01 Nov Partnership agreement was signed
With growing excitement, we announce that on 29th of October 2024 the partner contract has been signed between the project manager, Risto Ivanov and our albanian colleague Oriana Hanxhari representing the project “Energy efficient construction and renovation in the Western Balkans“ in the frame of the RECONOMY program, and Enio Jaco representing CBS – Creative Business Solutions in Tirana.
The purpose of the contract is to contribute to the implementation of the RECONOMY program, that aims at brining sustainable, inclusive and green economic growth; generate additional income and employment opportunities for the youth, women and the most disadvantaged groups.
Partner engagement is a strategic process that focuses on a joint endeavor by the RECONOMY Program and the CBS Lores + for greater scale, sustainability, and effectiveness of development outcomes. It is a means to an end that leverages – through a higher degree of motivation and mobilization of expertise, innovation, and resources on all sides.
The Program and the CBS Lores + complement each other, creating important synergies. Specifically, the partnership seeks to contribute to the goal of the RECONOMY as well as to the business/activity of the CBS Lores +, eventually leading to increase the services of Lores + A2F (access to finance) platform in Albania, Kosovo and Serbia, as well as to advance gender diversity in building sector, particularly in energy efficient construction and renovation, the initiative focuses on promoting financial products affordable to women, youth and disadvantaged groups.
RECONOMY is a regional inclusive and green economic development program of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), implemented by Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation in partnership with CeProSARD and others in the Eastern Partnership and the Western Balkan regions.