Overall Objective

• To contribute to the effective and sustainable re-use of confiscated assets from organised crime by civil society organisations based on the analysis and adaption of the successful and advanced international practices in the management of the confiscated assets
• To strengthen local CSOs in managing the confiscated assets from organised crime to benefit the communities as a whole

Activities

Under the project, 3 sub-grants were granted:

Title of the project: “KeBuono! Social Pastry: legality, inclusion, and awareness as

ingredients for a better community”

Total Budget: 150,000 EUR

EU Contribution: 142,500 EUR (95%)

Implementation period: 16 January 2018 – 31 July 2019 (18.5 months)

Implementing organisation: Enti Kombetar i Josefineve të Murialdos ENGIM in

partnership with Qendra Sociale Murialdo

“KeBuono” is a social pastry running its activity in a confiscated asset from the organised crime in Fier. It offers a variety of pastry products, as well as aggregation activities with children, adolescents, students, women, and parents aiming to build a culture of legality and non-violence among youth. Vocational Educational training is provided to young people who were former convicts or families of actual prisoners that are facing harsh socio-economic living conditions.

The majority of personnel (75%) are people endangered by or victims of crime in the socio-economic life of the community in Fier, especially young people and girls and women.

Combining various and different elements such as addressing social conflict due to organised, crime, employment of vulnerable people and promotion of values and rights within the community, KeBuono has contributed to overcoming the doubts about the re-use of confiscated assets from organised crime in Fier.

Some of the results achieved:

• Four (4) women and girls endangered by or victims of crime in the socio-
  
  economic life of the community are employed
• Sixteen (16) youngsters are qualified through Vocational Educational Training out of whom 7 youngsters are employed
• Collaboration with nine (9) schools and centers in Fier has contributed to engage
  
  over 700 children in aggregation activities; 1000 youth are informed about social
  
  issues in order to build a culture of legality and non- violence among youngsters
• Four (4) awareness campaigns were organised to promote Roma culture,
  
  prevent drugs and alcohol abuse, including people with personal needs and raise awareness of gender-based violence

Title of the project: KinFolk Coffee Library – social initiative as a measure to counter crime involvement in the city of Durres

Total Budget: 89,717.250 EUR

EU Contribution: 85,231.37 EUR (95%)

Implementation period: 3 May 2019 – 2 May 2020 (12 months)

Implementing organisations: Fondacioni Arsimor Shqiptar in partnership with Civil Society Development Center Durrës

“KinFolk Coffee Library – social initiative as a measure to counter crime involvement in the city of Durres” is an initiative aiming to transform the confiscated asset from the organised crime in the city of Durres into an adapted and friendly environment for young people, their families and citizens, and engage them in social, cultural, and education activities. The project targets youth who are at risk of juvenile delinquency, by engaging them in social and cultural activities that counteract their involvement in illegal activities and criminal life.

Kinfolk Coffee Library is a multicultural centre, offering a wide range of activities such as:

training, acting courses, reading while having a coffee, discussion groups, chess course,

languages course, summer and winter schools, etc.

Results after one year of project implementation:

• A comfortable environment in which young people can work, interact and learn established
• Four (4) young people employed
• Over 150 youngsters and students participate and engage in educational, artistic and cultural activities

Title of the project: Social Crafting Garage Saranda

Total Budget: 59,978.86 EUR

EU Contribution: 56,979.92 EUR (95%)

Implementation period: 3 May 2019 – 2 May 2020 (12 months)

Implementing organization: Institute of Development, Migration and Integration (IDMI)

The Social Crafting Garage Saranda (SCG Saranda) is a crafting workshop focused on the production of stone handiworks. It is implemented on the premises of a confiscated asset in Saranda. The raw material used for the craftwork will be natural stones from the beach (colourful, flat, rock, glassy, etc.) – that are painted, drilled, carved and wired in order to create various handiworks, and ready for the market. The stone designs are linked to the cultural heritage and folklore, making these products unique, valuable and competitive in the artisan market in order to provide long-term income.

Results after one year of project implementation:

• Eight (8) women and girls who are victims or at risk of organised crime methods
  
  such as human trafficking, forced prostitution, sexual abuse and domestic violence employed after an initial Vocational Education Training on crafting with
  
  stones
• SCG Saranda will serve as a platform for social activities (such as crafting festivals,
  
  exhibitions) and will be transformed into a Social Hub supporting trafficking
  
  victims’ integration in the economic and social life of the city

Expected Results

• Increased level of knowledge and awareness in the community, at national level and particularly in the areas where confiscated assets are available, on the re-use of confiscated assets , the role of the AAPSK, and the possibility of the management of these assets by non-profit organisations, as specified in the Albanian legislation
• Detailed operational protocols for giving in use and monitoring the entrustment of assets to non-profit organisations are officially defined and applied by the AASPK
• Increased activism, know-how and technical capacities of CSOs in the field of management of confiscated assets and implementation of activities from which the local communities at large will benefit
• Establishing the ground/ opening the opportunities for the preparation of a future generation of highly educated professionals in the management of confiscated assets, based on the MBA curricula developed and managed by the University of Naples in Italy