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CURRICULUM VITAE

1. FAMILY NAME:     Brahimaj                                                                      

2. FIRST names:        Ylldise    

3. Nationality:         Albania

4. Place Residence: Tirana -Albanian              

5. Civil Status:         Single

 

6. Education:

Institution
[Date from - Date to]

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:

Albania Agricultural University, Economics branch

September 1992-July 1997

BSc (Economics)

ILO, Turin Italy Oct 1996-Nov 1998

Master Diploma-  Private Sector - SME’s Consultant & Trainer

 

USAID/Partners-Albania; March 2003-August 2004

Diploma ;Women Leadership  Program

 

 

7. Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 – excellent; 5 – basic)

Language

Reading

Speaking

Writing

Albanian

mother tongue

English

2

2

3

Italian

3

4

5

 

 

8. Membership of professional bodies:

·         Board member and Founder of Albanian’s Network of RDAs

·         Member of the Enterprise Europe Network EEN in  Albania

·         Collaborator  at  Association of Organisations of Mediterranean Businesswomen  -AFAEMME

·         CIVICUS members of the Alliance

·          Founder  at   “Johana ”  Saving Credit  Union

·         Member of National Leadership of Women Network

·         Founder  of National  Producer and Creative Women Association

·         Albanian Coalition’s  for Women and Youth in decision making

·         Board Member at  National  Business Women Promotion Association

 

 

 

9. Long experience   with  Stakeholders as collaboration and partners

·         Local Goverment ( Municipality and Prefecture)

·         Central Government ( Ministry of   Finance  and Economic, Ministry of Local goverment and Ministry of labour)

·         Public Institutions ( tax office )

·         Business comunity

·         Techincal University

·         Publice and private Vocational Training Centre

·         Technical  School( Trade, Tourism and Bank)

·         Business Associations and bussiness company

 

10. Position: Project Management & SME Development Expert

 

·         11. Years within the Regional Development Agency (RDA):  over  25 ye as Executive Director at VRDA ,

·          Senior SME Development Expert /Trainer at  EU-SME project, EBRD,USAID,UNDP,GIZ and Italian Albania SME Development

·          External Expert  at EU Delegation in Albania for “Competitiveness, business, Innovation and   Trade”  

 

 

12. Key qualifications (relevant to the project): Management and SME Expert /Trainer/coaching /Mentoring specializing in different business fields as follows;  

·         Social –Economic development  Consultancy (strategy, training needs analysis(TNA) ,

·         Assessment of socio-economic and business development and Training Needs Analysis (TNA);

·         Local government (regional development in   economic area);

·         National innovation SME development  and startup for young people and unemployment

·         Established  a training curriculum, including Training-of-Trainers(TOT) programmes, for impact assessment (and  policy impact assessments) as well as  private and public consultation,

·         Innovation , Competitiveness, Business  and trade

·          Socio-economic and environmental impact assessment;

·         SMEs competitive  policy , labor market policies,

·         Capacity Building  to  Public institution  and SMEs development

·         Private sector and SME  competitiveness covered by IPA  programmed ,EU ;

·         Entrepreneurship, Competitiveness, Regional and local Development;;

·         Project implementation . evaluation and impact assessment;

·         Employment and labor development  for Public  and Private Institution  ;

·         Assist in the development, implementation and monitoring of relevant contracts and partnership  agreements with all relevant stakeholders;

·         Vocational education and training (VET)  for  unemployment  and vulnerable people

·          Expertise Good Governess  / anticorruption  in  Municipalities ( Sarande, Vlore and Puke ) ;

·         Capacity Building  for local government staff ;

·         TOT for SME particularly  for  young people, Business association   and   rural development sector;  

·         The adviser  has gained comprehensive theoretical and practical knowledge  of the CEFE method;

·          Trainer and coaching instrument .in entrepreneurship development  according to CEFEmethod;

·         Fostering strategic partnerships and innovation in established businesses as ;

·         Leadership of women and youth  ; Young   New entrepreneurship;

 

13. Specific experience in the region:   Albania

Country

Date from – to

 Overall   in  Albania and region

 May 2014  to present

Southern  Albania

Oct 1998- May 2014

South West  Albania

Oct 1993- May  1998

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

14. Professional experience:

Date

 

Location

Company/Reference

Position

Description

 

OctOct 1998 to present

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M    May 2015 to present

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall in Albania

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall in Albania

 

Regional DevelopmenAgency

 Foundation (RDAF)

 

Mrs. Diana  Djaloshi

    Chairwoman of Board  at  VRDA

    Email [email protected]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  EBRD/BAS program

National Programme

Manager EBRD/BAS program

Mr. Neritan Mullai

email;[email protected]

 

 

 

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Executive Director

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P     Project  Management     and

SME Development Expert

(EBRD Funded)

 

 

EC “ PHARE “ project  supporting  Economic  and SME in Albania

 Responsible for overall management of the “Regional Development Agency”;  

In this framework director is responsible to manage RDA activity in the area of regional and local socio economic and rural development as well as coordinate and manage communication with donor agencies such as: EBRD,USAID, GIZ,UNDP,EU/SMEs project ,WB, ILO, UNOPS, GTZ,ETF etc.:

She has got qualifications as business consultant & trainer in Europe (Italy, Greece, England, Denmark, Ireland, Poland , Balkan ,Germany  and USA..

She has qualificitation the field of Local Government, Business Development as , business& trainer consultant .She was qualified by GTZ-Germany in 1995-1996  and possess a master business/ Consultant and trainer diploma by ILO, Turin, Italy 1997-1998;

S    she graduated as Bachelor of Business Administration (Economics) from the University of Albania

She has got a Master degree in Economic Sciences (Comparative Local Economic Development) at  Bologna-Italy 

Management consultant specializing in different fields  as follows;

·         Competitiveness and  SME Policy:  Provided policy for private sector and public sector and BSPs in region;

·         Analyzing  private  sector  and Strategy Planning  of  Albania  Gouverneme in the  business development ;

·          Capacity buildings for SME , private sector,

·         Providing on-the-job training on the implementation of  municipality  staff  – following the official methodology of the Municipality  public administration department

·         Providing on-the-job training on the implementation of the Public Consultation

·         Coordination  and  subcontractor to delivery of EU, GIZ,USAID/SBCA MSI, UNDP,WB,.GIZ consultancy and training ,

·         SME impact monitoring and  evaluation projects  , based on EU, USAID indicators,

·         Design, monitor, implement and evaluate projects on NGO Institutional Development and Capacity Building .

·         Assist local NGOs in counseling, training, information and technical assistance.

·         Coordinate with local business community, and foreign organizations to facilitate future business development in the region.

EBRD/BAS ; Consulting and Training for SMEs; The consultancy project is to strengthen the market position of 12  companies Specific objectives are ; Innovation and competitive  include:

·         Training on improvement of marketing skills

·         Enhanced promotion and advertisement of the products;

·         Implementation of the Marketing Action Plan

·         Expanded market in the south regions of Albania.

·         Improved   product in food Processing Company in ;

·         Promotion and better knowledge of the market.

·         Analysis of the existing marketing activity and drafting the new marketing  strategy;

·         Conduct basic trainings sessions with the appointed marketing person in the company including:  Sales; Techniques; Negotiations Skills; Marketing & Sales;

·         Market survey; The survey  conducted through face to face  250 interviews in businesses ,

·         Development the training program and deliver training of the Hotels and guesthouse ;

·          Implemented and conducted  SMEs training  program-,develop a Module for training Program; Coach closely- with Hotels staff,

·         Develop  the consulting program and deliver the consulting;

·         Implement on module” HR Management ”and “Recruitment procedures

  • Business planning and modelling;
  • Product design and development to meet market demands;
  • Branding and marketing evolution;
  • Productivity and performance improvement;
  • Market research and export promotion;
  • Technology transfer and innovation enhancement;
  • Improving staff performance through effective human resource management;
  • Introducing quality management systems (ISO,HACCP, Global GAP) based on expectations of international clients;
  • Introduction of financial tools and instruments tailored to current situation and needs of SMEs;

 

Dec 2016 Nov 2018

Overall in Albania

      Italian –Albania SME

D  development  program PMU   

N  Director .Mr Gavril Lasku

[email protected]

Project Management and

 SME Development

Expert

Italian Albania  SME Development program /subcontractor  for Expertise  Consultant /Training for SMEs; The consultancy project is to strengthen and promotion  the market position of  company Specific objectives include:

·         Enhanced promotion and advertisement of the products;

·         Improved access to finance for innovative start-ups.

·         Improved qualification and productivity of the staff and sellers  through training;

·         Expanded market in the  North  regions of Albania

·         TOT for SME particularly  tourism sector and  rural development sector an feasibility studies d

·         Assessment of business development and Training Needs Analysis( TNA)

·          Business Developing  ecosystems

·         Human Recourse  Managment   and Development in company

 

March 2018 to present

Overall  in Albania

CEFE International –Consulting company  Inch Germany

Mrs. Marlinde Baerenz-

[email protected]

 International coordinator of

GIZ/IDEA project

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Start-up Trainer &Business Planning Expert

(GIZ  funded)

GIZ-  IDEA project  “IDEA Business Start-up Campaign

Innovative start-ups to your entrepreneurial competences and business skills

·         Business training ;

·         Basic entrepreneurial training skills

·         New entrepreneurs in Albania 

·         Be an  entrepreneur,

·         Working in a startup or participating in a start-up program;

·          Innovation business

·         Finance training &Hunting the Money,

·         Business Plan  development ;

·         Trained  160  young people overall Albania  that apply for grant and training as Start up business IDEA  competition;

·         16  IDEA coachees  support with  coaching  for elaborate   Business Plan 

·         Improved access to finance for innovative start-ups.

 

 

March 2010

July 2011

Overall in Albania

IDI-International Development

Ireland. inch
Konrad Nierubiec
Tel. 00 353 1 6625555
[email protected]

Team Leader of Project;

 Uli Lachenmaier

[email protected]

 

Senior SME Development Expert

      (EU funded)

EU : “Supporting SMEs to Become more Competitive in the EU Market” project

As  SME Consultant  as follows;

·          Monitoring and evaluation mechanism , with enterprise specific measurable indicators,

designed and implemented, to measure the impact of the National Competitiveness Programme for  SMEs;

·         Training curriculum (including for training of trainers) for impact assessment (and specific aspects of regulatory and policy impact assessments) as well as public consultation;

·         Development of the methodology for the first national "Training Needs Analysis (TNA)

for SMEs in Albania" in a team with international experts;

·         Sales and Marketing, Competitiveness for SME´s.

·         Business Service Providers, BSPs, Association promotion ,

·         Assessment of business development and training needs analysis, trainer/Consultant/coach in  Strategic Business Management, Innovation,  

·         Training workshop for  consultants interviewers Pilot TNA survey ,conclusions and lessons learnt

·         Selection of 250 SME for TNA survey sample ” TNA carried out in the fields.250  SMEi ndividual  TNA records

·         Coordination and supervision of the implementation of the TNA field interviews in 250

 enterprises: identification of SMEs, mobilization of SMEs and national/regional/local institutions, coordination of the fieldworks (six local consultants as interviewers) all over the country;

·         TNA result: data collection, treatment of data, interpretation and substantial contribution to  the TNA Report 2010;

·         Implementation of formal practical and hands-on training sessions  as trainer for  Albanian SMEs in "Business Planning and Strategic Management" in Saranda and Vlore cities  including mobilization  of participating

·         Implementation of intensive in-company consultancy for  enterprises in the Vlore region

 for business planning and strategic management including human resource and financial

management as well as Marketing and Sales

 

Feb 2008

Feb 2010

Vlore region

World Bank; Project Manager

Mr. Edmond Sheshi

[email protected]

Project Coordinator 

&Trainer

(WB funded)

World Bank &  Albania National Employment Service; ,

Creating a Social  Services Centre for vulnerable  groups” ( Women and Youth in need), realizing needed

infrastructure able to support given social- economic services; 

·    Raising the opportunities for employment, education and qualification of Young peoples and women in

 Need in order to integrate them in normal life.

·    Generate Business Idea and discussions were handling, Round Table,

·    Educative culture, social –economic Services;

·    Provide Centre creation like consultancies, training,  education/information;

·    Opportunity  Employment  for  Youth and women unemployed through business idea training;

·    Capacity building, training of trainers, entrepreneurship development

·    Design/develop and delivery of localized Training and develop curricula for Women farmer Promote 

·    Among other consulting tools, we have developed coaching guides for entrepreneurs and the creation

 of Networking groups (Exchange Experience Groups) for SME and micro-enterprise support;

·    Creating the Centre with all needed infrastructure in order to have complete possibilities to develop

·    Realizing business services for a target group of 200 beneficiaries. From  those in training

session has participated  120  woman and  80 Youth

June 2002

Feb  2007

Albania  ( Southern )

USAID/SBCA –Chemonics Inch Washington

Chief of Party at SBCA

Jeff Houghton

[email protected]

Project Director

SBCA/USAID

SME Consultant

(USAID funded)

USAID: Albania Small Business Credit and Assistance (SBCA) Program  Phase 1 (2007-2010):

Vlore RDA has disbursed 25 loans through both funds with a 98% repayment record.

In addition Vlore RDA delivered   had been  provided training 300 businesses 60% were farmers  and

100 received one-on-one counselling;

Phase 2 :( 2010-2012as subcontractor to SBCA were monitored and evaluated on a project-by-project

basis to measure impact as follows;

·         Project improves client competitiveness through  , using  of innovation  technology and best practice;;

·         The Standard Format of Business Plan; Client Branding and  focus Groups;

·         Monitored and evaluated on a project basis to measure impact;;,

·          Needs Analyses, Action Plans and Client Profiles;

·         Direct technical assistance and training has been provided to more than 500 businesses especially

 farmers and  food processing industry ;

·         Assistance and training to enterprises leads to applying: new technology; competitive and

 good management Practices;

·         Elaborated  Business Planning  for  companies  ;

·         Developed a comprehensive database of more than 800 businesses in the agriculture industry,

·         SME Consultant assignment in particular working with a team of USAID on a prepared to Feasibility

 Study of Energy Park in Vlore

·         Development a South and south-west of Albania to increase SME´s Competitiveness in Innovation.

·         Administrative and Institutional capacity building to the  farmers  

July 2016

July 2017

Berati Region

GIZ/SARED project

Ilir Rembeci Director  at Tirana

   Email; [email protected]

     [email protected]

 Capacity Building Trainer/ Expert

(GIZ Funded)

SARED/GIZ   Project: Capacity  Building for Farmer  in south-west of Albania  ;

·         Trained  farmers and rural women ;  Marketing   strategy of agriculture

·         Trained famers ( 65% women) in Financial Management in Kucova ,

·         Rural young people  in economic empowerment ,current gender equality,

·          Market  analyses and   value chain analysis, market research,

·         Business Planinng  eleberation,

·         Capacity building for  farmers  ( small  farme) ,

·         Elaboration of the social economic study,

·         Marketing and Sale  and Sales Technique and Negoziation Skills

·         Financial  Management for Farmers

  Sept 2013

Dec 2013

Center

Government

( Ministries, Public institution

USAID Projects)

         Social Impact Inc.  Washington D.C

G.     William Anderson Team Leader, [email protected]

 

Local Economics Expert

U\\

         USAID and EU /Social Impact consulting company  Inc.;   

 

      Department of State to  European Union Accession Evaluation project

·         Review and analyze documents, synthesize desk review findings, and contribute to a Desk Review Findings Report.

·         Work with the Team Leader to refine interview questions to fit the Albanian context, and to identify and contact in-country key informants.

·         Conduct semi-structured interviews, document reviews, and site visits in collaboration with the Team Leader and Economic Specialist.

·         Contribute to data analysis.

·         Participate in out-brief meetings with USG posts at the end of fieldwork in Albania.

·         Contribute to the Draft Evaluation Report.

·         DoS /EUR/ACE, USAID, USDA, and SI feedback, and revisions to the Draft Evaluation Report.

·         Develop basic tools for promoting Partnerships in Local Level – cooperation with  NGO’s;

Feb 1993-

Oct 1998

 

South-West of Albania

Lancashire Enterprises plc England

Mr. Jeff Houghton

Former Team Leader

[email protected]

 

Albanian SME Foundation

Gavril Lasku, Former Director of SME Foundation

 

Regional Business Agency(RBA)

 RBA Manager

EC Funded)

EC “Phare” program: SME Development in Albania Established and developed a structure of

 Regional Development Agencies (RBA‘s) to support of economic development in Albania;.

·         This involved bringing together those government and non-governmental organizations ;

·         Delivered seminars on business planning, marketing and entrepreneurship;

·         Created the SME Policy Unit at the Ministry of Finance and Economy;

·         Delivered training on business planning, marketing and entrepreneurship;

·         Fostering the SME  development of  the region, by providing high quality level of  business knowledge,;

·         Consultancy  to the business community of the south west  of Albania ;

·         Working closely with banks and SME-s to develop business plans for accessing loans  and expansion

of existing ones;

·         Carrying out market  research through examining new investment / product / locations prospects;

·         Collaborating with different  international organization  which SME  supporting  programs ;

·         Economic Development and growth of the SME sector;

·         Surveying and identifying the possible Joint Venture partners.

             

16. Other relevant information (e.g., Publications)

 

Publications

·         Supporting SMEs to Become more Competitive in the EU Market book ‘ Training Needs Analysis  for SEM’s “

·         (TNA) prepared by EU-SME program author; A. Gomez, Ylldise Brahimaj and Carlo Penco to be held National  Conference in Albania   July 2012;

·         Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management article:  “The growth of SME sector in Albania by  Ylldise Brahimaj,- SME Development Expert  and Anila Arapi-  December 2014;

·         Study “The Fisheries Management  and Marine Techniques in Albania”  by Ylldise Brahimaj  Executive director of RDA (Published ISBN 97816098500120) to be held on May   15th  and 17th  2012 in Albania;

·         “Public and private agriculture extension services in Albania - current situation and future perspectives”, Y.Brahimaj, U, Schmidt. Week Scientific  Conference “Challenges of Education and Innovation” to be held on January 13th and 14th 2011 in  Roma;

·         “Searching for Political Monetary Cycles in Albania”, Y.Brahimaj, J.Houghton  and D. Wood International Conference “Economic and Social Challenges and Problems”, University of  Economy , Albania  2012;

·         “Analysis of Political Business Cycles in Transition Economies with focus on Albania”, 2009, M. Kaitlin, Y.brahimaj, A, Bazini Challenges for Analysis of the Economy, the Businesses, and Social Progress International Scientific Conference, University of Szeged, Hungary.

 

17. Qualification - Certificates

 

January  2018  

to present

Licensed to conduct qualified   ; “ CEFE  “ Training of Trainer  over 100 hours , a coached practical experience  of over 40 hours as CEFE Trainer for business people and  start-ups

Sept 14

24 , 2016

Certificate ; “Get Funding  from the  European Union” implemented by Env.net

April   2015

Certificate ; EU project design process and implementation of environmental  policy by European

Environmental BUREAU

Jun 2012   

Nov 2012

 

IPA 2011 Project & GIZ  “Support to Agriculture and Rural Development” (SARD-IPARD)

Certificate; Albanian advisory structure on the implementation of the IPARD-like grant scheme

May  2014

 Certificate; Audit of Innovation and Technology for SME’ s implemented by AIDA

Feb  2011

Diploma on“ Consulting  as a Business  for Business Services Providers implemented by EU-SME Project

May 2010

International Symposium „The development of  the Albanian Maritime System and EU

Experience; organized by The University of Vlore-Albania as Lector of  the study “The Fisheries

Management  and Marine Techniques in Albania”

March 2010 

Certificate  „The Business Success Through Sustainability implemented by  Netherlands’ Ministry for Development Cooperation, - REC for Central Eastern Europe in Budva Montenegro

March 2003

- Aug 2004

Diploma   Women Leadership Program implemented by USAID/Partners-Albania.

May  2003

Certificate:  for Anti-Corruption Program for Public and Civil Society; Officials implemented by North Florida International Visitors Council in the USA

June 2003

Certificate:  Regional Development Agency Support to SMEs implemented by World Learning/USAID , in Warsaw, Poland

July 2003

Certificate:  Making Cents Training Course for Master Plan implemented by SBCA Program Chemonics International Inc., and Making Cents International

February 2002

July 2002

Certificate of Achievement:, Anti-Corruption  Activities Regarding Public  Procurement

 by  Prefect Co at  Budapest, Hungary;

Certificate Successfully completed the training course on " Quality Management-Quality

Assurance-ISO 9001 for SMEs, Organized by EOMMEX S.A., GLYFADA GREECE,

Feb 5 – 25 1999

 

March 1998

Diploma ;” Management Training in British Industry” delivered by British Government Know-How Fund and  JICAP programme in BELFAST Northern IRELAND

 

Certificate: has successfully completed a Credit Union Induction Course organized by “ Irish League of Credit Unions”, in Dublin IRELAND

Oct 1996- Nov 1998

Master  Diploma , has successfully completed a programmed “Training of Trainers and Advisers for SME”  delivered by ‘ International Training Centre of the ILO’ Turin, Italy

December 1997

Certificate has successfully completed the training course   on “Modern Techniques For Effective Management of SMEs“ Organized by EOMMEX S.A Glyfada, Greece

Nov- January 1996

 “Training of Trainers(TOT) SMEs course administration delivered by CEFE/GTZ Germany

June 1987

Decorated  of the Parliament “  Excellent  Contribution to the State Trade Enterprise  and  “Civil Society  ”

 

Ylldise Brahimaj ___________________________________________________

Permanent Address:  Str. “Pjeter Budi”, Pallati “Fasked”, ap 9/1, TIRANE ALBANIA

Mobile Phone:  +355 69 3834994,

 viber/whatsAup +355 (69)3834994

personal Email:  [email protected];

office email [email protected]    Skype; diska.brahimi

http://al.linkedin.com/pub/ylldise-brahimi/23/30a/423; and

 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Regional...RDA

https://www.kosovalive360.com/perkushtimi-i-ylldises...

 


 

 

 

 CURRICULUM VITEA

 

 

1. FAMILY NAME:     Brahimaj                                                                      

2. FIRST names:        Ylldise    

3. Nationality:         Albania

4. Place Residence: Tirana -Albanian              

5. Civil Status:         Single

 

6. Education:

Institution
[Date from - Date to]

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:

Albania Agricultural University, Economics branch

September 1992-July 1997

BSc (Economics)

ILO, Turin Italy Oct 1996-Nov 1998

Master Diploma-  Private Sector - SME’s Consultant & Trainer

 

USAID/Partners-Albania; March 2003-August 2004

Diploma ;Women Leadership  Program

 

 

7. Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 – excellent; 5 – basic)

Language

Reading

Speaking

Writing

Albanian

mother tongue

English

2

2

3

Italian

3

4

5

 

 

8. Membership of professional bodies:

·         Board member and Founder of Albanian’s Network of RDAs

·         Member of the Enterprise Europe Network EEN in  Albania

·         Collaborator  at  Association of Organisations of Mediterranean Businesswomen  -AFAEMME

·         CIVICUS members of the Alliance

·          Founder  at   “Johana ”  Saving Credit  Union

·         Member of National Leadership of Women Network

·         Founder  of National  Producer and Creative Women Association

·         Albanian Coalition’s  for Women and Youth in decision making

·         Board Member at  National  Business Women Promotion Association

 

 

 

9. Long experience   with  Stakeholders as collaboration and partners

·         Local Goverment ( Municipality and Prefecture)

·         Central Government ( Ministry of   Finance  and Economic, Ministry of Local goverment and Ministry of labour)

·         Public Institutions ( tax office )

·         Business comunity

·         Techincal University

·         Publice and private Vocational Training Centre

·         Technical  School( Trade, Tourism and Bank)

·         Business Associations and bussiness company

 

10. Position: Project Management & SME Development Expert

 

·         11. Years within the Regional Development Agency (RDA):  over  25 ye as Executive Director at VRDA ,

·          Senior SME Development Expert /Trainer at  EU-SME project, EBRD,USAID,UNDP,GIZ and Italian Albania SME Development

·          External Expert  at EU Delegation in Albania for “Competitiveness, business, Innovation and   Trade”  

 

 

12. Key qualifications (relevant to the project): Management and SME Expert /Trainer/coaching /Mentoring specializing in different business fields as follows;  

·         Social –Economic development  Consultancy (strategy, training needs analysis(TNA) ,

·         Assessment of socio-economic and business development and Training Needs Analysis (TNA);

·         Local government (regional development in   economic area);

·         National innovation SME development  and startup for young people and unemployment

·         Established  a training curriculum, including Training-of-Trainers(TOT) programmes, for impact assessment (and  policy impact assessments) as well as  private and public consultation,

·         Innovation , Competitiveness, Business  and trade

·          Socio-economic and environmental impact assessment;

·         SMEs competitive  policy , labor market policies,

·         Capacity Building  to  Public institution  and SMEs development

·         Private sector and SME  competitiveness covered by IPA  programmed ,EU ;

·         Entrepreneurship, Competitiveness, Regional and local Development;;

·         Project implementation . evaluation and impact assessment;

·         Employment and labor development  for Public  and Private Institution  ;

·         Assist in the development, implementation and monitoring of relevant contracts and partnership  agreements with all relevant stakeholders;

·         Vocational education and training (VET)  for  unemployment  and vulnerable people

·          Expertise Good Governess  / anticorruption  in  Municipalities ( Sarande, Vlore and Puke ) ;

·         Capacity Building  for local government staff ;

·         TOT for SME particularly  for  young people, Business association   and   rural development sector;  

·         The adviser  has gained comprehensive theoretical and practical knowledge  of the CEFE method;

·          Trainer and coaching instrument .in entrepreneurship development  according to CEFEmethod;

·         Fostering strategic partnerships and innovation in established businesses as ;

·         Leadership of women and youth  ; Young   New entrepreneurship;

 

13. Specific experience in the region:   Albania

Country

Date from – to

 Overall   in  Albania and region

 May 2014  to present

Southern  Albania

Oct 1998- May 2014

South West  Albania

Oct 1993- May  1998

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

14. Professional experience:

Date

 

Location

Company/Reference

Position

Description

 

OctOct 1998 to present

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M    May 2015 to present

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall in Albania

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall in Albania

 

Regional DevelopmenAgency

 Foundation (RDAF)

 

Mrs. Diana  Djaloshi

    Chairwoman of Board  at  VRDA

    Email [email protected]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  EBRD/BAS program

National Programme

Manager EBRD/BAS program

Mr. Neritan Mullai

email;[email protected]

 

 

 

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Executive Director

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P     Project  Management     and

SME Development Expert

(EBRD Funded)

 

 

EC “ PHARE “ project  supporting  Economic  and SME in Albania

 Responsible for overall management of the “Regional Development Agency”;  

In this framework director is responsible to manage RDA activity in the area of regional and local socio economic and rural development as well as coordinate and manage communication with donor agencies such as: EBRD,USAID, GIZ,UNDP,EU/SMEs project ,WB, ILO, UNOPS, GTZ,ETF etc.:

She has got qualifications as business consultant & trainer in Europe (Italy, Greece, England, Denmark, Ireland, Poland , Balkan ,Germany  and USA..

She has qualificitation the field of Local Government, Business Development as , business& trainer consultant .She was qualified by GTZ-Germany in 1995-1996  and possess a master business/ Consultant and trainer diploma by ILO, Turin, Italy 1997-1998;

S    she graduated as Bachelor of Business Administration (Economics) from the University of Albania

She has got a Master degree in Economic Sciences (Comparative Local Economic Development) at  Bologna-Italy 

Management consultant specializing in different fields  as follows;

·         Competitiveness and  SME Policy:  Provided policy for private sector and public sector and BSPs in region;

·         Analyzing  private  sector  and Strategy Planning  of  Albania  Gouverneme in the  business development ;

·          Capacity buildings for SME , private sector,

·         Providing on-the-job training on the implementation of  municipality  staff  – following the official methodology of the Municipality  public administration department

·         Providing on-the-job training on the implementation of the Public Consultation

·         Coordination  and  subcontractor to delivery of EU, GIZ,USAID/SBCA MSI, UNDP,WB,.GIZ consultancy and training ,

·         SME impact monitoring and  evaluation projects  , based on EU, USAID indicators,

·         Design, monitor, implement and evaluate projects on NGO Institutional Development and Capacity Building .

·         Assist local NGOs in counseling, training, information and technical assistance.

·         Coordinate with local business community, and foreign organizations to facilitate future business development in the region.

EBRD/BAS ; Consulting and Training for SMEs; The consultancy project is to strengthen the market position of 12  companies Specific objectives are ; Innovation and competitive  include:

·         Training on improvement of marketing skills

·         Enhanced promotion and advertisement of the products;

·         Implementation of the Marketing Action Plan

·         Expanded market in the south regions of Albania.

·         Improved   product in food Processing Company in ;

·         Promotion and better knowledge of the market.

·         Analysis of the existing marketing activity and drafting the new marketing  strategy;

·         Conduct basic trainings sessions with the appointed marketing person in the company including:  Sales; Techniques; Negotiations Skills; Marketing & Sales;

·         Market survey; The survey  conducted through face to face  250 interviews in businesses ,

·         Development the training program and deliver training of the Hotels and guesthouse ;

·          Implemented and conducted  SMEs training  program-,develop a Module for training Program; Coach closely- with Hotels staff,

·         Develop  the consulting program and deliver the consulting;

·         Implement on module” HR Management ”and “Recruitment procedures

  • Business planning and modelling;
  • Product design and development to meet market demands;
  • Branding and marketing evolution;
  • Productivity and performance improvement;
  • Market research and export promotion;
  • Technology transfer and innovation enhancement;
  • Improving staff performance through effective human resource management;
  • Introducing quality management systems (ISO,HACCP, Global GAP) based on expectations of international clients;
  • Introduction of financial tools and instruments tailored to current situation and needs of SMEs;

 

Dec 2016 Nov 2018

Overall in Albania

      Italian –Albania SME

D  development  program PMU   

N  Director .Mr Gavril Lasku

[email protected]

Project Management and

 SME Development

Expert

Italian Albania  SME Development program /subcontractor  for Expertise  Consultant /Training for SMEs; The consultancy project is to strengthen and promotion  the market position of  company Specific objectives include:

·         Enhanced promotion and advertisement of the products;

·         Improved access to finance for innovative start-ups.

·         Improved qualification and productivity of the staff and sellers  through training;

·         Expanded market in the  North  regions of Albania

·         TOT for SME particularly  tourism sector and  rural development sector an feasibility studies d

·         Assessment of business development and Training Needs Analysis( TNA)

·          Business Developing  ecosystems

·         Human Recourse  Managment   and Development in company

 

March 2018 to present

Overall  in Albania

CEFE International –Consulting company  Inch Germany

Mrs. Marlinde Baerenz-

[email protected]

 International coordinator of

GIZ/IDEA project

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Start-up Trainer &Business Planning Expert

(GIZ  funded)

GIZ-  IDEA project  “IDEA Business Start-up Campaign

Innovative start-ups to your entrepreneurial competences and business skills

·         Business training ;

·         Basic entrepreneurial training skills

·         New entrepreneurs in Albania 

·         Be an  entrepreneur,

·         Working in a startup or participating in a start-up program;

·          Innovation business

·         Finance training &Hunting the Money,

·         Business Plan  development ;

·         Trained  160  young people overall Albania  that apply for grant and training as Start up business IDEA  competition;

·         16  IDEA coachees  support with  coaching  for elaborate   Business Plan 

·         Improved access to finance for innovative start-ups.

 

 

March 2010

July 2011

Overall in Albania

IDI-International Development

Ireland. inch
Konrad Nierubiec
Tel. 00 353 1 6625555
[email protected]

Team Leader of Project;

 Uli Lachenmaier

[email protected]

 

Senior SME Development Expert

      (EU funded)

EU : “Supporting SMEs to Become more Competitive in the EU Market” project

As  SME Consultant  as follows;

·          Monitoring and evaluation mechanism , with enterprise specific measurable indicators,

designed and implemented, to measure the impact of the National Competitiveness Programme for  SMEs;

·         Training curriculum (including for training of trainers) for impact assessment (and specific aspects of regulatory and policy impact assessments) as well as public consultation;

·         Development of the methodology for the first national "Training Needs Analysis (TNA)

for SMEs in Albania" in a team with international experts;

·         Sales and Marketing, Competitiveness for SME´s.

·         Business Service Providers, BSPs, Association promotion ,

·         Assessment of business development and training needs analysis, trainer/Consultant/coach in  Strategic Business Management, Innovation,  

·         Training workshop for  consultants interviewers Pilot TNA survey ,conclusions and lessons learnt

·         Selection of 250 SME for TNA survey sample ” TNA carried out in the fields.250  SMEi ndividual  TNA records

·         Coordination and supervision of the implementation of the TNA field interviews in 250

 enterprises: identification of SMEs, mobilization of SMEs and national/regional/local institutions, coordination of the fieldworks (six local consultants as interviewers) all over the country;

·         TNA result: data collection, treatment of data, interpretation and substantial contribution to  the TNA Report 2010;

·         Implementation of formal practical and hands-on training sessions  as trainer for  Albanian SMEs in "Business Planning and Strategic Management" in Saranda and Vlore cities  including mobilization  of participating

·         Implementation of intensive in-company consultancy for  enterprises in the Vlore region

 for business planning and strategic management including human resource and financial

management as well as Marketing and Sales

 

Feb 2008

Feb 2010

Vlore region

World Bank; Project Manager

Mr. Edmond Sheshi

[email protected]

Project Coordinator 

&Trainer

(WB funded)

World Bank &  Albania National Employment Service; ,

Creating a Social  Services Centre for vulnerable  groups” ( Women and Youth in need), realizing needed

infrastructure able to support given social- economic services; 

·    Raising the opportunities for employment, education and qualification of Young peoples and women in

 Need in order to integrate them in normal life.

·    Generate Business Idea and discussions were handling, Round Table,

·    Educative culture, social –economic Services;

·    Provide Centre creation like consultancies, training,  education/information;

·    Opportunity  Employment  for  Youth and women unemployed through business idea training;

·    Capacity building, training of trainers, entrepreneurship development

·    Design/develop and delivery of localized Training and develop curricula for Women farmer Promote 

·    Among other consulting tools, we have developed coaching guides for entrepreneurs and the creation

 of Networking groups (Exchange Experience Groups) for SME and micro-enterprise support;

·    Creating the Centre with all needed infrastructure in order to have complete possibilities to develop

·    Realizing business services for a target group of 200 beneficiaries. From  those in training

session has participated  120  woman and  80 Youth

June 2002

Feb  2007

Albania  ( Southern )

USAID/SBCA –Chemonics Inch Washington

Chief of Party at SBCA

Jeff Houghton

[email protected]

Project Director

SBCA/USAID

SME Consultant

(USAID funded)

USAID: Albania Small Business Credit and Assistance (SBCA) Program  Phase 1 (2007-2010):

Vlore RDA has disbursed 25 loans through both funds with a 98% repayment record.

In addition Vlore RDA delivered   had been  provided training 300 businesses 60% were farmers  and

100 received one-on-one counselling;

Phase 2 :( 2010-2012as subcontractor to SBCA were monitored and evaluated on a project-by-project

basis to measure impact as follows;

·         Project improves client competitiveness through  , using  of innovation  technology and best practice;;

·         The Standard Format of Business Plan; Client Branding and  focus Groups;

·         Monitored and evaluated on a project basis to measure impact;;,

·          Needs Analyses, Action Plans and Client Profiles;

·         Direct technical assistance and training has been provided to more than 500 businesses especially

 farmers and  food processing industry ;

·         Assistance and training to enterprises leads to applying: new technology; competitive and

 good management Practices;

·         Elaborated  Business Planning  for  companies  ;

·         Developed a comprehensive database of more than 800 businesses in the agriculture industry,

·         SME Consultant assignment in particular working with a team of USAID on a prepared to Feasibility

 Study of Energy Park in Vlore

·         Development a South and south-west of Albania to increase SME´s Competitiveness in Innovation.

