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Cooperation agreement between IETT and AU

The Institute of Education, Heritage and Tourism (IETT) and “Albanian University” (AU), signed a “Cooperation Agreement”, in order to achieve success in various sectors, in the service of stakeholders, collaborators, students or staff respective. Representatives of both institutions were Prof. Ass. Dr. Ramiz Zekaj, Executive Director of IETT and Prof. Dr. Kaliopi Naska, Rector of AU who in the course of the discussions examined the possibilities of signing this agreement on the following points: Promotion, support and implementation of joint research and...

Online meeting of Albanian members of Interpret Europe, IE

18. 12. 2020 The Institute of Education, Heritage and Tourism (IETT), participated in the meeting with the Albanian members of Interpret Europe (IE), where for all new registrants was made a presentation of the structure, mission and benefits that membership in IE brings. An annual report on Interpret Europe as well as plans for 2021 were also presented. Special attention was paid to the trainings and new innovations that can be brought to Albania, following the first training of the ‘Certified Interpretive Guide...

Cooperation Agreement between IETT and CIT

The Institute of Education, Heritage and Tourism (IETT) and the Canadian Institute of Technology (CIT) signed on 23.10.2020, a “Cooperation Agreement”, aimed at promoting bilateral cooperation at national and international level in education and not only, in order to achieve the paths of success in different sectors, in the service of stakeholders, collaborators, students, the respective staffs of both institutions. Present at this meeting were Prof. Dr. Valter Shtylla, Chairman of the Board of IETT and Mrs. Anisa Hykaj, IETT Coordinator...

IETT participated in the trip organized by the INNOVIMENTOR project

Regional Center for Development and Cooperation – RCDC, the Albanian partner of the INNOViMENTOR Project organized a trip with various representatives of the media and institutions specializing in travel and tourism. The focus of this organization was to visit 10 tourist places in the territory of Tirana such as: National Historical Museum, Clock Tower, Pedestrian Street, National Park, Petrela, Shëngjergji waterfall, etc. Participants showed interest in getting to know these places, sites, monuments and facilities specially selected for this trip. The program was...

“Lifelong Learning in the Digital Age” as a strategy to ensure social integration and personal development

On October 3-4, 2020, the International Conference on “Lifelong Learning in the Digital Age” held in Vlora, aimed to promote lifelong learning and exploit the potential of digital technologies. Participants came from various scientific fields and disciplines, research institutions, state and private, education providers, institutions of Islamic religious communities, community leaders, teachers and preachers from Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, USA, Northern Macedonia, Montenegro and Presevo. This conference was organized by AIITC and IIIT under the coordination of the Institute of Education,...

The “Certified Interpretive Guide”, CIG training was concluded successfully

The “Certified Interpretive Guide” training, CIG brought for the first time in Albania by the Institute of Education, Heritage and Tourism in collaboration with Interpret Europe IE, was successfully completed after 5 intensive days and a program which for 40 hours provided a comprehensive and diverse package of tools to turn any phenomenon into an experience and passive audiences into active ones. This internationally recognized training is created for everyone in the field of tourism, cultural heritage, museology, interpretation but not...

The 5-day training “Certified Interpretative Guide”, CIG for the first time in Albania,

The Institute of Education, Heritage and Tourism, IETT, in collaboration with Interpret Europe, held today the first day of the 5-day training, Interpretive Guides Training, CIG. The meeting started with the greeting speech from the IETT coordinator, Mrs. Anisa Hykaj, who welcomed the participants and made a short presentation of the lecturer, Valya Stergioti, training coordinator of Interpret Europe, with more than 20 years of professional experience and assistant lecturer Max Dubravko Fijacko, certified Interpretation trainer and coordinator of culinary heritage. The...

Interpret Europe successfully concluded a four-day International E-conference

“𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙪𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧, 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮, 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 ” – Lisa Brochou, Associate Director of the USA’s National Association for Interpretation (NAI), held a hugely inspiring keynote speech at the last day of IE conference. Lisa’s keynote address, ‘𝗡𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁’, showed how those of us living and working in heritage communities might find inspiration to rebuild more sustainable operations in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Moderated by Valya Stergioti, IE’s Training Coordinator the final day...

IETT participated in the webinar of the “World Tourism Organization” – UNWTO

UNWTO (United Nations World Tourism Organization) is a specialized agency of the United Nations with a focus on promoting, sustainable development, bringing innovation, investment and digital tourism transformations as one of the most important sectors of the world economy. Striving for a safe return is the challenge that tourism around the world is going through. Given the situation created by COVID-19 and the impact it has had on people, businesses and countries around the world, UNWTO in collaboration with the WHO...

Interpret Europe International Conference on the Importance of Heritage Care

Interpret Europe opened the international conference on “Fostering Heritage Communities”. This is the first time that such a four-day event is held online by IE for more than 150 participants from 35 countries. The Institute of Education, Heritage and Tourism, IETT as a member of Interpret Europe since 2019, closely followed all the first day sessions. The conference opened with a welcome speech by Mr. Thorsten Ludwig, IE Organizing Director since 2015 and the Director of the UNESCO Office in Brussels,...