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Austrian-Albanian Days 2013

The second Austrian Albanian Days have been build on the major success of the same event in october 2012. Please see the Annual report of ASA 2012. This year the AAD were honored by the visit of Dr Busek. European Education European Albania was the title for the workshop for the start of the AAD. The objective being to present the 2013 Annual Lead topic of ASA to the leading education establishment of Albania. Education is the key for Europe and Dr Busek shared his perspective with Minister for Edu-cation Mrs. Nikolla and Minister for Innovation Mrs. Harito and Mr. Fate Velaj, the adviser of PM Rama for cultural diplomacy. The workshop was started by the coorganisers Mrs Brunilda Noka, President of IG Alpbach Albania with a presentation for about Forum Alpbach and the Albanian Alpbach group. Lindita Ko-mani followed with her input as the coordinator for the 2014 Annual Lead Topic European Education for

Opening of 2. Austrian Albanian Days15 of October 2013

Dr Busek during his speech at the Round Table

European Albania. This topic will be handled in same way like the 2013 annual lead topic for road safety and ASA has decided to develop a 10 point refrom agenda for the educ-tion sector and work with the Austrian and ALbanian stake-holders to develop this and present this to the public on a

weekend of March in Vlora. tbc

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2. Austrian-Albanian Days

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10 Key Reform Issues - Austrian Best Practise for Albania for 2014 ASA Annual Topic

The audience of the Round Table European Education 2014

Minister Harito, Dr Busek, Minister Nikolla, Fate Velaj

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Launching of CultureBunker@Rogner Dr Busek visiting Enver Hoxha Bunker

bunker event

Dr Busek at the way to Bunker

Maks Velo and Dr Busek and the KAPA delegation. Kapa is the organis-tion which is developing the culture@bunker@rogner project with sup-port of POLIS University and ASA and many more partners who would like to see this great project realised. This is an open call to support this great project to face the tragic past of Albania and turn it into its future and create an open space for the youth, the culture and in a way for the future of a European Albania open for all who want to be part of this future. Please see more online and please support this project.

It was quite a moment to enter this underground

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Dr Busek in the Enver Hoxha Bunker and the delegation. it was great to hear Dr Busek positive assessment of the proj-ect and as well Austria and Germany have a bunker past and managed to face it , cope with it and transform it into a

European reality based on freedom and openess.

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Austrian-Albanian Days

Dr. Ehard Busek was awared the 2013 ASA Life Time Achievement Award for Austrian Albanian Friendship for his major contribution for Alba-nian And Austrian relation. The Laudatio was delivered by the OSCE Ambassador Mag Florian Raunig in a excellent manner honoring the great achievments of Dr Busek for Albania and espe-cially for supporting the return of the Skander-beg regalia for the 100 years exhibition, it was a great speech. Mr. Busek was presented with a statute created for this special moment by Maks Velo a leading artist of Albania who had to serve 20 year in the most terrible prison of Albania, in Spacz just for being an artist. Maks Velo had heard about the great support for freedom and the vision of a free Europe of Dr Busek and it was a pleasure for him to do this piece of arts.

Maks Velo told Mr. Busek that he had to serve 20 years in Enver Hoxhas prison just for being an artist and Dr Busek was very touched by this destiny and thankful for the award from such a personlity. Dr Busek was honored as well by the speeches of his friends for 20 years Genc Pollo and Fate Velaj who hon-ored him at this special evening for all of us and an occassion to say thank you to Dr Busek.

ASA Gala Dinner ASA 2013 AWARD Ceremony

Dr Busek receiving the ASA Life Time Award for Austrian Albanian Friendship

Minister Pollo at his dinner speech

Ambassador Raunig, Genc Pollo, MP and Fate Velaj

Maks Velo handing over the award designed for Dr Busek

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At the ASA 2013 Galadinner Dr Mariann Graf was hon-ored with the ASA 2013 Award for Social and Charity Achievements. The award has given to Dr Graf for her major contribution to support the rurual poor in north-ern Albania over the last 20 years. Mrs. Graf has done a unique contribution for Albania and ASA was hon-ored that Mrs. Graf has accepted the award and ASA and the members have donated 1000 Euro.

