Key People, Key Knowledge
Municipality of Permet and Independent Forum for Albanian Women
Beneficiaries:
Direct beneficiaries are more than 50 persons and 5 start-ups involved in the economic empowerment activities, at least 100 persons involved in the socio-cultural activities;
Indirect beneficiaries are at least 5000 inhabitants of the targeted area.
10.2022 - 10.2025
Overall Objective
Create new working/business opportunities to women and unemployed youth giving a sustainable alternative to the risks of being involved in cultivation of cannabis.
Summary of the Project
“Key People, Key Knowledge”
This project aims to create new working/business opportunities for women and unemployed youth, reducing inequality by supporting female leadership inside business start-ups and self-employment initiatives and to give an answer adapted to the risks of economic, political and cultural marginalisation of the targeted territory. Moreover, the project intends to reinforce and facilitate development of a culture of civil society and to help increase the level of cooperation and mutual knowledge between civil society and local authorities in the area of Përmet.
Particularly, the project aims at two specific objectives: To design and to manage a sustainable ecosystem for local socio-economic development and to help solving different kinds of problems:
A) revitalising local economy, aiming at developing responsibility and confidence in
individuals and solidarity within the communities;
B) building active collaboration and revitalising local resources through active collaboration between public and private actors, with the aim of enhancing the cultural well-being of the community. These will lead to enhance youth’s and woman’s resources; revitalise local economy, aiming at developing responsibility and confidence in individuals and solidarity within the communities; build active collaboration between different actors (public and private) of the local community, with the aim of developing and co-managing local development interventions.
Activities
Activities related to ER 1:
1.1 State of Art, analysis of territories;
1.2 Training on the job, public-private – for the transfer of strategic skills in the field of international cooperation, strategic management, creation and development of businesses, support to non-profit social activity;
1.3 Creation of an incubator for entrepreneurship women and youth;
1.4 Stage (field visit) to Palermo (Italy);
Activities related to ER 2:
2.1 Reconstruction of a recreation centre (tourism info point, rafting and sportive fishing) in the Petran village (Permet);
2.2 Reconstruction of recreational rooms (ping pong rooms) in Petran and in the city of Permet
2.3 Organisation of cultural exchange activities between the rural areas and the city of Permet (books promotion in the rural schools).
Results
Expected result 1 (ER): Created a comprehensive system of supporting tools to consolidated entrepreneurship at local level.
Indicators:
– 1 Task Force of 50 beneficiaries’ representatives of NGO/SME/Local Authorities (officials, experts on management and with strategic skills) able to disseminate knowledge and train other women and youth;
– At least 10 start-ups/NGOs created with and legally registered by the end of the project;
– 1 Incubator for supporting youth and female sustainable business initiatives created.
Expected result 2:
Enhanced social relations and dialogue in the rural areas through the promotion of tourism, cultural and sport activities.
