The Institute of Education, Heritage and Tourism, IETT as a member of Interpret Europe, participated in the online meeting on the topic: Combining Interpret Europe trainings with national certification systems. During the meeting, members of other international organizations shared different experiences from trainings conducted by IE in their country. Ideas for discussing the possibilities of combining training with other assessment systems for guides were also discussed. IETT was the first to bring the “Certified Interpretative Guide”, CIG training in Albania, in 2020....
The Institute of Education, Heritage and Tourism, IETT organized the next training on the use of online teaching platforms for teachers and students: Using the Google Workspace (G-SUITE) platform. The session was led by the PhD lecturer Bledar Kazia, lecturer and head of the computer engineering department at the University College “Canadian Institute of Technology”, CIT. Google Workspace is a well-known integrated workspace that allows less time to be spent on managing tasks, although not always easy to use. Participants were introduced to...
In the framework of awareness events organized by the NEST Project and the Ministry of Finance and Economy, for Interreg IPA CBC Italy – Albania – Montenegro, IETT participated in a two-day online meeting which focused on discussing issues for the establishment of a “lively laboratory” “(living lab), for the development of intelligent tourism in Albania. Some of them had to do with: – Identifying the needs of information, networking and technology needed for an efficient, effective and intelligent management of our...
The field of heritage interpretation grew out of the national parks in the USA. To this day, the practice continues to have a strong connection with parks. Some parks in Europe are actively involved in interpretive planning, media development and guide programmes. However, this varies across Europe. The UK, for example, has a strong tradition for using interpretation in parks. On the other hand, in Norway, the field is little developed. Unfortunately, the full potential for interpretation in regional, nature and...
The Institute of Education, Heritage and Tourism, IETT participated in the online meeting organized by Global Albanians Foundation, GAF on the guidance for “Crowdfunding” for Albanian NGOs. The greeting speech got held by Mr. Mark Kosmo, Chairman of GAF who also gave an explanation on the mission and vision of the organization, its main achievements so far and what the GAF platform offers. The second session was held by Amarildo Ceka, who provided a detailed information on project proposal budgets and fundraising...
The Institute of Education, Heritage and Tourism participated in the online meeting “Inspirational Economy and NGOs” from the International Institute of Inspiration Economy Project, IIIE. The session was led by Dr. Khawla Al-Muhannadi and Dr. Muhamed Buheji, Founder of IIIE. The lecture contained a detailed presentation by Dr. Buheji, first on the role and objectives of IIEP, then on Re-dimensioning the role of NGOs based on Inspirational Economy. During his lecture he explained the evolving eras of Inspirational Economy, as well as...
The Institute of Education, Heritage and Tourism, IETT had the pleasure to certify the students of the Canadian Institute of Technology, CIT who during three months, October – December 2020, completed an internship in “Full Stack Development” at the premises of IETT. During this period they had the opportunity to coordinate under the supervision of CIT lecturers to create a final product for IETT, such as the creation of a digital map containing the main tourist spots in Albania. IETT wishes them...
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...
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...
The Institute of Education, Heritage and Tourism, IETT in the framework of the cooperation agreement with the “Canadian Institute of Technology”, CIT organized training for teachers and students: USE OF ONLINE LEARNING PLATFORMS The session was led by the PhD lecturer. Bledar Kazia, lecturer and head of the computer engineering department at the University College “Canadian Institute of Technology”, CIT. The main purpose of this training was to identify the best techniques for creating, finding, adapting and using teaching material on E-learning...