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