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Diploma ceremony of the Albanian School of Political Studies 2023-2024
The Albanian School of Political Studies successfully closed the academic year for the participants of the 2023-2024 generation. A group of 20 young political leaders and citizens graduated after completing a one-year cycle on good governance, political organisation, leadership, and European Union policies.
First course of the School of Political Studies on Electoral systems and political communication
The first national course of the Albanian School of Political Studies 2024 with the theme "Electoral systems and political communication" took place on April 5-7, 2024 in Vlora.
Association of Schools of Political Studies voiced outrage at the death of Russian opposition leader
The Association of Schools of Political Studies of the Council of Europe (ASPS), meeting two years on from Russias full-scale invasion of Ukraine, voiced outrage at the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny who was being unjustly held in prison on bogus politically motivated charges.
The 2022-2023 generation of the School of Political Studies graduates
Albanian School of Political Studies successfully closed the academic year for the participants of the 2022-2023 generation. A group of 20 young leaders graduated after completing a one-year cycle on good governance, political organization, leadership and European Union policies
School of Political Studies launches the open call for application 2023
The Academy of Political Studies opens the call for applications for the Council of Europe program "Albanian School of Political Studies" 2023. The deadline for submitting the application is on February 13, at 16:00. The information is outlined in more details here below.
EU integration on the focus of second national course of the School
The potential and challenges of integration in a troubled Europe was at the main focus of the second national course of the Albania School of Political Studies, which took place on 23-25 September at hotel Portik, in Berat. The international security expert, Alexis Vahlas, professor at University of Strasbourg and former senior political advisor to the NATO Joint Force Command in Naples, was invited to the course with a view to addressing the new challenges facing the EU
First national course of the School of Political Studies on Leadership
The first national course of the School of Political Studies 2022 took place on June 10-12 in Pogradec, under the theme of leadership. The first module of the course was organized in the form of an intensive training based on the "McCain Institute for International Leader" program at the University of Arizona in the USA.
Joint seminar of political schools of Tirana and Podgorica with focus on European integration
The Schools of Political Studies of Tirana and Podgorica joined forces to organize from 25-27 February 2022 a seminar focusing on European integration. Participants had the opportunity to discuss the new integration methodology with Ms. Zorka Kordic, the Montenegrin chief negotiator and Mrs. Megi Fino
Presented the paper of alumni: "Open Balkan", the analysis of a single regional market
The findings of a research paper developed by a group of economists alumni of the Academy of Political Studies were presented today at a roundtable with various policymakers and interest groups. The paper focusing on regional economic cooperation and the Open Balkans Initiative provided some recommendations on the interventions needed to reduce the key economic asymmetries of the Western Balkan countries and the policies needed to ensure maximum benefits from a common regional market
European Integration in the focus of the third national course of the School of Political Studies
The third national course of the Albanian School of Political Studies took place on December 10-12 in Durrės, focusing on the perspective of European Integration for Albania and the Western Balkans.
