IRI in cooperation with the International Foundation for Tolerance and the Aleksandër Xhuvani” University of Elbasan, organized for the first time the forum on “Tolerance Beyond Culture” on 14 and 15 of June 2022. This forum gathered scholars, community workers, experts of civil society and other stakeholders in a discussion promoting values of tolerance, co-existence […]
Continuing a noble established institutional tradition, IRI held its 2022 edition of the Interfaith Iftar in Tirana on April 29, with the participation of members of IRI board members, different religious groups, civil society, academia, state institutions such as the Commissioner for anti-discrimination and representatives of the national CVE center, youth activists and some members […]
On March 12th, the Executive Director of the Institute for Interreligious and Intercultural dialogue (IRI) Dr Arben Ramkaj and AIIS director Alba Cela met with Dr. Abdulhamied Alromaithy, Executive Director of the International Foundation for Tolerance (IFOT). Dr Alromaithy conducted a visit in Albania and together with Dr Ramkaj met with various personalities from the […]
Dr Arben Ramkaj, executive Dorector of IRI had the distinct privilege to give the first greeting speech at the opening of the honoring ceremony and the proclamation of Father Josif Papa Mihali as Honorary Citizen of the city of Elbasan. Dr Ramkaj said among other things that ” Since I belong to a generation that […]
Four young artists visited Abu Dhabi and Dubai for an artistic residence period of two weeks culminating in an exhibition attended by the Ambassador of Albania to the United Arab Emirates, H.E Ermal Dredha. The Albanian Embassy was also a co-organizer of the opening ceremony. The event was held at Atelier Lantana for Arts and […]
At the end of the first year of the activities of the Inter religious Institute Albania – IRI , we had the pleasure to have in the conference, in addition to the greeting words of the Executive Director Dr. Arben Ramkaj, also the presentations of 6 projects in local communities. The conference included the speech […]
On Friday, April 9, 2021, during an online meeting, the Albania-Bahrain Friendship Non-Governmental Development Committee was established in order to contribute to the strengthening of mutual engagement in various civil fields, building solid bridges of unions, creating and developing these unions and establishing a civil dialogue and understanding between the two countries. This Committee aims […]
The Global Council for Tolerance and Peace held a global conference to celebrate the International Day for Tolerance, under the auspices of His Excellency Dr. George Villa, President of the Republic of Malta. The conference was chaired by His Excellency Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Jarwan, President of the Global Council for Tolerance and Peace, and […]
IRI Executive Director Dr Arben Ramkaj joined the virtual discussion on “The Ripple effects of the fall of Afghanistan: Community Based prevention of terrorism” organized by the GCERF. The panel discussion was very engaging and addressed the effects of Taliban regime in other hot spots and local communities where extremism is a problem. The panel […]
The Executive Director of the Inter-religious Institute of Albania Dr. Arben Ramkaj was invited to participate in the virtual webinar organized by the International Institute for Justice and Rule of Law (IIJ) with the theme “Combating the Transnational Threat of Rational Violent Extremism or Ethnic (REMVE) “webinar held in the framework of the United Nations […]
Today, IRI was visited by four second year Master students at the University of Arts Tirana; Ms. Elsaida Musiq, Ms. Elsamina Musiq, Ms. Jozefina Vokrri and Mr. Xhulian Millaj. During their visit at IRI, the discussion focused on the importance of Art in promoting cultural and inter-religious dialogue in Albania and beyond. The Director of […]
The Inter-religious Institute of Albania marked the International day of Peace with some reflections on the importance of interfaith dialogue and cooperation in building and sustaining peace at the local and global context. IRI supports the efforts of religious communities, civil society, academia and other stakeholders in bringing reconciliation, trust-building and cooperation the societies of […]
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