·         Administrative and Institutional capacity building to the  farmers  

July 2016

July 2017

Berati Region

GIZ/SARED project

Ilir Rembeci Director  at Tirana

   Email; [email protected]

     [email protected]

 Capacity Building Trainer/ Expert

(GIZ Funded)

SARED/GIZ   Project: Capacity  Building for Farmer  in south-west of Albania  ;

·         Trained  farmers and rural women ;  Marketing   strategy of agriculture

·         Trained famers ( 65% women) in Financial Management in Kucova ,

·         Rural young people  in economic empowerment ,current gender equality,

·          Market  analyses and   value chain analysis, market research,

·         Business Planinng  eleberation,

·         Capacity building for  farmers  ( small  farme) ,

·         Elaboration of the social economic study,

·         Marketing and Sale  and Sales Technique and Negoziation Skills

·         Financial  Management for Farmers

  Sept 2013

Dec 2013

Center

Government

( Ministries, Public institution

USAID Projects)

         Social Impact Inc.  Washington D.C

G.     William Anderson Team Leader, [email protected]

 

Local Economics Expert

U\\

         USAID and EU /Social Impact consulting company  Inc.;   

 

      Department of State to  European Union Accession Evaluation project

·         Review and analyze documents, synthesize desk review findings, and contribute to a Desk Review Findings Report.

·         Work with the Team Leader to refine interview questions to fit the Albanian context, and to identify and contact in-country key informants.

·         Conduct semi-structured interviews, document reviews, and site visits in collaboration with the Team Leader and Economic Specialist.

·         Contribute to data analysis.

·         Participate in out-brief meetings with USG posts at the end of fieldwork in Albania.

·         Contribute to the Draft Evaluation Report.

·         DoS /EUR/ACE, USAID, USDA, and SI feedback, and revisions to the Draft Evaluation Report.

·         Develop basic tools for promoting Partnerships in Local Level – cooperation with  NGO’s;

Feb 1993-

Oct 1998

 

South-West of Albania

Lancashire Enterprises plc England

Mr. Jeff Houghton

Former Team Leader

[email protected]

 

Albanian SME Foundation

Gavril Lasku, Former Director of SME Foundation

 

Regional Business Agency(RBA)

 RBA Manager

EC Funded)

EC “Phare” program: SME Development in Albania Established and developed a structure of

 Regional Development Agencies (RBA‘s) to support of economic development in Albania;.

·         This involved bringing together those government and non-governmental organizations ;

·         Delivered seminars on business planning, marketing and entrepreneurship;

·         Created the SME Policy Unit at the Ministry of Finance and Economy;

·         Delivered training on business planning, marketing and entrepreneurship;

·         Fostering the SME  development of  the region, by providing high quality level of  business knowledge,;

·         Consultancy  to the business community of the south west  of Albania ;

·         Working closely with banks and SME-s to develop business plans for accessing loans  and expansion

of existing ones;

·         Carrying out market  research through examining new investment / product / locations prospects;

·         Collaborating with different  international organization  which SME  supporting  programs ;

·         Economic Development and growth of the SME sector;

·         Surveying and identifying the possible Joint Venture partners.

             

16. Other relevant information (e.g., Publications)

 

Publications

·         Supporting SMEs to Become more Competitive in the EU Market book ‘ Training Needs Analysis  for SEM’s “

·         (TNA) prepared by EU-SME program author; A. Gomez, Ylldise Brahimaj and Carlo Penco to be held National  Conference in Albania   July 2012;

·         Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management article:  “The growth of SME sector in Albania by  Ylldise Brahimaj,- SME Development Expert  and Anila Arapi-  December 2014;

·         Study “The Fisheries Management  and Marine Techniques in Albania”  by Ylldise Brahimaj  Executive director of RDA (Published ISBN 97816098500120) to be held on May   15th  and 17th  2012 in Albania;

·         “Public and private agriculture extension services in Albania - current situation and future perspectives”, Y.Brahimaj, U, Schmidt. Week Scientific  Conference “Challenges of Education and Innovation” to be held on January 13th and 14th 2011 in  Roma;

·         “Searching for Political Monetary Cycles in Albania”, Y.Brahimaj, J.Houghton  and D. Wood International Conference “Economic and Social Challenges and Problems”, University of  Economy , Albania  2012;

·         “Analysis of Political Business Cycles in Transition Economies with focus on Albania”, 2009, M. Kaitlin, Y.brahimaj, A, Bazini Challenges for Analysis of the Economy, the Businesses, and Social Progress International Scientific Conference, University of Szeged, Hungary.

 

17. Qualification - Certificates

 

January  2018  

to present

Licensed to conduct qualified   ; “ CEFE  “ Training of Trainer  over 100 hours , a coached practical experience  of over 40 hours as CEFE Trainer for business people and  start-ups

Sept 14

24 , 2016

Certificate ; “Get Funding  from the  European Union” implemented by Env.net

April   2015

Certificate ; EU project design process and implementation of environmental  policy by European

Environmental BUREAU

Jun 2012   

Nov 2012

 

IPA 2011 Project & GIZ  “Support to Agriculture and Rural Development” (SARD-IPARD)

Certificate; Albanian advisory structure on the implementation of the IPARD-like grant scheme

May  2014

 Certificate; Audit of Innovation and Technology for SME’ s implemented by AIDA

Feb  2011

Diploma on“ Consulting  as a Business  for Business Services Providers implemented by EU-SME Project

May 2010

International Symposium „The development of  the Albanian Maritime System and EU

Experience; organized by The University of Vlore-Albania as Lector of  the study “The Fisheries

Management  and Marine Techniques in Albania”

March 2010 

Certificate  „The Business Success Through Sustainability implemented by  Netherlands’ Ministry for Development Cooperation, - REC for Central Eastern Europe in Budva Montenegro

March 2003

- Aug 2004

Diploma   Women Leadership Program implemented by USAID/Partners-Albania.

May  2003

Certificate:  for Anti-Corruption Program for Public and Civil Society; Officials implemented by North Florida International Visitors Council in the USA

June 2003

Certificate:  Regional Development Agency Support to SMEs implemented by World Learning/USAID , in Warsaw, Poland

July 2003

Certificate:  Making Cents Training Course for Master Plan implemented by SBCA Program Chemonics International Inc., and Making Cents International

February 2002

July 2002

Certificate of Achievement:, Anti-Corruption  Activities Regarding Public  Procurement

 by  Prefect Co at  Budapest, Hungary;

Certificate Successfully completed the training course on " Quality Management-Quality

Assurance-ISO 9001 for SMEs, Organized by EOMMEX S.A., GLYFADA GREECE,

Feb 5 – 25 1999

 

March 1998

Diploma ;” Management Training in British Industry” delivered by British Government Know-How Fund and  JICAP programme in BELFAST Northern IRELAND

 

Certificate: has successfully completed a Credit Union Induction Course organized by “ Irish League of Credit Unions”, in Dublin IRELAND

Oct 1996- Nov 1998

Master  Diploma , has successfully completed a programmed “Training of Trainers and Advisers for SME”  delivered by ‘ International Training Centre of the ILO’ Turin, Italy

December 1997

Certificate has successfully completed the training course   on “Modern Techniques For Effective Management of SMEs“ Organized by EOMMEX S.A Glyfada, Greece

Nov- January 1996

 “Training of Trainers(TOT) SMEs course administration delivered by CEFE/GTZ Germany

June 1987

Decorated  of the Parliament “  Excellent  Contribution to the State Trade Enterprise  and  “Civil Society  ”

 

Ylldise Brahimaj ___________________________________________________

Permanent Address:  Str. “Pjeter Budi”, Pallati “Fasked”, ap 9/1, TIRANE ALBANIA

Mobile Phone:  +355 69 3834994,

 viber/whatsAup +355 (69)3834994

personal Email:  [email protected];

office email [email protected]    Skype; diska.brahimi

http://al.linkedin.com/pub/ylldise-brahimi/23/30a/423; and

 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Regional...RDA

https://www.kosovalive360.com/perkushtimi-i-ylldises...

 


 

 

 

 CURRICULUM VITEA

 

 

1. FAMILY NAME:     Brahimaj                                                                      

2. FIRST names:        Ylldise    

3. Nationality:         Albania

4. Place Residence: Tirana -Albanian              

5. Civil Status:         Single

 

6. Education:

Institution
[Date from - Date to]

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:

Albania Agricultural University, Economics branch

September 1992-July 1997

BSc (Economics)

ILO, Turin Italy Oct 1996-Nov 1998

Master Diploma-  Private Sector - SME’s Consultant & Trainer

 

USAID/Partners-Albania; March 2003-August 2004

Diploma ;Women Leadership  Program

 

 

7. Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 – excellent; 5 – basic)

Language

Reading

Speaking

Writing

Albanian

mother tongue

English

2

2

3

Italian

3

4

5

 

 

8. Membership of professional bodies:

·         Board member and Founder of Albanian’s Network of RDAs

·         Member of the Enterprise Europe Network EEN in  Albania

·         Collaborator  at  Association of Organisations of Mediterranean Businesswomen  -AFAEMME

·         CIVICUS members of the Alliance

·          Founder  at   “Johana ”  Saving Credit  Union

·         Member of National Leadership of Women Network

·         Founder  of National  Producer and Creative Women Association

·         Albanian Coalition’s  for Women and Youth in decision making

·         Board Member at  National  Business Women Promotion Association

 

 

 

9. Long experience   with  Stakeholders as collaboration and partners

·         Local Goverment ( Municipality and Prefecture)

·         Central Government ( Ministry of   Finance  and Economic, Ministry of Local goverment and Ministry of labour)

·         Public Institutions ( tax office )

·         Business comunity

·         Techincal University

·         Publice and private Vocational Training Centre

·         Technical  School( Trade, Tourism and Bank)

·         Business Associations and bussiness company

 

10. Position: Project Management & SME Development Expert

 

·         11. Years within the Regional Development Agency (RDA):  over  25 ye as Executive Director at VRDA ,

·          Senior SME Development Expert /Trainer at  EU-SME project, EBRD,USAID,UNDP,GIZ and Italian Albania SME Development

·          External Expert  at EU Delegation in Albania for “Competitiveness, business, Innovation and   Trade”  

 

 

12. Key qualifications (relevant to the project): Management and SME Expert /Trainer/coaching /Mentoring specializing in different business fields as follows;  

·         Social –Economic development  Consultancy (strategy, training needs analysis(TNA) ,

·         Assessment of socio-economic and business development and Training Needs Analysis (TNA);

·         Local government (regional development in   economic area);

·         National innovation SME development  and startup for young people and unemployment

·         Established  a training curriculum, including Training-of-Trainers(TOT) programmes, for impact assessment (and  policy impact assessments) as well as  private and public consultation,

·         Innovation , Competitiveness, Business  and trade

·          Socio-economic and environmental impact assessment;

·         SMEs competitive  policy , labor market policies,

·         Capacity Building  to  Public institution  and SMEs development

·         Private sector and SME  competitiveness covered by IPA  programmed ,EU ;

·         Entrepreneurship, Competitiveness, Regional and local Development;;

·         Project implementation . evaluation and impact assessment;

·         Employment and labor development  for Public  and Private Institution  ;

·         Assist in the development, implementation and monitoring of relevant contracts and partnership  agreements with all relevant stakeholders;

·         Vocational education and training (VET)  for  unemployment  and vulnerable people

·          Expertise Good Governess  / anticorruption  in  Municipalities ( Sarande, Vlore and Puke ) ;

·         Capacity Building  for local government staff ;

·         TOT for SME particularly  for  young people, Business association   and   rural development sector;  

·         The adviser  has gained comprehensive theoretical and practical knowledge  of the CEFE method;

·          Trainer and coaching instrument .in entrepreneurship development  according to CEFEmethod;

·         Fostering strategic partnerships and innovation in established businesses as ;

·         Leadership of women and youth  ; Young   New entrepreneurship;

 

13. Specific experience in the region:   Albania

Country

Date from – to

 Overall   in  Albania and region

 May 2014  to present

Southern  Albania

Oct 1998- May 2014

South West  Albania

Oct 1993- May  1998

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

14. Professional experience:

Date

 

Location

Company/Reference

Position

Description

 

OctOct 1998 to present

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M    May 2015 to present

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall in Albania

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall in Albania

 

Regional DevelopmenAgency

 Foundation (RDAF)

 

Mrs. Diana  Djaloshi

    Chairwoman of Board  at  VRDA

    Email [email protected]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  EBRD/BAS program

National Programme

Manager EBRD/BAS program

Mr. Neritan Mullai

email;[email protected]

 

 

 

 T 

 

 

t

 

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Executive Director

 n

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P     Project  Management     and

SME Development Expert

(EBRD Funded)

 

 

EC “ PHARE “ project  supporting  Economic  and SME in Albania

 Responsible for overall management of the “Regional Development Agency”;  

In this framework director is responsible to manage RDA activity in the area of regional and local socio economic and rural development as well as coordinate and manage communication with donor agencies such as: EBRD,USAID, GIZ,UNDP,EU/SMEs project ,WB, ILO, UNOPS, GTZ,ETF etc.:

She has got qualifications as business consultant & trainer in Europe (Italy, Greece, England, Denmark, Ireland, Poland , Balkan ,Germany  and USA..

She has qualificitation the field of Local Government, Business Development as , business& trainer consultant .She was qualified by GTZ-Germany in 1995-1996  and possess a master business/ Consultant and trainer diploma by ILO, Turin, Italy 1997-1998;

S    she graduated as Bachelor of Business Administration (Economics) from the University of Albania

She has got a Master degree in Economic Sciences (Comparative Local Economic Development) at  Bologna-Italy 

Management consultant specializing in different fields  as follows;

·         Competitiveness and  SME Policy:  Provided policy for private sector and public sector and BSPs in region;

·         Analyzing  private  sector  and Strategy Planning  of  Albania  Gouverneme in the  business development ;

·          Capacity buildings for SME , private sector,

·         Providing on-the-job training on the implementation of  municipality  staff  – following the official methodology of the Municipality  public administration department

·         Providing on-the-job training on the implementation of the Public Consultation

·         Coordination  and  subcontractor to delivery of EU, GIZ,USAID/SBCA MSI, UNDP,WB,.GIZ consultancy and training ,

·         SME impact monitoring and  evaluation projects  , based on EU, USAID indicators,

·         Design, monitor, implement and evaluate projects on NGO Institutional Development and Capacity Building .

·         Assist local NGOs in counseling, training, information and technical assistance.

·         Coordinate with local business community, and foreign organizations to facilitate future business development in the region.

EBRD/BAS ; Consulting and Training for SMEs; The consultancy project is to strengthen the market position of 12  companies Specific objectives are ; Innovation and competitive  include:

·         Training on improvement of marketing skills

·         Enhanced promotion and advertisement of the products;

·         Implementation of the Marketing Action Plan

·         Expanded market in the south regions of Albania.

·         Improved   product in food Processing Company in ;

·         Promotion and better knowledge of the market.

·         Analysis of the existing marketing activity and drafting the new marketing  strategy;

·         Conduct basic trainings sessions with the appointed marketing person in the company including:  Sales; Techniques; Negotiations Skills; Marketing & Sales;

·         Market survey; The survey  conducted through face to face  250 interviews in businesses ,

·         Development the training program and deliver training of the Hotels and guesthouse ;

·          Implemented and conducted  SMEs training  program-,develop a Module for training Program; Coach closely- with Hotels staff,

·         Develop  the consulting program and deliver the consulting;

·         Implement on module” HR Management ”and “Recruitment procedures

  • Business planning and modelling;
  • Product design and development to meet market demands;
  • Branding and marketing evolution;
  • Productivity and performance improvement;
  • Market research and export promotion;
  • Technology transfer and innovation enhancement;
  • Improving staff performance through effective human resource management;
  • Introducing quality management systems (ISO,HACCP, Global GAP) based on expectations of international clients;
  • Introduction of financial tools and instruments tailored to current situation and needs of SMEs;

 

Dec 2016 Nov 2018

Overall in Albania

      Italian –Albania SME

D  development  program PMU   

N  Director .Mr Gavril Lasku

[email protected]

Project Management and

 SME Development

Expert

Italian Albania  SME Development program /subcontractor  for Expertise  Consultant /Training for SMEs; The consultancy project is to strengthen and promotion  the market position of  company Specific objectives include:

·         Enhanced promotion and advertisement of the products;

·         Improved access to finance for innovative start-ups.

·         Improved qualification and productivity of the staff and sellers  through training;

·         Expanded market in the  North  regions of Albania

·         TOT for SME particularly  tourism sector and  rural development sector an feasibility studies d

·         Assessment of business development and Training Needs Analysis( TNA)

·          Business Developing  ecosystems

·         Human Recourse  Managment   and Development in company

 

March 2018 to present

Overall  in Albania

CEFE International –Consulting company  Inch Germany

Mrs. Marlinde Baerenz-

[email protected]

 International coordinator of

GIZ/IDEA project

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Start-up Trainer &Business Planning Expert

(GIZ  funded)

GIZ-  IDEA project  “IDEA Business Start-up Campaign

Innovative start-ups to your entrepreneurial competences and business skills

·         Business training ;

·         Basic entrepreneurial training skills

·         New entrepreneurs in Albania 

·         Be an  entrepreneur,

·         Working in a startup or participating in a start-up program;

·          Innovation business

·         Finance training &Hunting the Money,

·         Business Plan  development ;

·         Trained  160  young people overall Albania  that apply for grant and training as Start up business IDEA  competition;

·         16  IDEA coachees  support with  coaching  for elaborate   Business Plan 

·         Improved access to finance for innovative start-ups.

 

 

March 2010

July 2011

Overall in Albania

IDI-International Development

Ireland. inch
Konrad Nierubiec
Tel. 00 353 1 6625555
[email protected]

Team Leader of Project;

 Uli Lachenmaier

[email protected]

 

Senior SME Development Expert

      (EU funded)

EU : “Supporting SMEs to Become more Competitive in the EU Market” project

As  SME Consultant  as follows;

·          Monitoring and evaluation mechanism , with enterprise specific measurable indicators,

designed and implemented, to measure the impact of the National Competitiveness Programme for  SMEs;

·         Training curriculum (including for training of trainers) for impact assessment (and specific aspects of regulatory and policy impact assessments) as well as public consultation;

·         Development of the methodology for the first national "Training Needs Analysis (TNA)

for SMEs in Albania" in a team with international experts;

·         Sales and Marketing, Competitiveness for SME´s.

·         Business Service Providers, BSPs, Association promotion ,

·         Assessment of business development and training needs analysis, trainer/Consultant/coach in  Strategic Business Management, Innovation,  

·         Training workshop for  consultants interviewers Pilot TNA survey ,conclusions and lessons learnt

·         Selection of 250 SME for TNA survey sample ” TNA carried out in the fields.250  SMEi ndividual  TNA records

·         Coordination and supervision of the implementation of the TNA field interviews in 250

 enterprises: identification of SMEs, mobilization of SMEs and national/regional/local institutions, coordination of the fieldworks (six local consultants as interviewers) all over the country;

·         TNA result: data collection, treatment of data, interpretation and substantial contribution to  the TNA Report 2010;

·         Implementation of formal practical and hands-on training sessions  as trainer for  Albanian SMEs in "Business Planning and Strategic Management" in Saranda and Vlore cities  including mobilization  of participating

·         Implementation of intensive in-company consultancy for  enterprises in the Vlore region

 for business planning and strategic management including human resource and financial

management as well as Marketing and Sales

 

Feb 2008

Feb 2010

Vlore region

World Bank; Project Manager

Mr. Edmond Sheshi

[email protected]

Project Coordinator 

&Trainer

(WB funded)

World Bank &  Albania National Employment Service; ,

Creating a Social  Services Centre for vulnerable  groups” ( Women and Youth in need), realizing needed

infrastructure able to support given social- economic services; 

·    Raising the opportunities for employment, education and qualification of Young peoples and women in

 Need in order to integrate them in normal life.

·    Generate Business Idea and discussions were handling, Round Table,

·    Educative culture, social –economic Services;

·    Provide Centre creation like consultancies, training,  education/information;

·    Opportunity  Employment  for  Youth and women unemployed through business idea training;

·    Capacity building, training of trainers, entrepreneurship development

·    Design/develop and delivery of localized Training and develop curricula for Women farmer Promote 

·    Among other consulting tools, we have developed coaching guides for entrepreneurs and the creation

 of Networking groups (Exchange Experience Groups) for SME and micro-enterprise support;

·    Creating the Centre with all needed infrastructure in order to have complete possibilities to develop

·    Realizing business services for a target group of 200 beneficiaries. From  those in training

session has participated  120  woman and  80 Youth

June 2002

Feb  2007

Albania  ( Southern )

USAID/SBCA –Chemonics Inch Washington

Chief of Party at SBCA

Jeff Houghton

[email protected]

Project Director

SBCA/USAID

SME Consultant

(USAID funded)

USAID: Albania Small Business Credit and Assistance (SBCA) Program  Phase 1 (2007-2010):

Vlore RDA has disbursed 25 loans through both funds with a 98% repayment record.

In addition Vlore RDA delivered   had been  provided training 300 businesses 60% were farmers  and

100 received one-on-one counselling;

Phase 2 :( 2010-2012as subcontractor to SBCA were monitored and evaluated on a project-by-project

basis to measure impact as follows;

·         Project improves client competitiveness through  , using  of innovation  technology and best practice;;

·         The Standard Format of Business Plan; Client Branding and  focus Groups;

·         Monitored and evaluated on a project basis to measure impact;;,

·          Needs Analyses, Action Plans and Client Profiles;

·         Direct technical assistance and training has been provided to more than 500 businesses especially

 farmers and  food processing industry ;

·         Assistance and training to enterprises leads to applying: new technology; competitive and

 good management Practices;

·         Elaborated  Business Planning  for  companies  ;

·         Developed a comprehensive database of more than 800 businesses in the agriculture industry,

·         SME Consultant assignment in particular working with a team of USAID on a prepared to Feasibility

 Study of Energy Park in Vlore

·         Development a South and south-west of Albania to increase SME´s Competitiveness in Innovation.

·         Administrative and Institutional capacity building to the  farmers  

July 2016

July 2017

Berati Region

GIZ/SARED project

Ilir Rembeci Director  at Tirana

   Email; [email protected]

     [email protected]

 Capacity Building Trainer/ Expert

(GIZ Funded)

SARED/GIZ   Project: Capacity  Building for Farmer  in south-west of Albania  ;

·         Trained  farmers and rural women ;  Marketing   strategy of agriculture

·         Trained famers ( 65% women) in Financial Management in Kucova ,

·         Rural young people  in economic empowerment ,current gender equality,

·          Market  analyses and   value chain analysis, market research,

·         Business Planinng  eleberation,

·         Capacity building for  farmers  ( small  farme) ,

·         Elaboration of the social economic study,

·         Marketing and Sale  and Sales Technique and Negoziation Skills

·         Financial  Management for Farmers

  Sept 2013

Dec 2013

Center

Government

( Ministries, Public institution

USAID Projects)

         Social Impact Inc.  Washington D.C

G.     William Anderson Team Leader, [email protected]

 

Local Economics Expert

U\\

         USAID and EU /Social Impact consulting company  Inc.;   

 

      Department of State to  European Union Accession Evaluation project

·         Review and analyze documents, synthesize desk review findings, and contribute to a Desk Review Findings Report.

·         Work with the Team Leader to refine interview questions to fit the Albanian context, and to identify and contact in-country key informants.

·         Conduct semi-structured interviews, document reviews, and site visits in collaboration with the Team Leader and Economic Specialist.

·         Contribute to data analysis.

·         Participate in out-brief meetings with USG posts at the end of fieldwork in Albania.

·         Contribute to the Draft Evaluation Report.

·         DoS /EUR/ACE, USAID, USDA, and SI feedback, and revisions to the Draft Evaluation Report.

·         Develop basic tools for promoting Partnerships in Local Level – cooperation with  NGO’s;

Feb 1993-

Oct 1998

 

South-West of Albania

Lancashire Enterprises plc England

Mr. Jeff Houghton

Former Team Leader

[email protected]

 

Albanian SME Foundation

Gavril Lasku, Former Director of SME Foundation

 

Regional Business Agency(RBA)

 RBA Manager

EC Funded)

EC “Phare” program: SME Development in Albania Established and developed a structure of

 Regional Development Agencies (RBA‘s) to support of economic development in Albania;.

·         This involved bringing together those government and non-governmental organizations ;

·         Delivered seminars on business planning, marketing and entrepreneurship;

·         Created the SME Policy Unit at the Ministry of Finance and Economy;

·         Delivered training on business planning, marketing and entrepreneurship;

·         Fostering the SME  development of  the region, by providing high quality level of  business knowledge,;

·         Consultancy  to the business community of the south west  of Albania ;

·         Working closely with banks and SME-s to develop business plans for accessing loans  and expansion

of existing ones;

·         Carrying out market  research through examining new investment / product / locations prospects;

·         Collaborating with different  international organization  which SME  supporting  programs ;

·         Economic Development and growth of the SME sector;

·         Surveying and identifying the possible Joint Venture partners.

             

16. Other relevant information (e.g., Publications)

 

Publications

·         Supporting SMEs to Become more Competitive in the EU Market book ‘ Training Needs Analysis  for SEM’s “

·         (TNA) prepared by EU-SME program author; A. Gomez, Ylldise Brahimaj and Carlo Penco to be held National  Conference in Albania   July 2012;

·         Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management article:  “The growth of SME sector in Albania by  Ylldise Brahimaj,- SME Development Expert  and Anila Arapi-  December 2014;

·         Study “The Fisheries Management  and Marine Techniques in Albania”  by Ylldise Brahimaj  Executive director of RDA (Published ISBN 97816098500120) to be held on May   15th  and 17th  2012 in Albania;

·         “Public and private agriculture extension services in Albania - current situation and future perspectives”, Y.Brahimaj, U, Schmidt. Week Scientific  Conference “Challenges of Education and Innovation” to be held on January 13th and 14th 2011 in  Roma;

·         “Searching for Political Monetary Cycles in Albania”, Y.Brahimaj, J.Houghton  and D. Wood International Conference “Economic and Social Challenges and Problems”, University of  Economy , Albania  2012;

·         “Analysis of Political Business Cycles in Transition Economies with focus on Albania”, 2009, M. Kaitlin, Y.brahimaj, A, Bazini Challenges for Analysis of the Economy, the Businesses, and Social Progress International Scientific Conference, University of Szeged, Hungary.

 

17. Qualification - Certificates

 

January  2018  

to present

Licensed to conduct qualified   ; “ CEFE  “ Training of Trainer  over 100 hours , a coached practical experience  of over 40 hours as CEFE Trainer for business people and  start-ups

Sept 14

24 , 2016

Certificate ; “Get Funding  from the  European Union” implemented by Env.net

April   2015

Certificate ; EU project design process and implementation of environmental  policy by European

Environmental BUREAU

Jun 2012   

Nov 2012

 

IPA 2011 Project & GIZ  “Support to Agriculture and Rural Development” (SARD-IPARD)

Certificate; Albanian advisory structure on the implementation of the IPARD-like grant scheme

May  2014

 Certificate; Audit of Innovation and Technology for SME’ s implemented by AIDA

Feb  2011

Diploma on“ Consulting  as a Business  for Business Services Providers implemented by EU-SME Project

May 2010

International Symposium „The development of  the Albanian Maritime System and EU

Experience; organized by The University of Vlore-Albania as Lector of  the study “The Fisheries

Management  and Marine Techniques in Albania”

March 2010 

Certificate  „The Business Success Through Sustainability implemented by  Netherlands’ Ministry for Development Cooperation, - REC for Central Eastern Europe in Budva Montenegro

March 2003

- Aug 2004

Diploma   Women Leadership Program implemented by USAID/Partners-Albania.

May  2003

Certificate:  for Anti-Corruption Program for Public and Civil Society; Officials implemented by North Florida International Visitors Council in the USA

June 2003

Certificate:  Regional Development Agency Support to SMEs implemented by World Learning/USAID , in Warsaw, Poland

July 2003

Certificate:  Making Cents Training Course for Master Plan implemented by SBCA Program Chemonics International Inc., and Making Cents International

February 2002

July 2002

Certificate of Achievement:, Anti-Corruption  Activities Regarding Public  Procurement

 by  Prefect Co at  Budapest, Hungary;

Certificate Successfully completed the training course on " Quality Management-Quality

Assurance-ISO 9001 for SMEs, Organized by EOMMEX S.A., GLYFADA GREECE,

Feb 5 – 25 1999

 

March 1998

Diploma ;” Management Training in British Industry” delivered by British Government Know-How Fund and  JICAP programme in BELFAST Northern IRELAND

 

Certificate: has successfully completed a Credit Union Induction Course organized by “ Irish League of Credit Unions”, in Dublin IRELAND

Oct 1996- Nov 1998

Master  Diploma , has successfully completed a programmed “Training of Trainers and Advisers for SME”  delivered by ‘ International Training Centre of the ILO’ Turin, Italy

December 1997

Certificate has successfully completed the training course   on “Modern Techniques For Effective Management of SMEs“ Organized by EOMMEX S.A Glyfada, Greece

Nov- January 1996

 “Training of Trainers(TOT) SMEs course administration delivered by CEFE/GTZ Germany

June 1987

Decorated  of the Parliament “  Excellent  Contribution to the State Trade Enterprise  and  “Civil Society  ”

 

Ylldise Brahimaj ___________________________________________________

Permanent Address:  Str. “Pjeter Budi”, Pallati “Fasked”, ap 9/1, TIRANE ALBANIA

Mobile Phone:  +355 69 3834994,

 viber/whatsAup +355 (69)3834994

personal Email:  [email protected];

office email [email protected]    Skype; diska.brahimi

http://al.linkedin.com/pub/ylldise-brahimi/23/30a/423; and

 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Regional...RDA

https://www.kosovalive360.com/perkushtimi-i-ylldises...

 


 

 

 

 CURRICULUM VITEA

 

 

1. FAMILY NAME:     Brahimaj                                                                      

2. FIRST names:        Ylldise    

3. Nationality:         Albania

4. Place Residence: Tirana -Albanian              

5. Civil Status:         Single

 

6. Education:

Institution
[Date from - Date to]

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:

Albania Agricultural University, Economics branch

September 1992-July 1997

BSc (Economics)

ILO, Turin Italy Oct 1996-Nov 1998

Master Diploma-  Private Sector - SME’s Consultant & Trainer

 

USAID/Partners-Albania; March 2003-August 2004

Diploma ;Women Leadership  Program

 

 

7. Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 – excellent; 5 – basic)

Language

Reading

Speaking

Writing

Albanian

mother tongue

English

2

2

3

Italian

3

4

5

 

 

8. Membership of professional bodies:

·         Board member and Founder of Albanian’s Network of RDAs

·         Member of the Enterprise Europe Network EEN in  Albania

·         Collaborator  at  Association of Organisations of Mediterranean Businesswomen  -AFAEMME

·         CIVICUS members of the Alliance

·          Founder  at   “Johana ”  Saving Credit  Union

·         Member of National Leadership of Women Network

·         Founder  of National  Producer and Creative Women Association

·         Albanian Coalition’s  for Women and Youth in decision making

·         Board Member at  National  Business Women Promotion Association

 

 

 

9. Long experience   with  Stakeholders as collaboration and partners

·         Local Goverment ( Municipality and Prefecture)

·         Central Government ( Ministry of   Finance  and Economic, Ministry of Local goverment and Ministry of labour)

·         Public Institutions ( tax office )

·         Business comunity

·         Techincal University

·         Publice and private Vocational Training Centre

·         Technical  School( Trade, Tourism and Bank)

·         Business Associations and bussiness company

 

10. Position: Project Management & SME Development Expert

 

·         11. Years within the Regional Development Agency (RDA):  over  25 ye as Executive Director at VRDA ,

·          Senior SME Development Expert /Trainer at  EU-SME project, EBRD,USAID,UNDP,GIZ and Italian Albania SME Development

·          External Expert  at EU Delegation in Albania for “Competitiveness, business, Innovation and   Trade”  

 

 

12. Key qualifications (relevant to the project): Management and SME Expert /Trainer/coaching /Mentoring specializing in different business fields as follows;  

·         Social –Economic development  Consultancy (strategy, training needs analysis(TNA) ,

·         Assessment of socio-economic and business development and Training Needs Analysis (TNA);

·         Local government (regional development in   economic area);

·         National innovation SME development  and startup for young people and unemployment

·         Established  a training curriculum, including Training-of-Trainers(TOT) programmes, for impact assessment (and  policy impact assessments) as well as  private and public consultation,

·         Innovation , Competitiveness, Business  and trade

·          Socio-economic and environmental impact assessment;

·         SMEs competitive  policy , labor market policies,

·         Capacity Building  to  Public institution  and SMEs development

·         Private sector and SME  competitiveness covered by IPA  programmed ,EU ;

·         Entrepreneurship, Competitiveness, Regional and local Development;;

·         Project implementation . evaluation and impact assessment;

·         Employment and labor development  for Public  and Private Institution  ;

·         Assist in the development, implementation and monitoring of relevant contracts and partnership  agreements with all relevant stakeholders;

·         Vocational education and training (VET)  for  unemployment  and vulnerable people

·          Expertise Good Governess  / anticorruption  in  Municipalities ( Sarande, Vlore and Puke ) ;

·         Capacity Building  for local government staff ;

·         TOT for SME particularly  for  young people, Business association   and   rural development sector;  

·         The adviser  has gained comprehensive theoretical and practical knowledge  of the CEFE method;

·          Trainer and coaching instrument .in entrepreneurship development  according to CEFEmethod;

·         Fostering strategic partnerships and innovation in established businesses as ;

·         Leadership of women and youth  ; Young   New entrepreneurship;

 

13. Specific experience in the region:   Albania

Country

Date from – to

 Overall   in  Albania and region

 May 2014  to present

Southern  Albania

Oct 1998- May 2014

South West  Albania

Oct 1993- May  1998

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

14. Professional experience:

Date

 

Location

Company/Reference

Position

Description

 

OctOct 1998 to present

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M    May 2015 to present

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall in Albania

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall in Albania

 

Regional DevelopmenAgency

 Foundation (RDAF)

 

Mrs. Diana  Djaloshi

    Chairwoman of Board  at  VRDA

    Email [email protected]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  EBRD/BAS program

National Programme

Manager EBRD/BAS program

Mr. Neritan Mullai

email;[email protected]

 

 

 

 T 

 

 

t

 

-

Executive Director

 n

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P     Project  Management     and

SME Development Expert

(EBRD Funded)

 

 

EC “ PHARE “ project  supporting  Economic  and SME in Albania

 Responsible for overall management of the “Regional Development Agency”;  

In this framework director is responsible to manage RDA activity in the area of regional and local socio economic and rural development as well as coordinate and manage communication with donor agencies such as: EBRD,USAID, GIZ,UNDP,EU/SMEs project ,WB, ILO, UNOPS, GTZ,ETF etc.:

She has got qualifications as business consultant & trainer in Europe (Italy, Greece, England, Denmark, Ireland, Poland , Balkan ,Germany  and USA..

