Background

The Human Development Promotion Center is an Albanian not-for-profit NGO founded in Mach 1999 to function as an independent, impartial and non-discriminatory organisation.

Mission

HDPC’s mission is to contribute to human development in Albania through promoting the active participation of society in the process of political, economic and social reform.

Position

HDPC works at local, regional and national level and focuses on two areas:

• The implementation of specific projects in fields such as human and minority rights, economic development, education, local governance, public participation in local development and capacity building of local stakeholders;
• Research in fields such as economic development, the labour market and employment at local and national level, the business environment and SME development, poverty, education and human development.

Objectives

• To monitor and assess progress in economic and social development at local and national levels;
• To implement projects that result in good practices and which can be further disseminated, replicated and translated into policy recommendations;
• To build the capacity of stakeholders at local and national levels;
• To raise awareness and support development issues.

Contact details

Human Development Promotion Center
Ms Lindita Xhillari, Executive Director
Rruga Vaso Pasha, P9/1, Ap.4,
Tirana
Albania
Tel:  +355 425 3300
Fax: +355 425 3299
E-mail: hdpc@icc-al.org