RESULTS of our activities
In AULEDA's 10 years of activity :
- Inter-municipal and regional Strategic Plans have been developed following the participatory methodology
- Local economic potentialities have been mapped
- Around 150 enterprises have received technical assistance, and 16 of them have also received financial support thanks to the Guarantee Fund
- 214,000 USD have been delivered to entrepreneurs as credits, with 100% return rate;
- 150 jobs have been created
- 2500 people have received professional training or have been trained in enterprise management
- The constitution of 4 social enterprises has been promoted, and the enterprises have been financially supported
- 35 projects have been implemented, for a total amount of 1,500,000 Euro managed by AULEDA
In particular, in the last three years :
- 38 local administration and 25 local NGOs have been trained and supported in managing local economic development
- 9 value chains have been created and 8 have been supported in Vlora region
- 38 enterprises have been created and 24 have been supported in Vlora region
- 130 enterprises have been technically supported
- 114,000 USD have been used for sustaining 8 enterprises, out of 207,000 USD at AULEDA's disposal to access to credit
- 100 jobs have been created (45 of which for women) and 150 have been maintained (56 of which for women) thanks to AULEDA's support
- 1000 people (375 of which women) have been trained in enterprises management
11 capacity building trainings have been organized, respectively for:
- Shushica farmers, on new agricultural technologies
- Lumi i Vlores sheeps and cows farmers, on new vaccines for their animals
- Lumi i Vlores women employed in the medicinal herbs sector, on new processing technologies
- Women from Vlora, on the management of B&B structures
- Young people from Orikum, on employment opportunities in the touristic sector
- Youth from rural areas, on new communication technologies
- Regional administration, on how to managing European support funds
- Regional staff of programming and development office, on regional Strategic Planning
- Local administrations, on ISO Standards
- AULEDA Assembly members, on Project Cycle Management
- AULEDA Technical Group, on project evaluation process
Economic and territorial analysis have been developed, and the related studies have been published :
- Feasibility study for use of ICT from public administration in the service to citizens.
- Survey for use of ICT from SME-s focused on web commerce and e commerce
- Feasibility study about tourism development in Pogradec
- Survey about value chains in Vlora Region
- Rural Strategy development of LAG “Adrijon area
- Master plan for economic development of Lumi i Vlores area