She has qualificitation the field of Local Government, Business Development as , business& trainer consultant .She was qualified by GTZ-Germany in 1995-1996  and possess a master business/ Consultant and trainer diploma by ILO, Turin, Italy 1997-1998;

S    she graduated as Bachelor of Business Administration (Economics) from the University of Albania

She has got a Master degree in Economic Sciences (Comparative Local Economic Development) at  Bologna-Italy 

Management consultant specializing in different fields  as follows;

·         Competitiveness and  SME Policy:  Provided policy for private sector and public sector and BSPs in region;

·         Analyzing  private  sector  and Strategy Planning  of  Albania  Gouverneme in the  business development ;

·          Capacity buildings for SME , private sector,

·         Providing on-the-job training on the implementation of  municipality  staff  – following the official methodology of the Municipality  public administration department

·         Providing on-the-job training on the implementation of the Public Consultation

·         Coordination  and  subcontractor to delivery of EU, GIZ,USAID/SBCA MSI, UNDP,WB,.GIZ consultancy and training ,

·         SME impact monitoring and  evaluation projects  , based on EU, USAID indicators,

·         Design, monitor, implement and evaluate projects on NGO Institutional Development and Capacity Building .

·         Assist local NGOs in counseling, training, information and technical assistance.

·         Coordinate with local business community, and foreign organizations to facilitate future business development in the region.

EBRD/BAS ; Consulting and Training for SMEs; The consultancy project is to strengthen the market position of 12  companies Specific objectives are ; Innovation and competitive  include:

·         Training on improvement of marketing skills

·         Enhanced promotion and advertisement of the products;

·         Implementation of the Marketing Action Plan

·         Expanded market in the south regions of Albania.

·         Improved   product in food Processing Company in ;

·         Promotion and better knowledge of the market.

·         Analysis of the existing marketing activity and drafting the new marketing  strategy;

·         Conduct basic trainings sessions with the appointed marketing person in the company including:  Sales; Techniques; Negotiations Skills; Marketing & Sales;

·         Market survey; The survey  conducted through face to face  250 interviews in businesses ,

·         Development the training program and deliver training of the Hotels and guesthouse ;

·          Implemented and conducted  SMEs training  program-,develop a Module for training Program; Coach closely- with Hotels staff,

·         Develop  the consulting program and deliver the consulting;

·         Implement on module” HR Management ”and “Recruitment procedures

  • Business planning and modelling;
  • Product design and development to meet market demands;
  • Branding and marketing evolution;
  • Productivity and performance improvement;
  • Market research and export promotion;
  • Technology transfer and innovation enhancement;
  • Improving staff performance through effective human resource management;
  • Introducing quality management systems (ISO,HACCP, Global GAP) based on expectations of international clients;
  • Introduction of financial tools and instruments tailored to current situation and needs of SMEs;

 

Dec 2016 Nov 2018

Overall in Albania

      Italian –Albania SME

D  development  program PMU   

N  Director .Mr Gavril Lasku

[email protected]

Project Management and

 SME Development

Expert

Italian Albania  SME Development program /subcontractor  for Expertise  Consultant /Training for SMEs; The consultancy project is to strengthen and promotion  the market position of  company Specific objectives include:

·         Enhanced promotion and advertisement of the products;

·         Improved access to finance for innovative start-ups.

·         Improved qualification and productivity of the staff and sellers  through training;

·         Expanded market in the  North  regions of Albania

·         TOT for SME particularly  tourism sector and  rural development sector an feasibility studies d

·         Assessment of business development and Training Needs Analysis( TNA)

·          Business Developing  ecosystems

·         Human Recourse  Managment   and Development in company

 

March 2018 to present

Overall  in Albania

CEFE International –Consulting company  Inch Germany

Mrs. Marlinde Baerenz-

[email protected]

 International coordinator of

GIZ/IDEA project

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Start-up Trainer &Business Planning Expert

(GIZ  funded)

GIZ-  IDEA project  “IDEA Business Start-up Campaign

Innovative start-ups to your entrepreneurial competences and business skills

·         Business training ;

·         Basic entrepreneurial training skills

·         New entrepreneurs in Albania 

·         Be an  entrepreneur,

·         Working in a startup or participating in a start-up program;

·          Innovation business

·         Finance training &Hunting the Money,

·         Business Plan  development ;

·         Trained  160  young people overall Albania  that apply for grant and training as Start up business IDEA  competition;

·         16  IDEA coachees  support with  coaching  for elaborate   Business Plan 

·         Improved access to finance for innovative start-ups.

 

 

March 2010

July 2011

Overall in Albania

IDI-International Development

Ireland. inch
Konrad Nierubiec
Tel. 00 353 1 6625555
[email protected]

Team Leader of Project;

 Uli Lachenmaier

[email protected]

 

Senior SME Development Expert

      (EU funded)

EU : “Supporting SMEs to Become more Competitive in the EU Market” project

As  SME Consultant  as follows;

·          Monitoring and evaluation mechanism , with enterprise specific measurable indicators,

designed and implemented, to measure the impact of the National Competitiveness Programme for  SMEs;

·         Training curriculum (including for training of trainers) for impact assessment (and specific aspects of regulatory and policy impact assessments) as well as public consultation;

·         Development of the methodology for the first national "Training Needs Analysis (TNA)

for SMEs in Albania" in a team with international experts;

·         Sales and Marketing, Competitiveness for SME´s.

·         Business Service Providers, BSPs, Association promotion ,

·         Assessment of business development and training needs analysis, trainer/Consultant/coach in  Strategic Business Management, Innovation,  

·         Training workshop for  consultants interviewers Pilot TNA survey ,conclusions and lessons learnt

·         Selection of 250 SME for TNA survey sample ” TNA carried out in the fields.250  SMEi ndividual  TNA records

·         Coordination and supervision of the implementation of the TNA field interviews in 250

 enterprises: identification of SMEs, mobilization of SMEs and national/regional/local institutions, coordination of the fieldworks (six local consultants as interviewers) all over the country;

·         TNA result: data collection, treatment of data, interpretation and substantial contribution to  the TNA Report 2010;

·         Implementation of formal practical and hands-on training sessions  as trainer for  Albanian SMEs in "Business Planning and Strategic Management" in Saranda and Vlore cities  including mobilization  of participating

·         Implementation of intensive in-company consultancy for  enterprises in the Vlore region

 for business planning and strategic management including human resource and financial

management as well as Marketing and Sales

 

Feb 2008

Feb 2010

Vlore region

World Bank; Project Manager

Mr. Edmond Sheshi

[email protected]

Project Coordinator 

&Trainer

(WB funded)

World Bank &  Albania National Employment Service; ,

Creating a Social  Services Centre for vulnerable  groups” ( Women and Youth in need), realizing needed

infrastructure able to support given social- economic services; 

·    Raising the opportunities for employment, education and qualification of Young peoples and women in

 Need in order to integrate them in normal life.

·    Generate Business Idea and discussions were handling, Round Table,

·    Educative culture, social –economic Services;

·    Provide Centre creation like consultancies, training,  education/information;

·    Opportunity  Employment  for  Youth and women unemployed through business idea training;

·    Capacity building, training of trainers, entrepreneurship development

·    Design/develop and delivery of localized Training and develop curricula for Women farmer Promote 

·    Among other consulting tools, we have developed coaching guides for entrepreneurs and the creation

 of Networking groups (Exchange Experience Groups) for SME and micro-enterprise support;

·    Creating the Centre with all needed infrastructure in order to have complete possibilities to develop

·    Realizing business services for a target group of 200 beneficiaries. From  those in training

session has participated  120  woman and  80 Youth

June 2002

Feb  2007

Albania  ( Southern )

USAID/SBCA –Chemonics Inch Washington

Chief of Party at SBCA

Jeff Houghton

[email protected]

Project Director

SBCA/USAID

SME Consultant

(USAID funded)

USAID: Albania Small Business Credit and Assistance (SBCA) Program  Phase 1 (2007-2010):

Vlore RDA has disbursed 25 loans through both funds with a 98% repayment record.

In addition Vlore RDA delivered   had been  provided training 300 businesses 60% were farmers  and

100 received one-on-one counselling;

Phase 2 :( 2010-2012as subcontractor to SBCA were monitored and evaluated on a project-by-project

basis to measure impact as follows;

·         Project improves client competitiveness through  , using  of innovation  technology and best practice;;

·         The Standard Format of Business Plan; Client Branding and  focus Groups;

·         Monitored and evaluated on a project basis to measure impact;;,

·          Needs Analyses, Action Plans and Client Profiles;

·         Direct technical assistance and training has been provided to more than 500 businesses especially

 farmers and  food processing industry ;

·         Assistance and training to enterprises leads to applying: new technology; competitive and

 good management Practices;

·         Elaborated  Business Planning  for  companies  ;

·         Developed a comprehensive database of more than 800 businesses in the agriculture industry,

·         SME Consultant assignment in particular working with a team of USAID on a prepared to Feasibility

 Study of Energy Park in Vlore

·         Development a South and south-west of Albania to increase SME´s Competitiveness in Innovation.

·         Administrative and Institutional capacity building to the  farmers  

July 2016

July 2017

Berati Region

GIZ/SARED project

Ilir Rembeci Director  at Tirana

   Email; [email protected]

     [email protected]

 Capacity Building Trainer/ Expert

(GIZ Funded)

SARED/GIZ   Project: Capacity  Building for Farmer  in south-west of Albania  ;

·         Trained  farmers and rural women ;  Marketing   strategy of agriculture

·         Trained famers ( 65% women) in Financial Management in Kucova ,

·         Rural young people  in economic empowerment ,current gender equality,

·          Market  analyses and   value chain analysis, market research,

·         Business Planinng  eleberation,

·         Capacity building for  farmers  ( small  farme) ,

·         Elaboration of the social economic study,

·         Marketing and Sale  and Sales Technique and Negoziation Skills

·         Financial  Management for Farmers

  Sept 2013

Dec 2013

Center

Government

( Ministries, Public institution

USAID Projects)

         Social Impact Inc.  Washington D.C

G.     William Anderson Team Leader, [email protected]

 

Local Economics Expert

U\\

         USAID and EU /Social Impact consulting company  Inc.;   

 

      Department of State to  European Union Accession Evaluation project

·         Review and analyze documents, synthesize desk review findings, and contribute to a Desk Review Findings Report.

·         Work with the Team Leader to refine interview questions to fit the Albanian context, and to identify and contact in-country key informants.

·         Conduct semi-structured interviews, document reviews, and site visits in collaboration with the Team Leader and Economic Specialist.

·         Contribute to data analysis.

·         Participate in out-brief meetings with USG posts at the end of fieldwork in Albania.

·         Contribute to the Draft Evaluation Report.

·         DoS /EUR/ACE, USAID, USDA, and SI feedback, and revisions to the Draft Evaluation Report.

·         Develop basic tools for promoting Partnerships in Local Level – cooperation with  NGO’s;

Feb 1993-

Oct 1998

 

South-West of Albania

Lancashire Enterprises plc England

Mr. Jeff Houghton

Former Team Leader

[email protected]

 

Albanian SME Foundation

Gavril Lasku, Former Director of SME Foundation

 

Regional Business Agency(RBA)

 RBA Manager

EC Funded)

EC “Phare” program: SME Development in Albania Established and developed a structure of

 Regional Development Agencies (RBA‘s) to support of economic development in Albania;.

·         This involved bringing together those government and non-governmental organizations ;

·         Delivered seminars on business planning, marketing and entrepreneurship;

·         Created the SME Policy Unit at the Ministry of Finance and Economy;

·         Delivered training on business planning, marketing and entrepreneurship;

·         Fostering the SME  development of  the region, by providing high quality level of  business knowledge,;

·         Consultancy  to the business community of the south west  of Albania ;

·         Working closely with banks and SME-s to develop business plans for accessing loans  and expansion

of existing ones;

·         Carrying out market  research through examining new investment / product / locations prospects;

·         Collaborating with different  international organization  which SME  supporting  programs ;

·         Economic Development and growth of the SME sector;

·         Surveying and identifying the possible Joint Venture partners.

             

16. Other relevant information (e.g., Publications)

 

Publications

·         Supporting SMEs to Become more Competitive in the EU Market book ‘ Training Needs Analysis  for SEM’s “

·         (TNA) prepared by EU-SME program author; A. Gomez, Ylldise Brahimaj and Carlo Penco to be held National  Conference in Albania   July 2012;

·         Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management article:  “The growth of SME sector in Albania by  Ylldise Brahimaj,- SME Development Expert  and Anila Arapi-  December 2014;

·         Study “The Fisheries Management  and Marine Techniques in Albania”  by Ylldise Brahimaj  Executive director of RDA (Published ISBN 97816098500120) to be held on May   15th  and 17th  2012 in Albania;

·         “Public and private agriculture extension services in Albania - current situation and future perspectives”, Y.Brahimaj, U, Schmidt. Week Scientific  Conference “Challenges of Education and Innovation” to be held on January 13th and 14th 2011 in  Roma;

·         “Searching for Political Monetary Cycles in Albania”, Y.Brahimaj, J.Houghton  and D. Wood International Conference “Economic and Social Challenges and Problems”, University of  Economy , Albania  2012;

·         “Analysis of Political Business Cycles in Transition Economies with focus on Albania”, 2009, M. Kaitlin, Y.brahimaj, A, Bazini Challenges for Analysis of the Economy, the Businesses, and Social Progress International Scientific Conference, University of Szeged, Hungary.

 

17. Qualification - Certificates

 

January  2018  

to present

Licensed to conduct qualified   ; “ CEFE  “ Training of Trainer  over 100 hours , a coached practical experience  of over 40 hours as CEFE Trainer for business people and  start-ups

Sept 14

24 , 2016

Certificate ; “Get Funding  from the  European Union” implemented by Env.net

April   2015

Certificate ; EU project design process and implementation of environmental  policy by European

Environmental BUREAU

Jun 2012   

Nov 2012

 

IPA 2011 Project & GIZ  “Support to Agriculture and Rural Development” (SARD-IPARD)

Certificate; Albanian advisory structure on the implementation of the IPARD-like grant scheme

May  2014

 Certificate; Audit of Innovation and Technology for SME’ s implemented by AIDA

Feb  2011

Diploma on“ Consulting  as a Business  for Business Services Providers implemented by EU-SME Project

May 2010

International Symposium „The development of  the Albanian Maritime System and EU

Experience; organized by The University of Vlore-Albania as Lector of  the study “The Fisheries

Management  and Marine Techniques in Albania”

March 2010 

Certificate  „The Business Success Through Sustainability implemented by  Netherlands’ Ministry for Development Cooperation, - REC for Central Eastern Europe in Budva Montenegro

March 2003

- Aug 2004

Diploma   Women Leadership Program implemented by USAID/Partners-Albania.

May  2003

Certificate:  for Anti-Corruption Program for Public and Civil Society; Officials implemented by North Florida International Visitors Council in the USA

June 2003

Certificate:  Regional Development Agency Support to SMEs implemented by World Learning/USAID , in Warsaw, Poland

July 2003

Certificate:  Making Cents Training Course for Master Plan implemented by SBCA Program Chemonics International Inc., and Making Cents International

February 2002

July 2002

Certificate of Achievement:, Anti-Corruption  Activities Regarding Public  Procurement

 by  Prefect Co at  Budapest, Hungary;

Certificate Successfully completed the training course on " Quality Management-Quality

Assurance-ISO 9001 for SMEs, Organized by EOMMEX S.A., GLYFADA GREECE,

Feb 5 – 25 1999

 

March 1998

Diploma ;” Management Training in British Industry” delivered by British Government Know-How Fund and  JICAP programme in BELFAST Northern IRELAND

 

Certificate: has successfully completed a Credit Union Induction Course organized by “ Irish League of Credit Unions”, in Dublin IRELAND

Oct 1996- Nov 1998

Master  Diploma , has successfully completed a programmed “Training of Trainers and Advisers for SME”  delivered by ‘ International Training Centre of the ILO’ Turin, Italy

December 1997

Certificate has successfully completed the training course   on “Modern Techniques For Effective Management of SMEs“ Organized by EOMMEX S.A Glyfada, Greece

Nov- January 1996

 “Training of Trainers(TOT) SMEs course administration delivered by CEFE/GTZ Germany

June 1987

Decorated  of the Parliament “  Excellent  Contribution to the State Trade Enterprise  and  “Civil Society  ”

 

Ylldise Brahimaj ___________________________________________________

Permanent Address:  Str. “Pjeter Budi”, Pallati “Fasked”, ap 9/1, TIRANE ALBANIA

Mobile Phone:  +355 69 3834994,

 viber/whatsAup +355 (69)3834994

personal Email:  [email protected];

office email [email protected]    Skype; diska.brahimi

http://al.linkedin.com/pub/ylldise-brahimi/23/30a/423; and

 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Regional...RDA

https://www.kosovalive360.com/perkushtimi-i-ylldises...

 


 

 

 

 CURRICULUM VITEA

 

 

1. FAMILY NAME:     Brahimaj                                                                      

2. FIRST names:        Ylldise    

3. Nationality:         Albania

4. Place Residence: Tirana -Albanian              

5. Civil Status:         Single

 

6. Education:

Institution
[Date from - Date to]

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:

Albania Agricultural University, Economics branch

September 1992-July 1997

BSc (Economics)

ILO, Turin Italy Oct 1996-Nov 1998

Master Diploma-  Private Sector - SME’s Consultant & Trainer

 

USAID/Partners-Albania; March 2003-August 2004

Diploma ;Women Leadership  Program

 

 

7. Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 – excellent; 5 – basic)

Language

Reading

Speaking

Writing

Albanian

mother tongue

English

2

2

3

Italian

3

4

5

 

 

8. Membership of professional bodies:

·         Board member and Founder of Albanian’s Network of RDAs

·         Member of the Enterprise Europe Network EEN in  Albania

·         Collaborator  at  Association of Organisations of Mediterranean Businesswomen  -AFAEMME

·         CIVICUS members of the Alliance

·          Founder  at   “Johana ”  Saving Credit  Union

·         Member of National Leadership of Women Network

·         Founder  of National  Producer and Creative Women Association

·         Albanian Coalition’s  for Women and Youth in decision making

·         Board Member at  National  Business Women Promotion Association

 

 

 

9. Long experience   with  Stakeholders as collaboration and partners

·         Local Goverment ( Municipality and Prefecture)

·         Central Government ( Ministry of   Finance  and Economic, Ministry of Local goverment and Ministry of labour)

·         Public Institutions ( tax office )

·         Business comunity

·         Techincal University

·         Publice and private Vocational Training Centre

·         Technical  School( Trade, Tourism and Bank)

·         Business Associations and bussiness company

 

10. Position: Project Management & SME Development Expert

 

·         11. Years within the Regional Development Agency (RDA):  over  25 ye as Executive Director at VRDA ,

·          Senior SME Development Expert /Trainer at  EU-SME project, EBRD,USAID,UNDP,GIZ and Italian Albania SME Development

·          External Expert  at EU Delegation in Albania for “Competitiveness, business, Innovation and   Trade”  

 

 

12. Key qualifications (relevant to the project): Management and SME Expert /Trainer/coaching /Mentoring specializing in different business fields as follows;  

·         Social –Economic development  Consultancy (strategy, training needs analysis(TNA) ,

·         Assessment of socio-economic and business development and Training Needs Analysis (TNA);

·         Local government (regional development in   economic area);

·         National innovation SME development  and startup for young people and unemployment

·         Established  a training curriculum, including Training-of-Trainers(TOT) programmes, for impact assessment (and  policy impact assessments) as well as  private and public consultation,

·         Innovation , Competitiveness, Business  and trade

·          Socio-economic and environmental impact assessment;

·         SMEs competitive  policy , labor market policies,

·         Capacity Building  to  Public institution  and SMEs development

·         Private sector and SME  competitiveness covered by IPA  programmed ,EU ;

·         Entrepreneurship, Competitiveness, Regional and local Development;;

·         Project implementation . evaluation and impact assessment;

·         Employment and labor development  for Public  and Private Institution  ;

·         Assist in the development, implementation and monitoring of relevant contracts and partnership  agreements with all relevant stakeholders;

·         Vocational education and training (VET)  for  unemployment  and vulnerable people

·          Expertise Good Governess  / anticorruption  in  Municipalities ( Sarande, Vlore and Puke ) ;

·         Capacity Building  for local government staff ;

·         TOT for SME particularly  for  young people, Business association   and   rural development sector;  

·         The adviser  has gained comprehensive theoretical and practical knowledge  of the CEFE method;

·          Trainer and coaching instrument .in entrepreneurship development  according to CEFEmethod;

·         Fostering strategic partnerships and innovation in established businesses as ;

·         Leadership of women and youth  ; Young   New entrepreneurship;

 

13. Specific experience in the region:   Albania

Country

Date from – to

 Overall   in  Albania and region

 May 2014  to present

Southern  Albania

Oct 1998- May 2014

South West  Albania

Oct 1993- May  1998

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

14. Professional experience:

Date

 

Location

Company/Reference

Position

Description

 

OctOct 1998 to present

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M    May 2015 to present

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall in Albania

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall in Albania

 

Regional DevelopmenAgency

 Foundation (RDAF)

 

Mrs. Diana  Djaloshi

    Chairwoman of Board  at  VRDA

    Email [email protected]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  EBRD/BAS program

National Programme

Manager EBRD/BAS program

Mr. Neritan Mullai

email;[email protected]

 

 

 

 T 

 

 

t

 

-

Executive Director

 n

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P     Project  Management     and

SME Development Expert

(EBRD Funded)

 

 

EC “ PHARE “ project  supporting  Economic  and SME in Albania

 Responsible for overall management of the “Regional Development Agency”;  

In this framework director is responsible to manage RDA activity in the area of regional and local socio economic and rural development as well as coordinate and manage communication with donor agencies such as: EBRD,USAID, GIZ,UNDP,EU/SMEs project ,WB, ILO, UNOPS, GTZ,ETF etc.:

She has got qualifications as business consultant & trainer in Europe (Italy, Greece, England, Denmark, Ireland, Poland , Balkan ,Germany  and USA..

She has qualificitation the field of Local Government, Business Development as , business& trainer consultant .She was qualified by GTZ-Germany in 1995-1996  and possess a master business/ Consultant and trainer diploma by ILO, Turin, Italy 1997-1998;

S    she graduated as Bachelor of Business Administration (Economics) from the University of Albania

She has got a Master degree in Economic Sciences (Comparative Local Economic Development) at  Bologna-Italy 

Management consultant specializing in different fields  as follows;

·         Competitiveness and  SME Policy:  Provided policy for private sector and public sector and BSPs in region;

·         Analyzing  private  sector  and Strategy Planning  of  Albania  Gouverneme in the  business development ;

·          Capacity buildings for SME , private sector,

·         Providing on-the-job training on the implementation of  municipality  staff  – following the official methodology of the Municipality  public administration department

·         Providing on-the-job training on the implementation of the Public Consultation

·         Coordination  and  subcontractor to delivery of EU, GIZ,USAID/SBCA MSI, UNDP,WB,.GIZ consultancy and training ,

·         SME impact monitoring and  evaluation projects  , based on EU, USAID indicators,

·         Design, monitor, implement and evaluate projects on NGO Institutional Development and Capacity Building .

·         Assist local NGOs in counseling, training, information and technical assistance.

·         Coordinate with local business community, and foreign organizations to facilitate future business development in the region.

EBRD/BAS ; Consulting and Training for SMEs; The consultancy project is to strengthen the market position of 12  companies Specific objectives are ; Innovation and competitive  include:

·         Training on improvement of marketing skills

·         Enhanced promotion and advertisement of the products;

·         Implementation of the Marketing Action Plan

·         Expanded market in the south regions of Albania.

·         Improved   product in food Processing Company in ;

·         Promotion and better knowledge of the market.

·         Analysis of the existing marketing activity and drafting the new marketing  strategy;

·         Conduct basic trainings sessions with the appointed marketing person in the company including:  Sales; Techniques; Negotiations Skills; Marketing & Sales;

·         Market survey; The survey  conducted through face to face  250 interviews in businesses ,

·         Development the training program and deliver training of the Hotels and guesthouse ;

·          Implemented and conducted  SMEs training  program-,develop a Module for training Program; Coach closely- with Hotels staff,

·         Develop  the consulting program and deliver the consulting;

·         Implement on module” HR Management ”and “Recruitment procedures

  • Business planning and modelling;
  • Product design and development to meet market demands;
  • Branding and marketing evolution;
  • Productivity and performance improvement;
  • Market research and export promotion;
  • Technology transfer and innovation enhancement;
  • Improving staff performance through effective human resource management;
  • Introducing quality management systems (ISO,HACCP, Global GAP) based on expectations of international clients;
  • Introduction of financial tools and instruments tailored to current situation and needs of SMEs;

 

Dec 2016 Nov 2018

Overall in Albania

      Italian –Albania SME

D  development  program PMU   

N  Director .Mr Gavril Lasku

[email protected]

Project Management and

 SME Development

Expert

Italian Albania  SME Development program /subcontractor  for Expertise  Consultant /Training for SMEs; The consultancy project is to strengthen and promotion  the market position of  company Specific objectives include:

·         Enhanced promotion and advertisement of the products;

·         Improved access to finance for innovative start-ups.

·         Improved qualification and productivity of the staff and sellers  through training;

·         Expanded market in the  North  regions of Albania

·         TOT for SME particularly  tourism sector and  rural development sector an feasibility studies d

·         Assessment of business development and Training Needs Analysis( TNA)

·          Business Developing  ecosystems

·         Human Recourse  Managment   and Development in company

 

March 2018 to present

Overall  in Albania

CEFE International –Consulting company  Inch Germany

Mrs. Marlinde Baerenz-

[email protected]

 International coordinator of

GIZ/IDEA project

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Start-up Trainer &Business Planning Expert

(GIZ  funded)

GIZ-  IDEA project  “IDEA Business Start-up Campaign

Innovative start-ups to your entrepreneurial competences and business skills

·         Business training ;

·         Basic entrepreneurial training skills

·         New entrepreneurs in Albania 

·         Be an  entrepreneur,

·         Working in a startup or participating in a start-up program;

·          Innovation business

·         Finance training &Hunting the Money,

·         Business Plan  development ;

·         Trained  160  young people overall Albania  that apply for grant and training as Start up business IDEA  competition;

·         16  IDEA coachees  support with  coaching  for elaborate   Business Plan 

·         Improved access to finance for innovative start-ups.

 

 

March 2010

July 2011

Overall in Albania

IDI-International Development

Ireland. inch
Konrad Nierubiec
Tel. 00 353 1 6625555
[email protected]

Team Leader of Project;

 Uli Lachenmaier

[email protected]

 

Senior SME Development Expert

      (EU funded)

EU : “Supporting SMEs to Become more Competitive in the EU Market” project

As  SME Consultant  as follows;

·          Monitoring and evaluation mechanism , with enterprise specific measurable indicators,

designed and implemented, to measure the impact of the National Competitiveness Programme for  SMEs;

·         Training curriculum (including for training of trainers) for impact assessment (and specific aspects of regulatory and policy impact assessments) as well as public consultation;

·         Development of the methodology for the first national "Training Needs Analysis (TNA)

for SMEs in Albania" in a team with international experts;

·         Sales and Marketing, Competitiveness for SME´s.

·         Business Service Providers, BSPs, Association promotion ,

·         Assessment of business development and training needs analysis, trainer/Consultant/coach in  Strategic Business Management, Innovation,  

·         Training workshop for  consultants interviewers Pilot TNA survey ,conclusions and lessons learnt

·         Selection of 250 SME for TNA survey sample ” TNA carried out in the fields.250  SMEi ndividual  TNA records

·         Coordination and supervision of the implementation of the TNA field interviews in 250

 enterprises: identification of SMEs, mobilization of SMEs and national/regional/local institutions, coordination of the fieldworks (six local consultants as interviewers) all over the country;

·         TNA result: data collection, treatment of data, interpretation and substantial contribution to  the TNA Report 2010;

·         Implementation of formal practical and hands-on training sessions  as trainer for  Albanian SMEs in "Business Planning and Strategic Management" in Saranda and Vlore cities  including mobilization  of participating

·         Implementation of intensive in-company consultancy for  enterprises in the Vlore region

 for business planning and strategic management including human resource and financial

management as well as Marketing and Sales

 

Feb 2008

Feb 2010

Vlore region

World Bank; Project Manager

Mr. Edmond Sheshi

[email protected]

Project Coordinator 

&Trainer

(WB funded)

World Bank &  Albania National Employment Service; ,

Creating a Social  Services Centre for vulnerable  groups” ( Women and Youth in need), realizing needed

infrastructure able to support given social- economic services; 

·    Raising the opportunities for employment, education and qualification of Young peoples and women in

 Need in order to integrate them in normal life.

·    Generate Business Idea and discussions were handling, Round Table,

·    Educative culture, social –economic Services;

·    Provide Centre creation like consultancies, training,  education/information;

·    Opportunity  Employment  for  Youth and women unemployed through business idea training;

·    Capacity building, training of trainers, entrepreneurship development

·    Design/develop and delivery of localized Training and develop curricula for Women farmer Promote 

·    Among other consulting tools, we have developed coaching guides for entrepreneurs and the creation

 of Networking groups (Exchange Experience Groups) for SME and micro-enterprise support;

·    Creating the Centre with all needed infrastructure in order to have complete possibilities to develop

·    Realizing business services for a target group of 200 beneficiaries. From  those in training

session has participated  120  woman and  80 Youth

June 2002

Feb  2007

Albania  ( Southern )

USAID/SBCA –Chemonics Inch Washington

Chief of Party at SBCA

Jeff Houghton

[email protected]

Project Director

SBCA/USAID

SME Consultant

(USAID funded)

USAID: Albania Small Business Credit and Assistance (SBCA) Program  Phase 1 (2007-2010):

Vlore RDA has disbursed 25 loans through both funds with a 98% repayment record.

In addition Vlore RDA delivered   had been  provided training 300 businesses 60% were farmers  and

100 received one-on-one counselling;

Phase 2 :( 2010-2012as subcontractor to SBCA were monitored and evaluated on a project-by-project

basis to measure impact as follows;

·         Project improves client competitiveness through  , using  of innovation  technology and best practice;;

·         The Standard Format of Business Plan; Client Branding and  focus Groups;

·         Monitored and evaluated on a project basis to measure impact;;,

·          Needs Analyses, Action Plans and Client Profiles;

·         Direct technical assistance and training has been provided to more than 500 businesses especially

 farmers and  food processing industry ;

·         Assistance and training to enterprises leads to applying: new technology; competitive and

 good management Practices;

·         Elaborated  Business Planning  for  companies  ;

·         Developed a comprehensive database of more than 800 businesses in the agriculture industry,

·         SME Consultant assignment in particular working with a team of USAID on a prepared to Feasibility

 Study of Energy Park in Vlore

·         Development a South and south-west of Albania to increase SME´s Competitiveness in Innovation.

·         Administrative and Institutional capacity building to the  farmers  

July 2016

July 2017

Berati Region

GIZ/SARED project

Ilir Rembeci Director  at Tirana

   Email; [email protected]

     [email protected]

 Capacity Building Trainer/ Expert

(GIZ Funded)

SARED/GIZ   Project: Capacity  Building for Farmer  in south-west of Albania  ;

·         Trained  farmers and rural women ;  Marketing   strategy of agriculture

·         Trained famers ( 65% women) in Financial Management in Kucova ,

·         Rural young people  in economic empowerment ,current gender equality,

·          Market  analyses and   value chain analysis, market research,

·         Business Planinng  eleberation,

·         Capacity building for  farmers  ( small  farme) ,

·         Elaboration of the social economic study,

·         Marketing and Sale  and Sales Technique and Negoziation Skills

·         Financial  Management for Farmers

  Sept 2013

Dec 2013

Center

Government

( Ministries, Public institution

USAID Projects)

         Social Impact Inc.  Washington D.C

G.     William Anderson Team Leader, [email protected]

 

Local Economics Expert

U\\

         USAID and EU /Social Impact consulting company  Inc.;   

 

      Department of State to  European Union Accession Evaluation project

·         Review and analyze documents, synthesize desk review findings, and contribute to a Desk Review Findings Report.

·         Work with the Team Leader to refine interview questions to fit the Albanian context, and to identify and contact in-country key informants.

·         Conduct semi-structured interviews, document reviews, and site visits in collaboration with the Team Leader and Economic Specialist.

·         Contribute to data analysis.

·         Participate in out-brief meetings with USG posts at the end of fieldwork in Albania.

·         Contribute to the Draft Evaluation Report.

·         DoS /EUR/ACE, USAID, USDA, and SI feedback, and revisions to the Draft Evaluation Report.

·         Develop basic tools for promoting Partnerships in Local Level – cooperation with  NGO’s;

Feb 1993-

Oct 1998

 

South-West of Albania

Lancashire Enterprises plc England

Mr. Jeff Houghton

Former Team Leader

[email protected]

 

Albanian SME Foundation

Gavril Lasku, Former Director of SME Foundation

 

Regional Business Agency(RBA)

 RBA Manager

EC Funded)

EC “Phare” program: SME Development in Albania Established and developed a structure of

 Regional Development Agencies (RBA‘s) to support of economic development in Albania;.

·         This involved bringing together those government and non-governmental organizations ;

·         Delivered seminars on business planning, marketing and entrepreneurship;

·         Created the SME Policy Unit at the Ministry of Finance and Economy;

·         Delivered training on business planning, marketing and entrepreneurship;

·         Fostering the SME  development of  the region, by providing high quality level of  business knowledge,;

·         Consultancy  to the business community of the south west  of Albania ;

·         Working closely with banks and SME-s to develop business plans for accessing loans  and expansion

of existing ones;

·         Carrying out market  research through examining new investment / product / locations prospects;

·         Collaborating with different  international organization  which SME  supporting  programs ;

·         Economic Development and growth of the SME sector;

·         Surveying and identifying the possible Joint Venture partners.

             

16. Other relevant information (e.g., Publications)

 

Publications

·         Supporting SMEs to Become more Competitive in the EU Market book ‘ Training Needs Analysis  for SEM’s “

·         (TNA) prepared by EU-SME program author; A. Gomez, Ylldise Brahimaj and Carlo Penco to be held National  Conference in Albania   July 2012;

·         Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management article:  “The growth of SME sector in Albania by  Ylldise Brahimaj,- SME Development Expert  and Anila Arapi-  December 2014;

·         Study “The Fisheries Management  and Marine Techniques in Albania”  by Ylldise Brahimaj  Executive director of RDA (Published ISBN 97816098500120) to be held on May   15th  and 17th  2012 in Albania;

·         “Public and private agriculture extension services in Albania - current situation and future perspectives”, Y.Brahimaj, U, Schmidt. Week Scientific  Conference “Challenges of Education and Innovation” to be held on January 13th and 14th 2011 in  Roma;

·         “Searching for Political Monetary Cycles in Albania”, Y.Brahimaj, J.Houghton  and D. Wood International Conference “Economic and Social Challenges and Problems”, University of  Economy , Albania  2012;

·         “Analysis of Political Business Cycles in Transition Economies with focus on Albania”, 2009, M. Kaitlin, Y.brahimaj, A, Bazini Challenges for Analysis of the Economy, the Businesses, and Social Progress International Scientific Conference, University of Szeged, Hungary.

