SASME 2017

Daniel Guce has studied Political Science at the University of Tirana, Master of Science in Foreign Policy and Diplomacy, as well as Professional Master in Business Administration. Mr. Guce has worked as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Political and Administrative Sciences at Albanian University in 2011-2013. Advisor to the Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Entrepreneurship in 2013-2014, Director of SME and Exports to the Albanian Investment Development Agency 2014-2016. Currently he is the Director of Certification in the Gambling Supervision Authority.

Mr. Guce has been part of some JICA training programs in Japan, the Center for International Development – Harvard Kennedy School, OECD, UNDP, Konrad-Adenauer-Stifftung, etc.

In cooperation with governmental institutions and international donors Mr. Guce has contributed to the drafting of documents or studies on the sustainable development of enterprises in the Republic of Albania.

Mrs. Bilali has been graduated at the Faculty of Economics, University of Tirana, Department of Business Administration, Management profile. She has a Master degree in Marketing. After an one year post-graduate specialization, by the Ministry of Finance, she holds the “Audit” title. Mrs. Bilali has attended various international training and qualifications in: Leadership, Human Resources, Planning, Negotiation, Business Sustainability, Media & PR, Project Management, etc. Since 2010, she has been teaching at the Faculty of Economics, Management Department, University of Tirana and UAMD.

Mrs. Bilali has worked in the Ministry of Finance at the Human Resources Department, getting familiar with the issues and relevant legislation of the Public Sector. Later she worked at InfoSoft Group, with European and Asian partners, where she took the experience and expertise of adaptation, negotiation and the flexibility in a business relations. Mrs. Bilali has given consultancy and has collaborated with several national and international companies, in many projects as a business consultant. Starting from December 2013 Mrs. Bilali is the General Manager and Co-owner of AZ Consulting ltd, the leading consultancy company in the quality management systems.

Elida Motro Iljazi is CEO and founder of the company “EMI Coaching and Consulting”, a firm that equips individuals and teams in the labor market with human instruments and mechanisms to improve work performance and balance in life. For this role, Elida brings more than 25 years of experience in training, consulting, Human Resources Direction, and management experience across a wide range of industries, organizations, and sectors. Elida’s expertise includes a variety of topics, with a special focus on strategic programs in business development and people’s performance management.
In addition to years of direct management of both businesses created by it, and USAID, DWHH, LIDIA foundation, etc. Elida served as Director of the Department of Human Resources and Corporate Responsibility at an International Microfinance Institution. In this role, Elida designed and directed all aspects of the company’s expansion of 80 employees to 320 in a space of five consecutive years, a very useful experience in developing and consulting for managers and business leaders, focusing on the return of Investment in people and in human resources professionals.
Elida also shares her experience as a Foreign Professor at the University of Tirana, Faculty of Economics. For the Marketing Department at this University, she taught International Business, Market Research, and Marketing Services.
Elida offers human resource development services through the module created by the PTTP Training Program in the field of high-level strategic management of staff, selection and development of senior and mid-term staffing and resource-specific programs Human resources such as developing interviewing skills, staff retention, career consulting, ROI, return on human resources investment, communication, and increasing the effectiveness of workforce, and increasing diversity.
Elida is a dynamic public lecturer and has spoken at national and international conferences on business and human resource management issues.
Elida has obtained a Certificate from Cornell University in New York for Human Resource Studies, holds a B.A. Degree from the University of Tirana, Faculty of Philology, Foreign Languages Branch. She is also a graduate in Marketing at the Economic University of Tirana. She offers its services voluntarily to the SOS villages as a member of the Assembly and supports the Youth Workers Training Program for the Labor Market (PTTP) that reside in state-run homes.

Evisi Kopliku is the Director of Integration, Coordination, Assistance and Agreements Department at the Ministry of Tourism and Environment. She is an adjunct lecturer of Financial Management at the Faculty of Economics, University of Tirana and adjunct lecturer of Financial Management at the University of New York Tirana.

