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Some of our main projects are: 1. The project ''Assessment of Needs and Recommendations Contributing to the Regional Economic Integration'', aimed to provide civil society, business and academic field with an expression platform, by assessing their needs and recommendations to have a greater impact on regional integration for socio-economic issues. The project is supported by the Agency for the Support of Civil Society in Albania. 2. The project ''Smart management of cultural tourism product for the exploitation of natural assets, sustainability and territorial attractiveness'', aimed to increase visibility, to improve infrastructure and workforce skills, and to develop and promoting tourism offer of the Divjaka-Karavasta National Park using innovative and informative digital tools including virtual reality tour and mobile App Platform. The project is supported by a grant of the Regional Cooperation Council, financed by the EU. 3. The project ''Activating and empowering young people to be part of local decision-making, through free speech and civic action'', aimed to empower young people to be promoters of change in local decision-making, through inclusion, activism and volunteering, to complement their priorities with a gender approach. The project is supported by LëvizAlbania, a project of Swiss Development Cooperation. 4. The project ''Roads of Religious, toward culture, nature and tradition on sustainable development'' aimed to contribute to the growth of the attraction of the Archaeological Park of Apollonia, promoting cultural, religious and historical heritage through innovative technology in order to preserve and develop it in an important tourist and cultural destination in the country and region. This project is supported by the Ministry of Culture in Albania. Main activities: - studies and researches; - advocacy and monitoring; - capacity building with youth, business sector, and government units; - development of digital tools to the tourism sector, natural and cultural assets; - voluntary work and youth - trainings, seminars, conference, workshops etc.

The main project is :International concert season KLASIK 2009-2010 is the 10 edition with participation of artists from Italy, Austria,Germany,Greece, France, Holland,Swtzerland,Israel,Croatia,Hungary, Romania, Czech,USA. During this edition We would like to invite Mediterranean countries such as Egypt,Turkey etc. The programme of KLASIK is open from music baroc to classic, to contemporary, to jazz, to tango, to ethnic music or dance theatre etc. It starts from October to the next may every year.
The second main project is European chamber choral festival of Albania . every year we develope it base on a theme or with a new topic: exemple We would like next year to invite chamber ensembel -choral representing different religious music = orthodox music, Muslim music, Bektashi music, Catholic music ( Gregorian), sefardit music etc. We would like to develop our festival to the main archeological cites
Our activity is develop also to other field such as Heritage, Youth & education, International cultural relations.

- Advocacy and lobbing for the development and institutionalization of the mediation/ reconciliation approaches in conflict management and resolution.
- Introducing and promoting Restorative Justice (RJ) in Albania. In 2006-2009, AFCR has been part of the Juveniles Justice Reform that is underway in Albania, through implementing a project on Victim-Offender Mediation and RJ, whose main goal is providing diversion to juveniles in conflict with the law.
- Capacity building: In its long run AFCR has conducted numerous training workshops for various target groups in the area of peaceful conflict management and transformation.
- Mediation service provision to individuals and social groups. Yearly the AFCR mediators settle around 2000 conflicts and disputes of various types through mediation and reconciliation.
- Publicity and publications: AFCR counts on a long list of publications in the area of conflict management and resolution through alternative approaches and also training manuals in the respective area.

The world is going through great transformations. For one to follow its pace, he first needs to nourish his soul through culture and creativity. The Good-Psychology is a social and cultural initiative that aims to exalt the role of culture and creativity as powerful assets for social & local development. Its activities include the creation, the development, the production and the preservation of goods and services which embody cultural, artistic, or any other social and creative expression.

1. The organisation of the International Theatre Festival ”Butrinti 2000”.; 2. Pictures exposition with young artists from different countries; 3. Concert with the traditional and the folk groups from Albania. 4. Participation in International festivals : Madrid Sud Festival; Bitef Festival,Belgrade; Artist’s spring Festival, Monpelie, France; Ohrid Summer Festival, MESS Festival Sarajevo; etc. The National Center of The Mediterranian Theatre, in collaboration with The Ministry of Tourism, Culture, Youth and Sports and the Municipality of Saranda, succeeded to create a new cultural institution with special values. From nine years and on this institution called The International Festival of Theatre “Butrinti 2000”, has presented its editions with much success. Many professional troupes, from different countries of World, England, Italy, France, Greece, USA, Poland, Rumania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, Ukraine, Spain, Hungary, Netherland, Sweden, Macedonia, Kosovo, Switzerland, Germany, have participated in this event. It is organised in one of the magnificient places of Mediterranian, in the antique theatre of Butrint, Saranda, and is aprecciated from the participiants, the invited people from the inside and outside the country. It is also aprecciated from media, too, as an activity of europian parameters. In the magic scene of Butrint have had the chance to perform nearly 1950 artist from the participating countries. The shows has been attended by nearly 37.500 Albanian and foreign spectators. Being in the touristic season, there will be many foreign tourists. Already this event has taken the integration passport, opening so a precious view to all the Albanian artists, to be in contact with the contemporary world theatre, also providing a direct help in the promotion of the cultural tourism.

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•Biodiversity and rural development
•Civil society support
•Climate change
•Education
•Environmental information
•Environmental assessment
•Health and environment
•Implementing the Aarhus Convention
•Law, enforcement and compliance
•Local initiatives

Exhibitions,Exchange projects, Artist in residency, Concerts, Workshops, Lectures, Publication.