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The Experience of LEDAs in Albania: the case of Vlora Region”

AULEDA – Mission, objectives, services

AULEDA is part of the Albanian LEDA-s that have been providing services to the

UNDP ART Program.

OBJECTIVE

Our objective is to combine economic competitive development, with the social cohesion

and inclusion, and the environmental protection, according to the United Nations human

development principles.

GOVERNANCE

We are governed through the participation of public and private stakeholders

(local/regional administrations, associations of producers, academic and financial

institutions, organizations of the civil society)

SELF- SUSTAINABILITY

We pursue own self-sustainability, through differentiated resources of income that

include: incomes from the projects, services and guaranty found.

Vlore Inovation Network

THE ORGANISATIONAL CHART

ASSEMBLY

EXECUTIVE BOARD

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

DEPARTMENT BUSINESS SERVICES

DEPARTMENT PROJECTS

DEPARTMENT TERRITORIAL MARKETING

Network of

Expertise

Possible Local Branch

ADMINISTRATION

Network of

Expertise

Network of

Expertise

Possible Local Branch

Scientific &Technical Committee

Public Relation Committee

Public Relation Committee

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AAAAULAULL;;;;;;;;’’’’’PPITAGO PROJECTS

THE MAIN CARRIED ON ACTIVITIES

TOURISM

AGRICULTURE

ENVIRONMENT

SOCIAL

INCLUSION

ICT

DEVELOPMENT

Local

resources

mapping.

Business

support.

Business

networking

Social

Enterprise

Territorial

Marketing

SERVICES

THE MAIN CARRIED ON ACTIVITIES

Partnership

building

Planning

Support.

Business plan preparation

Credit loan approve

Technical Assistance to SME

Auleda disposes of a Guarantee Fund for

facilitating credit to SME-s, through an

agreement with UNOPs and Credins Bank

THE MAIN CARRIED ON ACTIVITIES

Guaranty

Found

SUSTAINABILITY

Auleda is a full self-sustainable

organisation,

not using grants or subsidies

INCOMES

INTERESTS FROM THE GUARANTEE FUND

CONTRACTS WITH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

PROJECTS

STRATEGIC PLANNING OF VLORA REGION

THE STRATEGY

PITAGORA - PROJECT

Expansion of SME-s needs

for innovation

SME-s &

public

administration

PILOT Projects

Identification of ICT

needs

Community

SME -s

State of art analyze

Methodology

Pitagora Project activities are divided in 5 WP. WP1- Coordination and management, WP2

Communication and dissemination, WP3 Identification of ICT needs, WP4 Expansion of SME-s

needs for innovation, WP5 ICT and public administration.

Public administration

ICT operators

Selection chriteria for SME-s

Training on ICT use

Students, Vlore habitants,

tourist pupils, people in

needs, businesses, etc

Wireless network and information point in historical centre.

What are target groups?

Management

The system will be coin paid. Inserting the coin and

the system will charge for time used.

The businesses will pay for adverts, which will be

place in information pages and announcement on

the screen

All the income will help to carry on keeping this

system running

SSM Nature Project

MAPS

&

Photos

Geo--

database

GIS

Server

Monitoring

station

Selection and

basic collection

of satellite raw

data (photos,

maps,

CORINE) and

services.

C) Creation of

maps and

images that can

be used into

the monitoring

system to

present the

data to users

Convert raw data

to be used by the

GIS

A) Collection of

data from in-situ

stations.

B) Creation of

database with the

collected data.

Establishment of

Earth Monitoring

Stations (satellite

dish, LNB, optical

cables,

establishment of

the Ground

station system)

Implementation

of the whole

software and

hardware system

including the

satellite

infrastructure and

the GIS system.

Hard ware

&

software

“Inovative space satelite monitoring of the environmental

natural resources”

Working schema

In 9 years almost 150 enterprises supported, 16 of them with Credit system.

214,000 USD credit delivered , with 100% return rate.

150 jobs created.

2500 people trained.

Multi - municipaI and the regional plans supported.

The Map of local economic competittive potentialities realised

4 Social enterprises promoted and supported.

A network of Adriatic area created for favouring faire activities, international network

Adria PAN for environment protected areas.

Implementation of 35 projects with a total value of 1 500 000 Euro

MAIN RESULTS: BUSINESS SERVICES

FUTURE PLANS

Promote and strengthen the association of small farmers and producers

Strengthen the valorisation and the quality of the potential of local

economic, social and cultural resources, through a regional competitive

and sustainable system of value chains.

Support the regional and municipal strategic planning, according to the

national strategies

Increase the opportunities of economic inclusion for the most

disadvantaged people

Strengthen the capacities of local system for the environmental protection.

Strengthen the alliance with European partners and the crossboard

partnerships, through improving the local capacities

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