Conference Papers

“Will the parliamentary elections bring change to the political scene in Albania?”, Presentation at the Briefing Seminar for the Ambassador designate to Albania, at the British Foreign Office (FCO), 7 May 2009.

“Albania and the Balkans in 2009: Challenges and Opportunities”. Talk at the London School of Economics (LSE), London, 13 March 2009.

Series of lectures on “Politics, Policies & Institutions of the EU” at the European University of Tirana, Tirana, March-April 2008.

“The role of the political elite in Albania’s integration into the Euro-Atlantic structures”. Paper presented at the 3^rd Conference of Alb-Science Institute. Tirana, 2 September 2008.

“The Western Balkans’ journey towards the EU: The perspective for joining the club”

Paper at the BASEES Annual Conference, Cambridge University, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, UK. 1-3 April 2006.

“Bumpy journey of Albania towards the EU”. Lecture at the Agenda Institute and Mjaft

Foundation, Tirana, March 2007.

“Change of government in Albania: What prospects for EU Accession?” Paper at the

Research Symposium on EU Integration, Bristol University, institute for Advanced Studies, Bristol, UK. 5 May 2006.

“Albania and the EU”, Presentation at the University of London - UCL. London, UK. 3 March 2005.

“Europeanisation of Albania and its impact on the political party system”. Seminar series “From the Baltic to the Balkans”, Bristol University, School of Policy Studies. Bristol, UK. 9 March 2005.

“The Albanian Political Class: Obstacle to EU membership”. Presentation at St Antony's College, Oxford University, Seminar Series Michaelmas Term 2004 Oxford, UK. 17 November 2004.

“Albania’s Prospect of Accession: Factors favouring and hindering its joining the EU”.

Presentation at the Council of Europe office in Tirana. Tirana, Albania. 29 September 2004.

“Women’s issue in Albania”. Presentation at Eliot School, “George Washington” University. Washington DC, USA. November 1999.

“The importance of the participation of women in politics in Albania”. Presentation to the Inter-American Development Bank and USAID. Washington DC, USA. March 2000.

“The increased role of women in decision-making process, a necessity for democratisation of political life in Albania”. Presentation at the meeting of women politicians in opposition. Tirana, Albania. March 2001.

“The contribution of the Republican Women’s Forum to incorporating gender balance in the programme of the Republican Party”. Presentation at the workshop “Gender balance in the current social and political reality of Albania”. Tirana, Albania. January 2002.

“Public Dental Health in Albania”. Presentation at Annual World Dental Federation Congress (FDI). Vienna, Austria (October 2002).

“Oral health care and preventive strategies in Albania since 1990”. Presentation in the 10th Congress of CECDO. Paris, France (October 2002).

“Oral health care in Albania and the importance of international co-operation in development ofpreventive programmes”. Presentation at the 9th Congress of International Co-operation. Milan, Italy (September 2000

“The importance of the influence of the law on Health Care Professions in the context of a privatised dental service”. Presentation at the Conference on Legislative Reform in Health Care. Tirana, Albania (April 1996).

“Caries Prophylaxis and the National Dental Preventive Program”. Presentation at the 2nd Annual National Conference of Dentistry. Tirana, Albania (October 1995).

“A pilot survey on caries prevalence in children 6 and 12 years old in two schools in Tirana”. Presentation at the 1st Annual National Conference of Dentistry. Tirana, Albania (October 1994).