Ms Kopliku graduated from the Banking and Finance Department in Eastern Mediterranean University in Northern Cyprus. She completed the Master studies in Banking and Finance in the same University and completed the Master studies for European Economics (with a specialization in European Economic Integration and Business) at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium.

She has completed a 6-month training with a focus on Foreign Direct Investment Policies in Albania and a 6-month training on “Economic Zones” by the Center for International Cooperation (CID) at the Harvard University; and trainings on Foreign Direct Investment and Export skills and capacity building in Japan.

Evisi has been a teaching and research assistant at the department of Banking and Finance at Eastern Mediterranean University and continued as a lecturer in the fields of Finance, Accounting and European Economics at the University of New York in Tirana and University ‘Marin Barleti” in Tirana.

She has been working as a policy researcher at European Movement Albania (a think-tank) focusing on Foreign Direct Investment, Competition Policy, Corporate Governance, employment policies and role of the private sector, SMEs etc. Evisi has been working shortly for the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels in the finance and budget, and later audit department.

During 2013-2016, Ms Kopliku worked as the economic advisor to the Minister of Economic Development, Tourism, Trade and Entrepreneurship, with a focus mainly on foreign direct investments, entrepreneurship support, women entrepreneurship support, SME policies, economic cooperation and European integration; and afterwards as the Director of European Integration and Projects at the same Ministry, focusing on projects involving SMEs. During this position, she has been at the same time the national coordinator for COSME programme (a programme focusing on supporting SMEs). She has also been a national coordinator for the Small Business Act (SBA) for Europe (2014-2017) implemented by the OECD and continues to offer her contribution in the “green SMEs” indicator of SBA, as part of the new position at the Ministry of Tourism and Environment.

After graduating and specializing in communication, he worked in some advertising agencies in Florence, his city. In 2008 he founded the agency Proclic Webmarketing, specialized in positioning search engine websites. Today he works and lives in Tirana. Together with the ItalianAlbanian team of Proclic, he manages the online communication on behalf of 84 companies.

Ingrid Konomi has been graduated from the Faculty of Economics, University of Tirana (2005). She has completed Master’s degree studies offered in collaboration with the University of Tirana and Bamberg University over The European Economic Studies (2007). She is currently a doctor of economic sciences awarded by the Faculty of Economics, University of Tirana (2016).

 During her professional career, she has worked in important positions as Head of Finance-Banking Department at the Faculty of Economics at Albanian University (2010-2012); Dean of the Faculty of Economics at Albanian University (2012-2013); Lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at Skenderbej Military University (2005-2010); Part-time Pedagogue at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Tirana since 2005; Lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at Albanian University since 2006. Financial Expert at TAP – Expropriation Project (2015-2017).

 Ingrid Konomi has conducted some trainings and specializations internally and internationally for the purpose of professional and academic improvement in relevant fields. She has participated in many national and international conferences and symposiums in the field of economics and finance, contributing to her scientific work in improving academic thinking, adding arguments on economic discussions in academic and professional circles. Her field of expertise mainly affects financial and commercial policies for transition economies, the process of transformation and structural reorganization of the Albanian economy, economic theories and development models, policies and strategies of international institutions, financial markets, monetary policies and banks. She is the author of several scientific articles at home and abroad, in the university press and in various magazines.

Ingrid Konomi is an important voice in academic circles offering her professionalism in projects, discussions, various forums on the economy.

Founder and CEO with over 17 years’ experience in the management of the PR and communication agency, Iceberg Communication Ltd in Albania. Ms Rica has had continuous assignments in the field of communication, public relations and event management and seasonal decorations  since 1998, managing various projects in the field of marketing, Communication and Public Relations including development and implementation of numerous information & communication campaigns: organising over 200 public events, seminars, conferences, trainings, trade fairs, study tours, team building activities, production of publications and promotional materials, etc. Thus communication activities have been important aspects of her professional assignments throughout the past 17 years.