About Us

The first months of the organizations life, were very significant on building up bridges of partnership and collaboration with different stakeholders as much as consolidating the existing network. After a 5 months assessment of Dev-Aid‘s human resources capacities on VET and employment mediation issues, two Agreement of Cooperation  are signed with the Ministry of Social Welfare and Youth where this entity accepts to integrate Dev-Aid as an added structure of Regional Directorate of  Public Vocational Training No.1 and No.4 in Tirana. This structure (Dev-Aid), will transmit the “know how” how to improve the quality and reputation of public vocational training services through networking and employment intermediation.

A Memorandum of Understanding is signed with the Municipality of Tirana to support each other’s work assisting groups in risk through employment mediation. Another Memorandum of Understanding is signed with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry to facilitate the process of negotiations with the businesses for, a better Labor Market survey improving the match Demand-Offer for qualified work force. Britches of good partnership are also build between Dev-Aid and other NGO-s working in the same field.

The first activity of Dev- Aid, was a voluntary initiative on October 2013, with the slogan “Give what You Can!” This initiative has come up like an appeal of basic needs for clothes and food from people living in the streets, facing every day with the unemployment and extreme poverty. According to this activity, we have worked to raise awareness for the community toward voluntarism and philanthropy through awareness campaign and information sharing. All this was accompanied with a donation ceremony in one of the social centers of Tirana that assists mostly Roma community.

Dev-Aid took part and played an active role in all the activities organized in the occasion of 16 days against the violence against women (November – December 2014).

On April 1st, 2014, Dev-Aid started the implementation of the 18 months project “Make the Labor Market Work for Vulnerable Groups! No.1” in partnership with the Ministry of Social Welfare and Youth – Regional Directorate of Public Vocational Training No. 4 Tirana, supported by a co-financing agreement from BfdW Germany and HEKS Switzerland. Main project’s focus is strongly on employment-oriented VET, as this is clearly also a Government priority and this has already resulted in a strong policy and institutional basis. The project aims to enable beneficiaries to acquire employment-oriented vocational, competencies and entrepreneurial skills. Strong linkages with employers and the labor market will be an important prerequisite for success for the implementation. Private sector involvement will be essential also. Three main objectives of the abovementioned project are: The courses offered at PVTC No. 4 better match labor market demand; Improved access of vulnerable groups to vocational education; Improved integration of vulnerable groups into the labor market.