Albania’s strategic added value to the European Union: shaping the future together

On 6th December, the conference “Albania’s strategic added value to the European Union: shaping the future together” organized by the Albanian Institute for International Studies (AIIS) and co-organized by IDM is took place in Tirana. Research Associate Melanie Jaindl moderated the panel “Regional Cooperation, Stability and Local Ownership” with following speakers: 

Raquel Garcia Llorente, Analyst Real Instituto Elcano 

Foteini Asderaki, Professor, University of Piraeus, Greece, Chair of the ESDC Doctoral School on the Common Security and Defence Policy

Geron Kamberi, Senior Researcher-Center for the Study of Democracy
and Governance 

The conference was visited by important stakeholders such as EU delegates and ambassadors, scholars and policy advisors, and received significant media attention in Albania. 

Further co-organizers: 

  • EU Delegation to Tirana 
  • Embassy of Spain 
  • Embassy of Italy 
  • Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany 
  • Austrian Embassy 
  • Embassy of Greece 
  • Albanian Media Institute