Academy of Political Studies – Potential Partner

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The Academy of Political Studies (APS) is a nongovernmental organisation founded in 2009, under the auspices of the Council of Europe, aiming to encourage the emergence of a new generation of young political and civic leaders dedicated to implement best democratic models of governance and development. It addresses young politicians, public administrators and civil society leaders through the exchange of knowledge, training and generation of new ideas in a number of areas at the central and local levels, public policy development, political communication, EU policies and law, as well as integration of under represented communities in the political processes.

The APS contribution in democratic and reform processes in Albania comprises a number of programmes, including the yearly School of Political Studies, Training Programme for Local Administration, First time Voters, Regional Academy for Democracy and a series of Alumni events, think tank actions and consultations.

One major program targets enhancing “Public Dialogue on the Sustainable Use of Energy”. It is being developed through the APS alumni network (about 200 members) in the framework of initiatives to promote effective public policies and actions in view of the country’s reform agenda. The work has been pursued both at policy and action level.

In the context of policy level, it has supported organisation of various consultations with parliamentarians, civil society, Ministry of Environment on the adoption of energy efficiency legislation reflecting the views of the civil society supported through regional programs that are still ongoing and also at local level through piloting in 4 municipalities the setting up of Local Platforms for Action in the field of energy efficiency and respective action plans in order to translate national policies at local reality.

In this respect, we are highly interested to find any project that is being developed in the field of energy efficiency and its application to provide our further contribution and expertise from Albania, but also to get best practices from more developed countries. For more information contract Mrs. Rovena Meslani at info@asp.al

For more information visit the website of the organisation at http://www.asp.al

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