 

17. Qualification - Certificates

 

January  2018  

to present

Licensed to conduct qualified   ; “ CEFE  “ Training of Trainer  over 100 hours , a coached practical experience  of over 40 hours as CEFE Trainer for business people and  start-ups

Sept 14

24 , 2016

Certificate ; “Get Funding  from the  European Union” implemented by Env.net

April   2015

Certificate ; EU project design process and implementation of environmental  policy by European

Environmental BUREAU

Jun 2012   

Nov 2012

 

IPA 2011 Project & GIZ  “Support to Agriculture and Rural Development” (SARD-IPARD)

Certificate; Albanian advisory structure on the implementation of the IPARD-like grant scheme

May  2014

 Certificate; Audit of Innovation and Technology for SME’ s implemented by AIDA

Feb  2011

Diploma on“ Consulting  as a Business  for Business Services Providers implemented by EU-SME Project

May 2010

International Symposium „The development of  the Albanian Maritime System and EU

Experience; organized by The University of Vlore-Albania as Lector of  the study “The Fisheries

Management  and Marine Techniques in Albania”

March 2010 

Certificate  „The Business Success Through Sustainability implemented by  Netherlands’ Ministry for Development Cooperation, - REC for Central Eastern Europe in Budva Montenegro

March 2003

- Aug 2004

Diploma   Women Leadership Program implemented by USAID/Partners-Albania.

May  2003

Certificate:  for Anti-Corruption Program for Public and Civil Society; Officials implemented by North Florida International Visitors Council in the USA

June 2003

Certificate:  Regional Development Agency Support to SMEs implemented by World Learning/USAID , in Warsaw, Poland

July 2003

Certificate:  Making Cents Training Course for Master Plan implemented by SBCA Program Chemonics International Inc., and Making Cents International

February 2002

July 2002

Certificate of Achievement:, Anti-Corruption  Activities Regarding Public  Procurement

 by  Prefect Co at  Budapest, Hungary;

Certificate Successfully completed the training course on " Quality Management-Quality

Assurance-ISO 9001 for SMEs, Organized by EOMMEX S.A., GLYFADA GREECE,

Feb 5 – 25 1999

 

March 1998

Diploma ;” Management Training in British Industry” delivered by British Government Know-How Fund and  JICAP programme in BELFAST Northern IRELAND

 

Certificate: has successfully completed a Credit Union Induction Course organized by “ Irish League of Credit Unions”, in Dublin IRELAND

Oct 1996- Nov 1998

Master  Diploma , has successfully completed a programmed “Training of Trainers and Advisers for SME”  delivered by ‘ International Training Centre of the ILO’ Turin, Italy

December 1997

Certificate has successfully completed the training course   on “Modern Techniques For Effective Management of SMEs“ Organized by EOMMEX S.A Glyfada, Greece

Nov- January 1996

 “Training of Trainers(TOT) SMEs course administration delivered by CEFE/GTZ Germany

June 1987

Decorated  of the Parliament “  Excellent  Contribution to the State Trade Enterprise  and  “Civil Society  ”

 

Ylldise Brahimaj ___________________________________________________

Permanent Address:  Str. “Pjeter Budi”, Pallati “Fasked”, ap 9/1, TIRANE ALBANIA

Mobile Phone:  +355 69 3834994,

 viber/whatsAup +355 (69)3834994

personal Email:  [email protected];

office email [email protected]    Skype; diska.brahimi

http://al.linkedin.com/pub/ylldise-brahimi/23/30a/423; and

 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Regional...RDA

https://www.kosovalive360.com/perkushtimi-i-ylldises...

 


 

 

 

 CURRICULUM VITEA

 

 

1. FAMILY NAME:     Brahimaj                                                                      

2. FIRST names:        Ylldise    

3. Nationality:         Albania

4. Place Residence: Tirana -Albanian              

5. Civil Status:         Single

 

6. Education:

Institution
[Date from - Date to]

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:

Albania Agricultural University, Economics branch

September 1992-July 1997

BSc (Economics)

ILO, Turin Italy Oct 1996-Nov 1998

Master Diploma-  Private Sector - SME’s Consultant & Trainer

 

USAID/Partners-Albania; March 2003-August 2004

Diploma ;Women Leadership  Program

 

 

7. Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 – excellent; 5 – basic)

Language

Reading

Speaking

Writing

Albanian

mother tongue

English

2

2

3

Italian

3

4

5

 

 

8. Membership of professional bodies:

·         Board member and Founder of Albanian’s Network of RDAs

·         Member of the Enterprise Europe Network EEN in  Albania

·         Collaborator  at  Association of Organisations of Mediterranean Businesswomen  -AFAEMME

·         CIVICUS members of the Alliance

·          Founder  at   “Johana ”  Saving Credit  Union

·         Member of National Leadership of Women Network

·         Founder  of National  Producer and Creative Women Association

·         Albanian Coalition’s  for Women and Youth in decision making

·         Board Member at  National  Business Women Promotion Association

 

 

 

9. Long experience   with  Stakeholders as collaboration and partners

·         Local Goverment ( Municipality and Prefecture)

·         Central Government ( Ministry of   Finance  and Economic, Ministry of Local goverment and Ministry of labour)

·         Public Institutions ( tax office )

·         Business comunity

·         Techincal University

·         Publice and private Vocational Training Centre

·         Technical  School( Trade, Tourism and Bank)

·         Business Associations and bussiness company

 

10. Position: Project Management & SME Development Expert

 

·         11. Years within the Regional Development Agency (RDA):  over  25 ye as Executive Director at VRDA ,

·          Senior SME Development Expert /Trainer at  EU-SME project, EBRD,USAID,UNDP,GIZ and Italian Albania SME Development

·          External Expert  at EU Delegation in Albania for “Competitiveness, business, Innovation and   Trade”  

 

 

12. Key qualifications (relevant to the project): Management and SME Expert /Trainer/coaching /Mentoring specializing in different business fields as follows;  

·         Social –Economic development  Consultancy (strategy, training needs analysis(TNA) ,

·         Assessment of socio-economic and business development and Training Needs Analysis (TNA);

·         Local government (regional development in   economic area);

·         National innovation SME development  and startup for young people and unemployment

·         Established  a training curriculum, including Training-of-Trainers(TOT) programmes, for impact assessment (and  policy impact assessments) as well as  private and public consultation,

·         Innovation , Competitiveness, Business  and trade

·          Socio-economic and environmental impact assessment;

·         SMEs competitive  policy , labor market policies,

·         Capacity Building  to  Public institution  and SMEs development

·         Private sector and SME  competitiveness covered by IPA  programmed ,EU ;

·         Entrepreneurship, Competitiveness, Regional and local Development;;

·         Project implementation . evaluation and impact assessment;

·         Employment and labor development  for Public  and Private Institution  ;

·         Assist in the development, implementation and monitoring of relevant contracts and partnership  agreements with all relevant stakeholders;

·         Vocational education and training (VET)  for  unemployment  and vulnerable people

·          Expertise Good Governess  / anticorruption  in  Municipalities ( Sarande, Vlore and Puke ) ;

·         Capacity Building  for local government staff ;

·         TOT for SME particularly  for  young people, Business association   and   rural development sector;  

·         The adviser  has gained comprehensive theoretical and practical knowledge  of the CEFE method;

·          Trainer and coaching instrument .in entrepreneurship development  according to CEFEmethod;

·         Fostering strategic partnerships and innovation in established businesses as ;

·         Leadership of women and youth  ; Young   New entrepreneurship;

 

13. Specific experience in the region:   Albania

Country

Date from – to

 Overall   in  Albania and region

 May 2014  to present

Southern  Albania

Oct 1998- May 2014

South West  Albania

Oct 1993- May  1998

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

14. Professional experience:

Date

 

Location

Company/Reference

Position

Description

 

OctOct 1998 to present

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M    May 2015 to present

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall in Albania

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall in Albania

 

Regional DevelopmenAgency

 Foundation (RDAF)

 

Mrs. Diana  Djaloshi

    Chairwoman of Board  at  VRDA

    Email [email protected]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  EBRD/BAS program

National Programme

Manager EBRD/BAS program

Mr. Neritan Mullai

email;[email protected]

 

 

 

 T 

 

 

t

 

-

Executive Director

 n

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P     Project  Management     and

SME Development Expert

(EBRD Funded)

 

 

EC “ PHARE “ project  supporting  Economic  and SME in Albania

 Responsible for overall management of the “Regional Development Agency”;  

In this framework director is responsible to manage RDA activity in the area of regional and local socio economic and rural development as well as coordinate and manage communication with donor agencies such as: EBRD,USAID, GIZ,UNDP,EU/SMEs project ,WB, ILO, UNOPS, GTZ,ETF etc.:

She has got qualifications as business consultant & trainer in Europe (Italy, Greece, England, Denmark, Ireland, Poland , Balkan ,Germany  and USA..

She has qualificitation the field of Local Government, Business Development as , business& trainer consultant .She was qualified by GTZ-Germany in 1995-1996  and possess a master business/ Consultant and trainer diploma by ILO, Turin, Italy 1997-1998;

S    she graduated as Bachelor of Business Administration (Economics) from the University of Albania

She has got a Master degree in Economic Sciences (Comparative Local Economic Development) at  Bologna-Italy 

Management consultant specializing in different fields  as follows;

·         Competitiveness and  SME Policy:  Provided policy for private sector and public sector and BSPs in region;

·         Analyzing  private  sector  and Strategy Planning  of  Albania  Gouverneme in the  business development ;

·          Capacity buildings for SME , private sector,

·         Providing on-the-job training on the implementation of  municipality  staff  – following the official methodology of the Municipality  public administration department

·         Providing on-the-job training on the implementation of the Public Consultation

·         Coordination  and  subcontractor to delivery of EU, GIZ,USAID/SBCA MSI, UNDP,WB,.GIZ consultancy and training ,

·         SME impact monitoring and  evaluation projects  , based on EU, USAID indicators,

·         Design, monitor, implement and evaluate projects on NGO Institutional Development and Capacity Building .

·         Assist local NGOs in counseling, training, information and technical assistance.

·         Coordinate with local business community, and foreign organizations to facilitate future business development in the region.

EBRD/BAS ; Consulting and Training for SMEs; The consultancy project is to strengthen the market position of 12  companies Specific objectives are ; Innovation and competitive  include:

·         Training on improvement of marketing skills

·         Enhanced promotion and advertisement of the products;

·         Implementation of the Marketing Action Plan

·         Expanded market in the south regions of Albania.

·         Improved   product in food Processing Company in ;

·         Promotion and better knowledge of the market.

·         Analysis of the existing marketing activity and drafting the new marketing  strategy;

·         Conduct basic trainings sessions with the appointed marketing person in the company including:  Sales; Techniques; Negotiations Skills; Marketing & Sales;

·         Market survey; The survey  conducted through face to face  250 interviews in businesses ,

·         Development the training program and deliver training of the Hotels and guesthouse ;

·          Implemented and conducted  SMEs training  program-,develop a Module for training Program; Coach closely- with Hotels staff,

·         Develop  the consulting program and deliver the consulting;

·         Implement on module” HR Management ”and “Recruitment procedures

  • Business planning and modelling;
  • Product design and development to meet market demands;
  • Branding and marketing evolution;
  • Productivity and performance improvement;
  • Market research and export promotion;
  • Technology transfer and innovation enhancement;
  • Improving staff performance through effective human resource management;
  • Introducing quality management systems (ISO,HACCP, Global GAP) based on expectations of international clients;
  • Introduction of financial tools and instruments tailored to current situation and needs of SMEs;

 

Dec 2016 Nov 2018

Overall in Albania

      Italian –Albania SME

D  development  program PMU   

N  Director .Mr Gavril Lasku

[email protected]

Project Management and

 SME Development

Expert

Italian Albania  SME Development program /subcontractor  for Expertise  Consultant /Training for SMEs; The consultancy project is to strengthen and promotion  the market position of  company Specific objectives include:

·         Enhanced promotion and advertisement of the products;

·         Improved access to finance for innovative start-ups.

·         Improved qualification and productivity of the staff and sellers  through training;

·         Expanded market in the  North  regions of Albania

·         TOT for SME particularly  tourism sector and  rural development sector an feasibility studies d

·         Assessment of business development and Training Needs Analysis( TNA)

·          Business Developing  ecosystems

·         Human Recourse  Managment   and Development in company

 

March 2018 to present

Overall  in Albania

CEFE International –Consulting company  Inch Germany

Mrs. Marlinde Baerenz-

[email protected]

 International coordinator of

GIZ/IDEA project

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Start-up Trainer &Business Planning Expert

(GIZ  funded)

GIZ-  IDEA project  “IDEA Business Start-up Campaign

Innovative start-ups to your entrepreneurial competences and business skills

·         Business training ;

·         Basic entrepreneurial training skills

·         New entrepreneurs in Albania 

·         Be an  entrepreneur,

·         Working in a startup or participating in a start-up program;

·          Innovation business

·         Finance training &Hunting the Money,

·         Business Plan  development ;

·         Trained  160  young people overall Albania  that apply for grant and training as Start up business IDEA  competition;

·         16  IDEA coachees  support with  coaching  for elaborate   Business Plan 

·         Improved access to finance for innovative start-ups.

 

 

March 2010

July 2011

Overall in Albania

IDI-International Development

Ireland. inch
Konrad Nierubiec
Tel. 00 353 1 6625555
[email protected]

Team Leader of Project;

 Uli Lachenmaier

[email protected]

 

Senior SME Development Expert

      (EU funded)

EU : “Supporting SMEs to Become more Competitive in the EU Market” project

As  SME Consultant  as follows;

·          Monitoring and evaluation mechanism , with enterprise specific measurable indicators,

designed and implemented, to measure the impact of the National Competitiveness Programme for  SMEs;

·         Training curriculum (including for training of trainers) for impact assessment (and specific aspects of regulatory and policy impact assessments) as well as public consultation;

·         Development of the methodology for the first national "Training Needs Analysis (TNA)

for SMEs in Albania" in a team with international experts;

·         Sales and Marketing, Competitiveness for SME´s.

·         Business Service Providers, BSPs, Association promotion ,

·         Assessment of business development and training needs analysis, trainer/Consultant/coach in  Strategic Business Management, Innovation,  

·         Training workshop for  consultants interviewers Pilot TNA survey ,conclusions and lessons learnt

·         Selection of 250 SME for TNA survey sample ” TNA carried out in the fields.250  SMEi ndividual  TNA records

·         Coordination and supervision of the implementation of the TNA field interviews in 250

 enterprises: identification of SMEs, mobilization of SMEs and national/regional/local institutions, coordination of the fieldworks (six local consultants as interviewers) all over the country;

·         TNA result: data collection, treatment of data, interpretation and substantial contribution to  the TNA Report 2010;

·         Implementation of formal practical and hands-on training sessions  as trainer for  Albanian SMEs in "Business Planning and Strategic Management" in Saranda and Vlore cities  including mobilization  of participating

·         Implementation of intensive in-company consultancy for  enterprises in the Vlore region

 for business planning and strategic management including human resource and financial

management as well as Marketing and Sales

 

Feb 2008

Feb 2010

Vlore region

World Bank; Project Manager

Mr. Edmond Sheshi

[email protected]

Project Coordinator 

&Trainer

(WB funded)

World Bank &  Albania National Employment Service; ,

Creating a Social  Services Centre for vulnerable  groups” ( Women and Youth in need), realizing needed

infrastructure able to support given social- economic services; 

·    Raising the opportunities for employment, education and qualification of Young peoples and women in

 Need in order to integrate them in normal life.

·    Generate Business Idea and discussions were handling, Round Table,

·    Educative culture, social –economic Services;

·    Provide Centre creation like consultancies, training,  education/information;

·    Opportunity  Employment  for  Youth and women unemployed through business idea training;

·    Capacity building, training of trainers, entrepreneurship development

·    Design/develop and delivery of localized Training and develop curricula for Women farmer Promote 

·    Among other consulting tools, we have developed coaching guides for entrepreneurs and the creation

 of Networking groups (Exchange Experience Groups) for SME and micro-enterprise support;

·    Creating the Centre with all needed infrastructure in order to have complete possibilities to develop

·    Realizing business services for a target group of 200 beneficiaries. From  those in training

session has participated  120  woman and  80 Youth

June 2002

Feb  2007

Albania  ( Southern )

USAID/SBCA –Chemonics Inch Washington

Chief of Party at SBCA

Jeff Houghton

[email protected]

Project Director

SBCA/USAID

SME Consultant

(USAID funded)

USAID: Albania Small Business Credit and Assistance (SBCA) Program  Phase 1 (2007-2010):

Vlore RDA has disbursed 25 loans through both funds with a 98% repayment record.

In addition Vlore RDA delivered   had been  provided training 300 businesses 60% were farmers  and

100 received one-on-one counselling;

Phase 2 :( 2010-2012as subcontractor to SBCA were monitored and evaluated on a project-by-project

basis to measure impact as follows;

·         Project improves client competitiveness through  , using  of innovation  technology and best practice;;

·         The Standard Format of Business Plan; Client Branding and  focus Groups;

·         Monitored and evaluated on a project basis to measure impact;;,

·          Needs Analyses, Action Plans and Client Profiles;

·         Direct technical assistance and training has been provided to more than 500 businesses especially

 farmers and  food processing industry ;

·         Assistance and training to enterprises leads to applying: new technology; competitive and

 good management Practices;

·         Elaborated  Business Planning  for  companies  ;

·         Developed a comprehensive database of more than 800 businesses in the agriculture industry,

·         SME Consultant assignment in particular working with a team of USAID on a prepared to Feasibility

 Study of Energy Park in Vlore

·         Development a South and south-west of Albania to increase SME´s Competitiveness in Innovation.

·         Administrative and Institutional capacity building to the  farmers  

July 2016

July 2017

Berati Region

GIZ/SARED project

Ilir Rembeci Director  at Tirana

   Email; [email protected]

     [email protected]

 Capacity Building Trainer/ Expert

(GIZ Funded)

SARED/GIZ   Project: Capacity  Building for Farmer  in south-west of Albania  ;

·         Trained  farmers and rural women ;  Marketing   strategy of agriculture

·         Trained famers ( 65% women) in Financial Management in Kucova ,

·         Rural young people  in economic empowerment ,current gender equality,

·          Market  analyses and   value chain analysis, market research,

·         Business Planinng  eleberation,

·         Capacity building for  farmers  ( small  farme) ,

·         Elaboration of the social economic study,

·         Marketing and Sale  and Sales Technique and Negoziation Skills

·         Financial  Management for Farmers

  Sept 2013

Dec 2013

Center

Government

( Ministries, Public institution

USAID Projects)

         Social Impact Inc.  Washington D.C

G.     William Anderson Team Leader, [email protected]

 

Local Economics Expert

U\\

         USAID and EU /Social Impact consulting company  Inc.;   

 

      Department of State to  European Union Accession Evaluation project

·         Review and analyze documents, synthesize desk review findings, and contribute to a Desk Review Findings Report.

·         Work with the Team Leader to refine interview questions to fit the Albanian context, and to identify and contact in-country key informants.

·         Conduct semi-structured interviews, document reviews, and site visits in collaboration with the Team Leader and Economic Specialist.

·         Contribute to data analysis.

·         Participate in out-brief meetings with USG posts at the end of fieldwork in Albania.

·         Contribute to the Draft Evaluation Report.

·         DoS /EUR/ACE, USAID, USDA, and SI feedback, and revisions to the Draft Evaluation Report.

·         Develop basic tools for promoting Partnerships in Local Level – cooperation with  NGO’s;

Feb 1993-

Oct 1998

 

South-West of Albania

Lancashire Enterprises plc England

Mr. Jeff Houghton

Former Team Leader

[email protected]

 

Albanian SME Foundation

Gavril Lasku, Former Director of SME Foundation

 

Regional Business Agency(RBA)

 RBA Manager

EC Funded)

EC “Phare” program: SME Development in Albania Established and developed a structure of

 Regional Development Agencies (RBA‘s) to support of economic development in Albania;.

·         This involved bringing together those government and non-governmental organizations ;

·         Delivered seminars on business planning, marketing and entrepreneurship;

·         Created the SME Policy Unit at the Ministry of Finance and Economy;

·         Delivered training on business planning, marketing and entrepreneurship;

·         Fostering the SME  development of  the region, by providing high quality level of  business knowledge,;

·         Consultancy  to the business community of the south west  of Albania ;

·         Working closely with banks and SME-s to develop business plans for accessing loans  and expansion

of existing ones;

·         Carrying out market  research through examining new investment / product / locations prospects;

·         Collaborating with different  international organization  which SME  supporting  programs ;

·         Economic Development and growth of the SME sector;

·         Surveying and identifying the possible Joint Venture partners.

             

16. Other relevant information (e.g., Publications)

 

Publications

·         Supporting SMEs to Become more Competitive in the EU Market book ‘ Training Needs Analysis  for SEM’s “

·         (TNA) prepared by EU-SME program author; A. Gomez, Ylldise Brahimaj and Carlo Penco to be held National  Conference in Albania   July 2012;

·         Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management article:  “The growth of SME sector in Albania by  Ylldise Brahimaj,- SME Development Expert  and Anila Arapi-  December 2014;

·         Study “The Fisheries Management  and Marine Techniques in Albania”  by Ylldise Brahimaj  Executive director of RDA (Published ISBN 97816098500120) to be held on May   15th  and 17th  2012 in Albania;

·         “Public and private agriculture extension services in Albania - current situation and future perspectives”, Y.Brahimaj, U, Schmidt. Week Scientific  Conference “Challenges of Education and Innovation” to be held on January 13th and 14th 2011 in  Roma;

·         “Searching for Political Monetary Cycles in Albania”, Y.Brahimaj, J.Houghton  and D. Wood International Conference “Economic and Social Challenges and Problems”, University of  Economy , Albania  2012;

·         “Analysis of Political Business Cycles in Transition Economies with focus on Albania”, 2009, M. Kaitlin, Y.brahimaj, A, Bazini Challenges for Analysis of the Economy, the Businesses, and Social Progress International Scientific Conference, University of Szeged, Hungary.

 

17. Qualification - Certificates

 

January  2018  

to present

Licensed to conduct qualified   ; “ CEFE  “ Training of Trainer  over 100 hours , a coached practical experience  of over 40 hours as CEFE Trainer for business people and  start-ups

Sept 14

24 , 2016

Certificate ; “Get Funding  from the  European Union” implemented by Env.net

April   2015

Certificate ; EU project design process and implementation of environmental  policy by European

Environmental BUREAU

Jun 2012   

Nov 2012

 

IPA 2011 Project & GIZ  “Support to Agriculture and Rural Development” (SARD-IPARD)

Certificate; Albanian advisory structure on the implementation of the IPARD-like grant scheme

May  2014

 Certificate; Audit of Innovation and Technology for SME’ s implemented by AIDA

Feb  2011

Diploma on“ Consulting  as a Business  for Business Services Providers implemented by EU-SME Project

May 2010

International Symposium „The development of  the Albanian Maritime System and EU

Experience; organized by The University of Vlore-Albania as Lector of  the study “The Fisheries

Management  and Marine Techniques in Albania”

March 2010 

Certificate  „The Business Success Through Sustainability implemented by  Netherlands’ Ministry for Development Cooperation, - REC for Central Eastern Europe in Budva Montenegro

March 2003

- Aug 2004

Diploma   Women Leadership Program implemented by USAID/Partners-Albania.

May  2003

Certificate:  for Anti-Corruption Program for Public and Civil Society; Officials implemented by North Florida International Visitors Council in the USA

June 2003

Certificate:  Regional Development Agency Support to SMEs implemented by World Learning/USAID , in Warsaw, Poland

July 2003

Certificate:  Making Cents Training Course for Master Plan implemented by SBCA Program Chemonics International Inc., and Making Cents International

February 2002

July 2002

Certificate of Achievement:, Anti-Corruption  Activities Regarding Public  Procurement

 by  Prefect Co at  Budapest, Hungary;

Certificate Successfully completed the training course on " Quality Management-Quality

Assurance-ISO 9001 for SMEs, Organized by EOMMEX S.A., GLYFADA GREECE,

Feb 5 – 25 1999

 

March 1998

Diploma ;” Management Training in British Industry” delivered by British Government Know-How Fund and  JICAP programme in BELFAST Northern IRELAND

 

Certificate: has successfully completed a Credit Union Induction Course organized by “ Irish League of Credit Unions”, in Dublin IRELAND

Oct 1996- Nov 1998

Master  Diploma , has successfully completed a programmed “Training of Trainers and Advisers for SME”  delivered by ‘ International Training Centre of the ILO’ Turin, Italy

December 1997

Certificate has successfully completed the training course   on “Modern Techniques For Effective Management of SMEs“ Organized by EOMMEX S.A Glyfada, Greece

Nov- January 1996

 “Training of Trainers(TOT) SMEs course administration delivered by CEFE/GTZ Germany

June 1987

Decorated  of the Parliament “  Excellent  Contribution to the State Trade Enterprise  and  “Civil Society  ”

 

Ylldise Brahimaj ___________________________________________________

Permanent Address:  Str. “Pjeter Budi”, Pallati “Fasked”, ap 9/1, TIRANE ALBANIA

Mobile Phone:  +355 69 3834994,

 viber/whatsAup +355 (69)3834994

personal Email:  [email protected];

office email [email protected]    Skype; diska.brahimi

http://al.linkedin.com/pub/ylldise-brahimi/23/30a/423; and

 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Regional...RDA

https://www.kosovalive360.com/perkushtimi-i-ylldises...

 


 

 

 

 CURRICULUM VITEA

 

 

1. FAMILY NAME:     Brahimaj                                                                      

2. FIRST names:        Ylldise    

3. Nationality:         Albania

4. Place Residence: Tirana -Albanian              

5. Civil Status:         Single

 

6. Education:

Institution
[Date from - Date to]

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:

Albania Agricultural University, Economics branch

September 1992-July 1997

BSc (Economics)

ILO, Turin Italy Oct 1996-Nov 1998

Master Diploma-  Private Sector - SME’s Consultant & Trainer

 

USAID/Partners-Albania; March 2003-August 2004

Diploma ;Women Leadership  Program

 

 

7. Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 – excellent; 5 – basic)

Language

Reading

Speaking

Writing

Albanian

mother tongue

English

2

2

3

Italian

3

4

5

 

 

8. Membership of professional bodies:

·         Board member and Founder of Albanian’s Network of RDAs

·         Member of the Enterprise Europe Network EEN in  Albania

·         Collaborator  at  Association of Organisations of Mediterranean Businesswomen  -AFAEMME

·         CIVICUS members of the Alliance

·          Founder  at   “Johana ”  Saving Credit  Union

·         Member of National Leadership of Women Network

·         Founder  of National  Producer and Creative Women Association

·         Albanian Coalition’s  for Women and Youth in decision making

·         Board Member at  National  Business Women Promotion Association

 

 

 

9. Long experience   with  Stakeholders as collaboration and partners

·         Local Goverment ( Municipality and Prefecture)

·         Central Government ( Ministry of   Finance  and Economic, Ministry of Local goverment and Ministry of labour)

·         Public Institutions ( tax office )

·         Business comunity

·         Techincal University

·         Publice and private Vocational Training Centre

·         Technical  School( Trade, Tourism and Bank)

·         Business Associations and bussiness company

 

10. Position: Project Management & SME Development Expert

 

·         11. Years within the Regional Development Agency (RDA):  over  25 ye as Executive Director at VRDA ,

·          Senior SME Development Expert /Trainer at  EU-SME project, EBRD,USAID,UNDP,GIZ and Italian Albania SME Development

·          External Expert  at EU Delegation in Albania for “Competitiveness, business, Innovation and   Trade”  

 

 

12. Key qualifications (relevant to the project): Management and SME Expert /Trainer/coaching /Mentoring specializing in different business fields as follows;  

·         Social –Economic development  Consultancy (strategy, training needs analysis(TNA) ,

·         Assessment of socio-economic and business development and Training Needs Analysis (TNA);

·         Local government (regional development in   economic area);

·         National innovation SME development  and startup for young people and unemployment

·         Established  a training curriculum, including Training-of-Trainers(TOT) programmes, for impact assessment (and  policy impact assessments) as well as  private and public consultation,

·         Innovation , Competitiveness, Business  and trade

·          Socio-economic and environmental impact assessment;

·         SMEs competitive  policy , labor market policies,

·         Capacity Building  to  Public institution  and SMEs development

·         Private sector and SME  competitiveness covered by IPA  programmed ,EU ;

·         Entrepreneurship, Competitiveness, Regional and local Development;;

·         Project implementation . evaluation and impact assessment;

·         Employment and labor development  for Public  and Private Institution  ;

·         Assist in the development, implementation and monitoring of relevant contracts and partnership  agreements with all relevant stakeholders;

·         Vocational education and training (VET)  for  unemployment  and vulnerable people

·          Expertise Good Governess  / anticorruption  in  Municipalities ( Sarande, Vlore and Puke ) ;

·         Capacity Building  for local government staff ;

·         TOT for SME particularly  for  young people, Business association   and   rural development sector;  

·         The adviser  has gained comprehensive theoretical and practical knowledge  of the CEFE method;

·          Trainer and coaching instrument .in entrepreneurship development  according to CEFEmethod;

·         Fostering strategic partnerships and innovation in established businesses as ;

·         Leadership of women and youth  ; Young   New entrepreneurship;

 

13. Specific experience in the region:   Albania

Country

Date from – to

 Overall   in  Albania and region

 May 2014  to present

Southern  Albania

Oct 1998- May 2014

South West  Albania

Oct 1993- May  1998

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

14. Professional experience:

Date

 

Location

Company/Reference

Position

Description

 

OctOct 1998 to present

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M    May 2015 to present

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall in Albania

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall in Albania

 

Regional DevelopmenAgency

 Foundation (RDAF)

 

Mrs. Diana  Djaloshi

    Chairwoman of Board  at  VRDA

    Email [email protected]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  EBRD/BAS program

National Programme

Manager EBRD/BAS program

Mr. Neritan Mullai

email;[email protected]

 

 

 

 T 

 

 

t

 

-

Executive Director

 n

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P     Project  Management     and

SME Development Expert

(EBRD Funded)

 

 

EC “ PHARE “ project  supporting  Economic  and SME in Albania

 Responsible for overall management of the “Regional Development Agency”;  

In this framework director is responsible to manage RDA activity in the area of regional and local socio economic and rural development as well as coordinate and manage communication with donor agencies such as: EBRD,USAID, GIZ,UNDP,EU/SMEs project ,WB, ILO, UNOPS, GTZ,ETF etc.:

She has got qualifications as business consultant & trainer in Europe (Italy, Greece, England, Denmark, Ireland, Poland , Balkan ,Germany  and USA..

She has qualificitation the field of Local Government, Business Development as , business& trainer consultant .She was qualified by GTZ-Germany in 1995-1996  and possess a master business/ Consultant and trainer diploma by ILO, Turin, Italy 1997-1998;

S    she graduated as Bachelor of Business Administration (Economics) from the University of Albania

She has got a Master degree in Economic Sciences (Comparative Local Economic Development) at  Bologna-Italy 

Management consultant specializing in different fields  as follows;

·         Competitiveness and  SME Policy:  Provided policy for private sector and public sector and BSPs in region;

·         Analyzing  private  sector  and Strategy Planning  of  Albania  Gouverneme in the  business development ;

·          Capacity buildings for SME , private sector,

·         Providing on-the-job training on the implementation of  municipality  staff  – following the official methodology of the Municipality  public administration department

·         Providing on-the-job training on the implementation of the Public Consultation

·         Coordination  and  subcontractor to delivery of EU, GIZ,USAID/SBCA MSI, UNDP,WB,.GIZ consultancy and training ,

·         SME impact monitoring and  evaluation projects  , based on EU, USAID indicators,

·         Design, monitor, implement and evaluate projects on NGO Institutional Development and Capacity Building .

·         Assist local NGOs in counseling, training, information and technical assistance.

·         Coordinate with local business community, and foreign organizations to facilitate future business development in the region.

EBRD/BAS ; Consulting and Training for SMEs; The consultancy project is to strengthen the market position of 12  companies Specific objectives are ; Innovation and competitive  include:

·         Training on improvement of marketing skills

·         Enhanced promotion and advertisement of the products;

·         Implementation of the Marketing Action Plan

·         Expanded market in the south regions of Albania.

·         Improved   product in food Processing Company in ;

·         Promotion and better knowledge of the market.

·         Analysis of the existing marketing activity and drafting the new marketing  strategy;

·         Conduct basic trainings sessions with the appointed marketing person in the company including:  Sales; Techniques; Negotiations Skills; Marketing & Sales;

·         Market survey; The survey  conducted through face to face  250 interviews in businesses ,

·         Development the training program and deliver training of the Hotels and guesthouse ;

·          Implemented and conducted  SMEs training  program-,develop a Module for training Program; Coach closely- with Hotels staff,

·         Develop  the consulting program and deliver the consulting;

·         Implement on module” HR Management ”and “Recruitment procedures

  • Business planning and modelling;
  • Product design and development to meet market demands;
  • Branding and marketing evolution;
  • Productivity and performance improvement;
  • Market research and export promotion;
  • Technology transfer and innovation enhancement;
  • Improving staff performance through effective human resource management;
  • Introducing quality management systems (ISO,HACCP, Global GAP) based on expectations of international clients;
  • Introduction of financial tools and instruments tailored to current situation and needs of SMEs;

 

Dec 2016 Nov 2018

Overall in Albania

      Italian –Albania SME

D  development  program PMU   

N  Director .Mr Gavril Lasku

[email protected]

Project Management and

 SME Development

Expert

Italian Albania  SME Development program /subcontractor  for Expertise  Consultant /Training for SMEs; The consultancy project is to strengthen and promotion  the market position of  company Specific objectives include:

·         Enhanced promotion and advertisement of the products;

·         Improved access to finance for innovative start-ups.

·         Improved qualification and productivity of the staff and sellers  through training;

·         Expanded market in the  North  regions of Albania

·         TOT for SME particularly  tourism sector and  rural development sector an feasibility studies d

·         Assessment of business development and Training Needs Analysis( TNA)

·          Business Developing  ecosystems

·         Human Recourse  Managment   and Development in company

 

March 2018 to present

Overall  in Albania

CEFE International –Consulting company  Inch Germany

Mrs. Marlinde Baerenz-

[email protected]

 International coordinator of

GIZ/IDEA project

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Start-up Trainer &Business Planning Expert

(GIZ  funded)

GIZ-  IDEA project  “IDEA Business Start-up Campaign

Innovative start-ups to your entrepreneurial competences and business skills

·         Business training ;

·         Basic entrepreneurial training skills

·         New entrepreneurs in Albania 

·         Be an  entrepreneur,

·         Working in a startup or participating in a start-up program;

·          Innovation business

·         Finance training &Hunting the Money,

·         Business Plan  development ;

·         Trained  160  young people overall Albania  that apply for grant and training as Start up business IDEA  competition;

·         16  IDEA coachees  support with  coaching  for elaborate   Business Plan 

·         Improved access to finance for innovative start-ups.

 

 

March 2010

July 2011

Overall in Albania

IDI-International Development

Ireland. inch
Konrad Nierubiec
Tel. 00 353 1 6625555
[email protected]

Team Leader of Project;

 Uli Lachenmaier

[email protected]

 

Senior SME Development Expert

      (EU funded)

EU : “Supporting SMEs to Become more Competitive in the EU Market” project

As  SME Consultant  as follows;

·          Monitoring and evaluation mechanism , with enterprise specific measurable indicators,

designed and implemented, to measure the impact of the National Competitiveness Programme for  SMEs;

·         Training curriculum (including for training of trainers) for impact assessment (and specific aspects of regulatory and policy impact assessments) as well as public consultation;

·         Development of the methodology for the first national "Training Needs Analysis (TNA)

for SMEs in Albania" in a team with international experts;

·         Sales and Marketing, Competitiveness for SME´s.