Dr. Marianne Graf, 20 years helping Albania

Dr Marianne Graf receiving the ASA Award 2013

The participants of teh ASA GALA Dinner 2013

Maks Velo, explaining the ASA Award 2013President Fritz Felsinger and Ambassador Raunig at ASA Gala

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On the 16th of October HE Bujar Nishani, President of the Republic of Albania honored Austria, Dr Busek and ASA and all co organisers with opening the 2nd Austrian Albanian Days in Albania. ASA is very grate-ful that the President honored us on this special day when the decision of the EU Commission to grant the candidate status to Albania was made public. ASA was very honored that the Foreign Minister of Alba-nia HE Ditmir Bushati gave us the honor to speak on the Austria and Albanian relation and was declaring

that the joint economic committee will be rees-tablished to work and even intensify the bi-lateral relation between Austria and Albania. It was a great day for us and a special occassion and thanks to all.

President Bujar Nishani opening the Austrian Albanian Days 2013

President Nishani and Dr Busek -sharing European perspectives

Elena Kocaqi, presenting her book on the role of Austria in 1912

Dr Busek congratulating for the EU Candidtate status

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it was a great pleasure on this special moment to discuss the European perspectives of Albania with such high level personalities and to present the project of a strategic part-nership between Austria and Albania as the right option for Albania now at the moment when Albania is getting a green light for EU accession. This concept of presented by Geri

Selenica from the Albanian Cen-ter fro strategic studies and based on the research of Elena Kocaqi who wrote the book on the role of Austria in establishing Albania in 1912. All this is documented in the 2013 status report on Austri-an Albanian Friendship which has handed over by ASA to President Bujar Nishani on the occassion of the 2. Austrian Albanian Days.

Celebrating the EU Candidate status recommendation of EU Commission for Albania

The audience of the AAD Opening by President Bujar Nishanihttp://asa.org.al/repository/docs/ASA_status_report_2013_web_786415.pdf

Skender Thaci from Marianne Graf Society and the Mayor of Ka-mza Mr. Mrizu honoring President Bujar Nishani

HE President Bujar Nishani receiving the ASA 2013 Status report on Austrian Albanian relations

HE Ditmir Bushati, Foreign Minister of the Republik of Alnbania

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The 2013 AAD economic panel was kicked off by Gerhard Schlattl from WKO, Advantage Aus-tria with the presention of the economic busi-ness climate survey of Austrian Business in Albania. Later Dietmar

Reiner from Verbund presented the Ashta project. Peter Simoner the Lottery Albania. Alexander Zsolna, Raiffeisen. Fitnete Sulaj, INTERSIG, Thomas Haneder TPA Howarth, Christian Braunig, CONFIDA. Prof Pa-pagkikas TUV Austria, Fatbardh Cungu, ENSO Hydro Albania. ASA was especially honored the the speech of Deputy Minister Brunilda Paskalli and the pres-ence of the newly appointed Director of the Albanian Tax Agency Mrs. Brisida Shehaj. Austrian business is committed for Albania and this is a strong basis.

Austria Business in AlbaniaHere to stay - ready to invest, but VAT...

Peter Simoner, CEO of Austrian Lotteries Albania

Mrs Fitnete Sulaj making a strong case for VAT refrom for insurance sector

Alexander Zsolnai, delivering his analysis of the current trends in the Albanian economy from the view of the largest bank in Albania. during the economic panel of the 2.AAD 2013

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Austrian business in Albania - Deputy Minister Brunilda Paskalli and Brisida Shehaj, Director of Tax Agency and the Economic panelist

Deputy Minister Brunilda Paskalli and Brisida Shehaj, Director of Tax Agency, Alexander Zsolnai, Deputy CEO of Raiffeisen Albania, Sokol Abazaj and Fritz Felsinger at the Interview, above the panel during the presentation of Gerhard Schlattl, WKO and Advantage Austria presenting the survey results on the business climate for Austrian companies in Albania. The message was clear that Austrian companies are very committed

but concerned by the VAT issues, the corruption and skills level and the current issue of illliquidity. It is time for reforms.

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Regions are the key for Austrian propserity and re-gional development is a focus of many Austrian proj-ects in Albania and as well a strong debate at the moment in Albania. The workshop was therefor very timely and well received. Astrid Wein from ADA pre-sented the achievement of ADA in this sector.

