ALB-AID: About Us

PROFILE OF ALB-AID

ALB-AID provides technical assitance for eduaction, integration, and democratic development
to the most marginalised, disadvanateged and excluded groups and individuals who are victims
of mines, SALW, UXO’s, ERW, trafficking, abuse, violence and discrimination , as a result of
which they have have become handicapped.

The aim of ALB-AID is protection and improvement of the livelihoods of the marginalized, dis-
advanateged and excluded groups and individuals who are victims of mines, SALW, UXO’s,
ERW; victims of trafficking, abuse, violence and discrimination.

Objectives:

To facilitate social-economic re-integration of mine/UXO/ERW/SALW survivors and other persons with
disabilities (PWD)
To improve access to medical and social services for landmine survivors and other PWD
To disseminate information against trafficking of human beings and to support victims of trafficking in their
integration process
To keep low (zero) level of mine/UXO/ERW/SALW accidents through Awareness/Risk Education Activities all-over
Albania.
To improve child rights in Albania through empowerment, protection, development and intensive campaigns,

Trageted groups:

Excluded, marginalized and disadvantaged individuals (with or without disabilities) and groups who are:

Victims of military and civil conflicts: victims of mines, SALW, munitions, UXO/ERW.
victims of social-economic trauma: children, youngsters and women who are victims of trafficking, abuse,
violence and discrimination
Communities of above mentioned groups

Subject of the work of ALB-AID:

To support victims of mines, SALW, UXO’s, ERW, victims of trafficking, abuse, violence and discrimination, primarily children and
women to win their social-economic independence and to be integrated into society through increase of possibilities for economic
empowerment, education and alternative vocational professional trainings.
To work for the awareness of public opinion about Mine/ERW Education, trafficking, road traffic and social risks
To support the local government units, public (education) institutions and NGO’s for the implementation of human rights in general,
children’s rights in particular.
To monitor implementation of different Conventions and strategies for children and women from government institutions and other
relevant actors of civil society
To identify and address all forms of discrimination of the targeted groups through different publications
To identify and empower capacities of local service providers for these excluded and disadvantaged groups
To support local government units for the improvement of human security, social-economic transformation and reduction of poverty
of excluded , disadvantaged and marginalized groups in need
To advocate and lobbing on behalf of targeted excluded disadvantaged groups to know and have access to their social-economic,
and cultural rights ,

OUR PRINCIPLES

In its daily activities, ALB-AID respects the following principles:

Independence:

ALB-AID

works according to its own principles and does not in any case define its

action

according to the internal or

foreign policy interests of any government whatsoever.

Neutrality:

ALB-AID

is strictly non-partisan and works in full respect of political as well as

religious

neutrality and

impartiality.

Equal opportunities:

ALB-AID

refuses, in its action, any discrimination based on race, sex,

religion,

nationality,

opinion or class.

Gender Balance: ALB-AID

respects gender equality and works to make it part of its standards. In

employment

policies priority is

given to women.

Free and direct access to victims:

ALB-AID

bases its action on a requirement of free accesses

to the

victims

and on direct

management of its programs. All means are used for this purpose

ALB-AID

also

checks the

allocation of its resources, with a view

to ensure that they are really

provided to the vulnerable

populations for

whom they are intended.

Professionalism:

ALB-AID

bases the conception, the realization, the management and the

assessment

of its

programs on

requirements of professionalism and on capitalization of

experience, so as to optimize

efficiency and

resources allocation. As such

intends to hire the best

expertise available in the region

encouraging young skilled

persons.

Transparency:

ALB-AID

is committed, towards beneficiaries as well as towards its partners and donors, to

respect transparency

and provides regular information on the allocation and management of financial resources

and to present all due guarantees and

evidence of its management process’s quality on regular basis’s. In order

to be transparent to the public, ALB-AID publishes

regularly information regarding projects and their budgets in its

newspaper and web page. (www.alb-aid.org)

ALB-AID, Rr. "EKSOD 99", P.Drini, K.I, Sh.1/2, Kukes, ALBANIA
Tel/Fax: +355 (0)24 24006; Mobil: +355 (0)682070905; E-mail: a lbaid@alb-aid.org

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Visioni:

ALB-AID seeks a progressive and tolerant society that protects social-economic rights of
disadvantaged and excluded individuals and groups, victims of civil and war conflicts, as well as
victims of social-economic trauma, a society where they are fully integrated in their societies, live
with dignity in peace and security.

Mission:

ALB-AID supports the most disadvantaged, marginalized and excluded groups and individuals
with or without disabilities, victims of mines, SALW, UXO’s, ERW, victims of trafficking, abuse,
violence and discrimination, amongst them, primarily children and women to have access
to, and influence upon local social-economic and political resources.

ALB-AID serves both to individuals and their families by using the best local resources and
experience available for their social-economic and eduactional re-integration.

In order to realize its mission ALB-AID provides technical assitance for the development
and strengthening of capacities of these groups and their communities, enabling equal
opportunities for every one and empowering social-economic rights of individuals.

ALB-AID Expertise

Victims Assistance: rehabilitation, referral support, psychological and social support; peer support, economic re-
integration and support including vocational trainings, income generation; rights, advocacy and lobbing;
Risk Education: Mine Risk/UXO/ ERW/SALW /traffic accidents Education/ Awareness, Campaigns,
Child Protection: capacity building, School Governments, data collection on chid Rights, support children at risk,
psycho-social counselling, recreation activities, reports on child’s rights, preparation of media materials on child’s
rights, advocacy, lobbing and policy influence
Economic development: Income generation support, micro-credditing, community development, promotion of
tourism, environment change, renewable energy, local development initiatives, income generaion initiatives,
capacity building/empoewerment, empoyment

Anticorruption rules, procedures and regulations:

Anticorruption rules and regulations are fixed in the

Statute and basic manuals of ALB-AID such as: Human Resources Manual, NGO Operations and Procurement

Manuals. ALB-AID applies independent auditing for the projects implemented. The accounting documents of NGO

are open to the public. Decisions are taken through established structures. The NGO has an Ethical Comity which

ensures that the decisions taken by the management Bodies of the NGO are not subject of corruption. Also there

is a clear distinction between the Legislative Body and the Executive body of the NGO. Each year the NGO hires

an independent Auditor to audit the NGO accounts. This report is presented to the Assembly. If corruption

procedures are identified, the strict foreseen punishments are applied as regulated by the Operations Manuals.

Further more, everything is published in the web site.