CANADIAN EMBASSY
Via G. B. de ROSI, 27 00161 Rome
Tel: ++39 06 44598204
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E:mail: rome@dfait-maeci.gc.ca
His Excellency
Mr. Robert R. FOWLER
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Honorary Consulate of CANADA in Tirana Rr. Dervish Hima
Kulla nr. 2 Ap.22 (pallati i pasticeri Venecia)
Tirana
Cel.0692020203
Mr. Krenar LOLOÇI
Honorary Consul
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Canada – Albania Bilateral Relations
Canada’s Ambassador in Rome is
accredited to Albania, while an Honorary Consulate in Tirana assists
Canadian interests in Albania. Immigration and visa applications by
Albanians are processed by the Citizenship and Immigration Canada
office in the Canadian Embassy in Rome, whose staff members visit
Albania periodically to interview candidates.
Albania joined the Canadian Military Training Assistance Programme
(MTAP) in 2005, which aims at training Albanian military officers in
Canada. There is no official Canadian development assistance program
in Albania, but the Canadian International Development Agency operates
a local “Canada Fund” facility, worth Cdn $50,000 per year to support
projects delivered by Albanian civil society organizations. Canada also
provides assistance to Albania in an anti-personnel mine destruction
program, and contributed expertise, training and Cdn $500,000 to help
the Albanian military to destroy some 10,000 tonnes of small arms and
light weapons ammunition. To date, Canada has contributed $ 500,000 to
this project.
Canada’s exports to Albania in 2007 amounted to $13 million, while
imports were $ 2 million. Calgary’s Bankers Petroleum is Albania’s
largest foreign investor, in a project aimed at developing Europe’s
largest on-land oil deposit in south central Albania. Canadian mining
companies also invest and participate commercially in copper, zinc,
gold and silver mining projects.
In 2003-2004, Canadian Official Development Assistance to Albania totaled $4.53 million.
The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) does not maintain a significant assistance program in Albania
Albania, a country eligible for official development assistance, can benefit from various programs, such as:
multilateral programs, including the International Humanitarian Assistance Program;
other programs that
allow institutions, associations, Canadian and international
non-governmental organizations and, private sector enterprises to
receive funding from CIDA to execute projects worldwide; and
the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives managed by the Canadian Embassy in Italy.
For more information, please visit the CIDA official site:
http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/CIDAWEB/acdicida.nsf/En/JUD-121194314-KA3