Tirana, Albania: United Nations Volunteers, in coordination with several volunteer-involving organizations, is organizing International Volunteer Day activities in different regions of Albania to promote volunteerism and highlight volunteers' work in the country.  Read article

Gabrice, Albania: Development officers pitching the Millennium Development Goals -- the eight universally agreed upon goals to reduce extreme poverty by half by 2015 -- to the people of this poor remote mountainous town did not exactly receive a rapturous welcome.  Read article

Kukes: Twelve civil society organizations today celebrated International Volunteer Day (IVD) by hosting an exhibit at Kukes’ municipal building.  Read article

Tirana, Albania: The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme in Albania, together with six other volunteering organization celebrated Interanational Volunteer Day (IVD) on 5 December by organizing a travelling exhibit promoting volunteering and the Millennium Development Goals in the capital Tirana.  Read article

Tirana: Representatives of the volunteer organizations Albanian Youth Council (AYC), Red Cross Albania (RCA), the Youth Communication Centre (OKC), and South East Europe Youth Network (SEEYN) Bosnia Herzegovina, explored voluntary management issues during a study tour organized by the Volunteer Service Overseas (VSO) in the United Kingdom.  Read article

Tirana: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Volunteer (UNV) and the Albanian Youth Council today held a photo exhibit depicting volunteerism and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).  Read article

The study analyses the changes within the volunteer movement in the country, bearing in mind the recent political transformation Albania has undertaken.  Read article

This country report contains a summary of the most important issues affecting NGOS, which are regulated by the recently passed laws concerning the not-for-profit sector in Albania.   Read article