Center for Bridging Communities
Rruga: Albanopoli, Pall Alfa, ap 38/5, Tirane
1024
Tirana
Albania
- Youth and education
Center for Bridging Communities, Albania is a civil society organization established in 2018, as an initiative of a group of researchers and experts in the areas of youth, gender and good governance. The main purpose of the organization is to contribute in the achievement of sustainable development by empowering the community; protecting the rights of the marginalized groups; promoting and supporting the initiatives that encourage inclusion, social integration, intercultural dialogue. For the fulfillment of activities Center for Bridging Communities carries out awareness-raising campaigns, capacity building, consultancy services and research.
The main purpose of the organization is to contribute in the achievement of sustainable development by empowering the community; protecting the rights of the marginalized groups; promoting and supporting the initiatives that encourage inclusion, social integration, intercultural dialogue and advocating for the benefit of the community. Center for Bridging Communities, Albania contributes toward community inclusion through joint programs in these main areas: Youth empowerment Our focus remains on young people with fewer opportunities, with the scope to offer them a chance for empowerment and to be active citizens of the community where they live. Gender Equity Protect the rights of marginalized groups as women in remote area to affect positive changes and reach their full potential. Good Governance. We believe that working closely with local authorities and other local stakeholders we can bring positive change in the community. For the fulfillment of activities Center for Bridging Communities carries out awareness-raising campaigns, capacity building, consultancy services and research.
Main activities: -Organizing social and educational games with young people, target groups of students from 16-24 years old. When using team-based tactical games, we asked players to role-play in order to facilitate discussion around the topics of diversity, environmental change, gender issues and extremism. In order to promote solidarity and democratic values as well as affirm them beyond our tradition, it is crucial to get acquainted with interculturality and diversity. - The engagement of young people from 14-18 years old on debate groups on the issues of human rights and gender issues. For this we have been using the youth-led participatory approach and non-formal learning tools with High Schools students of Tirana, Has, Kukes, Librazhd, Shijak. - Organizing online campaigns against hate speech in cyberspace, online awareness-raising campaigns on gender equity and human rights, you tube talks, summer camps etc. These online campaigns are run by young volunteers at our organization. Center for Bridging Communities holds accreditation for hosting and sending role within European Solidarity Corps Programme. We believe in youth activism as essential components in order to promote change and progress the development of the community. We have implemented a series of projects in the field of youth empowerment, good governance, gender issues, which are supported by donors such as European Commission; BACID (Building administrative capacities in the Danube Region); Erasmus plus; European Solidarity Corps; Konrad Adenauer, Tirana; Mediterranean Women's Fund, France; Ministry of Culture.
Through sharing good experiences and our ideas with other partner organizations of AFL network.
We aim to empower local communities through partnerships and exchanges. In this context, it is profitable to join ALF Network because we share common objectives. Also, we would like to collaborate, to find partners and networking with other organizations in the region.