BBA is a non-profit organization established in 2004 and is one of Albania’s largest and most active youth organisations. The organization mission is promoting inclusion, equal chances and better quality of life for all young people and supporting the foundations of building a better society for the present and the future generations. BBA has worked with young people in national, regional and European levels exclusively by fostering empowerment through non-formal education approach. Target group: young people in general with a special focus on young people with fewer opportunities such as youngsters from rural areas, youngsters from minorities, youngsters with disability, youngsters who face social and economic problems. These are the 7 strategic programs of BBA for the period 2020-2027, as set in the strategic development of the organization. 1. Human Rights Education- Inform, educate and raise awareness about rights among youth and adults through various pedagogical approaches. 2. Inclusion and Diversity- Promote inclusion and diversity to advance and build equality and equity of all marginalized groups. 3. Youth Work- Development, promotion and recognition of qualitative youth work in Albania though exchanging experiences and learning from the best European youth practices and practitioners. Volunteering- Promotion of volunteering in national, regional and European level, as a tool for 4. increasing solidarity and community cohesion, through supporting better policy development and volunteer management structures. 5. Employability and Entrepreneurship- Increasing the competencies of young people and youth workers in employability and entrepreneurship through capacity building, research, policy advocacy and development. 6. Digitalization and Innovation- Creating an enabling environment for new digital and innovative educational approaches to boost online learning and creativity in education. 7. Youth participation and active citizenship- Boosting and empowering youth to actively participate in the community life through skills improvement and promotion of the 4 dimensions of citizenship. BBA is one of Albania’s largest and most active youth organisations (20 years of continuous activity), especially in the fields of active citizenship, inclusion, employment, volunteering, youth skills development, human rights education and youth participation. As our main mission is promotion of Human Rights, inclusion and active participation, BBA has worked from its creation and in continuation to promote Human Rights and active participation of youngsters with fewer opportunities. HR and participation are crosscutting theme in all of our local and international projects. Through our projects we guide our young people to get empowered and understand better culture diversity, the importance of the tolerance, and help them to reflect on social phenomena such as racism, xenophobia, prejudice and how they can work on equality and acceptance. BBA is very experienced in youth work and non-formal education and has so far organized, led and partnered in hundreds of activities and dozens or projects in regional and international level.