·         Business Service Providers, BSPs, Association promotion ,

·         Assessment of business development and training needs analysis, trainer/Consultant/coach in  Strategic Business Management, Innovation,  

·         Training workshop for  consultants interviewers Pilot TNA survey ,conclusions and lessons learnt

·         Selection of 250 SME for TNA survey sample ” TNA carried out in the fields.250  SMEi ndividual  TNA records

·         Coordination and supervision of the implementation of the TNA field interviews in 250

 enterprises: identification of SMEs, mobilization of SMEs and national/regional/local institutions, coordination of the fieldworks (six local consultants as interviewers) all over the country;

·         TNA result: data collection, treatment of data, interpretation and substantial contribution to  the TNA Report 2010;

·         Implementation of formal practical and hands-on training sessions  as trainer for  Albanian SMEs in "Business Planning and Strategic Management" in Saranda and Vlore cities  including mobilization  of participating

·         Implementation of intensive in-company consultancy for  enterprises in the Vlore region

 for business planning and strategic management including human resource and financial

management as well as Marketing and Sales

 

Feb 2008

Feb 2010

Vlore region

World Bank; Project Manager

Mr. Edmond Sheshi

[email protected]

Project Coordinator 

&Trainer

(WB funded)

World Bank &  Albania National Employment Service; ,

Creating a Social  Services Centre for vulnerable  groups” ( Women and Youth in need), realizing needed

infrastructure able to support given social- economic services; 

·    Raising the opportunities for employment, education and qualification of Young peoples and women in

 Need in order to integrate them in normal life.

·    Generate Business Idea and discussions were handling, Round Table,

·    Educative culture, social –economic Services;

·    Provide Centre creation like consultancies, training,  education/information;

·    Opportunity  Employment  for  Youth and women unemployed through business idea training;

·    Capacity building, training of trainers, entrepreneurship development

·    Design/develop and delivery of localized Training and develop curricula for Women farmer Promote 

·    Among other consulting tools, we have developed coaching guides for entrepreneurs and the creation

 of Networking groups (Exchange Experience Groups) for SME and micro-enterprise support;

·    Creating the Centre with all needed infrastructure in order to have complete possibilities to develop

·    Realizing business services for a target group of 200 beneficiaries. From  those in training

session has participated  120  woman and  80 Youth

June 2002

Feb  2007

Albania  ( Southern )

USAID/SBCA –Chemonics Inch Washington

Chief of Party at SBCA

Jeff Houghton

[email protected]

Project Director

SBCA/USAID

SME Consultant

(USAID funded)

USAID: Albania Small Business Credit and Assistance (SBCA) Program  Phase 1 (2007-2010):

Vlore RDA has disbursed 25 loans through both funds with a 98% repayment record.

In addition Vlore RDA delivered   had been  provided training 300 businesses 60% were farmers  and

100 received one-on-one counselling;

Phase 2 :( 2010-2012as subcontractor to SBCA were monitored and evaluated on a project-by-project

basis to measure impact as follows;

·         Project improves client competitiveness through  , using  of innovation  technology and best practice;;

·         The Standard Format of Business Plan; Client Branding and  focus Groups;

·         Monitored and evaluated on a project basis to measure impact;;,

·          Needs Analyses, Action Plans and Client Profiles;

·         Direct technical assistance and training has been provided to more than 500 businesses especially

 farmers and  food processing industry ;

·         Assistance and training to enterprises leads to applying: new technology; competitive and

 good management Practices;

·         Elaborated  Business Planning  for  companies  ;

·         Developed a comprehensive database of more than 800 businesses in the agriculture industry,

·         SME Consultant assignment in particular working with a team of USAID on a prepared to Feasibility

 Study of Energy Park in Vlore

·         Development a South and south-west of Albania to increase SME´s Competitiveness in Innovation.

·         Administrative and Institutional capacity building to the  farmers  

July 2016

July 2017

Berati Region

GIZ/SARED project

Ilir Rembeci Director  at Tirana

   Email; [email protected]

     [email protected]

 Capacity Building Trainer/ Expert

(GIZ Funded)

SARED/GIZ   Project: Capacity  Building for Farmer  in south-west of Albania  ;

·         Trained  farmers and rural women ;  Marketing   strategy of agriculture

·         Trained famers ( 65% women) in Financial Management in Kucova ,

·         Rural young people  in economic empowerment ,current gender equality,

·          Market  analyses and   value chain analysis, market research,

·         Business Planinng  eleberation,

·         Capacity building for  farmers  ( small  farme) ,

·         Elaboration of the social economic study,

·         Marketing and Sale  and Sales Technique and Negoziation Skills

·         Financial  Management for Farmers

  Sept 2013

Dec 2013

Center

Government

( Ministries, Public institution

USAID Projects)

         Social Impact Inc.  Washington D.C

G.     William Anderson Team Leader, [email protected]

 

Local Economics Expert

U\\

         USAID and EU /Social Impact consulting company  Inc.;   

 

      Department of State to  European Union Accession Evaluation project

·         Review and analyze documents, synthesize desk review findings, and contribute to a Desk Review Findings Report.

·         Work with the Team Leader to refine interview questions to fit the Albanian context, and to identify and contact in-country key informants.

·         Conduct semi-structured interviews, document reviews, and site visits in collaboration with the Team Leader and Economic Specialist.

·         Contribute to data analysis.

·         Participate in out-brief meetings with USG posts at the end of fieldwork in Albania.

·         Contribute to the Draft Evaluation Report.

·         DoS /EUR/ACE, USAID, USDA, and SI feedback, and revisions to the Draft Evaluation Report.

·         Develop basic tools for promoting Partnerships in Local Level – cooperation with  NGO’s;

Feb 1993-

Oct 1998

 

South-West of Albania

Lancashire Enterprises plc England

Mr. Jeff Houghton

Former Team Leader

[email protected]

 

Albanian SME Foundation

Gavril Lasku, Former Director of SME Foundation

 

Regional Business Agency(RBA)

 RBA Manager

EC Funded)

EC “Phare” program: SME Development in Albania Established and developed a structure of

 Regional Development Agencies (RBA‘s) to support of economic development in Albania;.

·         This involved bringing together those government and non-governmental organizations ;

·         Delivered seminars on business planning, marketing and entrepreneurship;

·         Created the SME Policy Unit at the Ministry of Finance and Economy;

·         Delivered training on business planning, marketing and entrepreneurship;

·         Fostering the SME  development of  the region, by providing high quality level of  business knowledge,;

·         Consultancy  to the business community of the south west  of Albania ;

·         Working closely with banks and SME-s to develop business plans for accessing loans  and expansion

of existing ones;

·         Carrying out market  research through examining new investment / product / locations prospects;

·         Collaborating with different  international organization  which SME  supporting  programs ;

·         Economic Development and growth of the SME sector;

·         Surveying and identifying the possible Joint Venture partners.

             

16. Other relevant information (e.g., Publications)

 

Publications

·         Supporting SMEs to Become more Competitive in the EU Market book ‘ Training Needs Analysis  for SEM’s “

·         (TNA) prepared by EU-SME program author; A. Gomez, Ylldise Brahimaj and Carlo Penco to be held National  Conference in Albania   July 2012;

·         Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management article:  “The growth of SME sector in Albania by  Ylldise Brahimaj,- SME Development Expert  and Anila Arapi-  December 2014;

·         Study “The Fisheries Management  and Marine Techniques in Albania”  by Ylldise Brahimaj  Executive director of RDA (Published ISBN 97816098500120) to be held on May   15th  and 17th  2012 in Albania;

·         “Public and private agriculture extension services in Albania - current situation and future perspectives”, Y.Brahimaj, U, Schmidt. Week Scientific  Conference “Challenges of Education and Innovation” to be held on January 13th and 14th 2011 in  Roma;

·         “Searching for Political Monetary Cycles in Albania”, Y.Brahimaj, J.Houghton  and D. Wood International Conference “Economic and Social Challenges and Problems”, University of  Economy , Albania  2012;

·         “Analysis of Political Business Cycles in Transition Economies with focus on Albania”, 2009, M. Kaitlin, Y.brahimaj, A, Bazini Challenges for Analysis of the Economy, the Businesses, and Social Progress International Scientific Conference, University of Szeged, Hungary.

 

17. Qualification - Certificates

 

January  2018  

to present

Licensed to conduct qualified   ; “ CEFE  “ Training of Trainer  over 100 hours , a coached practical experience  of over 40 hours as CEFE Trainer for business people and  start-ups

Sept 14

24 , 2016

Certificate ; “Get Funding  from the  European Union” implemented by Env.net

April   2015

Certificate ; EU project design process and implementation of environmental  policy by European

Environmental BUREAU

Jun 2012   

Nov 2012

 

IPA 2011 Project & GIZ  “Support to Agriculture and Rural Development” (SARD-IPARD)

Certificate; Albanian advisory structure on the implementation of the IPARD-like grant scheme

May  2014

 Certificate; Audit of Innovation and Technology for SME’ s implemented by AIDA

Feb  2011

Diploma on“ Consulting  as a Business  for Business Services Providers implemented by EU-SME Project

May 2010

International Symposium „The development of  the Albanian Maritime System and EU

Experience; organized by The University of Vlore-Albania as Lector of  the study “The Fisheries

Management  and Marine Techniques in Albania”

March 2010 

Certificate  „The Business Success Through Sustainability implemented by  Netherlands’ Ministry for Development Cooperation, - REC for Central Eastern Europe in Budva Montenegro

March 2003

- Aug 2004

Diploma   Women Leadership Program implemented by USAID/Partners-Albania.

May  2003

Certificate:  for Anti-Corruption Program for Public and Civil Society; Officials implemented by North Florida International Visitors Council in the USA

June 2003

Certificate:  Regional Development Agency Support to SMEs implemented by World Learning/USAID , in Warsaw, Poland

July 2003

Certificate:  Making Cents Training Course for Master Plan implemented by SBCA Program Chemonics International Inc., and Making Cents International

February 2002

July 2002

Certificate of Achievement:, Anti-Corruption  Activities Regarding Public  Procurement

 by  Prefect Co at  Budapest, Hungary;

Certificate Successfully completed the training course on " Quality Management-Quality

Assurance-ISO 9001 for SMEs, Organized by EOMMEX S.A., GLYFADA GREECE,

Feb 5 – 25 1999

 

March 1998

Diploma ;” Management Training in British Industry” delivered by British Government Know-How Fund and  JICAP programme in BELFAST Northern IRELAND

 

Certificate: has successfully completed a Credit Union Induction Course organized by “ Irish League of Credit Unions”, in Dublin IRELAND

Oct 1996- Nov 1998

Master  Diploma , has successfully completed a programmed “Training of Trainers and Advisers for SME”  delivered by ‘ International Training Centre of the ILO’ Turin, Italy

December 1997

Certificate has successfully completed the training course   on “Modern Techniques For Effective Management of SMEs“ Organized by EOMMEX S.A Glyfada, Greece

Nov- January 1996

 “Training of Trainers(TOT) SMEs course administration delivered by CEFE/GTZ Germany

June 1987

Decorated  of the Parliament “  Excellent  Contribution to the State Trade Enterprise  and  “Civil Society  ”

 

Ylldise Brahimaj ___________________________________________________

Permanent Address:  Str. “Pjeter Budi”, Pallati “Fasked”, ap 9/1, TIRANE ALBANIA

Mobile Phone:  +355 69 3834994,

 viber/whatsAup +355 (69)3834994

personal Email:  [email protected];

office email [email protected]    Skype; diska.brahimi

http://al.linkedin.com/pub/ylldise-brahimi/23/30a/423; and

 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Regional...RDA

https://www.kosovalive360.com/perkushtimi-i-ylldises...

 


 

 

 

 CURRICULUM VITEA

 

 

1. FAMILY NAME:     Brahimaj                                                                      

2. FIRST names:        Ylldise    

3. Nationality:         Albania

4. Place Residence: Tirana -Albanian              

5. Civil Status:         Single

 

6. Education:

Institution
[Date from - Date to]

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:

Albania Agricultural University, Economics branch

September 1992-July 1997

BSc (Economics)

ILO, Turin Italy Oct 1996-Nov 1998

Master Diploma-  Private Sector - SME’s Consultant & Trainer

 

USAID/Partners-Albania; March 2003-August 2004

Diploma ;Women Leadership  Program

 

 

7. Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 – excellent; 5 – basic)

Language

Reading

Speaking

Writing

Albanian

mother tongue

English

2

2

3

Italian

3

4

5

 

 

8. Membership of professional bodies:

·         Board member and Founder of Albanian’s Network of RDAs

·         Member of the Enterprise Europe Network EEN in  Albania

·         Collaborator  at  Association of Organisations of Mediterranean Businesswomen  -AFAEMME

·         CIVICUS members of the Alliance

·          Founder  at   “Johana ”  Saving Credit  Union

·         Member of National Leadership of Women Network

·         Founder  of National  Producer and Creative Women Association

·         Albanian Coalition’s  for Women and Youth in decision making

·         Board Member at  National  Business Women Promotion Association

 

 

 

9. Long experience   with  Stakeholders as collaboration and partners

·         Local Goverment ( Municipality and Prefecture)

·         Central Government ( Ministry of   Finance  and Economic, Ministry of Local goverment and Ministry of labour)

·         Public Institutions ( tax office )

·         Business comunity

·         Techincal University

·         Publice and private Vocational Training Centre

·         Technical  School( Trade, Tourism and Bank)

·         Business Associations and bussiness company

 

10. Position: Project Management & SME Development Expert

 

·         11. Years within the Regional Development Agency (RDA):  over  25 ye as Executive Director at VRDA ,

·          Senior SME Development Expert /Trainer at  EU-SME project, EBRD,USAID,UNDP,GIZ and Italian Albania SME Development

·          External Expert  at EU Delegation in Albania for “Competitiveness, business, Innovation and   Trade”  

 

 

12. Key qualifications (relevant to the project): Management and SME Expert /Trainer/coaching /Mentoring specializing in different business fields as follows;  

·         Social –Economic development  Consultancy (strategy, training needs analysis(TNA) ,

·         Assessment of socio-economic and business development and Training Needs Analysis (TNA);

·         Local government (regional development in   economic area);

·         National innovation SME development  and startup for young people and unemployment

·         Established  a training curriculum, including Training-of-Trainers(TOT) programmes, for impact assessment (and  policy impact assessments) as well as  private and public consultation,

·         Innovation , Competitiveness, Business  and trade

·          Socio-economic and environmental impact assessment;

·         SMEs competitive  policy , labor market policies,

·         Capacity Building  to  Public institution  and SMEs development

·         Private sector and SME  competitiveness covered by IPA  programmed ,EU ;

·         Entrepreneurship, Competitiveness, Regional and local Development;;

·         Project implementation . evaluation and impact assessment;

·         Employment and labor development  for Public  and Private Institution  ;

·         Assist in the development, implementation and monitoring of relevant contracts and partnership  agreements with all relevant stakeholders;

·         Vocational education and training (VET)  for  unemployment  and vulnerable people

·          Expertise Good Governess  / anticorruption  in  Municipalities ( Sarande, Vlore and Puke ) ;

·         Capacity Building  for local government staff ;

·         TOT for SME particularly  for  young people, Business association   and   rural development sector;  

·         The adviser  has gained comprehensive theoretical and practical knowledge  of the CEFE method;

·          Trainer and coaching instrument .in entrepreneurship development  according to CEFEmethod;

·         Fostering strategic partnerships and innovation in established businesses as ;

·         Leadership of women and youth  ; Young   New entrepreneurship;

 

13. Specific experience in the region:   Albania

Country

Date from – to

 Overall   in  Albania and region

 May 2014  to present

Southern  Albania

Oct 1998- May 2014

South West  Albania

Oct 1993- May  1998

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

14. Professional experience:

Date

 

Location

Company/Reference

Position

Description

 

OctOct 1998 to present

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M    May 2015 to present

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall in Albania

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall in Albania

 

Regional DevelopmenAgency

 Foundation (RDAF)

 

Mrs. Diana  Djaloshi

    Chairwoman of Board  at  VRDA

    Email [email protected]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  EBRD/BAS program

National Programme

Manager EBRD/BAS program

Mr. Neritan Mullai

email;[email protected]

 

 

 

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Executive Director

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P     Project  Management     and

SME Development Expert

(EBRD Funded)

 

 

EC “ PHARE “ project  supporting  Economic  and SME in Albania

 Responsible for overall management of the “Regional Development Agency”;  

In this framework director is responsible to manage RDA activity in the area of regional and local socio economic and rural development as well as coordinate and manage communication with donor agencies such as: EBRD,USAID, GIZ,UNDP,EU/SMEs project ,WB, ILO, UNOPS, GTZ,ETF etc.:

She has got qualifications as business consultant & trainer in Europe (Italy, Greece, England, Denmark, Ireland, Poland , Balkan ,Germany  and USA..

She has qualificitation the field of Local Government, Business Development as , business& trainer consultant .She was qualified by GTZ-Germany in 1995-1996  and possess a master business/ Consultant and trainer diploma by ILO, Turin, Italy 1997-1998;

S    she graduated as Bachelor of Business Administration (Economics) from the University of Albania

She has got a Master degree in Economic Sciences (Comparative Local Economic Development) at  Bologna-Italy 

Management consultant specializing in different fields  as follows;

·         Competitiveness and  SME Policy:  Provided policy for private sector and public sector and BSPs in region;

·         Analyzing  private  sector  and Strategy Planning  of  Albania  Gouverneme in the  business development ;

·          Capacity buildings for SME , private sector,

·         Providing on-the-job training on the implementation of  municipality  staff  – following the official methodology of the Municipality  public administration department

·         Providing on-the-job training on the implementation of the Public Consultation

·         Coordination  and  subcontractor to delivery of EU, GIZ,USAID/SBCA MSI, UNDP,WB,.GIZ consultancy and training ,

·         SME impact monitoring and  evaluation projects  , based on EU, USAID indicators,

·         Design, monitor, implement and evaluate projects on NGO Institutional Development and Capacity Building .

·         Assist local NGOs in counseling, training, information and technical assistance.

·         Coordinate with local business community, and foreign organizations to facilitate future business development in the region.

EBRD/BAS ; Consulting and Training for SMEs; The consultancy project is to strengthen the market position of 12  companies Specific objectives are ; Innovation and competitive  include:

·         Training on improvement of marketing skills

·         Enhanced promotion and advertisement of the products;

·         Implementation of the Marketing Action Plan

·         Expanded market in the south regions of Albania.

·         Improved   product in food Processing Company in ;

·         Promotion and better knowledge of the market.

·         Analysis of the existing marketing activity and drafting the new marketing  strategy;

·         Conduct basic trainings sessions with the appointed marketing person in the company including:  Sales; Techniques; Negotiations Skills; Marketing & Sales;

·         Market survey; The survey  conducted through face to face  250 interviews in businesses ,

·         Development the training program and deliver training of the Hotels and guesthouse ;

·          Implemented and conducted  SMEs training  program-,develop a Module for training Program; Coach closely- with Hotels staff,

·         Develop  the consulting program and deliver the consulting;

·         Implement on module” HR Management ”and “Recruitment procedures

  • Business planning and modelling;
  • Product design and development to meet market demands;
  • Branding and marketing evolution;
  • Productivity and performance improvement;
  • Market research and export promotion;
  • Technology transfer and innovation enhancement;
  • Improving staff performance through effective human resource management;
  • Introducing quality management systems (ISO,HACCP, Global GAP) based on expectations of international clients;
  • Introduction of financial tools and instruments tailored to current situation and needs of SMEs;

 

Dec 2016 Nov 2018

Overall in Albania

      Italian –Albania SME

D  development  program PMU   

N  Director .Mr Gavril Lasku

[email protected]

Project Management and

 SME Development

Expert

Italian Albania  SME Development program /subcontractor  for Expertise  Consultant /Training for SMEs; The consultancy project is to strengthen and promotion  the market position of  company Specific objectives include:

·         Enhanced promotion and advertisement of the products;

·         Improved access to finance for innovative start-ups.

·         Improved qualification and productivity of the staff and sellers  through training;

·         Expanded market in the  North  regions of Albania

·         TOT for SME particularly  tourism sector and  rural development sector an feasibility studies d

·         Assessment of business development and Training Needs Analysis( TNA)

·          Business Developing  ecosystems

·         Human Recourse  Managment   and Development in company

 

March 2018 to present

Overall  in Albania

CEFE International –Consulting company  Inch Germany

Mrs. Marlinde Baerenz-

[email protected]

 International coordinator of

GIZ/IDEA project

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Start-up Trainer &Business Planning Expert

(GIZ  funded)

GIZ-  IDEA project  “IDEA Business Start-up Campaign

Innovative start-ups to your entrepreneurial competences and business skills

·         Business training ;

·         Basic entrepreneurial training skills

·         New entrepreneurs in Albania 

·         Be an  entrepreneur,

·         Working in a startup or participating in a start-up program;

·          Innovation business

·         Finance training &Hunting the Money,

·         Business Plan  development ;

·         Trained  160  young people overall Albania  that apply for grant and training as Start up business IDEA  competition;

·         16  IDEA coachees  support with  coaching  for elaborate   Business Plan 

·         Improved access to finance for innovative start-ups.

 

 

March 2010

July 2011

Overall in Albania

IDI-International Development

Ireland. inch
Konrad Nierubiec
Tel. 00 353 1 6625555
[email protected]

Team Leader of Project;

 Uli Lachenmaier

[email protected]

 

Senior SME Development Expert

      (EU funded)

EU : “Supporting SMEs to Become more Competitive in the EU Market” project

As  SME Consultant  as follows;

·          Monitoring and evaluation mechanism , with enterprise specific measurable indicators,

designed and implemented, to measure the impact of the National Competitiveness Programme for  SMEs;

·         Training curriculum (including for training of trainers) for impact assessment (and specific aspects of regulatory and policy impact assessments) as well as public consultation;

·         Development of the methodology for the first national "Training Needs Analysis (TNA)

for SMEs in Albania" in a team with international experts;

·         Sales and Marketing, Competitiveness for SME´s.

·         Business Service Providers, BSPs, Association promotion ,

·         Assessment of business development and training needs analysis, trainer/Consultant/coach in  Strategic Business Management, Innovation,  

·         Training workshop for  consultants interviewers Pilot TNA survey ,conclusions and lessons learnt

·         Selection of 250 SME for TNA survey sample ” TNA carried out in the fields.250  SMEi ndividual  TNA records

·         Coordination and supervision of the implementation of the TNA field interviews in 250

 enterprises: identification of SMEs, mobilization of SMEs and national/regional/local institutions, coordination of the fieldworks (six local consultants as interviewers) all over the country;

·         TNA result: data collection, treatment of data, interpretation and substantial contribution to  the TNA Report 2010;

·         Implementation of formal practical and hands-on training sessions  as trainer for  Albanian SMEs in "Business Planning and Strategic Management" in Saranda and Vlore cities  including mobilization  of participating

·         Implementation of intensive in-company consultancy for  enterprises in the Vlore region

 for business planning and strategic management including human resource and financial

management as well as Marketing and Sales

 

Feb 2008

Feb 2010

Vlore region

World Bank; Project Manager

Mr. Edmond Sheshi

[email protected]

Project Coordinator 

&Trainer

(WB funded)

World Bank &  Albania National Employment Service; ,

Creating a Social  Services Centre for vulnerable  groups” ( Women and Youth in need), realizing needed

infrastructure able to support given social- economic services; 

·    Raising the opportunities for employment, education and qualification of Young peoples and women in

 Need in order to integrate them in normal life.

·    Generate Business Idea and discussions were handling, Round Table,

·    Educative culture, social –economic Services;

·    Provide Centre creation like consultancies, training,  education/information;

·    Opportunity  Employment  for  Youth and women unemployed through business idea training;

·    Capacity building, training of trainers, entrepreneurship development

·    Design/develop and delivery of localized Training and develop curricula for Women farmer Promote 

·    Among other consulting tools, we have developed coaching guides for entrepreneurs and the creation

 of Networking groups (Exchange Experience Groups) for SME and micro-enterprise support;

·    Creating the Centre with all needed infrastructure in order to have complete possibilities to develop

·    Realizing business services for a target group of 200 beneficiaries. From  those in training

session has participated  120  woman and  80 Youth

June 2002

Feb  2007

Albania  ( Southern )

USAID/SBCA –Chemonics Inch Washington

Chief of Party at SBCA

Jeff Houghton

[email protected]

Project Director

SBCA/USAID

SME Consultant

(USAID funded)

USAID: Albania Small Business Credit and Assistance (SBCA) Program  Phase 1 (2007-2010):

Vlore RDA has disbursed 25 loans through both funds with a 98% repayment record.

In addition Vlore RDA delivered   had been  provided training 300 businesses 60% were farmers  and

100 received one-on-one counselling;

Phase 2 :( 2010-2012as subcontractor to SBCA were monitored and evaluated on a project-by-project

basis to measure impact as follows;

·         Project improves client competitiveness through  , using  of innovation  technology and best practice;;

·         The Standard Format of Business Plan; Client Branding and  focus Groups;

·         Monitored and evaluated on a project basis to measure impact;;,

·          Needs Analyses, Action Plans and Client Profiles;

·         Direct technical assistance and training has been provided to more than 500 businesses especially

 farmers and  food processing industry ;

·         Assistance and training to enterprises leads to applying: new technology; competitive and

 good management Practices;

·         Elaborated  Business Planning  for  companies  ;

·         Developed a comprehensive database of more than 800 businesses in the agriculture industry,

·         SME Consultant assignment in particular working with a team of USAID on a prepared to Feasibility

 Study of Energy Park in Vlore

·         Development a South and south-west of Albania to increase SME´s Competitiveness in Innovation.

·         Administrative and Institutional capacity building to the  farmers  

July 2016

July 2017

Berati Region

GIZ/SARED project

Ilir Rembeci Director  at Tirana

   Email; [email protected]

     [email protected]

 Capacity Building Trainer/ Expert

(GIZ Funded)

SARED/GIZ   Project: Capacity  Building for Farmer  in south-west of Albania  ;

·         Trained  farmers and rural women ;  Marketing   strategy of agriculture

·         Trained famers ( 65% women) in Financial Management in Kucova ,

·         Rural young people  in economic empowerment ,current gender equality,

·          Market  analyses and   value chain analysis, market research,

·         Business Planinng  eleberation,

·         Capacity building for  farmers  ( small  farme) ,

·         Elaboration of the social economic study,

·         Marketing and Sale  and Sales Technique and Negoziation Skills

·         Financial  Management for Farmers

  Sept 2013

Dec 2013

Center

Government

( Ministries, Public institution

USAID Projects)

         Social Impact Inc.  Washington D.C

G.     William Anderson Team Leader, [email protected]

 

Local Economics Expert

U\\

         USAID and EU /Social Impact consulting company  Inc.;   

 

      Department of State to  European Union Accession Evaluation project

·         Review and analyze documents, synthesize desk review findings, and contribute to a Desk Review Findings Report.

·         Work with the Team Leader to refine interview questions to fit the Albanian context, and to identify and contact in-country key informants.

·         Conduct semi-structured interviews, document reviews, and site visits in collaboration with the Team Leader and Economic Specialist.

·         Contribute to data analysis.

·         Participate in out-brief meetings with USG posts at the end of fieldwork in Albania.

·         Contribute to the Draft Evaluation Report.

·         DoS /EUR/ACE, USAID, USDA, and SI feedback, and revisions to the Draft Evaluation Report.

·         Develop basic tools for promoting Partnerships in Local Level – cooperation with  NGO’s;

Feb 1993-

Oct 1998

 

South-West of Albania

Lancashire Enterprises plc England

Mr. Jeff Houghton

Former Team Leader

[email protected]

 

Albanian SME Foundation

Gavril Lasku, Former Director of SME Foundation

 

Regional Business Agency(RBA)

 RBA Manager

EC Funded)

EC “Phare” program: SME Development in Albania Established and developed a structure of

 Regional Development Agencies (RBA‘s) to support of economic development in Albania;.

·         This involved bringing together those government and non-governmental organizations ;

·         Delivered seminars on business planning, marketing and entrepreneurship;

·         Created the SME Policy Unit at the Ministry of Finance and Economy;

·         Delivered training on business planning, marketing and entrepreneurship;

·         Fostering the SME  development of  the region, by providing high quality level of  business knowledge,;

·         Consultancy  to the business community of the south west  of Albania ;

·         Working closely with banks and SME-s to develop business plans for accessing loans  and expansion

of existing ones;

·         Carrying out market  research through examining new investment / product / locations prospects;

·         Collaborating with different  international organization  which SME  supporting  programs ;

·         Economic Development and growth of the SME sector;

·         Surveying and identifying the possible Joint Venture partners.

             

16. Other relevant information (e.g., Publications)

 

Publications

·         Supporting SMEs to Become more Competitive in the EU Market book ‘ Training Needs Analysis  for SEM’s “

·         (TNA) prepared by EU-SME program author; A. Gomez, Ylldise Brahimaj and Carlo Penco to be held National  Conference in Albania   July 2012;

·         Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management article:  “The growth of SME sector in Albania by  Ylldise Brahimaj,- SME Development Expert  and Anila Arapi-  December 2014;

·         Study “The Fisheries Management  and Marine Techniques in Albania”  by Ylldise Brahimaj  Executive director of RDA (Published ISBN 97816098500120) to be held on May   15th  and 17th  2012 in Albania;

·         “Public and private agriculture extension services in Albania - current situation and future perspectives”, Y.Brahimaj, U, Schmidt. Week Scientific  Conference “Challenges of Education and Innovation” to be held on January 13th and 14th 2011 in  Roma;

·         “Searching for Political Monetary Cycles in Albania”, Y.Brahimaj, J.Houghton  and D. Wood International Conference “Economic and Social Challenges and Problems”, University of  Economy , Albania  2012;

·         “Analysis of Political Business Cycles in Transition Economies with focus on Albania”, 2009, M. Kaitlin, Y.brahimaj, A, Bazini Challenges for Analysis of the Economy, the Businesses, and Social Progress International Scientific Conference, University of Szeged, Hungary.

 

17. Qualification - Certificates

 

January  2018  

to present

Licensed to conduct qualified   ; “ CEFE  “ Training of Trainer  over 100 hours , a coached practical experience  of over 40 hours as CEFE Trainer for business people and  start-ups

Sept 14

24 , 2016

Certificate ; “Get Funding  from the  European Union” implemented by Env.net

April   2015

Certificate ; EU project design process and implementation of environmental  policy by European

Environmental BUREAU

Jun 2012   

Nov 2012

 

IPA 2011 Project & GIZ  “Support to Agriculture and Rural Development” (SARD-IPARD)

Certificate; Albanian advisory structure on the implementation of the IPARD-like grant scheme

May  2014

 Certificate; Audit of Innovation and Technology for SME’ s implemented by AIDA

Feb  2011

Diploma on“ Consulting  as a Business  for Business Services Providers implemented by EU-SME Project

May 2010

International Symposium „The development of  the Albanian Maritime System and EU

Experience; organized by The University of Vlore-Albania as Lector of  the study “The Fisheries

Management  and Marine Techniques in Albania”

March 2010 

Certificate  „The Business Success Through Sustainability implemented by  Netherlands’ Ministry for Development Cooperation, - REC for Central Eastern Europe in Budva Montenegro

March 2003

- Aug 2004

Diploma   Women Leadership Program implemented by USAID/Partners-Albania.

May  2003

Certificate:  for Anti-Corruption Program for Public and Civil Society; Officials implemented by North Florida International Visitors Council in the USA

June 2003

Certificate:  Regional Development Agency Support to SMEs implemented by World Learning/USAID , in Warsaw, Poland

July 2003

Certificate:  Making Cents Training Course for Master Plan implemented by SBCA Program Chemonics International Inc., and Making Cents International

February 2002

July 2002

Certificate of Achievement:, Anti-Corruption  Activities Regarding Public  Procurement

 by  Prefect Co at  Budapest, Hungary;

Certificate Successfully completed the training course on " Quality Management-Quality

Assurance-ISO 9001 for SMEs, Organized by EOMMEX S.A., GLYFADA GREECE,

Feb 5 – 25 1999

 

March 1998

Diploma ;” Management Training in British Industry” delivered by British Government Know-How Fund and  JICAP programme in BELFAST Northern IRELAND

 

Certificate: has successfully completed a Credit Union Induction Course organized by “ Irish League of Credit Unions”, in Dublin IRELAND

Oct 1996- Nov 1998

Master  Diploma , has successfully completed a programmed “Training of Trainers and Advisers for SME”  delivered by ‘ International Training Centre of the ILO’ Turin, Italy

December 1997

Certificate has successfully completed the training course   on “Modern Techniques For Effective Management of SMEs“ Organized by EOMMEX S.A Glyfada, Greece

Nov- January 1996

 “Training of Trainers(TOT) SMEs course administration delivered by CEFE/GTZ Germany

June 1987

Decorated  of the Parliament “  Excellent  Contribution to the State Trade Enterprise  and  “Civil Society  ”

 

Ylldise Brahimaj ___________________________________________________

Permanent Address:  Str. “Pjeter Budi”, Pallati “Fasked”, ap 9/1, TIRANE ALBANIA

Mobile Phone:  +355 69 3834994,

 viber/whatsAup +355 (69)3834994

personal Email:  [email protected];

office email [email protected]    Skype; diska.brahimi

http://al.linkedin.com/pub/ylldise-brahimi/23/30a/423; and

 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Regional...RDA

https://www.kosovalive360.com/perkushtimi-i-ylldises...

