Strengthening Local Governance for Empowered Citizens

Albania is decentralizing at a breathtaking pace. The local governments and citizens have a hard time trying to keep up with these changes. The “Bashki te Forta” project enables them to introduce practices of local governance that best meet their needs.

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Our vision is of a just world in which all men and women determine the course of their lives in dignity and security, using environmental resources in a sustainable manner.

Publications

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Our latest blogs & news

Blog 02. March 2026

Shaping Futures: Building an Ecosystem for Career Guidance in Albania

Blog 17. July 2025

Restoring Integrity: Shifting Power to Tackle Corruption

Blog 21. October 2024

Bridging the Gap: How Civil Society and the Private Sector are Shaping the Future of Advocacy

Blog 30. April 2024

Push and Pull Factors of Labor Migration

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Selected Projects

Albania

Strengthening Local Governance for Empowered Citizens

Albania

Making Markets Work for the Youth

Eastern and Southeast Europe

Revitalize, Reconnect, Reshape

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Helvetas Regional Office
Trešnjinog cveta 1/7th floor
11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Serbia

E-Mail: easterneurope@helvetas.org

Our topics

Good Governance

Amplifying all peoples’ voices and rights, fostering good governance, enhancing inclusive access to services, preventing and resolving conflicts and ensuring that people on the move, whether by choice or force, do so safely, in decent and dignified conditions.

Economic Perspectives

Access to education, vocational training, and income-generating opportunities is essential to lift communities out of poverty.

Green Transition

Promoting sustainable practices, advancing the circular economy, fostering innovation in clean energy and agriculture, and enabling communities and institutions to lead the green transition through resource efficiency, resilience, and climate action.

Humanitarian Response

In recent years there has been a global rise in disasters. Earthquakes, droughts, floods and cyclones turn years of development progress to dust overnight.

Our Global Topics

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Our work in the countries

In addition to the countries listed below, we implement the RECONOMY program for the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), spanning 11 countries of Eastern Europe.

How Helvetas works in Albania

Helvetas promotes labor market development and supports municipalities in institutionalizing democratic processes and improving public services.

How Helvetas works in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Helvetas is now focusing on developing new labor markets in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

How Helvetas works in Kosovo

Helvetas seeks to improve career prospects for graduates and is working closely with local authorities to support institutional reforms and democratization.

How we work in North Macedonia

Helvetas’ efforts focus on job market development and vocational education and training.

How we work in Serbia

Helvetas focuses on forging links between policymakers, social scientists and civil society.

How Helvetas works in Moldova

Helvetas aims to stimulate its market systems and generate more economic opportunities for its citizens.

About Helvetas

Helvetas is part of a network of independent development organizations. With head offices in Switzerland, Germany and the USA, Helvetas is working in 35 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. We bring about real change in the lives of over three million disadvantaged people every year. In Eastern Europe we implement development projects in the areas of good governance, economic perspectives, green transition and humanitarian response.

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