REC Albania

Name:REC Albania
Country: Albania
Established: 1993
Website: albania.rec.org

Current staff

• Mihallaq Qirjo, Country Office Director
• Daniela Tola, Project Manager
• Djana Bejko, Project Manager
• Doreida Trenova, Finance Administrator
• Denis Xhelili, Finance Officer
• Eduart Cani, Project Manager
• Genta Hoxha, Project Manager
• Jula Selmani, Project Manager
• Albert Milo, Office Assistant and Driver

Scope of work

REC Albania is an Albanian legal entity registered under the Law on Non-profit Organisations.  As part of the REC country office network, REC Albania works to fulfill the REC's mission by supporting NGOs, environmental institutions at the national, regional and local levels, and various stakeholders in the field of the environment. It also promotes participatory processes and the exchange of information. The multidisciplinary activities of REC Albania cover all aspects of technical assistance, including:

• Public participation
• NGO support
• Local environmental action plans
• Environmental education and information
• Capacity building
• Local initiatives

REC Albania currently employs nine full-time members of staff and has an average annual turnover of EUR 1 million.

Recent donors and partners of REC Albania include the European Union, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Soros Foundation, the World Bank and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the International Union for Nature Conservation (IUCN).

Country office expertise

• 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