 


 

 

 

 CURRICULUM VITEA

 

 

1. FAMILY NAME:     Brahimaj                                                                      

2. FIRST names:        Ylldise    

3. Nationality:         Albania

4. Place Residence: Tirana -Albanian              

5. Civil Status:         Single

 

6. Education:

Institution
[Date from - Date to]

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:

Albania Agricultural University, Economics branch

September 1992-July 1997

BSc (Economics)

ILO, Turin Italy Oct 1996-Nov 1998

Master Diploma-  Private Sector - SME’s Consultant & Trainer

 

USAID/Partners-Albania; March 2003-August 2004

Diploma ;Women Leadership  Program

 

 

7. Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 – excellent; 5 – basic)

Language

Reading

Speaking

Writing

Albanian

mother tongue

English

2

2

3

Italian

3

4

5

 

 

8. Membership of professional bodies:

·         Board member and Founder of Albanian’s Network of RDAs

·         Member of the Enterprise Europe Network EEN in  Albania

·         Collaborator  at  Association of Organisations of Mediterranean Businesswomen  -AFAEMME

·         CIVICUS members of the Alliance

·          Founder  at   “Johana ”  Saving Credit  Union

·         Member of National Leadership of Women Network

·         Founder  of National  Producer and Creative Women Association

·         Albanian Coalition’s  for Women and Youth in decision making

·         Board Member at  National  Business Women Promotion Association

 

 

 

9. Long experience   with  Stakeholders as collaboration and partners

·         Local Goverment ( Municipality and Prefecture)

·         Central Government ( Ministry of   Finance  and Economic, Ministry of Local goverment and Ministry of labour)

·         Public Institutions ( tax office )

·         Business comunity

·         Techincal University

·         Publice and private Vocational Training Centre

·         Technical  School( Trade, Tourism and Bank)

·         Business Associations and bussiness company

 

10. Position: Project Management & SME Development Expert

 

·         11. Years within the Regional Development Agency (RDA):  over  25 ye as Executive Director at VRDA ,

·          Senior SME Development Expert /Trainer at  EU-SME project, EBRD,USAID,UNDP,GIZ and Italian Albania SME Development

·          External Expert  at EU Delegation in Albania for “Competitiveness, business, Innovation and   Trade”  

 

 

12. Key qualifications (relevant to the project): Management and SME Expert /Trainer/coaching /Mentoring specializing in different business fields as follows;  

·         Social –Economic development  Consultancy (strategy, training needs analysis(TNA) ,

·         Assessment of socio-economic and business development and Training Needs Analysis (TNA);

·         Local government (regional development in   economic area);

·         National innovation SME development  and startup for young people and unemployment

·         Established  a training curriculum, including Training-of-Trainers(TOT) programmes, for impact assessment (and  policy impact assessments) as well as  private and public consultation,

·         Innovation , Competitiveness, Business  and trade

·          Socio-economic and environmental impact assessment;

·         SMEs competitive  policy , labor market policies,

·         Capacity Building  to  Public institution  and SMEs development

·         Private sector and SME  competitiveness covered by IPA  programmed ,EU ;

·         Entrepreneurship, Competitiveness, Regional and local Development;;

·         Project implementation . evaluation and impact assessment;

·         Employment and labor development  for Public  and Private Institution  ;

·         Assist in the development, implementation and monitoring of relevant contracts and partnership  agreements with all relevant stakeholders;

·         Vocational education and training (VET)  for  unemployment  and vulnerable people

·          Expertise Good Governess  / anticorruption  in  Municipalities ( Sarande, Vlore and Puke ) ;

·         Capacity Building  for local government staff ;

·         TOT for SME particularly  for  young people, Business association   and   rural development sector;  

·         The adviser  has gained comprehensive theoretical and practical knowledge  of the CEFE method;

·          Trainer and coaching instrument .in entrepreneurship development  according to CEFEmethod;

·         Fostering strategic partnerships and innovation in established businesses as ;

·         Leadership of women and youth  ; Young   New entrepreneurship;

 

13. Specific experience in the region:   Albania

Country

Date from – to

 Overall   in  Albania and region

 May 2014  to present

Southern  Albania

Oct 1998- May 2014

South West  Albania

Oct 1993- May  1998

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

14. Professional experience:

Date

 

Location

Company/Reference

Position

Description

 

OctOct 1998 to present

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M    May 2015 to present

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall in Albania

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall in Albania

 

Regional DevelopmenAgency

 Foundation (RDAF)

 

Mrs. Diana  Djaloshi

    Chairwoman of Board  at  VRDA

    Email [email protected]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  EBRD/BAS program

National Programme

Manager EBRD/BAS program

Mr. Neritan Mullai

email;[email protected]

 

 

 

 T 

 

 

t

 

-

Executive Director

 n

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P     Project  Management     and

SME Development Expert

(EBRD Funded)

 

 

EC “ PHARE “ project  supporting  Economic  and SME in Albania

 Responsible for overall management of the “Regional Development Agency”;  

In this framework director is responsible to manage RDA activity in the area of regional and local socio economic and rural development as well as coordinate and manage communication with donor agencies such as: EBRD,USAID, GIZ,UNDP,EU/SMEs project ,WB, ILO, UNOPS, GTZ,ETF etc.:

She has got qualifications as business consultant & trainer in Europe (Italy, Greece, England, Denmark, Ireland, Poland , Balkan ,Germany  and USA..

She has qualificitation the field of Local Government, Business Development as , business& trainer consultant .She was qualified by GTZ-Germany in 1995-1996  and possess a master business/ Consultant and trainer diploma by ILO, Turin, Italy 1997-1998;

S    she graduated as Bachelor of Business Administration (Economics) from the University of Albania

She has got a Master degree in Economic Sciences (Comparative Local Economic Development) at  Bologna-Italy 

Management consultant specializing in different fields  as follows;

·         Competitiveness and  SME Policy:  Provided policy for private sector and public sector and BSPs in region;

·         Analyzing  private  sector  and Strategy Planning  of  Albania  Gouverneme in the  business development ;

·          Capacity buildings for SME , private sector,

·         Providing on-the-job training on the implementation of  municipality  staff  – following the official methodology of the Municipality  public administration department

·         Providing on-the-job training on the implementation of the Public Consultation

·         Coordination  and  subcontractor to delivery of EU, GIZ,USAID/SBCA MSI, UNDP,WB,.GIZ consultancy and training ,

·         SME impact monitoring and  evaluation projects  , based on EU, USAID indicators,

·         Design, monitor, implement and evaluate projects on NGO Institutional Development and Capacity Building .

·         Assist local NGOs in counseling, training, information and technical assistance.

·         Coordinate with local business community, and foreign organizations to facilitate future business development in the region.

EBRD/BAS ; Consulting and Training for SMEs; The consultancy project is to strengthen the market position of 12  companies Specific objectives are ; Innovation and competitive  include:

·         Training on improvement of marketing skills

·         Enhanced promotion and advertisement of the products;

·         Implementation of the Marketing Action Plan

·         Expanded market in the south regions of Albania.

·         Improved   product in food Processing Company in ;

·         Promotion and better knowledge of the market.

·         Analysis of the existing marketing activity and drafting the new marketing  strategy;

·         Conduct basic trainings sessions with the appointed marketing person in the company including:  Sales; Techniques; Negotiations Skills; Marketing & Sales;

·         Market survey; The survey  conducted through face to face  250 interviews in businesses ,

·         Development the training program and deliver training of the Hotels and guesthouse ;

·          Implemented and conducted  SMEs training  program-,develop a Module for training Program; Coach closely- with Hotels staff,

·         Develop  the consulting program and deliver the consulting;

·         Implement on module” HR Management ”and “Recruitment procedures

  • Business planning and modelling;
  • Product design and development to meet market demands;
  • Branding and marketing evolution;
  • Productivity and performance improvement;
  • Market research and export promotion;
  • Technology transfer and innovation enhancement;
  • Improving staff performance through effective human resource management;
  • Introducing quality management systems (ISO,HACCP, Global GAP) based on expectations of international clients;
  • Introduction of financial tools and instruments tailored to current situation and needs of SMEs;

 

Dec 2016 Nov 2018

Overall in Albania

      Italian –Albania SME

D  development  program PMU   

N  Director .Mr Gavril Lasku

[email protected]

Project Management and

 SME Development

Expert

Italian Albania  SME Development program /subcontractor  for Expertise  Consultant /Training for SMEs; The consultancy project is to strengthen and promotion  the market position of  company Specific objectives include:

·         Enhanced promotion and advertisement of the products;

·         Improved access to finance for innovative start-ups.

·         Improved qualification and productivity of the staff and sellers  through training;

·         Expanded market in the  North  regions of Albania

·         TOT for SME particularly  tourism sector and  rural development sector an feasibility studies d

·         Assessment of business development and Training Needs Analysis( TNA)

·          Business Developing  ecosystems

·         Human Recourse  Managment   and Development in company

 

March 2018 to present

Overall  in Albania

CEFE International –Consulting company  Inch Germany

Mrs. Marlinde Baerenz-

[email protected]

 International coordinator of

GIZ/IDEA project

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Start-up Trainer &Business Planning Expert

(GIZ  funded)

GIZ-  IDEA project  “IDEA Business Start-up Campaign

Innovative start-ups to your entrepreneurial competences and business skills

·         Business training ;

·         Basic entrepreneurial training skills

·         New entrepreneurs in Albania 

·         Be an  entrepreneur,

·         Working in a startup or participating in a start-up program;

·          Innovation business

·         Finance training &Hunting the Money,

·         Business Plan  development ;

·         Trained  160  young people overall Albania  that apply for grant and training as Start up business IDEA  competition;

·         16  IDEA coachees  support with  coaching  for elaborate   Business Plan 

·         Improved access to finance for innovative start-ups.

 

 

March 2010

July 2011

Overall in Albania

IDI-International Development

Ireland. inch
Konrad Nierubiec
Tel. 00 353 1 6625555
[email protected]

Team Leader of Project;

 Uli Lachenmaier

[email protected]

 

Senior SME Development Expert

      (EU funded)

EU : “Supporting SMEs to Become more Competitive in the EU Market” project

As  SME Consultant  as follows;

·          Monitoring and evaluation mechanism , with enterprise specific measurable indicators,

designed and implemented, to measure the impact of the National Competitiveness Programme for  SMEs;

·         Training curriculum (including for training of trainers) for impact assessment (and specific aspects of regulatory and policy impact assessments) as well as public consultation;

·         Development of the methodology for the first national "Training Needs Analysis (TNA)

for SMEs in Albania" in a team with international experts;

·         Sales and Marketing, Competitiveness for SME´s.

·         Business Service Providers, BSPs, Association promotion ,

·         Assessment of business development and training needs analysis, trainer/Consultant/coach in  Strategic Business Management, Innovation,  

·         Training workshop for  consultants interviewers Pilot TNA survey ,conclusions and lessons learnt

·         Selection of 250 SME for TNA survey sample ” TNA carried out in the fields.250  SMEi ndividual  TNA records

·         Coordination and supervision of the implementation of the TNA field interviews in 250

 enterprises: identification of SMEs, mobilization of SMEs and national/regional/local institutions, coordination of the fieldworks (six local consultants as interviewers) all over the country;

·         TNA result: data collection, treatment of data, interpretation and substantial contribution to  the TNA Report 2010;

·         Implementation of formal practical and hands-on training sessions  as trainer for  Albanian SMEs in "Business Planning and Strategic Management" in Saranda and Vlore cities  including mobilization  of participating

·         Implementation of intensive in-company consultancy for  enterprises in the Vlore region

 for business planning and strategic management including human resource and financial

management as well as Marketing and Sales

 

Feb 2008

Feb 2010

Vlore region

World Bank; Project Manager

Mr. Edmond Sheshi

[email protected]

Project Coordinator 

&Trainer

(WB funded)

World Bank &  Albania National Employment Service; ,

Creating a Social  Services Centre for vulnerable  groups” ( Women and Youth in need), realizing needed

infrastructure able to support given social- economic services; 

·    Raising the opportunities for employment, education and qualification of Young peoples and women in

 Need in order to integrate them in normal life.

·    Generate Business Idea and discussions were handling, Round Table,

·    Educative culture, social –economic Services;

·    Provide Centre creation like consultancies, training,  education/information;

·    Opportunity  Employment  for  Youth and women unemployed through business idea training;

·    Capacity building, training of trainers, entrepreneurship development

·    Design/develop and delivery of localized Training and develop curricula for Women farmer Promote 

·    Among other consulting tools, we have developed coaching guides for entrepreneurs and the creation

 of Networking groups (Exchange Experience Groups) for SME and micro-enterprise support;

·    Creating the Centre with all needed infrastructure in order to have complete possibilities to develop

·    Realizing business services for a target group of 200 beneficiaries. From  those in training

session has participated  120  woman and  80 Youth

June 2002

Feb  2007

Albania  ( Southern )

USAID/SBCA –Chemonics Inch Washington

Chief of Party at SBCA

Jeff Houghton

[email protected]

Project Director

SBCA/USAID

SME Consultant

(USAID funded)

USAID: Albania Small Business Credit and Assistance (SBCA) Program  Phase 1 (2007-2010):

Vlore RDA has disbursed 25 loans through both funds with a 98% repayment record.

In addition Vlore RDA delivered   had been  provided training 300 businesses 60% were farmers  and

100 received one-on-one counselling;

Phase 2 :( 2010-2012as subcontractor to SBCA were monitored and evaluated on a project-by-project

basis to measure impact as follows;

·         Project improves client competitiveness through  , using  of innovation  technology and best practice;;

·         The Standard Format of Business Plan; Client Branding and  focus Groups;

·         Monitored and evaluated on a project basis to measure impact;;,

·          Needs Analyses, Action Plans and Client Profiles;

·         Direct technical assistance and training has been provided to more than 500 businesses especially

 farmers and  food processing industry ;

·         Assistance and training to enterprises leads to applying: new technology; competitive and

 good management Practices;

·         Elaborated  Business Planning  for  companies  ;

·         Developed a comprehensive database of more than 800 businesses in the agriculture industry,

·         SME Consultant assignment in particular working with a team of USAID on a prepared to Feasibility

 Study of Energy Park in Vlore

·         Development a South and south-west of Albania to increase SME´s Competitiveness in Innovation.

·         Administrative and Institutional capacity building to the  farmers  

July 2016

July 2017

Berati Region

GIZ/SARED project

Ilir Rembeci Director  at Tirana

   Email; [email protected]

     [email protected]

 Capacity Building Trainer/ Expert

(GIZ Funded)

SARED/GIZ   Project: Capacity  Building for Farmer  in south-west of Albania  ;

·         Trained  farmers and rural women ;  Marketing   strategy of agriculture

·         Trained famers ( 65% women) in Financial Management in Kucova ,

·         Rural young people  in economic empowerment ,current gender equality,

·          Market  analyses and   value chain analysis, market research,

·         Business Planinng  eleberation,

·         Capacity building for  farmers  ( small  farme) ,

·         Elaboration of the social economic study,

·         Marketing and Sale  and Sales Technique and Negoziation Skills

·         Financial  Management for Farmers

  Sept 2013

Dec 2013

Center

Government

( Ministries, Public institution

USAID Projects)

         Social Impact Inc.  Washington D.C

G.     William Anderson Team Leader, [email protected]

 

Local Economics Expert

U\\

         USAID and EU /Social Impact consulting company  Inc.;   

 

      Department of State to  European Union Accession Evaluation project

·         Review and analyze documents, synthesize desk review findings, and contribute to a Desk Review Findings Report.

·         Work with the Team Leader to refine interview questions to fit the Albanian context, and to identify and contact in-country key informants.

·         Conduct semi-structured interviews, document reviews, and site visits in collaboration with the Team Leader and Economic Specialist.

·         Contribute to data analysis.

·         Participate in out-brief meetings with USG posts at the end of fieldwork in Albania.

·         Contribute to the Draft Evaluation Report.

·         DoS /EUR/ACE, USAID, USDA, and SI feedback, and revisions to the Draft Evaluation Report.

·         Develop basic tools for promoting Partnerships in Local Level – cooperation with  NGO’s;

Feb 1993-

Oct 1998

 

South-West of Albania

Lancashire Enterprises plc England

Mr. Jeff Houghton

Former Team Leader

[email protected]

 

Albanian SME Foundation

Gavril Lasku, Former Director of SME Foundation

 

Regional Business Agency(RBA)

 RBA Manager

EC Funded)

EC “Phare” program: SME Development in Albania Established and developed a structure of

 Regional Development Agencies (RBA‘s) to support of economic development in Albania;.

·         This involved bringing together those government and non-governmental organizations ;

·         Delivered seminars on business planning, marketing and entrepreneurship;

·         Created the SME Policy Unit at the Ministry of Finance and Economy;

·         Delivered training on business planning, marketing and entrepreneurship;

·         Fostering the SME  development of  the region, by providing high quality level of  business knowledge,;

·         Consultancy  to the business community of the south west  of Albania ;

·         Working closely with banks and SME-s to develop business plans for accessing loans  and expansion

of existing ones;

·         Carrying out market  research through examining new investment / product / locations prospects;

·         Collaborating with different  international organization  which SME  supporting  programs ;

·         Economic Development and growth of the SME sector;

·         Surveying and identifying the possible Joint Venture partners.

             

16. Other relevant information (e.g., Publications)

 

Publications

·         Supporting SMEs to Become more Competitive in the EU Market book ‘ Training Needs Analysis  for SEM’s “

·         (TNA) prepared by EU-SME program author; A. Gomez, Ylldise Brahimaj and Carlo Penco to be held National  Conference in Albania   July 2012;

·         Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management article:  “The growth of SME sector in Albania by  Ylldise Brahimaj,- SME Development Expert  and Anila Arapi-  December 2014;

·         Study “The Fisheries Management  and Marine Techniques in Albania”  by Ylldise Brahimaj  Executive director of RDA (Published ISBN 97816098500120) to be held on May   15th  and 17th  2012 in Albania;

·         “Public and private agriculture extension services in Albania - current situation and future perspectives”, Y.Brahimaj, U, Schmidt. Week Scientific  Conference “Challenges of Education and Innovation” to be held on January 13th and 14th 2011 in  Roma;

·         “Searching for Political Monetary Cycles in Albania”, Y.Brahimaj, J.Houghton  and D. Wood International Conference “Economic and Social Challenges and Problems”, University of  Economy , Albania  2012;

·         “Analysis of Political Business Cycles in Transition Economies with focus on Albania”, 2009, M. Kaitlin, Y.brahimaj, A, Bazini Challenges for Analysis of the Economy, the Businesses, and Social Progress International Scientific Conference, University of Szeged, Hungary.

 

17. Qualification - Certificates

 

January  2018  

to present

Licensed to conduct qualified   ; “ CEFE  “ Training of Trainer  over 100 hours , a coached practical experience  of over 40 hours as CEFE Trainer for business people and  start-ups

Sept 14

24 , 2016

Certificate ; “Get Funding  from the  European Union” implemented by Env.net

April   2015

Certificate ; EU project design process and implementation of environmental  policy by European

Environmental BUREAU

Jun 2012   

Nov 2012

 

IPA 2011 Project & GIZ  “Support to Agriculture and Rural Development” (SARD-IPARD)

Certificate; Albanian advisory structure on the implementation of the IPARD-like grant scheme

May  2014

 Certificate; Audit of Innovation and Technology for SME’ s implemented by AIDA

Feb  2011

Diploma on“ Consulting  as a Business  for Business Services Providers implemented by EU-SME Project

May 2010

International Symposium „The development of  the Albanian Maritime System and EU

Experience; organized by The University of Vlore-Albania as Lector of  the study “The Fisheries

Management  and Marine Techniques in Albania”

March 2010 

Certificate  „The Business Success Through Sustainability implemented by  Netherlands’ Ministry for Development Cooperation, - REC for Central Eastern Europe in Budva Montenegro

March 2003

- Aug 2004

Diploma   Women Leadership Program implemented by USAID/Partners-Albania.

May  2003

Certificate:  for Anti-Corruption Program for Public and Civil Society; Officials implemented by North Florida International Visitors Council in the USA

June 2003

Certificate:  Regional Development Agency Support to SMEs implemented by World Learning/USAID , in Warsaw, Poland

July 2003

Certificate:  Making Cents Training Course for Master Plan implemented by SBCA Program Chemonics International Inc., and Making Cents International

February 2002

July 2002

Certificate of Achievement:, Anti-Corruption  Activities Regarding Public  Procurement

 by  Prefect Co at  Budapest, Hungary;

Certificate Successfully completed the training course on " Quality Management-Quality

Assurance-ISO 9001 for SMEs, Organized by EOMMEX S.A., GLYFADA GREECE,

Feb 5 – 25 1999

 

March 1998

Diploma ;” Management Training in British Industry” delivered by British Government Know-How Fund and  JICAP programme in BELFAST Northern IRELAND

 

Certificate: has successfully completed a Credit Union Induction Course organized by “ Irish League of Credit Unions”, in Dublin IRELAND

Oct 1996- Nov 1998

Master  Diploma , has successfully completed a programmed “Training of Trainers and Advisers for SME”  delivered by ‘ International Training Centre of the ILO’ Turin, Italy

December 1997

Certificate has successfully completed the training course   on “Modern Techniques For Effective Management of SMEs“ Organized by EOMMEX S.A Glyfada, Greece

Nov- January 1996

 “Training of Trainers(TOT) SMEs course administration delivered by CEFE/GTZ Germany

June 1987

Decorated  of the Parliament “  Excellent  Contribution to the State Trade Enterprise  and  “Civil Society  ”

 

Ylldise Brahimaj ___________________________________________________

Permanent Address:  Str. “Pjeter Budi”, Pallati “Fasked”, ap 9/1, TIRANE ALBANIA

Mobile Phone:  +355 69 3834994,

 viber/whatsAup +355 (69)3834994

personal Email:  [email protected];

office email [email protected]    Skype; diska.brahimi

http://al.linkedin.com/pub/ylldise-brahimi/23/30a/423; and

 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Regional...RDA

https://www.kosovalive360.com/perkushtimi-i-ylldises...

 


 

 

 

 CURRICULUM VITEA

 

 

1. FAMILY NAME:     Brahimaj                                                                      

2. FIRST names:        Ylldise    

3. Nationality:         Albania

4. Place Residence: Tirana -Albanian              

5. Civil Status:         Single

 

6. Education:

Institution
[Date from - Date to]

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:

Albania Agricultural University, Economics branch

September 1992-July 1997

BSc (Economics)

ILO, Turin Italy Oct 1996-Nov 1998

Master Diploma-  Private Sector - SME’s Consultant & Trainer

 

USAID/Partners-Albania; March 2003-August 2004

Diploma ;Women Leadership  Program

 

 

7. Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 – excellent; 5 – basic)

Language

Reading

Speaking

Writing

Albanian

mother tongue

English

2

2

3

Italian

3

4

5

 

 

8. Membership of professional bodies:

·         Board member and Founder of Albanian’s Network of RDAs

·         Member of the Enterprise Europe Network EEN in  Albania

·         Collaborator  at  Association of Organisations of Mediterranean Businesswomen  -AFAEMME

·         CIVICUS members of the Alliance

·          Founder  at   “Johana ”  Saving Credit  Union

·         Member of National Leadership of Women Network

·         Founder  of National  Producer and Creative Women Association

·         Albanian Coalition’s  for Women and Youth in decision making

·         Board Member at  National  Business Women Promotion Association

 

 

 

9. Long experience   with  Stakeholders as collaboration and partners

·         Local Goverment ( Municipality and Prefecture)

·         Central Government ( Ministry of   Finance  and Economic, Ministry of Local goverment and Ministry of labour)

·         Public Institutions ( tax office )

·         Business comunity

·         Techincal University

·         Publice and private Vocational Training Centre

·         Technical  School( Trade, Tourism and Bank)

·         Business Associations and bussiness company

 

10. Position: Project Management & SME Development Expert

 

·         11. Years within the Regional Development Agency (RDA):  over  25 ye as Executive Director at VRDA ,

·          Senior SME Development Expert /Trainer at  EU-SME project, EBRD,USAID,UNDP,GIZ and Italian Albania SME Development

·          External Expert  at EU Delegation in Albania for “Competitiveness, business, Innovation and   Trade”  

 

 

12. Key qualifications (relevant to the project): Management and SME Expert /Trainer/coaching /Mentoring specializing in different business fields as follows;  

·         Social –Economic development  Consultancy (strategy, training needs analysis(TNA) ,

·         Assessment of socio-economic and business development and Training Needs Analysis (TNA);

·         Local government (regional development in   economic area);

·         National innovation SME development  and startup for young people and unemployment

·         Established  a training curriculum, including Training-of-Trainers(TOT) programmes, for impact assessment (and  policy impact assessments) as well as  private and public consultation,

·         Innovation , Competitiveness, Business  and trade

·          Socio-economic and environmental impact assessment;

·         SMEs competitive  policy , labor market policies,

·         Capacity Building  to  Public institution  and SMEs development

·         Private sector and SME  competitiveness covered by IPA  programmed ,EU ;

·         Entrepreneurship, Competitiveness, Regional and local Development;;

·         Project implementation . evaluation and impact assessment;

·         Employment and labor development  for Public  and Private Institution  ;

·         Assist in the development, implementation and monitoring of relevant contracts and partnership  agreements with all relevant stakeholders;

·         Vocational education and training (VET)  for  unemployment  and vulnerable people

·          Expertise Good Governess  / anticorruption  in  Municipalities ( Sarande, Vlore and Puke ) ;

·         Capacity Building  for local government staff ;

·         TOT for SME particularly  for  young people, Business association   and   rural development sector;  

·         The adviser  has gained comprehensive theoretical and practical knowledge  of the CEFE method;

·          Trainer and coaching instrument .in entrepreneurship development  according to CEFEmethod;

·         Fostering strategic partnerships and innovation in established businesses as ;

·         Leadership of women and youth  ; Young   New entrepreneurship;

 

13. Specific experience in the region:   Albania

Country

Date from – to

 Overall   in  Albania and region

 May 2014  to present

Southern  Albania

Oct 1998- May 2014

South West  Albania

Oct 1993- May  1998

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

14. Professional experience:

Date

 

Location

Company/Reference

Position

Description

 

OctOct 1998 to present

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M    May 2015 to present

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall in Albania

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall in Albania

 

Regional DevelopmenAgency

 Foundation (RDAF)

 

Mrs. Diana  Djaloshi

    Chairwoman of Board  at  VRDA

    Email [email protected]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  EBRD/BAS program

National Programme

Manager EBRD/BAS program

Mr. Neritan Mullai

email;[email protected]

 

 

 

 T 

 

 

t

 

-

Executive Director

 n

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P     Project  Management     and

SME Development Expert

(EBRD Funded)

 

 

EC “ PHARE “ project  supporting  Economic  and SME in Albania

 Responsible for overall management of the “Regional Development Agency”;  

In this framework director is responsible to manage RDA activity in the area of regional and local socio economic and rural development as well as coordinate and manage communication with donor agencies such as: EBRD,USAID, GIZ,UNDP,EU/SMEs project ,WB, ILO, UNOPS, GTZ,ETF etc.:

She has got qualifications as business consultant & trainer in Europe (Italy, Greece, England, Denmark, Ireland, Poland , Balkan ,Germany  and USA..

She has qualificitation the field of Local Government, Business Development as , business& trainer consultant .She was qualified by GTZ-Germany in 1995-1996  and possess a master business/ Consultant and trainer diploma by ILO, Turin, Italy 1997-1998;

S    she graduated as Bachelor of Business Administration (Economics) from the University of Albania

She has got a Master degree in Economic Sciences (Comparative Local Economic Development) at  Bologna-Italy 

Management consultant specializing in different fields  as follows;

·         Competitiveness and  SME Policy:  Provided policy for private sector and public sector and BSPs in region;

·         Analyzing  private  sector  and Strategy Planning  of  Albania  Gouverneme in the  business development ;

·          Capacity buildings for SME , private sector,

·         Providing on-the-job training on the implementation of  municipality  staff  – following the official methodology of the Municipality  public administration department

·         Providing on-the-job training on the implementation of the Public Consultation

·         Coordination  and  subcontractor to delivery of EU, GIZ,USAID/SBCA MSI, UNDP,WB,.GIZ consultancy and training ,

·         SME impact monitoring and  evaluation projects  , based on EU, USAID indicators,

·         Design, monitor, implement and evaluate projects on NGO Institutional Development and Capacity Building .

·         Assist local NGOs in counseling, training, information and technical assistance.

·         Coordinate with local business community, and foreign organizations to facilitate future business development in the region.

EBRD/BAS ; Consulting and Training for SMEs; The consultancy project is to strengthen the market position of 12  companies Specific objectives are ; Innovation and competitive  include:

·         Training on improvement of marketing skills

·         Enhanced promotion and advertisement of the products;

·         Implementation of the Marketing Action Plan

·         Expanded market in the south regions of Albania.

·         Improved   product in food Processing Company in ;

·         Promotion and better knowledge of the market.

·         Analysis of the existing marketing activity and drafting the new marketing  strategy;

·         Conduct basic trainings sessions with the appointed marketing person in the company including:  Sales; Techniques; Negotiations Skills; Marketing & Sales;

·         Market survey; The survey  conducted through face to face  250 interviews in businesses ,

·         Development the training program and deliver training of the Hotels and guesthouse ;

·          Implemented and conducted  SMEs training  program-,develop a Module for training Program; Coach closely- with Hotels staff,

·         Develop  the consulting program and deliver the consulting;

·         Implement on module” HR Management ”and “Recruitment procedures

  • Business planning and modelling;
  • Product design and development to meet market demands;
  • Branding and marketing evolution;
  • Productivity and performance improvement;
  • Market research and export promotion;
  • Technology transfer and innovation enhancement;
  • Improving staff performance through effective human resource management;
  • Introducing quality management systems (ISO,HACCP, Global GAP) based on expectations of international clients;
  • Introduction of financial tools and instruments tailored to current situation and needs of SMEs;

 

Dec 2016 Nov 2018

Overall in Albania

      Italian –Albania SME

D  development  program PMU   

N  Director .Mr Gavril Lasku

[email protected]

Project Management and

 SME Development

Expert

Italian Albania  SME Development program /subcontractor  for Expertise  Consultant /Training for SMEs; The consultancy project is to strengthen and promotion  the market position of  company Specific objectives include:

·         Enhanced promotion and advertisement of the products;

·         Improved access to finance for innovative start-ups.

·         Improved qualification and productivity of the staff and sellers  through training;

·         Expanded market in the  North  regions of Albania

·         TOT for SME particularly  tourism sector and  rural development sector an feasibility studies d

·         Assessment of business development and Training Needs Analysis( TNA)

·          Business Developing  ecosystems

·         Human Recourse  Managment   and Development in company

 

March 2018 to present

Overall  in Albania

CEFE International –Consulting company  Inch Germany

Mrs. Marlinde Baerenz-

[email protected]

 International coordinator of

GIZ/IDEA project

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Start-up Trainer &Business Planning Expert

(GIZ  funded)

GIZ-  IDEA project  “IDEA Business Start-up Campaign

Innovative start-ups to your entrepreneurial competences and business skills

·         Business training ;

·         Basic entrepreneurial training skills

·         New entrepreneurs in Albania 

·         Be an  entrepreneur,

·         Working in a startup or participating in a start-up program;

·          Innovation business

·         Finance training &Hunting the Money,

·         Business Plan  development ;

·         Trained  160  young people overall Albania  that apply for grant and training as Start up business IDEA  competition;

·         16  IDEA coachees  support with  coaching  for elaborate   Business Plan 

·         Improved access to finance for innovative start-ups.

 

 

March 2010

July 2011

Overall in Albania

IDI-International Development

Ireland. inch
Konrad Nierubiec
Tel. 00 353 1 6625555
[email protected]

Team Leader of Project;

 Uli Lachenmaier

[email protected]

 

Senior SME Development Expert

      (EU funded)

EU : “Supporting SMEs to Become more Competitive in the EU Market” project

As  SME Consultant  as follows;

·          Monitoring and evaluation mechanism , with enterprise specific measurable indicators,

designed and implemented, to measure the impact of the National Competitiveness Programme for  SMEs;

·         Training curriculum (including for training of trainers) for impact assessment (and specific aspects of regulatory and policy impact assessments) as well as public consultation;

·         Development of the methodology for the first national "Training Needs Analysis (TNA)

for SMEs in Albania" in a team with international experts;

·         Sales and Marketing, Competitiveness for SME´s.

·         Business Service Providers, BSPs, Association promotion ,

·         Assessment of business development and training needs analysis, trainer/Consultant/coach in  Strategic Business Management, Innovation,  

·         Training workshop for  consultants interviewers Pilot TNA survey ,conclusions and lessons learnt

·         Selection of 250 SME for TNA survey sample ” TNA carried out in the fields.250  SMEi ndividual  TNA records

·         Coordination and supervision of the implementation of the TNA field interviews in 250

 enterprises: identification of SMEs, mobilization of SMEs and national/regional/local institutions, coordination of the fieldworks (six local consultants as interviewers) all over the country;

·         TNA result: data collection, treatment of data, interpretation and substantial contribution to  the TNA Report 2010;

·         Implementation of formal practical and hands-on training sessions  as trainer for  Albanian SMEs in "Business Planning and Strategic Management" in Saranda and Vlore cities  including mobilization  of participating

·         Implementation of intensive in-company consultancy for  enterprises in the Vlore region

 for business planning and strategic management including human resource and financial

management as well as Marketing and Sales

 

Feb 2008

Feb 2010

Vlore region

World Bank; Project Manager

Mr. Edmond Sheshi

[email protected]

Project Coordinator 

&Trainer

(WB funded)

World Bank &  Albania National Employment Service; ,

Creating a Social  Services Centre for vulnerable  groups” ( Women and Youth in need), realizing needed

infrastructure able to support given social- economic services; 

·    Raising the opportunities for employment, education and qualification of Young peoples and women in

 Need in order to integrate them in normal life.

·    Generate Business Idea and discussions were handling, Round Table,

·    Educative culture, social –economic Services;

·    Provide Centre creation like consultancies, training,  education/information;

·    Opportunity  Employment  for  Youth and women unemployed through business idea training;

·    Capacity building, training of trainers, entrepreneurship development

·    Design/develop and delivery of localized Training and develop curricula for Women farmer Promote 

·    Among other consulting tools, we have developed coaching guides for entrepreneurs and the creation

 of Networking groups (Exchange Experience Groups) for SME and micro-enterprise support;

·    Creating the Centre with all needed infrastructure in order to have complete possibilities to develop

·    Realizing business services for a target group of 200 beneficiaries. From  those in training

session has participated  120  woman and  80 Youth

June 2002

Feb  2007

Albania  ( Southern )

USAID/SBCA –Chemonics Inch Washington

Chief of Party at SBCA

Jeff Houghton

[email protected]

Project Director

SBCA/USAID

SME Consultant

(USAID funded)

USAID: Albania Small Business Credit and Assistance (SBCA) Program  Phase 1 (2007-2010):

Vlore RDA has disbursed 25 loans through both funds with a 98% repayment record.

In addition Vlore RDA delivered   had been  provided training 300 businesses 60% were farmers  and

100 received one-on-one counselling;

Phase 2 :( 2010-2012as subcontractor to SBCA were monitored and evaluated on a project-by-project

basis to measure impact as follows;

·         Project improves client competitiveness through  , using  of innovation  technology and best practice;;

·         The Standard Format of Business Plan; Client Branding and  focus Groups;

·         Monitored and evaluated on a project basis to measure impact;;,

·          Needs Analyses, Action Plans and Client Profiles;

·         Direct technical assistance and training has been provided to more than 500 businesses especially

 farmers and  food processing industry ;

·         Assistance and training to enterprises leads to applying: new technology; competitive and

 good management Practices;

·         Elaborated  Business Planning  for  companies  ;

·         Developed a comprehensive database of more than 800 businesses in the agriculture industry,

·         SME Consultant assignment in particular working with a team of USAID on a prepared to Feasibility

 Study of Energy Park in Vlore

·         Development a South and south-west of Albania to increase SME´s Competitiveness in Innovation.

·         Administrative and Institutional capacity building to the  farmers  

July 2016

July 2017

Berati Region

GIZ/SARED project

Ilir Rembeci Director  at Tirana

   Email; [email protected]

     [email protected]

 Capacity Building Trainer/ Expert

(GIZ Funded)

SARED/GIZ   Project: Capacity  Building for Farmer  in south-west of Albania  ;

·         Trained  farmers and rural women ;  Marketing   strategy of agriculture

·         Trained famers ( 65% women) in Financial Management in Kucova ,

·         Rural young people  in economic empowerment ,current gender equality,

·          Market  analyses and   value chain analysis, market research,

·         Business Planinng  eleberation,

·         Capacity building for  farmers  ( small  farme) ,

·         Elaboration of the social economic study,

·         Marketing and Sale  and Sales Technique and Negoziation Skills

·         Financial  Management for Farmers

  Sept 2013

Dec 2013

Center

Government

( Ministries, Public institution

USAID Projects)

         Social Impact Inc.  Washington D.C

G.     William Anderson Team Leader, [email protected]

 

Local Economics Expert

U\\

         USAID and EU /Social Impact consulting company  Inc.;   

 

      Department of State to  European Union Accession Evaluation project

·         Review and analyze documents, synthesize desk review findings, and contribute to a Desk Review Findings Report.

·         Work with the Team Leader to refine interview questions to fit the Albanian context, and to identify and contact in-country key informants.

·         Conduct semi-structured interviews, document reviews, and site visits in collaboration with the Team Leader and Economic Specialist.

·         Contribute to data analysis.

·         Participate in out-brief meetings with USG posts at the end of fieldwork in Albania.

·         Contribute to the Draft Evaluation Report.

·         DoS /EUR/ACE, USAID, USDA, and SI feedback, and revisions to the Draft Evaluation Report.

·         Develop basic tools for promoting Partnerships in Local Level – cooperation with  NGO’s;

Feb 1993-

Oct 1998

 

South-West of Albania

Lancashire Enterprises plc England

Mr. Jeff Houghton

Former Team Leader

[email protected]

 

Albanian SME Foundation

Gavril Lasku, Former Director of SME Foundation

 

Regional Business Agency(RBA)

 RBA Manager

EC Funded)

EC “Phare” program: SME Development in Albania Established and developed a structure of

 Regional Development Agencies (RBA‘s) to support of economic development in Albania;.

