Aktivitete

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...

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,...

The Ambassador of Albania in Saudi Arabia visits the stand of the IETT, at the International Tourism Fair in Jeddah.

In the premises of IETT at the International Tourism Fair – 10th Edition, Prof. Dr. Ramiz Zekaj welcomed the Ambassador of Albania accredited in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Mr. Sami Shiba. In the visit that the highest Albanian official held at the IETT stand in this fair, praised the participation of Albania, for the third year in a row, in this world-class event in the field of tourism. Such a participation comes in the context of the revival of Albanian tourism, which...

IETT supports CIT initiatives for student activities

Canadian Institute of Technology (CIT) organized a two-day trip to Prizren and Brezovica in Kosovo on 4th of February 2020. Students had the opportunity to get acquainted with the cultural heritage and the historical center of the old city of Prizren. They also had fun at the ski center in Brezovica, taking advantage of all the potential that this place offers for winter sports. The Institute of Education, Heritage and Tourism (IETT) supported this student activity, considering that such trips aim discovering...