Regions - key for prosperityA call for more regional partnership

Sokol Abazaj, Coordinator for Regional projects Austria Albania Astrid Wein, outlining the achievments of ADA in Albania

Marseda Allajbeu, Towards a pedestrian Myslim Shyri.This will be a transformational project for Tirana

Mrs. Uli Bega, Adviser for strategic projects of the Tirana mu-nicipality and Board Member of DIHA at the Round Table

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A great networking evening for more investments to come

A great evening for all friends of Austria in Albania

Gerhard Schlattl, Opening the WKO Advantage Austria reception wel-coming the participants the trade mission and all partners and friends

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In the framework of the 2. AAD the launching of the Albanian Road Safety Council was a key and hopeful transformational milestone. In the presence of Minis-ter Haxhinasto who delivered a passionate appeal for safer road and outlined his stragey for road safety in English to honor the Austrian participants the Alba-nian road safety council was established. This was as

Launching Event of the Albanian Road Safety Council

Minister Haxhinasto and President of OEMATC Mr. Werner Kraus

President Werner Kraus of OEAMTC at his speech Minister Haxhinasto

The audience of the ASA ARSC road Safety launching event at POLIS

well the closing event of the ASA 2013 road safety annual lead topic under the partonage of the President of the Re-public HE Bujar Nishani who has launched this lead topic at the POLIS conference in March with a great speech for safer roads. ASA commotted itself to promote the Austrian model of a multistaekhodler road safet council carried by the in-surance industry and the automobile club and it was an honor that the President of the OEAMTC Mr. Werner Kraus was coming to mark the occassion and honor it. Thanks.

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President of OEMATC Werer Kraus and TUV Austria Albania and WIFI Austria Albania and the Austrian

The Austrian Road Safety Board was represented by Dr Ar-min Kaltenegger and Prof Hauger and the VVO the Austrian Insurance Association by Christina Wuehrer and the Aus-trian Ministry of Infrastructure by DI Alexander Nowotny. All of this delegation have been in Tirana as well in March and all of them expressed their happiness of the concrete follow up that it was possible to launch the Albanian Road Safety council on the 17th of October with the support of most of the Albanian insurance companies and the Albanian Austo-mobil club led by President Niko Leka and his SG Eno Zeneli who both are board members of the ARSC. Further board mebers are Lindita Komani, Gunther Fehlinger, Shkumbin Brestovci and Ervin Xhaferaj. The ARSC is led by Fitnete Sualj who is as well the President of the Albanian Insurance Association and shareholder of INTERSIG, part of the VIG group. Mrs. Sulaj was great supporter and managed that most of the CEO of the Albanian insuracnes were presents at the launching event and most of them were ready to sign a public committment to support the ARSC and so contrib-ute to make road safer in Albania. ASA is very grateful for this and as well that the OEMATC and the VVO were there

-sible. But it is still a fragile start and more support is needed and welcome. Please support safer roads in Albania.

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The signing of the LOI between KFV and ARSC by Dr Kaltenegger, KFV and Mrs. Fitnete Sulaj the Presi-dent of ARSC, and of the Albanian Insurance Indus-try Association. A great moment for safer roads in Al-bania.

On the 17th of October the most of the Albanian insuracne companies and many key supporters and syakeholder and friends have signed the road safety manifesto for SAFER ROAD 2013 -EUROPEAN ALBANIA and so manifested their

the public signatures at the visible table on the left. ARSC will now contact all other friends and stakeholders in teh coming week to join and support safer road and we will or-ganise and round table with the Government to present the Albanian Road Safety Agenda for the next years to come

this occassion as well the KFV represented by Dr Kalteneg-ger and the new ARSC signed a LOI to committ itself for full cooperation, information exchange and development of join projects for fully rolling out the road safety council and work closely together in teh coming years. it was as well agreed to work closey with Kosovo Road Safety Forum and wih the partners in Macedonia and Montenegro. it can be concluded that it was a good day for safer roads and as well Mr. Mehmetn Krasniqi from the Kosovo Road Safety Forum and the Prof Papagkikas from TUV Austria Albania as well as WIFI Albania Hans Spernbauer and Albi Greva from Vo-dafone Foundation Albania were happy to be there and so there is a good team of the right stakeholder for safer roads

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A great moment. The signing of the ARSC declaration for safer roads, most of the Albanian Insuracne insdustry is siging the ARSC establish-ment. Please see the delegation of the Albanian Insurance Industry on the right and the ARCS Board and the Austrian Delegation and the key speakers of the event on the right and President Sulaj in the center with President Werner Kraus of OEMATC. ASA thanks all of the supporters

The new board of the ARSC after the conference Mrs. Sulaj, the new President of the Albanian Road Safety Council and Dr. Armin Kaltenegger, KFV after the siging of the LOI between KFV and ARSC

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