·         This involved bringing together those government and non-governmental organizations ;

·         Delivered seminars on business planning, marketing and entrepreneurship;

·         Created the SME Policy Unit at the Ministry of Finance and Economy;

·         Delivered training on business planning, marketing and entrepreneurship;

·         Fostering the SME  development of  the region, by providing high quality level of  business knowledge,;

·         Consultancy  to the business community of the south west  of Albania ;

·         Working closely with banks and SME-s to develop business plans for accessing loans  and expansion

of existing ones;

·         Carrying out market  research through examining new investment / product / locations prospects;

·         Collaborating with different  international organization  which SME  supporting  programs ;

·         Economic Development and growth of the SME sector;

·         Surveying and identifying the possible Joint Venture partners.

             

16. Other relevant information (e.g., Publications)

 

Publications

·         Supporting SMEs to Become more Competitive in the EU Market book ‘ Training Needs Analysis  for SEM’s “

·         (TNA) prepared by EU-SME program author; A. Gomez, Ylldise Brahimaj and Carlo Penco to be held National  Conference in Albania   July 2012;

·         Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management article:  “The growth of SME sector in Albania by  Ylldise Brahimaj,- SME Development Expert  and Anila Arapi-  December 2014;

·         Study “The Fisheries Management  and Marine Techniques in Albania”  by Ylldise Brahimaj  Executive director of RDA (Published ISBN 97816098500120) to be held on May   15th  and 17th  2012 in Albania;

·         “Public and private agriculture extension services in Albania - current situation and future perspectives”, Y.Brahimaj, U, Schmidt. Week Scientific  Conference “Challenges of Education and Innovation” to be held on January 13th and 14th 2011 in  Roma;

·         “Searching for Political Monetary Cycles in Albania”, Y.Brahimaj, J.Houghton  and D. Wood International Conference “Economic and Social Challenges and Problems”, University of  Economy , Albania  2012;

·         “Analysis of Political Business Cycles in Transition Economies with focus on Albania”, 2009, M. Kaitlin, Y.brahimaj, A, Bazini Challenges for Analysis of the Economy, the Businesses, and Social Progress International Scientific Conference, University of Szeged, Hungary.

 

17. Qualification - Certificates

 

January  2018  

to present

Licensed to conduct qualified   ; “ CEFE  “ Training of Trainer  over 100 hours , a coached practical experience  of over 40 hours as CEFE Trainer for business people and  start-ups

Sept 14

24 , 2016

Certificate ; “Get Funding  from the  European Union” implemented by Env.net

April   2015

Certificate ; EU project design process and implementation of environmental  policy by European

Environmental BUREAU

Jun 2012   

Nov 2012

 

IPA 2011 Project & GIZ  “Support to Agriculture and Rural Development” (SARD-IPARD)

Certificate; Albanian advisory structure on the implementation of the IPARD-like grant scheme

May  2014

 Certificate; Audit of Innovation and Technology for SME’ s implemented by AIDA

Feb  2011

Diploma on“ Consulting  as a Business  for Business Services Providers implemented by EU-SME Project

May 2010

International Symposium „The development of  the Albanian Maritime System and EU

Experience; organized by The University of Vlore-Albania as Lector of  the study “The Fisheries

Management  and Marine Techniques in Albania”

March 2010 

Certificate  „The Business Success Through Sustainability implemented by  Netherlands’ Ministry for Development Cooperation, - REC for Central Eastern Europe in Budva Montenegro

March 2003

- Aug 2004

Diploma   Women Leadership Program implemented by USAID/Partners-Albania.

May  2003

Certificate:  for Anti-Corruption Program for Public and Civil Society; Officials implemented by North Florida International Visitors Council in the USA

June 2003

Certificate:  Regional Development Agency Support to SMEs implemented by World Learning/USAID , in Warsaw, Poland

July 2003

Certificate:  Making Cents Training Course for Master Plan implemented by SBCA Program Chemonics International Inc., and Making Cents International

February 2002

July 2002

Certificate of Achievement:, Anti-Corruption  Activities Regarding Public  Procurement

 by  Prefect Co at  Budapest, Hungary;

Certificate Successfully completed the training course on " Quality Management-Quality

Assurance-ISO 9001 for SMEs, Organized by EOMMEX S.A., GLYFADA GREECE,

Feb 5 – 25 1999

 

March 1998

Diploma ;” Management Training in British Industry” delivered by British Government Know-How Fund and  JICAP programme in BELFAST Northern IRELAND

 

Certificate: has successfully completed a Credit Union Induction Course organized by “ Irish League of Credit Unions”, in Dublin IRELAND

Oct 1996- Nov 1998

Master  Diploma , has successfully completed a programmed “Training of Trainers and Advisers for SME”  delivered by ‘ International Training Centre of the ILO’ Turin, Italy

December 1997

Certificate has successfully completed the training course   on “Modern Techniques For Effective Management of SMEs“ Organized by EOMMEX S.A Glyfada, Greece

Nov- January 1996

 “Training of Trainers(TOT) SMEs course administration delivered by CEFE/GTZ Germany

June 1987

Decorated  of the Parliament “  Excellent  Contribution to the State Trade Enterprise  and  “Civil Society  ”

 

Ylldise Brahimaj ___________________________________________________

Permanent Address:  Str. “Pjeter Budi”, Pallati “Fasked”, ap 9/1, TIRANE ALBANIA

Mobile Phone:  +355 69 3834994,

 viber/whatsAup +355 (69)3834994

personal Email:  [email protected];

office email [email protected]    Skype; diska.brahimi

http://al.linkedin.com/pub/ylldise-brahimi/23/30a/423; and

 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Regional...RDA

https://www.kosovalive360.com/perkushtimi-i-ylldises...

 


 

 

 

 CURRICULUM VITEA

 

 

1. FAMILY NAME:     Brahimaj                                                                      

2. FIRST names:        Ylldise    

3. Nationality:         Albania

4. Place Residence: Tirana -Albanian              

5. Civil Status:         Single

 

6. Education:

Institution
[Date from - Date to]

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:

Albania Agricultural University, Economics branch

September 1992-July 1997

BSc (Economics)

ILO, Turin Italy Oct 1996-Nov 1998

Master Diploma-  Private Sector - SME’s Consultant & Trainer

 

USAID/Partners-Albania; March 2003-August 2004

Diploma ;Women Leadership  Program

 

 

7. Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 – excellent; 5 – basic)

Language

Reading

Speaking

Writing

Albanian

mother tongue

English

2

2

3

Italian

3

4

5

 

 

8. Membership of professional bodies:

·         Board member and Founder of Albanian’s Network of RDAs

·         Member of the Enterprise Europe Network EEN in  Albania

·         Collaborator  at  Association of Organisations of Mediterranean Businesswomen  -AFAEMME

·         CIVICUS members of the Alliance

·          Founder  at   “Johana ”  Saving Credit  Union

·         Member of National Leadership of Women Network

·         Founder  of National  Producer and Creative Women Association

·         Albanian Coalition’s  for Women and Youth in decision making

·         Board Member at  National  Business Women Promotion Association

 

 

 

9. Long experience   with  Stakeholders as collaboration and partners

·         Local Goverment ( Municipality and Prefecture)

·         Central Government ( Ministry of   Finance  and Economic, Ministry of Local goverment and Ministry of labour)

·         Public Institutions ( tax office )

·         Business comunity

·         Techincal University

·         Publice and private Vocational Training Centre

·         Technical  School( Trade, Tourism and Bank)

·         Business Associations and bussiness company

 

10. Position: Project Management & SME Development Expert

 

·         11. Years within the Regional Development Agency (RDA):  over  25 ye as Executive Director at VRDA ,

·          Senior SME Development Expert /Trainer at  EU-SME project, EBRD,USAID,UNDP,GIZ and Italian Albania SME Development

·          External Expert  at EU Delegation in Albania for “Competitiveness, business, Innovation and   Trade”  

 

 

12. Key qualifications (relevant to the project): Management and SME Expert /Trainer/coaching /Mentoring specializing in different business fields as follows;  

·         Social –Economic development  Consultancy (strategy, training needs analysis(TNA) ,

·         Assessment of socio-economic and business development and Training Needs Analysis (TNA);

·         Local government (regional development in   economic area);

·         National innovation SME development  and startup for young people and unemployment

·         Established  a training curriculum, including Training-of-Trainers(TOT) programmes, for impact assessment (and  policy impact assessments) as well as  private and public consultation,

·         Innovation , Competitiveness, Business  and trade

·          Socio-economic and environmental impact assessment;

·         SMEs competitive  policy , labor market policies,

·         Capacity Building  to  Public institution  and SMEs development

·         Private sector and SME  competitiveness covered by IPA  programmed ,EU ;

·         Entrepreneurship, Competitiveness, Regional and local Development;;

·         Project implementation . evaluation and impact assessment;

·         Employment and labor development  for Public  and Private Institution  ;

·         Assist in the development, implementation and monitoring of relevant contracts and partnership  agreements with all relevant stakeholders;

·         Vocational education and training (VET)  for  unemployment  and vulnerable people

·          Expertise Good Governess  / anticorruption  in  Municipalities ( Sarande, Vlore and Puke ) ;

·         Capacity Building  for local government staff ;

·         TOT for SME particularly  for  young people, Business association   and   rural development sector;  

·         The adviser  has gained comprehensive theoretical and practical knowledge  of the CEFE method;

·          Trainer and coaching instrument .in entrepreneurship development  according to CEFEmethod;

·         Fostering strategic partnerships and innovation in established businesses as ;

·         Leadership of women and youth  ; Young   New entrepreneurship;

 

13. Specific experience in the region:   Albania

Country

Date from – to

 Overall   in  Albania and region

 May 2014  to present

Southern  Albania

Oct 1998- May 2014

South West  Albania

Oct 1993- May  1998

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

14. Professional experience:

Date

 

Location

Company/Reference

Position

Description

 

OctOct 1998 to present

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M    May 2015 to present

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall in Albania

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall in Albania

 

Regional DevelopmenAgency

 Foundation (RDAF)

 

Mrs. Diana  Djaloshi

    Chairwoman of Board  at  VRDA

    Email [email protected]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  EBRD/BAS program

National Programme

Manager EBRD/BAS program

Mr. Neritan Mullai

email;[email protected]

 

 

 

 T 

 

 

t

 

-

Executive Director

 n

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P     Project  Management     and

SME Development Expert

(EBRD Funded)

 

 

EC “ PHARE “ project  supporting  Economic  and SME in Albania

 Responsible for overall management of the “Regional Development Agency”;  

In this framework director is responsible to manage RDA activity in the area of regional and local socio economic and rural development as well as coordinate and manage communication with donor agencies such as: EBRD,USAID, GIZ,UNDP,EU/SMEs project ,WB, ILO, UNOPS, GTZ,ETF etc.:

She has got qualifications as business consultant & trainer in Europe (Italy, Greece, England, Denmark, Ireland, Poland , Balkan ,Germany  and USA..

She has qualificitation the field of Local Government, Business Development as , business& trainer consultant .She was qualified by GTZ-Germany in 1995-1996  and possess a master business/ Consultant and trainer diploma by ILO, Turin, Italy 1997-1998;

S    she graduated as Bachelor of Business Administration (Economics) from the University of Albania

She has got a Master degree in Economic Sciences (Comparative Local Economic Development) at  Bologna-Italy 

Management consultant specializing in different fields  as follows;

·         Competitiveness and  SME Policy:  Provided policy for private sector and public sector and BSPs in region;

·         Analyzing  private  sector  and Strategy Planning  of  Albania  Gouverneme in the  business development ;

·          Capacity buildings for SME , private sector,

·         Providing on-the-job training on the implementation of  municipality  staff  – following the official methodology of the Municipality  public administration department

·         Providing on-the-job training on the implementation of the Public Consultation

·         Coordination  and  subcontractor to delivery of EU, GIZ,USAID/SBCA MSI, UNDP,WB,.GIZ consultancy and training ,

·         SME impact monitoring and  evaluation projects  , based on EU, USAID indicators,

·         Design, monitor, implement and evaluate projects on NGO Institutional Development and Capacity Building .

·         Assist local NGOs in counseling, training, information and technical assistance.

·         Coordinate with local business community, and foreign organizations to facilitate future business development in the region.

EBRD/BAS ; Consulting and Training for SMEs; The consultancy project is to strengthen the market position of 12  companies Specific objectives are ; Innovation and competitive  include:

·         Training on improvement of marketing skills

·         Enhanced promotion and advertisement of the products;

·         Implementation of the Marketing Action Plan

·         Expanded market in the south regions of Albania.

·         Improved   product in food Processing Company in ;

·         Promotion and better knowledge of the market.

·         Analysis of the existing marketing activity and drafting the new marketing  strategy;

·         Conduct basic trainings sessions with the appointed marketing person in the company including:  Sales; Techniques; Negotiations Skills; Marketing & Sales;

·         Market survey; The survey  conducted through face to face  250 interviews in businesses ,

·         Development the training program and deliver training of the Hotels and guesthouse ;

·          Implemented and conducted  SMEs training  program-,develop a Module for training Program; Coach closely- with Hotels staff,

·         Develop  the consulting program and deliver the consulting;

·         Implement on module” HR Management ”and “Recruitment procedures

  • Business planning and modelling;
  • Product design and development to meet market demands;
  • Branding and marketing evolution;
  • Productivity and performance improvement;
  • Market research and export promotion;
  • Technology transfer and innovation enhancement;
  • Improving staff performance through effective human resource management;
  • Introducing quality management systems (ISO,HACCP, Global GAP) based on expectations of international clients;
  • Introduction of financial tools and instruments tailored to current situation and needs of SMEs;

 

Dec 2016 Nov 2018

Overall in Albania

      Italian –Albania SME

D  development  program PMU   

N  Director .Mr Gavril Lasku

[email protected]

Project Management and

 SME Development

Expert

Italian Albania  SME Development program /subcontractor  for Expertise  Consultant /Training for SMEs; The consultancy project is to strengthen and promotion  the market position of  company Specific objectives include:

·         Enhanced promotion and advertisement of the products;

·         Improved access to finance for innovative start-ups.

·         Improved qualification and productivity of the staff and sellers  through training;

·         Expanded market in the  North  regions of Albania

·         TOT for SME particularly  tourism sector and  rural development sector an feasibility studies d

·         Assessment of business development and Training Needs Analysis( TNA)

·          Business Developing  ecosystems

·         Human Recourse  Managment   and Development in company

 

March 2018 to present

Overall  in Albania

CEFE International –Consulting company  Inch Germany

Mrs. Marlinde Baerenz-

[email protected]

 International coordinator of

GIZ/IDEA project

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Start-up Trainer &Business Planning Expert

(GIZ  funded)

GIZ-  IDEA project  “IDEA Business Start-up Campaign

Innovative start-ups to your entrepreneurial competences and business skills

·         Business training ;

·         Basic entrepreneurial training skills

·         New entrepreneurs in Albania 

·         Be an  entrepreneur,

·         Working in a startup or participating in a start-up program;

·          Innovation business

·         Finance training &Hunting the Money,

·         Business Plan  development ;

·         Trained  160  young people overall Albania  that apply for grant and training as Start up business IDEA  competition;

·         16  IDEA coachees  support with  coaching  for elaborate   Business Plan 

·         Improved access to finance for innovative start-ups.

 

 

March 2010

July 2011

Overall in Albania

IDI-International Development

Ireland. inch
Konrad Nierubiec
Tel. 00 353 1 6625555
[email protected]

Team Leader of Project;

 Uli Lachenmaier

[email protected]

 

Senior SME Development Expert

      (EU funded)

EU : “Supporting SMEs to Become more Competitive in the EU Market” project

As  SME Consultant  as follows;

·          Monitoring and evaluation mechanism , with enterprise specific measurable indicators,

designed and implemented, to measure the impact of the National Competitiveness Programme for  SMEs;

·         Training curriculum (including for training of trainers) for impact assessment (and specific aspects of regulatory and policy impact assessments) as well as public consultation;

·         Development of the methodology for the first national "Training Needs Analysis (TNA)

for SMEs in Albania" in a team with international experts;

·         Sales and Marketing, Competitiveness for SME´s.

·         Business Service Providers, BSPs, Association promotion ,

·         Assessment of business development and training needs analysis, trainer/Consultant/coach in  Strategic Business Management, Innovation,  

·         Training workshop for  consultants interviewers Pilot TNA survey ,conclusions and lessons learnt

·         Selection of 250 SME for TNA survey sample ” TNA carried out in the fields.250  SMEi ndividual  TNA records

·         Coordination and supervision of the implementation of the TNA field interviews in 250

 enterprises: identification of SMEs, mobilization of SMEs and national/regional/local institutions, coordination of the fieldworks (six local consultants as interviewers) all over the country;

·         TNA result: data collection, treatment of data, interpretation and substantial contribution to  the TNA Report 2010;

·         Implementation of formal practical and hands-on training sessions  as trainer for  Albanian SMEs in "Business Planning and Strategic Management" in Saranda and Vlore cities  including mobilization  of participating

·         Implementation of intensive in-company consultancy for  enterprises in the Vlore region

 for business planning and strategic management including human resource and financial

management as well as Marketing and Sales

 

Feb 2008

Feb 2010

Vlore region

World Bank; Project Manager

Mr. Edmond Sheshi

[email protected]

Project Coordinator 

&Trainer

(WB funded)

World Bank &  Albania National Employment Service; ,

Creating a Social  Services Centre for vulnerable  groups” ( Women and Youth in need), realizing needed

infrastructure able to support given social- economic services; 

·    Raising the opportunities for employment, education and qualification of Young peoples and women in

 Need in order to integrate them in normal life.

·    Generate Business Idea and discussions were handling, Round Table,

·    Educative culture, social –economic Services;

·    Provide Centre creation like consultancies, training,  education/information;

·    Opportunity  Employment  for  Youth and women unemployed through business idea training;

·    Capacity building, training of trainers, entrepreneurship development

·    Design/develop and delivery of localized Training and develop curricula for Women farmer Promote 

·    Among other consulting tools, we have developed coaching guides for entrepreneurs and the creation

 of Networking groups (Exchange Experience Groups) for SME and micro-enterprise support;

·    Creating the Centre with all needed infrastructure in order to have complete possibilities to develop

·    Realizing business services for a target group of 200 beneficiaries. From  those in training

session has participated  120  woman and  80 Youth

June 2002

Feb  2007

Albania  ( Southern )

USAID/SBCA –Chemonics Inch Washington

Chief of Party at SBCA

Jeff Houghton

[email protected]

Project Director

SBCA/USAID

SME Consultant

(USAID funded)

USAID: Albania Small Business Credit and Assistance (SBCA) Program  Phase 1 (2007-2010):

Vlore RDA has disbursed 25 loans through both funds with a 98% repayment record.

In addition Vlore RDA delivered   had been  provided training 300 businesses 60% were farmers  and

100 received one-on-one counselling;

Phase 2 :( 2010-2012as subcontractor to SBCA were monitored and evaluated on a project-by-project

basis to measure impact as follows;

·         Project improves client competitiveness through  , using  of innovation  technology and best practice;;

·         The Standard Format of Business Plan; Client Branding and  focus Groups;

·         Monitored and evaluated on a project basis to measure impact;;,

·          Needs Analyses, Action Plans and Client Profiles;

·         Direct technical assistance and training has been provided to more than 500 businesses especially

 farmers and  food processing industry ;

·         Assistance and training to enterprises leads to applying: new technology; competitive and

 good management Practices;

·         Elaborated  Business Planning  for  companies  ;

·         Developed a comprehensive database of more than 800 businesses in the agriculture industry,

·         SME Consultant assignment in particular working with a team of USAID on a prepared to Feasibility

 Study of Energy Park in Vlore

·         Development a South and south-west of Albania to increase SME´s Competitiveness in Innovation.

·         Administrative and Institutional capacity building to the  farmers  

July 2016

July 2017

Berati Region

GIZ/SARED project

Ilir Rembeci Director  at Tirana

   Email; [email protected]

     [email protected]

 Capacity Building Trainer/ Expert

(GIZ Funded)

SARED/GIZ   Project: Capacity  Building for Farmer  in south-west of Albania  ;

·         Trained  farmers and rural women ;  Marketing   strategy of agriculture

·         Trained famers ( 65% women) in Financial Management in Kucova ,

·         Rural young people  in economic empowerment ,current gender equality,

·          Market  analyses and   value chain analysis, market research,

·         Business Planinng  eleberation,

·         Capacity building for  farmers  ( small  farme) ,

·         Elaboration of the social economic study,

·         Marketing and Sale  and Sales Technique and Negoziation Skills

·         Financial  Management for Farmers

  Sept 2013

Dec 2013

Center

Government

( Ministries, Public institution

USAID Projects)

         Social Impact Inc.  Washington D.C

G.     William Anderson Team Leader, [email protected]

 

Local Economics Expert

U\\

         USAID and EU /Social Impact consulting company  Inc.;   

 

      Department of State to  European Union Accession Evaluation project

·         Review and analyze documents, synthesize desk review findings, and contribute to a Desk Review Findings Report.

·         Work with the Team Leader to refine interview questions to fit the Albanian context, and to identify and contact in-country key informants.

·         Conduct semi-structured interviews, document reviews, and site visits in collaboration with the Team Leader and Economic Specialist.

·         Contribute to data analysis.

·         Participate in out-brief meetings with USG posts at the end of fieldwork in Albania.

·         Contribute to the Draft Evaluation Report.

·         DoS /EUR/ACE, USAID, USDA, and SI feedback, and revisions to the Draft Evaluation Report.

·         Develop basic tools for promoting Partnerships in Local Level – cooperation with  NGO’s;

Feb 1993-

Oct 1998

 

South-West of Albania

Lancashire Enterprises plc England

Mr. Jeff Houghton

Former Team Leader

[email protected]

 

Albanian SME Foundation

Gavril Lasku, Former Director of SME Foundation

 

Regional Business Agency(RBA)

 RBA Manager

EC Funded)

EC “Phare” program: SME Development in Albania Established and developed a structure of

 Regional Development Agencies (RBA‘s) to support of economic development in Albania;.

·         This involved bringing together those government and non-governmental organizations ;

·         Delivered seminars on business planning, marketing and entrepreneurship;

·         Created the SME Policy Unit at the Ministry of Finance and Economy;

·         Delivered training on business planning, marketing and entrepreneurship;

·         Fostering the SME  development of  the region, by providing high quality level of  business knowledge,;

·         Consultancy  to the business community of the south west  of Albania ;

·         Working closely with banks and SME-s to develop business plans for accessing loans  and expansion

of existing ones;

·         Carrying out market  research through examining new investment / product / locations prospects;

·         Collaborating with different  international organization  which SME  supporting  programs ;

·         Economic Development and growth of the SME sector;

·         Surveying and identifying the possible Joint Venture partners.

             

16. Other relevant information (e.g., Publications)

 

Publications

·         Supporting SMEs to Become more Competitive in the EU Market book ‘ Training Needs Analysis  for SEM’s “

·         (TNA) prepared by EU-SME program author; A. Gomez, Ylldise Brahimaj and Carlo Penco to be held National  Conference in Albania   July 2012;

·         Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management article:  “The growth of SME sector in Albania by  Ylldise Brahimaj,- SME Development Expert  and Anila Arapi-  December 2014;

·         Study “The Fisheries Management  and Marine Techniques in Albania”  by Ylldise Brahimaj  Executive director of RDA (Published ISBN 97816098500120) to be held on May   15th  and 17th  2012 in Albania;

·         “Public and private agriculture extension services in Albania - current situation and future perspectives”, Y.Brahimaj, U, Schmidt. Week Scientific  Conference “Challenges of Education and Innovation” to be held on January 13th and 14th 2011 in  Roma;

·         “Searching for Political Monetary Cycles in Albania”, Y.Brahimaj, J.Houghton  and D. Wood International Conference “Economic and Social Challenges and Problems”, University of  Economy , Albania  2012;

·         “Analysis of Political Business Cycles in Transition Economies with focus on Albania”, 2009, M. Kaitlin, Y.brahimaj, A, Bazini Challenges for Analysis of the Economy, the Businesses, and Social Progress International Scientific Conference, University of Szeged, Hungary.

 

17. Qualification - Certificates

 

January  2018  

to present

Licensed to conduct qualified   ; “ CEFE  “ Training of Trainer  over 100 hours , a coached practical experience  of over 40 hours as CEFE Trainer for business people and  start-ups

Sept 14

24 , 2016

Certificate ; “Get Funding  from the  European Union” implemented by Env.net

April   2015

Certificate ; EU project design process and implementation of environmental  policy by European

Environmental BUREAU

Jun 2012   

Nov 2012

 

IPA 2011 Project & GIZ  “Support to Agriculture and Rural Development” (SARD-IPARD)

Certificate; Albanian advisory structure on the implementation of the IPARD-like grant scheme

May  2014

 Certificate; Audit of Innovation and Technology for SME’ s implemented by AIDA

Feb  2011

Diploma on“ Consulting  as a Business  for Business Services Providers implemented by EU-SME Project

May 2010

International Symposium „The development of  the Albanian Maritime System and EU

Experience; organized by The University of Vlore-Albania as Lector of  the study “The Fisheries

Management  and Marine Techniques in Albania”

March 2010 

Certificate  „The Business Success Through Sustainability implemented by  Netherlands’ Ministry for Development Cooperation, - REC for Central Eastern Europe in Budva Montenegro

March 2003

- Aug 2004

Diploma   Women Leadership Program implemented by USAID/Partners-Albania.

May  2003

Certificate:  for Anti-Corruption Program for Public and Civil Society; Officials implemented by North Florida International Visitors Council in the USA

June 2003

Certificate:  Regional Development Agency Support to SMEs implemented by World Learning/USAID , in Warsaw, Poland

July 2003

Certificate:  Making Cents Training Course for Master Plan implemented by SBCA Program Chemonics International Inc., and Making Cents International

February 2002

July 2002

Certificate of Achievement:, Anti-Corruption  Activities Regarding Public  Procurement

 by  Prefect Co at  Budapest, Hungary;

Certificate Successfully completed the training course on " Quality Management-Quality

Assurance-ISO 9001 for SMEs, Organized by EOMMEX S.A., GLYFADA GREECE,

Feb 5 – 25 1999

 

March 1998

Diploma ;” Management Training in British Industry” delivered by British Government Know-How Fund and  JICAP programme in BELFAST Northern IRELAND

 

Certificate: has successfully completed a Credit Union Induction Course organized by “ Irish League of Credit Unions”, in Dublin IRELAND

Oct 1996- Nov 1998

Master  Diploma , has successfully completed a programmed “Training of Trainers and Advisers for SME”  delivered by ‘ International Training Centre of the ILO’ Turin, Italy

December 1997

Certificate has successfully completed the training course   on “Modern Techniques For Effective Management of SMEs“ Organized by EOMMEX S.A Glyfada, Greece

Nov- January 1996

 “Training of Trainers(TOT) SMEs course administration delivered by CEFE/GTZ Germany

June 1987

Decorated  of the Parliament “  Excellent  Contribution to the State Trade Enterprise  and  “Civil Society  ”

 

Ylldise Brahimaj ___________________________________________________

Permanent Address:  Str. “Pjeter Budi”, Pallati “Fasked”, ap 9/1, TIRANE ALBANIA

Mobile Phone:  +355 69 3834994,

 viber/whatsAup +355 (69)3834994

personal Email:  [email protected];

office email [email protected]    Skype; diska.brahimi

http://al.linkedin.com/pub/ylldise-brahimi/23/30a/423; and

 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Regional...RDA

https://www.kosovalive360.com/perkushtimi-i-ylldises...

 


 

 

 

 CURRICULUM VITEA

 

 

1. FAMILY NAME:     Brahimaj                                                                      

2. FIRST names:        Ylldise    

3. Nationality:         Albania

4. Place Residence: Tirana -Albanian              

5. Civil Status:         Single

 

6. Education:

Institution
[Date from - Date to]

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:

Albania Agricultural University, Economics branch

September 1992-July 1997

BSc (Economics)

ILO, Turin Italy Oct 1996-Nov 1998

Master Diploma-  Private Sector - SME’s Consultant & Trainer

 

USAID/Partners-Albania; March 2003-August 2004

Diploma ;Women Leadership  Program

 

 

7. Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 – excellent; 5 – basic)

Language

Reading

Speaking

Writing

Albanian

mother tongue

English

2

2

3

Italian

3

4

5

 

 

8. Membership of professional bodies:

  • Board member and Founder of Albanian’s Network of RDAs
  • Member of the Enterprise Europe Network EEN in  Albania
  • Collaborator  at  Association of Organisations of Mediterranean Businesswomen  -AFAEMME
  • CIVICUS members of the Alliance
  •  Founder  at   “Johana ”  Saving Credit  Union
  • Member of National Leadership of Women Network
  • Founder  of National  Producer and Creative Women Association
  • Albanian Coalition’s  for Women and Youth in decision making
  • Board Member at  National  Business Women Promotion Association

 

 

 

9. Long experience   with  Stakeholders as collaboration and partners

  • Local Goverment ( Municipality and Prefecture)
  • Central Government ( Ministry of   Finance  and Economic, Ministry of Local goverment and Ministry of labour)
  • Public Institutions ( tax office )
  • Business comunity
  • Techincal University
  • Publice and private Vocational Training Centre
  • Technical  School( Trade, Tourism and Bank)
  • Business Associations and bussiness company

 

10. Position: Project Management & SME Development Expert

 

  • 11. Years within the Regional Development Agency (RDA):  over  25 ye as Executive Director at VRDA ,
  •  Senior SME Development Expert /Trainer at  EU-SME project, EBRD,USAID,UNDP,GIZ and Italian Albania SME Development
  •  External Expert  at EU Delegation in Albania for “Competitiveness, business, Innovation and   Trade”  

 

 

12. Key qualifications (relevant to the project): Management and SME Expert /Trainer/coaching /Mentoring specializing in different business fields as follows;  

  • Social –Economic development  Consultancy (strategy, training needs analysis(TNA) ,
  • Assessment of socio-economic and business development and Training Needs Analysis (TNA);
  • Local government (regional development in   economic area);
  • National innovation SME development  and startup for young people and unemployment
  • Established  a training curriculum, including Training-of-Trainers(TOT) programmes, for impact assessment (and  policy impact assessments) as well as  private and public consultation,
  • Innovation , Competitiveness, Business  and trade
  •  Socio-economic and environmental impact assessment;
  • SMEs competitive  policy , labor market policies,
  • Capacity Building  to  Public institution  and SMEs development
  • Private sector and SME  competitiveness covered by IPA  programmed ,EU ;
  • Entrepreneurship, Competitiveness, Regional and local Development;;
  • Project implementation . evaluation and impact assessment;
  • Employment and labor development  for Public  and Private Institution  ;
  • Assist in the development, implementation and monitoring of relevant contracts and partnership  agreements with all relevant stakeholders;
  • Vocational education and training (VET)  for  unemployment  and vulnerable people
  •  Expertise Good Governess  / anticorruption  in  Municipalities ( Sarande, Vlore and Puke ) ;
  • Capacity Building  for local government staff ;
  • TOT for SME particularly  for  young people, Business association   and   rural development sector;  
  • The adviser  has gained comprehensive theoretical and practical knowledge  of the CEFE method;
  •  Trainer and coaching instrument .in entrepreneurship development  according to CEFEmethod;
  • Fostering strategic partnerships and innovation in established businesses as ;
  • Leadership of women and youth  ; Young   New entrepreneurship;

 

13. Specific experience in the region:   Albania

Country

Date from – to

 Overall   in  Albania and region

 May 2014  to present

Southern  Albania

Oct 1998- May 2014

South West  Albania

Oct 1993- May  1998

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14. Professional experience:

Date

 

Location

Company/Reference

Position

Description

 

OctOct 1998 to present

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M    May 2015 to present

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall in Albania

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall in Albania

 

Regional DevelopmenAgency

 Foundation (RDAF)

 

Mrs. Diana  Djaloshi

    Chairwoman of Board  at  VRDA

    Email [email protected]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  EBRD/BAS program

National Programme

Manager EBRD/BAS program

Mr. Neritan Mullai

email;[email protected]

 

 

 

 T 

 

 

t

 

-

Executive Director

 n

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P     Project  Management     and

SME Development Expert

(EBRD Funded)

 

 

EC “ PHARE “ project  supporting  Economic  and SME in Albania

 Responsible for overall management of the “Regional Development Agency”;  

In this framework director is responsible to manage RDA activity in the area of regional and local socio economic and rural development as well as coordinate and manage communication with donor agencies such as: EBRD,USAID, GIZ,UNDP,EU/SMEs project ,WB, ILO, UNOPS, GTZ,ETF etc.:

She has got qualifications as business consultant & trainer in Europe (Italy, Greece, England, Denmark, Ireland, Poland , Balkan ,Germany  and USA..

She has qualificitation the field of Local Government, Business Development as , business& trainer consultant .She was qualified by GTZ-Germany in 1995-1996  and possess a master business/ Consultant and trainer diploma by ILO, Turin, Italy 1997-1998;

S    she graduated as Bachelor of Business Administration (Economics) from the University of Albania

She has got a Master degree in Economic Sciences (Comparative Local Economic Development) at  Bologna-Italy 

Management consultant specializing in different fields  as follows;

  • Competitiveness and  SME Policy:  Provided policy for private sector and public sector and BSPs in region;
  • Analyzing  private  sector  and Strategy Planning  of  Albania  Gouverneme in the  business development ;
  •  Capacity buildings for SME , private sector,
  • Providing on-the-job training on the implementation of  municipality  staff  – following the official methodology of the Municipality  public administration department
  • Providing on-the-job training on the implementation of the Public Consultation
  • Coordination  and  subcontractor to delivery of EU, GIZ,USAID/SBCA MSI, UNDP,WB,.GIZ consultancy and training ,
  • SME impact monitoring and  evaluation projects  , based on EU, USAID indicators,
  • Design, monitor, implement and evaluate projects on NGO Institutional Development and Capacity Building .
  • Assist local NGOs in counseling, training, information and technical assistance.
  • Coordinate with local business community, and foreign organizations to facilitate future business development in the region.

