AIA -A place for young people to become

                      social entrepreneurs

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Our mission is to help young people from the age of 16-21 to become entrepreneurs. There are three things we focus on:

          The entrepreneurial mindset

          The entrepreneurial knowledge

          The entrepreneurial network 

We are passionate to bring together and work with PARTNERS that share the same mission and values with us. 

Together we can make a difference.

Meet the Innovators              2019

Albanian Innovation Accelerator in collaboration with UNDP is bringing together young people from Diber, Kukes, Shkoder in Design Thinking Bootcamps with the challenge " How might we create youth friendly cities! 

Meet the winning teams:

Handmade in Dibra

Showcasing local crafts and creating experiences for visitors.

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Professional Shkodra

Creating a match making application for people that offer services and people that need services.

Kukes Buke e Krype e Zemer

Bread Salt and Heart- Help farm families host visitors and offer amazing experiences of how to cook traditional dishes using the produce from the garden, how to milk the goat, how to weave rugs. 

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AIA TUTORS & MENTORS

BLERINA GOGA

Executive Director

ELIRA SAKIQI

Funding and Investment

TIM COOKE

Chair Board of Governers

GUDRUN BLANKENHAUS

Director Leadership Development

MANDEEP MAITRA

Head of Executive Coaching

ZDENKA KRIZMAN

Director Media Organization

RHONA WOOLDRIDGE

Growth Coach

THORSTEN ROSER

Investment Advisor

JULIA GOGA COOKE

Chief Creative Director

SHKELZEN MARKU

Advisory Board

MERGIM CAHANI

Advisory Board

HATI COKALLI

Technology Tutor & Mentor

ASETILA KOSTINGER

SME Development

ERION CUNI

Chief  Technology Mentor

ARJETA DHIMA

Communication Turor & Mentor

ANA ZACHARIAN

Project Management Mentor

ERTON GRACENI

Lecturer Stragegy & Sales

DORIANA BIDO

Software Technology Mentor

KLAID BIDO

Technology Mentor

ALEKSANDER BELLO

Technology Mentor

KLAIDI GOGA

Finance and Business Plan

AISHEJLA MYSHKETA

Finance and Business

ERVIN KARAMUCA

Ekspert Ligjor

EDA NOCKA

Legal expert & Mentor

ANXHELA LULA

Finance and Business Plan

MARZIA ARICO

Design Guru

KRISI OMERI

Photography

IRENA LUTO SALINGER

Multimedia

OLESJA LAMI

Innovation Spaces

SHUNA MACBETH

Film

ARBER KADIA

Social Enterprise Mentor

SANIKA PALKAR

UX Design

MEGI TURKU

Career advisor

KLEID ESKI

Animation

HENRIK LEZI

Publishing