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      Western Balkans, Albania and the Diatribe between Development and Change

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          While there is a clear tendency to address research of the ratio between change and development for very specific cases in comparison with the level of various countries, we think that we should go beyond such situation and focus rather on analysing and studying transition in former Communist countries. Such analysis could even lead to finding out the reasons for more attention being paid to change instead of development, but the influence of the tendency of the international partners in Albania and the entire region of the Western Balkan in favour of change and to the detriment of development has had its adverse and irreparable consequences.

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          Albania, the human factor and sustainable development: a lesson from the present

          Albania as all Balkan countries in general, in the past 20 years faced with deep and continuous socio-economic change which resulted not simply in a totally newly shaped economy, but also in new and unexperienced paths of human resources developments. This referring to the qualitative, quantitative and diversification terms, brings the age of new professions and connections between the academic development and advancement and the adaption with the real necessities of the labor market. Adding to this complex and mobile situation the effect on their economy of the last financial crisis, the turbulence level is expected to be increased . Practitioners and researchers must understand connections and make up different scenarios which will face with a very unpredictable environment. Not surprisingly, Albania as some other southwestern European countries, due to the low level of integration into the international financial market, their mainly domestic market for goods and services produced by them, did not suffer the same consequences as other neighboring countries. But even the effect of downsizing their economies will affect Albanian economy too, because the payment balance and foreign trade balance as well as due to the widening of globalization in its domestic economy, which Albania cannot afford to avoid any longer. At the same time, the country must take in consideration the economic structure change and its adoption with the EU countries economic structure. These two main challenges can be afforded with substantial foreign investments and the most attractive resource has proved to be the human one. Sustainable development of human resources for a national sustainable development, requires making pro-active decision regarding their development and planning. The welfare of countries more and more is not being measured by the GDP pro capita, instead it is being used the term” life quality” which calls for decision making process aiming to increase and not simply exploit, which pro-actively develops qualitative human resources . This because a major factor for development is direct foreign investment. This drives Albania as well as other Balkan countries shift from naturally gifted with human resources due to the high nativity toward having attractive human resources in terms of quality and diversity related to actual and future trends of economy structuring and development. The paper deals with issues related to economic and human development by comparing two major factors in the case of Albania: the quality of human resources, role of foreign investments in the Albanian economic development and effects of human resources have on them and the careful planning of human resources development driven by actual and future trends of economic development. At the same time, the paper analyses the necessity to link the didactic offer of universities and high schools and market driving forces.
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            Resistance to change: A reexamination and extension

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              Energy, transport network and financial issues: PR perspectives for economic development in time of Euro-Med area change

              In the last year the Mediterranean region has seen a long series of major events taking place in many of its countries, enabling us to consider this area as the leading actor in the global scenario, directly and indirectly influencing and influenced by, policies and decision making strategies of governments, industrial sectors and social entities. Observing from outside of the frame it seems to look at a chain reaction, an explosion of many specific mines which, one next to the other, have been triggered for apparently different reasons but, at the same time, incredibly and profoundly linked to one another. In fact, one of the key aspects in this scenario and common to all its people, was and still is the strong desire to reach a fearer way of living in order to have the same opportunities of growth and development as the rest of the world, where the right of each person is safeguarded to live in a free and democratic life. We are witnessing a unique process of change that probably was expected to happen and that many of us knew would occur. Not with the intention of desiring conflicts and social - political tensions, but hoping in the structural reaction of people to a wearying and critical social and economical context. The present situation, still going under constant change, is therefore not yet stable in many ways, but it certainly triggers profound thinking and the need of awareness building on what is taking place, on its points of strength and weakness as well as the opportunities to grab within this complex and delicate process of change. In this new and dynamic scenario, I find important to underline and understand how “relations , relations building and strategies” influence and are used in managing institutional relations, negotiations, decision making revisions. All inevitably connected to obtain a better socio- economic equilibrium in the area, involving both private and public sectors and common fields of interest. As a consequence, public relations’ profession should analyze a possible new approach in the Med area regarding its specific applications and methodical adaptation.
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                Journal
                Academicus International Scientific Journal
                Academicus Journal
                20793715
                23091088
                February 2018
                February 2018
                : 18
                : 53-62
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Director of ‘ISSAT’ Institute of Strategic Studies and Training, Tirana, Albania
                [2 ]Director of Human Development Promotion Center (HDPC) Tirana, Albania
                Article
                10.7336/academicus.2018.18.05
                2090a3d2-49fb-4f26-8732-c7103a672d50
                © 2018

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