EBRD/BAS ; Consulting and Training for SMEs; The consultancy project is to strengthen the market position of 12  companies Specific objectives are ; Innovation and competitive  include:

  • Training on improvement of marketing skills
  • Enhanced promotion and advertisement of the products;
  • Implementation of the Marketing Action Plan
  • Expanded market in the south regions of Albania.
  • Improved   product in food Processing Company in ;
  • Promotion and better knowledge of the market.
  • Analysis of the existing marketing activity and drafting the new marketing  strategy;
  • Conduct basic trainings sessions with the appointed marketing person in the company including:  Sales; Techniques; Negotiations Skills; Marketing & Sales;
  • Market survey; The survey  conducted through face to face  250 interviews in businesses ,
  • Development the training program and deliver training of the Hotels and guesthouse ;
  •  Implemented and conducted  SMEs training  program-,develop a Module for training Program; Coach closely- with Hotels staff,
  • Develop  the consulting program and deliver the consulting;
  • Implement on module” HR Management ”and “Recruitment procedures
  • Business planning and modelling;
  • Product design and development to meet market demands;
  • Branding and marketing evolution;
  • Productivity and performance improvement;
  • Market research and export promotion;
  • Technology transfer and innovation enhancement;
  • Improving staff performance through effective human resource management;
  • Introducing quality management systems (ISO,HACCP, Global GAP) based on expectations of international clients;
  • Introduction of financial tools and instruments tailored to current situation and needs of SMEs;

 

Dec 2016 Nov 2018

Overall in Albania

      Italian –Albania SME

D  development  program PMU   

N  Director .Mr Gavril Lasku

[email protected]

Project Management and

 SME Development

Expert

Italian Albania  SME Development program /subcontractor  for Expertise  Consultant /Training for SMEs; The consultancy project is to strengthen and promotion  the market position of  company Specific objectives include:

  • Enhanced promotion and advertisement of the products;
  • Improved access to finance for innovative start-ups.
  • Improved qualification and productivity of the staff and sellers  through training;
  • Expanded market in the  North  regions of Albania
  • TOT for SME particularly  tourism sector and  rural development sector an feasibility studies d
  • Assessment of business development and Training Needs Analysis( TNA)
  •  Business Developing  ecosystems
  • Human Recourse  Managment   and Development in company

 

March 2018 to present

Overall  in Albania

CEFE International –Consulting company  Inch Germany

Mrs. Marlinde Baerenz-

[email protected]

 International coordinator of

GIZ/IDEA project

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Start-up Trainer &Business Planning Expert

(GIZ  funded)

GIZ-  IDEA project  “IDEA Business Start-up Campaign

Innovative start-ups to your entrepreneurial competences and business skills

  • Business training ;
  • Basic entrepreneurial training skills
  • New entrepreneurs in Albania 
  • Be an  entrepreneur,
  • Working in a startup or participating in a start-up program;
  •  Innovation business
  • Finance training &Hunting the Money,
  • Business Plan  development ;
  • Trained  160  young people overall Albania  that apply for grant and training as Start up business IDEA  competition;
  • 16  IDEA coachees  support with  coaching  for elaborate   Business Plan 
  • Improved access to finance for innovative start-ups.

 

 

March 2010

July 2011

Overall in Albania

IDI-International Development

Ireland. inch
Konrad Nierubiec
Tel. 00 353 1 6625555
[email protected]

Team Leader of Project;

 Uli Lachenmaier

[email protected]

 

Senior SME Development Expert

      (EU funded)

EU : “Supporting SMEs to Become more Competitive in the EU Market” project

As  SME Consultant  as follows;

  •  Monitoring and evaluation mechanism , with enterprise specific measurable indicators,

designed and implemented, to measure the impact of the National Competitiveness Programme for  SMEs;

  • Training curriculum (including for training of trainers) for impact assessment (and specific aspects of regulatory and policy impact assessments) as well as public consultation;
  • Development of the methodology for the first national "Training Needs Analysis (TNA)

for SMEs in Albania" in a team with international experts;

  • Sales and Marketing, Competitiveness for SME´s.
  • Business Service Providers, BSPs, Association promotion ,
  • Assessment of business development and training needs analysis, trainer/Consultant/coach in  Strategic Business Management, Innovation,  
  • Training workshop for  consultants interviewers Pilot TNA survey ,conclusions and lessons learnt
  • Selection of 250 SME for TNA survey sample ” TNA carried out in the fields.250  SMEi ndividual  TNA records
  • Coordination and supervision of the implementation of the TNA field interviews in 250

 enterprises: identification of SMEs, mobilization of SMEs and national/regional/local institutions, coordination of the fieldworks (six local consultants as interviewers) all over the country;

  • TNA result: data collection, treatment of data, interpretation and substantial contribution to  the TNA Report 2010;
  • Implementation of formal practical and hands-on training sessions  as trainer for  Albanian SMEs in "Business Planning and Strategic Management" in Saranda and Vlore cities  including mobilization  of participating
  • Implementation of intensive in-company consultancy for  enterprises in the Vlore region

 for business planning and strategic management including human resource and financial

management as well as Marketing and Sales

 

Feb 2008

Feb 2010

Vlore region

World Bank; Project Manager

Mr. Edmond Sheshi

[email protected]

Project Coordinator 

&Trainer

(WB funded)

World Bank &  Albania National Employment Service; ,

Creating a Social  Services Centre for vulnerable  groups” ( Women and Youth in need), realizing needed

infrastructure able to support given social- economic services; 

  • Raising the opportunities for employment, education and qualification of Young peoples and women in

 Need in order to integrate them in normal life.

  • Generate Business Idea and discussions were handling, Round Table,
  • Educative culture, social –economic Services;
  • Provide Centre creation like consultancies, training,  education/information;
  • Opportunity  Employment  for  Youth and women unemployed through business idea training;
  • Capacity building, training of trainers, entrepreneurship development
  • Design/develop and delivery of localized Training and develop curricula for Women farmer Promote 
  • Among other consulting tools, we have developed coaching guides for entrepreneurs and the creation

 of Networking groups (Exchange Experience Groups) for SME and micro-enterprise support;

  • Creating the Centre with all needed infrastructure in order to have complete possibilities to develop
  • Realizing business services for a target group of 200 beneficiaries. From  those in training

session has participated  120  woman and  80 Youth

June 2002

Feb  2007

Albania  ( Southern )

USAID/SBCA –Chemonics Inch Washington

Chief of Party at SBCA

Jeff Houghton

[email protected]

Project Director

SBCA/USAID

SME Consultant

(USAID funded)

USAID: Albania Small Business Credit and Assistance (SBCA) Program  Phase 1 (2007-2010):

Vlore RDA has disbursed 25 loans through both funds with a 98% repayment record.

In addition Vlore RDA delivered   had been  provided training 300 businesses 60% were farmers  and

100 received one-on-one counselling;

Phase 2 :( 2010-2012as subcontractor to SBCA were monitored and evaluated on a project-by-project

basis to measure impact as follows;

  • Project improves client competitiveness through  , using  of innovation  technology and best practice;;
  • The Standard Format of Business Plan; Client Branding and  focus Groups;
  • Monitored and evaluated on a project basis to measure impact;;,
  •  Needs Analyses, Action Plans and Client Profiles;
  • Direct technical assistance and training has been provided to more than 500 businesses especially

 farmers and  food processing industry ;

  • Assistance and training to enterprises leads to applying: new technology; competitive and

 good management Practices;

  • Elaborated  Business Planning  for  companies  ;
  • Developed a comprehensive database of more than 800 businesses in the agriculture industry,
  • SME Consultant assignment in particular working with a team of USAID on a prepared to Feasibility

 Study of Energy Park in Vlore

  • Development a South and south-west of Albania to increase SME´s Competitiveness in Innovation.
  • Administrative and Institutional capacity building to the  farmers  

July 2016

July 2017

Berati Region

GIZ/SARED project

Ilir Rembeci Director  at Tirana

   Email; [email protected]

     [email protected]

 Capacity Building Trainer/ Expert

(GIZ Funded)

SARED/GIZ   Project: Capacity  Building for Farmer  in south-west of Albania  ;

  • Trained  farmers and rural women ;  Marketing   strategy of agriculture
  • Trained famers ( 65% women) in Financial Management in Kucova ,
  • Rural young people  in economic empowerment ,current gender equality,
  •  Market  analyses and   value chain analysis, market research,
  • Business Planinng  eleberation,
  • Capacity building for  farmers  ( small  farme) ,
  • Elaboration of the social economic study,
  • Marketing and Sale  and Sales Technique and Negoziation Skills
  • Financial  Management for Farmers

  Sept 2013

Dec 2013

Center

Government

( Ministries, Public institution

USAID Projects)

         Social Impact Inc.  Washington D.C

G.     William Anderson Team Leader, [email protected]

 

Local Economics Expert

U\\

         USAID and EU /Social Impact consulting company  Inc.;   

 

      Department of State to  European Union Accession Evaluation project

  • Review and analyze documents, synthesize desk review findings, and contribute to a Desk Review Findings Report.
  • Work with the Team Leader to refine interview questions to fit the Albanian context, and to identify and contact in-country key informants.
  • Conduct semi-structured interviews, document reviews, and site visits in collaboration with the Team Leader and Economic Specialist.
  • Contribute to data analysis.
  • Participate in out-brief meetings with USG posts at the end of fieldwork in Albania.
  • Contribute to the Draft Evaluation Report.
  • DoS /EUR/ACE, USAID, USDA, and SI feedback, and revisions to the Draft Evaluation Report.
  • Develop basic tools for promoting Partnerships in Local Level – cooperation with  NGO’s;

Feb 1993-

Oct 1998

 

South-West of Albania

Lancashire Enterprises plc England

Mr. Jeff Houghton

Former Team Leader

[email protected]

 

Albanian SME Foundation

Gavril Lasku, Former Director of SME Foundation

 

Regional Business Agency(RBA)

 RBA Manager

EC Funded)

EC “Phare” program: SME Development in Albania Established and developed a structure of

 Regional Development Agencies (RBA‘s) to support of economic development in Albania;.

  • This involved bringing together those government and non-governmental organizations ;
  • Delivered seminars on business planning, marketing and entrepreneurship;
  • Created the SME Policy Unit at the Ministry of Finance and Economy;
  • Delivered training on business planning, marketing and entrepreneurship;
  • Fostering the SME  development of  the region, by providing high quality level of  business knowledge,;
  • Consultancy  to the business community of the south west  of Albania ;
  • Working closely with banks and SME-s to develop business plans for accessing loans  and expansion

of existing ones;

  • Carrying out market  research through examining new investment / product / locations prospects;
  • Collaborating with different  international organization  which SME  supporting  programs ;
  • Economic Development and growth of the SME sector;
  • Surveying and identifying the possible Joint Venture partners.
             

 

16. Other relevant information (e.g., Publications)

 

Publications

  • Supporting SMEs to Become more Competitive in the EU Market book ‘ Training Needs Analysis  for SEM’s “
  • (TNA) prepared by EU-SME program author; A. Gomez, Ylldise Brahimaj and Carlo Penco to be held National  Conference in Albania   July 2012;
  • Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management article:  “The growth of SME sector in Albania by  Ylldise Brahimaj,- SME Development Expert  and Anila Arapi-  December 2014;
  • Study “The Fisheries Management  and Marine Techniques in Albania”  by Ylldise Brahimaj  Executive director of RDA (Published ISBN 97816098500120) to be held on May   15th  and 17th  2012 in Albania;
  • “Public and private agriculture extension services in Albania - current situation and future perspectives”, Y.Brahimaj, U, Schmidt. Week Scientific  Conference “Challenges of Education and Innovation” to be held on January 13th and 14th 2011 in  Roma;
  • “Searching for Political Monetary Cycles in Albania”, Y.Brahimaj, J.Houghton  and D. Wood International Conference “Economic and Social Challenges and Problems”, University of  Economy , Albania  2012;
  • “Analysis of Political Business Cycles in Transition Economies with focus on Albania”, 2009, M. Kaitlin, Y.brahimaj, A, Bazini Challenges for Analysis of the Economy, the Businesses, and Social Progress International Scientific Conference, University of Szeged, Hungary.

 

17. Qualification - Certificates

 

January  2018  

to present

Licensed to conduct qualified   ; “ CEFE  “ Training of Trainer  over 100 hours , a coached practical experience  of over 40 hours as CEFE Trainer for business people and  start-ups

Sept 14

24 , 2016

Certificate ; “Get Funding  from the  European Union” implemented by Env.net

April   2015

Certificate ; EU project design process and implementation of environmental  policy by European

Environmental BUREAU

Jun 2012   

Nov 2012

 

IPA 2011 Project & GIZ  “Support to Agriculture and Rural Development” (SARD-IPARD)

Certificate; Albanian advisory structure on the implementation of the IPARD-like grant scheme

May  2014

 Certificate; Audit of Innovation and Technology for SME’ s implemented by AIDA

Feb  2011

Diploma on“ Consulting  as a Business  for Business Services Providers implemented by EU-SME Project

May 2010

International Symposium „The development of  the Albanian Maritime System and EU

Experience; organized by The University of Vlore-Albania as Lector of  the study “The Fisheries

Management  and Marine Techniques in Albania”

March 2010 

Certificate  „The Business Success Through Sustainability implemented by  Netherlands’ Ministry for Development Cooperation, - REC for Central Eastern Europe in Budva Montenegro

March 2003

- Aug 2004

Diploma   Women Leadership Program implemented by USAID/Partners-Albania.

May  2003

Certificate:  for Anti-Corruption Program for Public and Civil Society; Officials implemented by North Florida International Visitors Council in the USA

June 2003

Certificate:  Regional Development Agency Support to SMEs implemented by World Learning/USAID , in Warsaw, Poland

July 2003

Certificate:  Making Cents Training Course for Master Plan implemented by SBCA Program Chemonics International Inc., and Making Cents International

February 2002

July 2002

Certificate of Achievement:, Anti-Corruption  Activities Regarding Public  Procurement

 by  Prefect Co at  Budapest, Hungary;

Certificate Successfully completed the training course on " Quality Management-Quality

Assurance-ISO 9001 for SMEs, Organized by EOMMEX S.A., GLYFADA GREECE,

Feb 5 – 25 1999

 

March 1998

Diploma ;” Management Training in British Industry” delivered by British Government Know-How Fund and  JICAP programme in BELFAST Northern IRELAND

 

Certificate: has successfully completed a Credit Union Induction Course organized by “ Irish League of Credit Unions”, in Dublin IRELAND

Oct 1996- Nov 1998

Master  Diploma , has successfully completed a programmed “Training of Trainers and Advisers for SME”  delivered by ‘ International Training Centre of the ILO’ Turin, Italy

December 1997

Certificate has successfully completed the training course   on “Modern Techniques For Effective Management of SMEs“ Organized by EOMMEX S.A Glyfada, Greece

Nov- January 1996

 “Training of Trainers(TOT) SMEs course administration delivered by CEFE/GTZ Germany

June 1987

Decorated  of the Parliament “  Excellent  Contribution to the State Trade Enterprise  and  “Civil Society  ”

 

Ylldise Brahimaj ___________________________________________________

Permanent Address:  Str. “Pjeter Budi”, Pallati “Fasked”, ap 9/1, TIRANE ALBANIA

Mobile Phone:  +355 69 3834994,

 viber/whatsAup +355 (69)3834994

personal Email:  [email protected];

office email [email protected]    Skype; diska.brahimi

http://al.linkedin.com/pub/ylldise-brahimi/23/30a/423; and

 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Regional...RDA

https://ww

CURRICULUM VITEA

 

 

1. FAMILY NAME:     Brahimaj                                                                      

2. FIRST names:        Ylldise    

3. Nationality:         Albania

4. Place Residence: Tirana -Albanian              

5. Civil Status:         Single

 

6. Education:

Institution
[Date from - Date to]

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:

Albania Agricultural University, Economics branch

September 1992-July 1997

BSc (Economics)

ILO, Turin Italy Oct 1996-Nov 1998

Master Diploma-  Private Sector - SME’s Consultant & Trainer

 

USAID/Partners-Albania; March 2003-August 2004

Diploma ;Women Leadership  Program

 

 

7. Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 – excellent; 5 – basic)

Language

Reading

Speaking

Writing

Albanian

mother tongue

English

2

2

3

Italian

3

4

5

 

 

8. Membership of professional bodies:

  • Board member and Founder of Albanian’s Network of RDAs
  • Member of the Enterprise Europe Network EEN in  Albania
  • Collaborator  at  Association of Organisations of Mediterranean Businesswomen  -AFAEMME
  • CIVICUS members of the Alliance
  •  Founder  at   “Johana ”  Saving Credit  Union
  • Member of National Leadership of Women Network
  • Founder  of National  Producer and Creative Women Association
  • Albanian Coalition’s  for Women and Youth in decision making
  • Board Member at  National  Business Women Promotion Association

 

 

 

9. Long experience   with  Stakeholders as collaboration and partners

  • Local Goverment ( Municipality and Prefecture)
  • Central Government ( Ministry of   Finance  and Economic, Ministry of Local goverment and Ministry of labour)
  • Public Institutions ( tax office )
  • Business comunity
  • Techincal University
  • Publice and private Vocational Training Centre
  • Technical  School( Trade, Tourism and Bank)
  • Business Associations and bussiness company

 

10. Position: Project Management & SME Development Expert

 

  • 11. Years within the Regional Development Agency (RDA):  over  25 ye as Executive Director at VRDA ,
  •  Senior SME Development Expert /Trainer at  EU-SME project, EBRD,USAID,UNDP,GIZ and Italian Albania SME Development
  •  External Expert  at EU Delegation in Albania for “Competitiveness, business, Innovation and   Trade”  

 

 

12. Key qualifications (relevant to the project): Management and SME Expert /Trainer/coaching /Mentoring specializing in different business fields as follows;  

  • Social –Economic development  Consultancy (strategy, training needs analysis(TNA) ,
  • Assessment of socio-economic and business development and Training Needs Analysis (TNA);
  • Local government (regional development in   economic area);
  • National innovation SME development  and startup for young people and unemployment
  • Established  a training curriculum, including Training-of-Trainers(TOT) programmes, for impact assessment (and  policy impact assessments) as well as  private and public consultation,
  • Innovation , Competitiveness, Business  and trade
  •  Socio-economic and environmental impact assessment;
  • SMEs competitive  policy , labor market policies,
  • Capacity Building  to  Public institution  and SMEs development
  • Private sector and SME  competitiveness covered by IPA  programmed ,EU ;
  • Entrepreneurship, Competitiveness, Regional and local Development;;
  • Project implementation . evaluation and impact assessment;
  • Employment and labor development  for Public  and Private Institution  ;
  • Assist in the development, implementation and monitoring of relevant contracts and partnership  agreements with all relevant stakeholders;
  • Vocational education and training (VET)  for  unemployment  and vulnerable people
  •  Expertise Good Governess  / anticorruption  in  Municipalities ( Sarande, Vlore and Puke ) ;
  • Capacity Building  for local government staff ;
  • TOT for SME particularly  for  young people, Business association   and   rural development sector;  
  • The adviser  has gained comprehensive theoretical and practical knowledge  of the CEFE method;
  •  Trainer and coaching instrument .in entrepreneurship development  according to CEFEmethod;
  • Fostering strategic partnerships and innovation in established businesses as ;
  • Leadership of women and youth  ; Young   New entrepreneurship;

 

13. Specific experience in the region:   Albania

Country

Date from – to

 Overall   in  Albania and region

 May 2014  to present

Southern  Albania

Oct 1998- May 2014

South West  Albania

Oct 1993- May  1998

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

14. Professional experience:

Date

 

Location

Company/Reference

Position

Description

 

OctOct 1998 to present

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M    May 2015 to present

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall in Albania

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall in Albania

 

Regional DevelopmenAgency

 Foundation (RDAF)

 

Mrs. Diana  Djaloshi

    Chairwoman of Board  at  VRDA

    Email [email protected]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  EBRD/BAS program

National Programme

Manager EBRD/BAS program

Mr. Neritan Mullai

email;[email protected]

 

 

 

 T 

 

 

t

 

-

Executive Director

 n

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P     Project  Management     and

SME Development Expert

(EBRD Funded)

 

 

EC “ PHARE “ project  supporting  Economic  and SME in Albania

 Responsible for overall management of the “Regional Development Agency”;  

In this framework director is responsible to manage RDA activity in the area of regional and local socio economic and rural development as well as coordinate and manage communication with donor agencies such as: EBRD,USAID, GIZ,UNDP,EU/SMEs project ,WB, ILO, UNOPS, GTZ,ETF etc.:

She has got qualifications as business consultant & trainer in Europe (Italy, Greece, England, Denmark, Ireland, Poland , Balkan ,Germany  and USA..

She has qualificitation the field of Local Government, Business Development as , business& trainer consultant .She was qualified by GTZ-Germany in 1995-1996  and possess a master business/ Consultant and trainer diploma by ILO, Turin, Italy 1997-1998;

S    she graduated as Bachelor of Business Administration (Economics) from the University of Albania

She has got a Master degree in Economic Sciences (Comparative Local Economic Development) at  Bologna-Italy 

Management consultant specializing in different fields  as follows;

  • Competitiveness and  SME Policy:  Provided policy for private sector and public sector and BSPs in region;
  • Analyzing  private  sector  and Strategy Planning  of  Albania  Gouverneme in the  business development ;
  •  Capacity buildings for SME , private sector,
  • Providing on-the-job training on the implementation of  municipality  staff  – following the official methodology of the Municipality  public administration department
  • Providing on-the-job training on the implementation of the Public Consultation
  • Coordination  and  subcontractor to delivery of EU, GIZ,USAID/SBCA MSI, UNDP,WB,.GIZ consultancy and training ,
  • SME impact monitoring and  evaluation projects  , based on EU, USAID indicators,
  • Design, monitor, implement and evaluate projects on NGO Institutional Development and Capacity Building .
  • Assist local NGOs in counseling, training, information and technical assistance.
  • Coordinate with local business community, and foreign organizations to facilitate future business development in the region.

EBRD/BAS ; Consulting and Training for SMEs; The consultancy project is to strengthen the market position of 12  companies Specific objectives are ; Innovation and competitive  include:

  • Training on improvement of marketing skills
  • Enhanced promotion and advertisement of the products;
  • Implementation of the Marketing Action Plan
  • Expanded market in the south regions of Albania.
  • Improved   product in food Processing Company in ;
  • Promotion and better knowledge of the market.
  • Analysis of the existing marketing activity and drafting the new marketing  strategy;
  • Conduct basic trainings sessions with the appointed marketing person in the company including:  Sales; Techniques; Negotiations Skills; Marketing & Sales;
  • Market survey; The survey  conducted through face to face  250 interviews in businesses ,
  • Development the training program and deliver training of the Hotels and guesthouse ;
  •  Implemented and conducted  SMEs training  program-,develop a Module for training Program; Coach closely- with Hotels staff,
  • Develop  the consulting program and deliver the consulting;
  • Implement on module” HR Management ”and “Recruitment procedures
  • Business planning and modelling;
  • Product design and development to meet market demands;
  • Branding and marketing evolution;
  • Productivity and performance improvement;
  • Market research and export promotion;
  • Technology transfer and innovation enhancement;
  • Improving staff performance through effective human resource management;
  • Introducing quality management systems (ISO,HACCP, Global GAP) based on expectations of international clients;
  • Introduction of financial tools and instruments tailored to current situation and needs of SMEs;

 

Dec 2016 Nov 2018

Overall in Albania

      Italian –Albania SME

D  development  program PMU   

N  Director .Mr Gavril Lasku

[email protected]

Project Management and

 SME Development

Expert

Italian Albania  SME Development program /subcontractor  for Expertise  Consultant /Training for SMEs; The consultancy project is to strengthen and promotion  the market position of  company Specific objectives include:

  • Enhanced promotion and advertisement of the products;
  • Improved access to finance for innovative start-ups.
  • Improved qualification and productivity of the staff and sellers  through training;
  • Expanded market in the  North  regions of Albania
  • TOT for SME particularly  tourism sector and  rural development sector an feasibility studies d
  • Assessment of business development and Training Needs Analysis( TNA)
  •  Business Developing  ecosystems
  • Human Recourse  Managment   and Development in company

 

March 2018 to present

Overall  in Albania

CEFE International –Consulting company  Inch Germany

Mrs. Marlinde Baerenz-

[email protected]

 International coordinator of

GIZ/IDEA project

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Start-up Trainer &Business Planning Expert

(GIZ  funded)

GIZ-  IDEA project  “IDEA Business Start-up Campaign

Innovative start-ups to your entrepreneurial competences and business skills

  • Business training ;
  • Basic entrepreneurial training skills
  • New entrepreneurs in Albania 
  • Be an  entrepreneur,
  • Working in a startup or participating in a start-up program;
  •  Innovation business
  • Finance training &Hunting the Money,
  • Business Plan  development ;
  • Trained  160  young people overall Albania  that apply for grant and training as Start up business IDEA  competition;
  • 16  IDEA coachees  support with  coaching  for elaborate   Business Plan 
  • Improved access to finance for innovative start-ups.

 

 

March 2010

July 2011

Overall in Albania

IDI-International Development

Ireland. inch
Konrad Nierubiec
Tel. 00 353 1 6625555
[email protected]

Team Leader of Project;

 Uli Lachenmaier

[email protected]

 

Senior SME Development Expert

      (EU funded)

EU : “Supporting SMEs to Become more Competitive in the EU Market” project

As  SME Consultant  as follows;

  •  Monitoring and evaluation mechanism , with enterprise specific measurable indicators,

designed and implemented, to measure the impact of the National Competitiveness Programme for  SMEs;

  • Training curriculum (including for training of trainers) for impact assessment (and specific aspects of regulatory and policy impact assessments) as well as public consultation;
  • Development of the methodology for the first national "Training Needs Analysis (TNA)

for SMEs in Albania" in a team with international experts;

  • Sales and Marketing, Competitiveness for SME´s.
  • Business Service Providers, BSPs, Association promotion ,
  • Assessment of business development and training needs analysis, trainer/Consultant/coach in  Strategic Business Management, Innovation,  
  • Training workshop for  consultants interviewers Pilot TNA survey ,conclusions and lessons learnt
  • Selection of 250 SME for TNA survey sample ” TNA carried out in the fields.250  SMEi ndividual  TNA records
  • Coordination and supervision of the implementation of the TNA field interviews in 250

 enterprises: identification of SMEs, mobilization of SMEs and national/regional/local institutions, coordination of the fieldworks (six local consultants as interviewers) all over the country;

  • TNA result: data collection, treatment of data, interpretation and substantial contribution to  the TNA Report 2010;
  • Implementation of formal practical and hands-on training sessions  as trainer for  Albanian SMEs in "Business Planning and Strategic Management" in Saranda and Vlore cities  including mobilization  of participating
  • Implementation of intensive in-company consultancy for  enterprises in the Vlore region

 for business planning and strategic management including human resource and financial

management as well as Marketing and Sales

 

Feb 2008

Feb 2010

Vlore region

World Bank; Project Manager

Mr. Edmond Sheshi

[email protected]

Project Coordinator 

&Trainer

(WB funded)

World Bank &  Albania National Employment Service; ,

Creating a Social  Services Centre for vulnerable  groups” ( Women and Youth in need), realizing needed

infrastructure able to support given social- economic services; 

  • Raising the opportunities for employment, education and qualification of Young peoples and women in

 Need in order to integrate them in normal life.

  • Generate Business Idea and discussions were handling, Round Table,
  • Educative culture, social –economic Services;
  • Provide Centre creation like consultancies, training,  education/information;
  • Opportunity  Employment  for  Youth and women unemployed through business idea training;
  • Capacity building, training of trainers, entrepreneurship development
  • Design/develop and delivery of localized Training and develop curricula for Women farmer Promote 
  • Among other consulting tools, we have developed coaching guides for entrepreneurs and the creation

 of Networking groups (Exchange Experience Groups) for SME and micro-enterprise support;

  • Creating the Centre with all needed infrastructure in order to have complete possibilities to develop
  • Realizing business services for a target group of 200 beneficiaries. From  those in training

session has participated  120  woman and  80 Youth

June 2002

Feb  2007

Albania  ( Southern )

USAID/SBCA –Chemonics Inch Washington

Chief of Party at SBCA

Jeff Houghton

[email protected]

Project Director

SBCA/USAID

SME Consultant

(USAID funded)

USAID: Albania Small Business Credit and Assistance (SBCA) Program  Phase 1 (2007-2010):

Vlore RDA has disbursed 25 loans through both funds with a 98% repayment record.

In addition Vlore RDA delivered   had been  provided training 300 businesses 60% were farmers  and

100 received one-on-one counselling;

Phase 2 :( 2010-2012as subcontractor to SBCA were monitored and evaluated on a project-by-project

basis to measure impact as follows;

  • Project improves client competitiveness through  , using  of innovation  technology and best practice;;
  • The Standard Format of Business Plan; Client Branding and  focus Groups;
  • Monitored and evaluated on a project basis to measure impact;;,
  •  Needs Analyses, Action Plans and Client Profiles;
  • Direct technical assistance and training has been provided to more than 500 businesses especially

 farmers and  food processing industry ;

  • Assistance and training to enterprises leads to applying: new technology; competitive and

 good management Practices;

  • Elaborated  Business Planning  for  companies  ;
  • Developed a comprehensive database of more than 800 businesses in the agriculture industry,
  • SME Consultant assignment in particular working with a team of USAID on a prepared to Feasibility

 Study of Energy Park in Vlore

  • Development a South and south-west of Albania to increase SME´s Competitiveness in Innovation.
  • Administrative and Institutional capacity building to the  farmers  

July 2016

July 2017

Berati Region

GIZ/SARED project

Ilir Rembeci Director  at Tirana

   Email; [email protected]

     [email protected]

 Capacity Building Trainer/ Expert

(GIZ Funded)

SARED/GIZ   Project: Capacity  Building for Farmer  in south-west of Albania  ;

  • Trained  farmers and rural women ;  Marketing   strategy of agriculture
  • Trained famers ( 65% women) in Financial Management in Kucova ,
  • Rural young people  in economic empowerment ,current gender equality,
  •  Market  analyses and   value chain analysis, market research,
  • Business Planinng  eleberation,
  • Capacity building for  farmers  ( small  farme) ,
  • Elaboration of the social economic study,
  • Marketing and Sale  and Sales Technique and Negoziation Skills
  • Financial  Management for Farmers

  Sept 2013

Dec 2013

Center

Government

( Ministries, Public institution

USAID Projects)

         Social Impact Inc.  Washington D.C

G.     William Anderson Team Leader, [email protected]

 

Local Economics Expert

U\\

         USAID and EU /Social Impact consulting company  Inc.;   

 

      Department of State to  European Union Accession Evaluation project

  • Review and analyze documents, synthesize desk review findings, and contribute to a Desk Review Findings Report.
  • Work with the Team Leader to refine interview questions to fit the Albanian context, and to identify and contact in-country key informants.
  • Conduct semi-structured interviews, document reviews, and site visits in collaboration with the Team Leader and Economic Specialist.
  • Contribute to data analysis.
  • Participate in out-brief meetings with USG posts at the end of fieldwork in Albania.
  • Contribute to the Draft Evaluation Report.
  • DoS /EUR/ACE, USAID, USDA, and SI feedback, and revisions to the Draft Evaluation Report.
  • Develop basic tools for promoting Partnerships in Local Level – cooperation with  NGO’s;

Feb 1993-

Oct 1998

 

South-West of Albania

Lancashire Enterprises plc England

Mr. Jeff Houghton

Former Team Leader

[email protected]

 

Albanian SME Foundation

Gavril Lasku, Former Director of SME Foundation

 

Regional Business Agency(RBA)

 RBA Manager

EC Funded)

EC “Phare” program: SME Development in Albania Established and developed a structure of

 Regional Development Agencies (RBA‘s) to support of economic development in Albania;.

  • This involved bringing together those government and non-governmental organizations ;
  • Delivered seminars on business planning, marketing and entrepreneurship;
  • Created the SME Policy Unit at the Ministry of Finance and Economy;
  • Delivered training on business planning, marketing and entrepreneurship;
  • Fostering the SME  development of  the region, by providing high quality level of  business knowledge,;
  • Consultancy  to the business community of the south west  of Albania ;
  • Working closely with banks and SME-s to develop business plans for accessing loans  and expansion

of existing ones;

  • Carrying out market  research through examining new investment / product / locations prospects;
  • Collaborating with different  international organization  which SME  supporting  programs ;
  • Economic Development and growth of the SME sector;
  • Surveying and identifying the possible Joint Venture partners.
             

16. Other relevant information (e.g., Publications)

 

Publications

  • Supporting SMEs to Become more Competitive in the EU Market book ‘ Training Needs Analysis  for SEM’s “
  • (TNA) prepared by EU-SME program author; A. Gomez, Ylldise Brahimaj and Carlo Penco to be held National  Conference in Albania   July 2012;
  • Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management article:  “The growth of SME sector in Albania by  Ylldise Brahimaj,- SME Development Expert  and Anila Arapi-  December 2014;
  • Study “The Fisheries Management  and Marine Techniques in Albania”  by Ylldise Brahimaj  Executive director of RDA (Published ISBN 97816098500120) to be held on May   15th  and 17th  2012 in Albania;
  • “Public and private agriculture extension services in Albania - current situation and future perspectives”, Y.Brahimaj, U, Schmidt. Week Scientific  Conference “Challenges of Education and Innovation” to be held on January 13th and 14th 2011 in  Roma;
  • “Searching for Political Monetary Cycles in Albania”, Y.Brahimaj, J.Houghton  and D. Wood International Conference “Economic and Social Challenges and Problems”, University of  Economy , Albania  2012;
  • “Analysis of Political Business Cycles in Transition Economies with focus on Albania”, 2009, M. Kaitlin, Y.brahimaj, A, Bazini Challenges for Analysis of the Economy, the Businesses, and Social Progress International Scientific Conference, University of Szeged, Hungary.

 

17. Qualification - Certificates

 

January  2018  

to present

Licensed to conduct qualified   ; “ CEFE  “ Training of Trainer  over 100 hours , a coached practical experience  of over 40 hours as CEFE Trainer for business people and  start-ups

Sept 14

24 , 2016

Certificate ; “Get Funding  from the  European Union” implemented by Env.net

April   2015

Certificate ; EU project design process and implementation of environmental  policy by European

Environmental BUREAU

Jun 2012   

Nov 2012

 

IPA 2011 Project & GIZ  “Support to Agriculture and Rural Development” (SARD-IPARD)

Certificate; Albanian advisory structure on the implementation of the IPARD-like grant scheme

May  2014

 Certificate; Audit of Innovation and Technology for SME’ s implemented by AIDA

Feb  2011

Diploma on“ Consulting  as a Business  for Business Services Providers implemented by EU-SME Project

May 2010

International Symposium „The development of  the Albanian Maritime System and EU

Experience; organized by The University of Vlore-Albania as Lector of  the study “The Fisheries

Management  and Marine Techniques in Albania”

March 2010 

Certificate  „The Business Success Through Sustainability implemented by  Netherlands’ Ministry for Development Cooperation, - REC for Central Eastern Europe in Budva Montenegro

March 2003

- Aug 2004

Diploma   Women Leadership Program implemented by USAID/Partners-Albania.

May  2003

Certificate:  for Anti-Corruption Program for Public and Civil Society; Officials implemented by North Florida International Visitors Council in the USA

June 2003

Certificate:  Regional Development Agency Support to SMEs implemented by World Learning/USAID , in Warsaw, Poland

July 2003

Certificate:  Making Cents Training Course for Master Plan implemented by SBCA Program Chemonics International Inc., and Making Cents International

February 2002

July 2002

Certificate of Achievement:, Anti-Corruption  Activities Regarding Public  Procurement

 by  Prefect Co at  Budapest, Hungary;

Certificate Successfully completed the training course on " Quality Management-Quality

Assurance-ISO 9001 for SMEs, Organized by EOMMEX S.A., GLYFADA GREECE,

Feb 5 – 25 1999

 

March 1998

Diploma ;” Management Training in British Industry” delivered by British Government Know-How Fund and  JICAP programme in BELFAST Northern IRELAND

 

Certificate: has successfully completed a Credit Union Induction Course organized by “ Irish League of Credit Unions”, in Dublin IRELAND

Oct 1996- Nov 1998

Master  Diploma , has successfully completed a programmed “Training of Trainers and Advisers for SME”  delivered by ‘ International Training Centre of the ILO’ Turin, Italy

December 1997

Certificate has successfully completed the training course   on “Modern Techniques For Effective Management of SMEs“ Organized by EOMMEX S.A Glyfada, Greece

Nov- January 1996

 “Training of Trainers(TOT) SMEs course administration delivered by CEFE/GTZ Germany

June 1987

Decorated  of the Parliament “  Excellent  Contribution to the State Trade Enterprise  and  “Civil Society  ”

 

Ylldise Brahimaj ___________________________________________________

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personal Email:  [email protected];

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