings have also been offered to the members of RYP forum in participation in public life.
With support of (Direct Aid Program), Australian Embassy at Rome/Italy, IRCA has implemented the project “Promoting Roma identity and equal access in education in Albania through Roma online radio and volunteer engagement of Roma role models in Albania.”   We launched the online Radio “ Kanxura” who which allows IRCA to reach our Roma community.
With support Swedish Agency SIPU, IRCA has implemented the campaign Police is the public and the Public is Police, aiming at educating both police and Roma community with community policing services and interactions.
Soros Foundation in Albania has been supporting IRCA with trainings and assistance in organizing various advocacy campaigns is support of Roma students, and communities.
With support from the USA Embassy in 2013, IRCA implemented the campaign I am Roma - I am Albanian citizen raising capacities of Roma youth through trainings in administration of election processes as well as decision-making at local level. The project helped for bringing the Roma voice closer to decision-makers at central and local levels.
With the institutional support of the “Foundation of Open Society Institute (FOSI)” Budapest, Hungary, IRCA has mobilized Romani Corps of Volunteers who are voluntary engaging regularly in advocacy actions. Among the major actions implemented by this forum are the peaceful marching in support of Roma families evicted from their settlements, sending of open letters to national and international institutions calling for actions in support of Roma, requesting national library to use the term Roma in its reaching catalog and instead of the pejorative term “cigan”, collection and distribution of textbooks to high school students, etc. Currently FOSI is supporting IRCA to produce a textbook on interculturalism and Roma studies which will serve Masters students of Education Faculty at University “Aleksander Moisiu” in Durres and hopefully also at Faculty of Social Science at University of Tirana.
During these almost four years of existence IRCA has consolidated its institutional capacities adopting the organization’s strategy for 2015-2020 and has strengthened partnership with several non-Roma organizations, and research centers  and universities such as the Institute of Family and Neighborhood Life at Clemson University in the USA,  Peace Corps Volunteers, European University of Tirana center, Institute for Democracy and Mediation while has expanded its network of Roma and non-Roma volunteers. 

IRCA has been implementing a number of projects in the areas of educational mentoring and career advice to Roma youth, Community Policing, Capacity Building for Roma youth to take part in elections and decision-making processes, Systemic Response to Anti-gypsysm, etc. Transparency, accountability and professionalism of IRCA staff, has gained recognition by a variety of donors.

The activity organized by IISI on 29/04/2005 at Tirana International Hotel, gathered into a Round table session representatives from educational Institutes, High Schools, Ministry of Education, editors, students, pupils, researchers and academics that provide valuable contribute for handling many issues that education system is currently facing. Topics discussed during included the following: -The Teachers On-Going Qualification and the relation between wages qualification, contribution and individual values. The Dutch Experience in Teacher’s training, tools, methods, financial initiatives and institutional ways. The Role of Union, Community and Local Government in educational fund-raising. The Europeanization of Educational System, preceded by teacher’s training. -Organization of school curriculum. -Mandatory curriculum and the optional one, - the Dutch experience. The individual gifts, the leveled categories, the respect for individualities and the school democratic character. Curriculum harmonization in different levels within cycles and among cycles of undergraduate education. -Preparation of school-textbooks in a liberalized trademarked. The Dutch experience in school textbooks. Preparation & Harmonization of the levels of knowledge under technological and methodology ways. Textbook and the other ways of transmitting knowledge

Our main projects and activities are focused on: 1) Development of youth leadership by the aim to influence decision-making processes, 2) Education for democratic processes by encouraging dialogue and communication with elected bodies and groups of interest 3) Preservation of nature and promotion of tourism across borders 4) Promotion of art culture and sport as a tool to develop cooperation, promote cultural diversity and understanding among different cultures and peoples. 5) Increasing transparency and accountability of public bodies by the aim to increase public participation, access of marginalized groups into services offering to them legal aid services.

Cofference and seminars, mentoring.