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RASP organization, in the framework of the Project “Supporting the sustainable development of agritourism in Albania”, supported by FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United the Community), organized on July 14, 2022, in Gjirokastra the regional workshop on the topic “Policies in support of agritourism and networking of regional actors”

The aim of the workshop was:

  • Collect inputs and needs to revise policy and legal frame related to agritourism at the regional level.
  • To Identify solutions for local and regional policies in agritourism.
  • Identify stakeholders and their motivation for establishing the Agritourism Network (ATN).

Those invited to participate were: representatives from the municipalities of Gjirokastër, Përmet, Libohovë, other representatives from the Administration of Protected Areas, SEB (Agricultural Extension Sector) Gjirokaster, Permet, the Directorate of Forests and Pastures, University of Gjirokastra, AZHBR (Agricultural and Rural Development Agency), agrotourism subjects, agro-processing subjects, and farmers. Organizations such as Drinos Drop and CESVI also participated.

The workshop took place in two different sessions. In the first session were presented:

  • Needs and challenges for the development of agritourism. (presentation of outcomes from Position paper, findings from local workshops on the identification of needs and challenges for supporting agrotourism;
  • Cooperation and Agritourism networking: potentials and challenges in Albania of stakeholders of agritourism at the local and regional level.

The second session consisted of working in groups to collect the necessary information. The participants were divided into four groups: the group of public institutions, the group of agrotourism farms, the group of civil society institutions, and the group of businesses related to agrotourism.

Group work was developed according to the world café model. Four facilitators, each of them covered a specific issue, and gathered ideas and comments from each group, moving from one group to another every 20 minutes. The facilitators presented the findings and recommendations to the participants at the end.

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