Social Initiatives

ArtVision – Increasing Inter-Cultural Communication between Adriatic Countries

The project’s objective is to increase inter-cultural communication between populations in the Adriatic area. Both the quality and quantity of artistic exchanges between Italy, Croatia, Montenegro and Albania must improve in the context of European integration. arTVision connects artistic forces in the region and promotes innovative creations by capturing contemporary art “as it happens”. A […]

Strengthening Youth Networks to Increase Participation in Drafting and Implementing of Youth Policies

In the framework of supporting and engaging youth organizations and groups in decision making processes, under the support of UNICEF, the Ministry of Culture, Tourism, Youth and Sports, designed and organized a set of 2 day trainings in Tirana, Durrës and Elbasan. The modules prepared by the Urban Research Institute experts presented the basic concepts […]

Strengthening of women’s participation in public and political life

The study provided information on the concrete social factors which create obstacles for women to take part in the public life of the region and provided recommendations for abolishing the obstacles for women’s self-realization and to approve the real quality of women and men. One hundred interviews were conducted from September-October 2004 with women representatives […]

Earlier Projects (1999-2009)

Since 1999, when Urban Research Institute was created in Tirana, Albania, the organization has worked with a number of partners and donors to implement projects addressing diverse issues in the country, region and beyond. A list of the projects that URI has implemented during its first decade is attached below. List of projects