Nehat holds a PhD degree in the field of rural economic development and brings us over 20 years of increasingly responsible experience in management with a particular focus on agriculture and rural development, green economy, employment, resource mobilization. During his experience, Nehat worked with flag international development organisations, such as SNV, UNDP, USAID, GIZ, EU etc.

Xhevat has expertise in policy analysis for and operational implementation of agri-rural, agro-environment and NRM development, including the EU integration processes related to Chapter 11 of the acquis communautaire. He has implemented donor-funded projects with CSOs covering public policies, organizational development, climate change and land management. He has worked on cross-border cooperation projects, has exp. in developing agri-businesses, rural diversification and the LEADER/LAG approach

Anila is an MSD approach expert and the gender focal point for CNVP Albania. She has an extensive experience as Organizational Strengthening and Economic Development Advisor. Her areas of expertise include- Leadership and PCM, Business Development, Gender mainstreaming and Women Economic Development, Value Chain Strengthening, Rural Development, Sustainable Management of Natural Resources, Community Mobilisation, Advocacy and Lobbying etc. She has great communication and facilitation skills.

Janaq specialises on integrated NRM and forestry development, including forestry and environmental legal/policy issues. His experience covers forest/pasture participatory and decentralized management, forest inventory, rehabilitation/regeneration of degraded forests, soil erosion control, forest fire prevention and nature protection/conservation, as well as project design, implementation and monitoring.

Albana supports gender, strategic planning, value chain development, multi-stakeholder approaches, networking, building partnerships, rural communities, economic development and rural tourism. She works with rural communities to address their development challenges and opportunities. She has led strategic planning processes in Albania and Macedonia, and specialises in developing tourism products/services for local impact.

Hamit has extensive experience working in Northern Albania, building teams at local level. He covers technical forest management, field evaluations, communal forestry and development of local forest organisations/rural communities. He has knowledge of NTFPs, especially nuts, rural tourism development, and the use of wood bio-mass as a renewable energy source in rural areas.

Isuf supports local forest organisations, communities and local government representatives. His skills range from technical forest management to digital data processing. His experience covers forest management, digital data processing, use of GPS/GIS techniques, participatory mapping, farmer forestry, carbon sequestration, global warming, rural development and environmental issues.

Mark supports the capacity development of local organisations in NRM, forest eco-systems, protected area management and bio-diversity surveys. He has established local action groups (LAGs), and offers courses on LFA and PCM in development and conservation. He uses latest methods to process and visualise environmental data applying GIS and cartographic software.

Hajrush works on NRM, forestry, bio-diversity, environmental protection and nature conservation. He provides advice at field level, and has developed models for joint forest management. He is involved in increasing the capacities of municipalities, private owners and producer groups at national, regional and local levels. He is a good process leader, dealing with national/regional/local actors, and has good communication/facilitation skills.

Sebiha has over 20 years’ experience within natural resource and environmental management programs with special interest in environment, climate change, social issues, civil society and communities’ engagement; and gender participation. She holds a Master degree on environmental sciences. Sebiha supports multi-stakeholder approaches, advocacy, environment and gender aspects. She is responsible for quality assurance of project interventions.

Ardita has more than 15 years of experience in the economic and rural development and natural resources management sector as well as expertise in value chain development in Beekeeping, Chestnuts, MAPs and NWFPs sector. She has experience in building capacities of stakeholders on wood biomass production and development plans for biomass heating systems at school level, promotion of wood chip production for heating and renewable energy.

Egzon is responsible for advisory activities linked to the implementation of the SUNREED project, focusing on sustainable forest management, biomass production and renewable energy. He has a background in wood biomass, forest inventory and silviculture, and has previously worked for international projects and government institutions.

Mensura has experience in private forestry, wood processing, non-wood forest products, forest and wood certification, as well as wood bio-mass production and use. She has experience of developing rural SMEs and entrepreneurship for women/youth. She has been involved in developing national forest policy and programmes, including forestry-related rural development, and promoting sustainable forest management.

Vasilka administers CNVP Macedonia, overseeing all aspects of financial control, budget planning, variance analysis, project audits and preparation of financial statements. She provides financial leadership to CNVP’s two decentralized finance teams, and supports CNVP’s management team.

Arbnora had worked with various sectors and institutions, architecture and reconstruction, civil society, municipalities, higher education youth and forestry, and the environment sector. She provides financial leadership to CNVP Kosovo. Arbnora has working experience with International Organizations since 1997. MSc Engineer of Architecture and higher education coalification in the university of East Anglia, Norich, UK.

Altin is responsible for the management and reporting of projects in CNVP Albania, including all financial and administration processes. He has worked as an administrator for World Bank, Sida and EU projects.

Rozi’s experience covers finance, human resources and administration in the development and civil society sectors, working with different donors. Her good communication skills and positive attitude are used to support the Financial Administrator in CNVP Albania.

Kristina has professional experience of sustainable forest management, illegal logging, climate change and rural development. Her skills include networking, organisational strengthening, promotion of CSOs, research and project management. Currently, she will be the CNVP coordinator for the EU-funded project Communities Communicating Climate Change (CCCC)

Svetlana graduated at the Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje, and her postgraduate studies are ongoing. During her studies, she worked as a demonstrator in the realization of activities within the Pedagogy Institute in Skopje. Svetlana is CNVP’s local coordinator for the current project NTFP for Prespa Economic Development. With her job, she enables easier communication and collaboration between the stakeholders of this project

A graduate producer by profession, Violeta has more than 15 years of experience in the field of video production, Public Relations, and marketing. She started her career in 2005 in the film industry, but soon continued her career path in the marketing industry where she worked in several large marketing agencies as a PR manager. As part of the CNVP team, she joins in November 2022, as Public Relations and Field Officer.

Merita works on sustainable development projects, advocacy and lobbing. Her personal commitment is environmental protection, empowerment of women and youth and inclusion of persons with disabilities. Currently Merita is engaged as a Project Officer with CNVP, at the MOVING Project.

After few years being part of the mountain and ever after a UIMLA mountain guide Sadik got engaged on exploring and documenting the untold and unknown of the rural areas of Sharr Mountain villages toward the people and tourism later. But now as part of CNVP like a field officer together with the team, Sadik is ready to go through contemporary practices realize a genuine project in the mountainous areas of the national parks and implement for a long term.

Zurija has a professional experience in project management more than 10 years. Her personal commitment is environmental protection, rural development, gender equality, building capacities and working with vulnerable groups.  Currently, she is the CNVP coordinator for the ADA funded project “Integrated Forest Management along the transboundary Drin River Basin Forest Management” as well as Policy Advisor for the  “CSO`s Action for climate project”, funded by the government of Sweden.

Ardian holds bachelor’s degree in business administration. He has expertise in grants implementation in environmental protection, agri-rural development, and financial management. He has implemented several IPA cross-border cooperation grant projects with thematic priorities on environment protection and tourism development.