Overview
In Albania, a broad decentralisation process of social services has taken place in recent years.
Social services are now the responsibility and provision of the cities. This means that local structures have to be established, social services developed and local professionals recruited.
The "Leave no one behind" project supports this process on three levels. On the one hand, decision-makers and people in positions of responsibility are sensitised to the task in workshops and study trips and supported in further developing social services in their cities. The Lucerne School of Social Work supports this by organising study trips to Switzerland.
A second level concerns social work professionals. On the one hand, professionals in the field are to be supported through targeted training. But the training of new professionals is also being revised. The Lucerne School of Social Work is supporting the three universities of Shkodra, Elbasan and Tirana in revising their curricula in social work, their teaching materials and their practical training.
Finally, the third level is the work with people with disabilities. The Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts - school of social work supports organisations the field through conceptual support and specific further training for employees.
