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Syllabus of the Subject - Foreign Trade and Business in Albania. Tirana.

  1. Introduction to the Republic of Albania (Southeast Europe);
  2. Albanian Economy: The third chromium producer in the world;
  3. Doing Business in Tirana;
  4. Albanian Foreign Trade;
  5. Foreign Direct Investment in Albania;
  6. Access to the Albanian Market;
  7. Business Plan for Albania.

The objectives of the subject “International Trade and Business in” Albania” are the following:

  1. To analyze the Albanian Economy and Global Trade;
  2. To know the business opportunities in the Albanian market;
  3. To analyze the trade relations of Albania with the country of the student;
  4. To know the Albanian Trade Agreements;
  5. To develop a business plan for Albanian Market.

Global Trade and Business in Albania:
European Free Trade Association (EFTA)-Albania Free Trade Agreement (FTA)

Online Course Business in CEFTA Countries

Online Student Master in International Business

The Subject “Foreign Trade and Business in Albania” belongs to the following Online Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Masters: International Business, Foreign Trade.

Masters in International Business and Foreign Trade (MIB) - Online Education

Doctorate: European Business, World Trade.

Professional Doctorate in International Business (DIB). Online Education

Languages: Courses, Masters, Doctorate in International Business and Foreign Trade in English + Study Master Doctorate in International Business in Spanish Albania Study, Course Master Doctorate in International Business in French Albanie Masters Foreign Trade in Portuguese Albânia.

  1. Credits of the Subject “International Trade and Business in” Albania”: 1 ECTS;
  2. Duration: one week.

Albania Master Doctorate Global Business Masters and Doctorate in International Business adapted to the Albanian Students.

International Trade and Business in Albania

Market Access - Free Trade Agreements. Online Education (Courses, Masters, Doctorate)

Albanian Preferential Access and Free Trade Agreements:

  1. Albania and the Central Eurasian Economic Area;
  2. Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA);
  3. Black Sea Economic Cooperation;
  4. Central European Initiative;
  5. Adriatic-Ionian Initiative;
  6. Regional Cooperation Council (RCC);
  7. Albania has not ratified the framework agreement of the Trade Preferential System of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (TPS-OIC);
  8. Albania-Turkey Free Trade Agreement;
  9. Albania-EFTA Free Trade Agreement;
  10. Albania-EU Stabilization and Accession Agreement
    1. EU-Western Balkans;
    2. EUROMED.

Trade Relations European Union-Western Balkans: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo

Trade Facilitation Programs. TFA Agreement. Online Education (Courses, Masters, Doctorate)

  1. WTO
    1. Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures;
    2. Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS);
    3. Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade;
    4. Agreement on Preshipment Inspection;
    5. Agreement on Safeguards;
    6. Trade Facilitation Agreement.
  2. WCO
    1. Revised Kyoto Convention.
  3. Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods (UNECE);
  4. CMR Convention (UN);
  5. COTIF Convention;
  6. International Bureau of Containers and Intermodal Transport (BIC);
  7. Chicago Convention (ICAO);
  8. International Maritime Organization (IMO)
    1. Convention for Safe Containers;
    2. Istanbul Convention.
  9. Customs Convention on Containers - not a member;
  10. Organization for Cooperation between Railways (OSJD);
  11. CIM, CIT Rail Rules;
  12. Hamburg Rules;
  13. International Road Transport Union (IRU)
    1. TIR Convention;
    2. Guidelines on Safe Load Securing for Road Transport.
  14. ICC.

Foreign Trade Facilitation. TFA Agreement. Customs. Payments. Global Supply Chain

Online Education (Courses, Masters, Doctorate): Globalization and International Organizations

European Trade and Economic Organizations of Albania
  1. UNECE;
  2. OSCE;
  3. Group of States of the European Council Convention against Corruption.

Islamic Organizations. Arab League. Online Education (Courses, Masters, Doctorate)

Islamic Organizations:

  1. Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OCI)
    1. Islamic Chamber of Commerce;
    2. Islamic Centre for Development of Trade;
    3. Committee for Economic Cooperation (OIC-COMCEC).
  2. Islamic Development Bank;
  3. Albania is beneficiary of the Arab Development Funds.

Global Organizations:

  1. UN
    1. UNCTAD;
    2. ITC;
    3. WIPO.
  2. WB;
  3. IMF.

Adriatic-Ionian Initiative (Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia...)

The Republic of Albania (Europe).

  1. Capital of Albania: Tirana;
  2. Official Language: Albanian;
  3. Area of Albania: 28,748 km²;
  4. Albanian Population: 2.7 million people;
  5. Type of Government: Parliamentary Republic;
  6. Borders of Albania: Greece, Montenegro, Kosovo and the Republic of Macedonia;
  7. Independence of Albania: 1912 (Ottoman Empire);
  8. In 1991, the Socialist Republic of Albania became the Republic of Albania.

Religion in Albania:

  1. Islam (Sunnis): 79%
    1. Albania has signed the Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam;
    2. Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence): Fiqh-al-Hanafi.
  2. Orthodoxy (Christianity).

Albania, despite being an European country, we will also assign to the Islamic Civilization (Central Eurasian Economic Area).

Islam and Global Business. Islamic Economic Areas. Online Education (Courses, Masters, Doctorate)

Online Education (Courses, Masters, Doctorate): Orthodox Christianity, Ethics and Global Business

Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, and Kosovo

Albanian Economy.

  1. The Republic of Albania is a transition economy;
  2. During the communist period, Albania was the most closed and planned country of all, and its effects are still remarkable;
  3. The organized crime and corruption is a serious problem in Albania;
  4. Albanian GDP (nominal): 30,660 million dollars;
  5. GDP per capita: 11,885 dollars;
  6. Currency of Albania: Albanian Lek;
  7. Albania has the largest oil reserves (on land) in Europe;
  8. Albania is the third world chromium producer (10% of the world's total);
  9. Mining: 40% of the Albanian GDP;
  10. Entry of foreign investment in sectors such as energy and Transport infrastructures;
  11. The main sectors of the Albanian Economy are agriculture, food processing, wood, petroleum, cement, chemical products, mining, base metals, hydroelectric power, tourism, textile industry, and footwear;
  12. Albania is rich in natural resources, has valuable copper, iron and nickel mines;
  13. Albania requested accession to the EU in 2009 (EU Enlargement).

Foreign Trade (Importing, Exporting) Online Education (Courses, Masters, Doctorate)

Albanian Foreign Trade.

  1. Albanian exports have increased by 300%;
  2. The main Albanian exports are textiles and footwear, asphalt, metals and metal minerals, petroleum, vegetables, fruits, and tobacco;
  3. Top Albanian exports destinations are Italy (43%), Kosovo, the U.S., and China;
  4. The main Albanian imports are machinery, food products, textiles, and chemical products;
  5. The main suppliers of Albania are Italy (33%), China, Greece, and Turkey.

Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, and Ukraine

Albania-Turkey Free Trade Agreement.

Turkey-Albania Free Trade Agreement



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